Police reform
Mexico's Efforts to Tackle Police Corruption Keep Failing
A government police reform proposed in the wake of police involvement in the disappearance of 43 students in 2014 seeks to eliminate municipal forces, but the problem of extreme corruption goes much deeper.
America’s Top Cops Just Called the War on Drugs 'A Tremendous Failure'
Police chiefs from America's biggest cities have announced their support for changing drug and sentencing laws in order to reduce incarceration.
This Black Man Survived a Police Shooting and Became an Activist
Leon Ford survived a 2012 police shooting after a traffic stop. Today, he feels a sense of responsibility to speak out on behalf of the many other unarmed black men whose confrontations with police end even more tragically.
Baltimore Is Bracing for the Freddie Gray Trials After a Deadly Summer
Concerns about violence and unrest threaten to derail criminal justice reform as local prosecutors press ahead in their case against six cops charged with the death of the 25-year-old in April.
Watch the Trailer for the VICE on HBO Special Report on America's Criminal Justice System
The VICE special will offer an in-depth look into crime and punishment in the United States, and will follow all of the key elements of the country's sprawling justice system.
I Asked a Black Cop What He Thinks About America’s Policing Problem
"I think it's an entitlement thing. It's like, 'I'm wearing this badge and you need to respect me.'
Baltimore's Police Commissioner Just Got Fired After a Surge Of Violence Followed Freddie Gray's Death
Anthony W. Batts has been let go by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.
Want to Stop Crime? Legalize Drugs, Says Police Organization
Police group say protests in Baltimore and Ferguson are symptoms of the country's failed war on drugs, and ending that policy will help fix broken a police system.
Why It's Almost Impossible to Reform America's Police
Between close relationships with prosecutors, secretive police culture, and laws that protect officers from taking personal responsibility for their actions, the obstacles to police reform are stifling.
What Having a ‘Cop’s Cop’ as Police Chief Really Means for Toronto
The message behind the "cop's cop" moniker is clear; it means that Saunders relates with rank-and-file officers and, more importantly, that he will be loyal to them and to the dominant policing culture in Toronto.
What I Learned Writing About Bad Cops for a Year and a Half
I've been writing this Bad Cop Blotter column for more than 18 months, and the pre-Ferguson, post-Ferguson divide is palpable—if only in a media-giving-a-shit kind of a way.
Is Patrick Swayze Really the NYPD’s Latest Training Tactic?
The late actor's character from the 1980s movie Road House is reportedly being used to teach New York City cops how to play nice.