Crowd-control tactics tied to eye injuries, serious wounds and fatalities are drawing renewed scrutiny ...

During a city council meeting Tuesday night, police outlined their approach to managing demonstrations while protecting First Amendment rights.

U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall granted a contempt motion by attorneys for Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles that called ...

A man died from blunt force trauma to the chest after being struck by less-lethal rounds fired by Phoenix Police during a Jan. 10 standoff. Though a county attorney's office found the officers' ...

This post was updated Sept. 17 at 8:26 p.m. The UC Board of Regents approved the UCLA police department’s request for less-than-lethal munition launchers and sponge rounds at a Wednesday meeting. The ...

This post was updated Nov. 30 at 7:05 p.m. A university police department should protect its students, not harm them. But in late September, the UC Board of Regents approved a UCPD request for ...

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Police in Ferguson, Missouri, will start testing a “less lethal” gun attachment on Thursday that could potentially hurt suspects but not necessarily kill them. Manufactured by Alternative Ballistics ...