Law Enforcement

The 10-day fundraising relay torch run goes through eight Southern California counties, a tradition that will benefit the Special Olympics.

The annual torch run from Chula Vista to Long Beach raises money for the Special Olympics. NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez reports. 

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd provided details of an officer-involved shooting during which 42-year-old Timothy Schulz survived an alligator attack and allegedly attempted to steal a deputy’s firearm from their patrol cruiser.

The death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in May 2020 gave momentum to a cross-ideological effort to reform the legal defense known as “qualified immunity,” which can protect cops even when they have violated the Constitution. Bills were introduced in Congress calling to abolish the defense. Multiple cases piled up at the Supreme Court urging...

On Thursday, a parking enforcement supervisor for San Diego said about 4,200 tickets had been issued following a 60-day grace period, during which nearly 1,500 drivers were issued warnings.

Here’s an explanation of contempt of court and the potential consequences for a president and the federal government if a judge’s order is ignored.

“Drug-addicted rats” are eating narcotics seized and stored by Houston police, prompting a change in how long the department is required to store the evidence, officials said.

The Miami-Dade Police officer who got physical with Dolphins player Tyreek Hill during a traffic stop has been repeatedly disciplined and suspended after other people complained he became aggressive with them.

Bodycam footage shows an Oklahoma City police officer and bystander rescuing a sleeping man who rolled off a bridge.

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...

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.  

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.”

Elisa Serna died shortly after she collapsed in her cell in the jail’s medical observation unit, five days after she was booked into the jail.

New statewide standards could impact how police use dogs during arrests. NBC 7 Investigates reporter Alexis Rivas has the details.

Retiring San Diego Police Department Chief David Nisleit bade a fond farewell Thursday to the municipal law enforcement agency he served for three dozen years and officially handed off its top post to newly appointed Chief Scott Wahl.

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.

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.