Law enforcement

A 63-year-old driver who was experiencing a medical emergency  while behind the wheel was saved during a daring rescue in Detroit, Michigan, this week.

Authorities say a U.S. border patrol agent in New York has been arrested for ordering women to show him their breasts and claiming that it was part of his officials duties. Border agent Shane Millan was arrested Thursday on charges that he deprived four women of their constitutional right to be free from unreasonable searches. Prosecutors say the 53-year-old Millan...

Ten years ago, police shot and killed Michael Brown in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri. News4’s Leon Harris sat down with a local professor to discuss the impact of Brown’s death on the nation.

In the 10 years since Michael Brown Jr. was killed in Ferguson, Missouri, sparking nationwide protests against police brutality, documented police killings in the United States have continued at virtually the same rate, an NBC News analysis of the Mapping Police Violence database found.  

“National Night Out” events, which are meant to bring communities and law enforcement together, were held across the DMV Tuesday night. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

The U.S. Marshals Service found 200 critically missing children across the nation over a six-week effort called “Operation We Will Find You 2.”

Four years ago, protests erupted across the country after millions of Americans watched the chilling video of the murder of George Floyd — a Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, kneeling on his neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. In the aftermath, Chauvin was convicted of murder and calls for a nationwide reckoning on issues related to racism and police…

An Associated Press investigation found that police across the U.S. violated well-known guidelines for safely restraining people in hundreds of fatal encounters that didn’t involve a firearm.

Anderson, who lives in Florida, decided to surprise her boyfriend as he finished a 250-mile ride part of the police unity tour from Norfolk to D.C.

If you were in downtown D.C. over the weekend, you likely noticed a number of police escorts for National Police Week. A series of events is honoring fallen officers, including a wreath-laying ceremony Monday morning. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Four police officers serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and four other officers were wounded in a shootout Monday at a North Carolina home, police said.

U.S. police departments have reported a year-over-year increase in sworn officers for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and the police killing of George Floyd.

An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that the practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts. The injections are given by medical personnel during police encounters.

Every day, police in the U.S. rely on common use-of-force tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them. But when misused, these tactics can still end in death — as happened with George Floyd in 2020. An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police...

A deadly, 11-hour crime spree through D.C. and Maryland is sparking conversations about mental health, how police deal with someone in crisis and how to prevent a mental health crisis from escalating. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

Ohio State Highway Patrol body cam video shows a local K9 that was released by his handler and mauled an unarmed Black man after the man had surrendered to authorities.

Advances in technology allow callers to mask their voice, phone number or IP address (also called “spoofing”), or make their false 911 calls sound more credible. 

News4’s Jackie Bensen reports on a special training for officers who patrol from the sky over the D.C. area.