Student views of campus police may be affected by societal views of law enforcement more broadly. steved_np3 via Getty Images Racial, ethnic and self-identified sexual minorities possess more negative ...

Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart interacts with the crowd at Lawrence chamber of commerce event on Dec. 10, 2025. At one point, Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart liked his odds. His department ...

The current study aimed to identify Latin-American immigrants’ bifocal lens views of the U.S. police and compare them to their contact experiences with their home-country police. We performed ...

Danielle Jaghab, a senior criminology major from Bellmore, N.Y., wants to dedicate her life to improving the way police and community members relate to one another. She got off to a good start last ...

A new study examines how social and geographic factors shaped community perceptions toward the police amid a backdrop of public health crisis and social unrest. The study is published in PLOS One, and ...

The New York City Police Department released updated statistics for the first quarter of the year, showing major crimes are on a downward trend. “This is the safest big city in America and the numbers ...

Facing a wave of random street and subway violence, a deepening migrant crisis and the fatal shooting last month of an officer during a routine traffic stop, New York City Police Commissioner Edward ...

Last spring, an outing with friends began in Deep Ellum. As we parked, one friend voiced a concern about not feeling safe. She’d heard enough about crime in the area to stay away after dark. Another ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Racial, ethnic and self-identified sexual minorities possess more negative views of campus police compared with nonminorities. That’s the key finding from a new study in which we ...