Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kyle Mazza/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom In recent years, American public opinion about police has swung wildly from strong support for law ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A convoy of armored personnel carriers arrives in Ferguson, Mo., in response to the protests of August 2014. (Scott Olson / Getty ...

Police departments that get more equipment from the military kill more civilians than departments that get less military gear. That’s the finding from research on a federal program that has operated ...

Police departments also began to embrace counterterrorism training, recruit military veterans, and adopt “warrior” mentalities that prioritized combat readiness over community connection. “It ...

When US police flooded the streets around the country to confront protesters two weeks ago, for many it appeared like the army had deployed, with camouflage uniforms and combat gear, heavily armored ...

Inland Empire law enforcement agencies, big and small, are increasingly militarized. Like agencies across the nation, they’re the beneficiaries of the Pentagon’s 1033 program. Created in 1990, the ...

CHICAGO - St. Louis County's top police officer said on Tuesday that the heavy-armored trucks and some of the military-style equipment used by police in last month's unrest in Ferguson helped keep ...

Mark Steyn is not to everyone’s tastes. (Just as Michael Mann.) But I suspect many who otherwise dislike Steyn’s work will find much with which they agree in his latest: “Cigars, But Not Close.” ...