Brian HoweyBrandon Washington ran a red light in April 2017 and smashed into another car in an Aurora intersection. Aurora Police Department Sgt. Jeffery Longnecker, who […]
Category: Policing
After police killings, families are kept in the dark and grilled for information
This story is part of a two-part exposé that won a George Polk Award for Justice Reporting in 2024. Luke Smith, 15, high on acid […]
The unseen toll of nonfatal police shootings
The way Kenneth Gilbert Jr. and his father tell the story, it had been a busy morning running errands in east Atlanta when their pickup […]
Vallejo police to weaken drone policy amid potential violations
For nearly four years, the Vallejo Police Department has patrolled the city with the help of drones, advanced surveillance tools that allow police to track […]
Vallejo police secretly tested ‘dystopian’ facial recognition tool
Members of the Vallejo Police Department secretly used facial recognition technology developed by Clearview AI, a company embroiled in public controversy for allegedly violating personal […]
Force of Law: A podcast about California’s attempt to reduce police shootings
Force of Law won 3rd place at the 2020 Best of the West journalism awards in the Audio Storytelling category. After Sacramento police shot and […]