Police ethics
Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Apr. 26, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Austin American-Statesman. April 24, 2021. Editorial: Lawmakers must pick up where Chauvin’s jury left off The jury did...

Ex-police chief gets time for vaccine before going to prison

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Mar. 23, 2021 09:51 PM EDT
HONOLULU (AP) — A retired Honolulu police chief convicted of conspiracy in a tangled corruption case doesn't have to report to prison until June so that he can...

Police spray protestors with a water canon, during a protest against the alleged corruption with the Mediterranean island nation's governing elites in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. Police said that at least eight demonstrators were taken into custody. Police dispersed the demonstration in line with a government order against public gatherings because of ongoing restrictions to prevent a possible flare-up of COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Cyprus: Anti-corruption protest draws water cannon, arrests

Feb. 13, 2021 01:28 PM EST

FILE - In this March 12, 2019, file photo, retired Honolulu police chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, former deputy city prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, hold hands while walking to U.S. district court in Honolulu. A once-respected, now-estranged power couple are scheduled to be sentenced Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, in Hawaii's biggest corruption case. A jury convicted Katherine and Louis Kealoha of conspiracy in a plot to frame her uncle to keep him from revealing fraud that financed their fancy lives. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, File)
Ex-Hawaii prosecutor, police chief get prison for corruption

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Nov. 30, 2020 09:09 PM EST

Bolsonaro critic, indicted in Brazil, says case is slander

By Débora Álvares Nov. 07, 2020 01:57 PM EST
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian digital influencer Felipe Neto has been indicted by Rio de Janeiro’s state police for alleged corruption of minors, prompting...

Former Bridgeport Police Chief Armando Perez leaves Federal Court in Bridgeport after pleading guilty Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. Two former officials of Connecticut's largest city pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from what prosecutors called a corrupt process that led to the police chief's appointment in 2018. (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant via AP)
Police chief, city official plead guilty in hiring scam

By Dave Collins Oct. 05, 2020 01:50 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Sep. 25, 2020 11:56 AM EDT
Recent editorials of regional and national interest from New England’s newspapers: CONNECTICUT Lamont must attend to...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony to mark the opening of the school year, at the Netaim School in the West Bank settlement of Mevo Horon, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool via AP)
Netanyahu slams Israeli police amid report about cover-up

By Tia Goldenberg Sep. 08, 2020 01:23 PM EDT

Virginia House approves sweeping package of police reforms

By Denise Lavoie Sep. 04, 2020 05:30 PM EDT
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia House of Delegates approved a sweeping package of police reform bills Friday that Democrats said would make it easier to...

FILE - In this May 30, 2020, file photo, police aim weapons on demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd, in Los Angeles. Police unions and other law enforcement organizations went into overdrive in the final days of the Legislature's annual session, thwarting a bill that would have added California to the majority of states that can end the careers of officers with troubled histories. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
Police help defeat California bill on removing problem cops

By Don Thompson Sep. 01, 2020 07:53 PM EDT

Kenyan police teargas anti-corruption protesters in Nairobi

By Tom Odula Aug. 21, 2020 08:39 AM EDT
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's police have teargassed protesters holding a peaceful demonstration against alleged corruption including the theft of supplies for...

Pro-democracy students raise a three-fingers, symbol of resistance salute during a protest rally in front of Education Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Student protesters have stepped up pressure on the government with three core demands: holding new elections, amending the constitution and ending the intimidation of critics of the government. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Thai police arrest rapper, activists in crackdown on protest

By Tassanee Vejpongsa Aug. 20, 2020 12:18 AM EDT

Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, center, wears a "I Stand With Louise" button during the Virginia Senate Special Session in the temporary Senate chambers at the Science Museum of Virginia Tuesday Aug. 18, 2020, in Richmond, Va. Lucas has been charged in the removal of a Confederate statue in Portsmouth. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool)
Virginia panel approves sweeping police reform bill

By Alan Suderman And Denise Lavoie Aug. 18, 2020 07:26 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Aug. 07, 2020 02:27 PM EDT
Recent editorials of regional and national interest from New England’s newspapers: CONNECTICUT Five to 10 days before...

Lawmakers may revisit police misconduct investigation bill

By Sam Metz Jul. 17, 2020 12:14 PM EDT
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Police reform advocates are demanding lawmakers use a special session to repeal a recently passed state law that strengthens...

Pandemic probe: Brazilian governor targeted in police raid

By Marcelo De Sousa Jun. 30, 2020 10:04 AM EDT
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The governor of Brazil’s Amazonas state was targeted by a police raid on Tuesday over allegations of corruption related to COVID-19...

Forensic workers carry a body from a hotel downtown Bucharest, Romania, Friday, June 19, 2020. Gholamreza Mansouri, a former judge from Iran sought by his country to face corruption charges has died in unusual circumstances, Romanian media reported. Romanian police said only that a man had fallen from a high floor at a hotel in Bucharest, the Romanian capital, and was found dead. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Iranian ex-judge dies in Romania, falls from hotel window

By Vadim Ghirda Jun. 19, 2020 11:49 AM EDT

NYC police officer charged with violently shoving protester

By Michael R. Sisak And Jim Mustian Jun. 09, 2020 01:22 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer caught on video violently shoving a woman to the ground during a Brooklyn protest over George Floyd's death was...

A protester holds a sign that reads "kill, it is being filmed" in Marseille, southern France, Saturday, June 6, 2020, to protest against the death of George Floyd, who died after he was restrained by police officers May 25 in Minneapolis, that has led to global protests. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
France to abandon police chokeholds amid Floyd death anger

By Sylvie Corbet Jun. 08, 2020 08:37 AM EDT

People pray Sunday, June 7, 2020 before taking part in a procession of vehicles, including three hearses meant to honor fallen George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, through Boston neighborhoods. The hearses were part of what organizers are calling #BostonBlackMemorial Funeral Procession. The procession and a number of protests were triggered by the death of George Floyd who died on May 25 as a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into his neck, ignoring his cries and bystander shouts until he eventually stopped moving. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Memorial service provides opportunity to grieve, lift voices

The Associated Press Jun. 07, 2020 04:38 PM EDT