Akron Mayor Shammas Malik is sharing the results of a police use-of-force report and what the city plans to do in response.

The Police Executive Research Forum report calls for changes to use-of-force policies, training and community engagement ...

Authors of a report examining Akron police use of force provide 58 recommendations; the city says it has already fulfilled 18 ...

Akron released a use of force report on the city's police department, including how many fatal shootings involving officers ...

Independent federal monitors found 97% of Cleveland police level one and level two use-of-force incidents in 2024 were constitutional, marking a major benchmark nearly 11 years into the consent decree ...

The Springfield Police Department’s chief sees calls for changes in the department’s use-of-force policy as opportunities to educate the public on how officers make split-second decisions that may ...

Arlington police saw an 11% decrease in the number of times force was used against people from 2024 to 2025. Police in Arlington used force against Black people about twice as many times as the next ...

An SPD officer was suspended for one day without pay following an improper use-of-force incident in late-March, according to ...

Public conversations about policing often begin the moment force is used, but they rarely start with the question officers must answer in real time: When is force necessary? Police officers are ...

Police in Arlington used force against Black people about twice as many times as the next highest racial demographic in 2025, according to data from the police department. The data comes from an ...