On two separate occasions in recent years, the Kentucky Supreme Court has applied the Kentucky Open Records Act according to its terms. In doing so, it refused to allow two local police agencies to ...

For the good of police and all other Ohioans, Gov. Mike DeWine should veto an awful, secret proposal lawmakers snuck into a township zoning law passed in the final hours of their lame-duck session ...

Even if information or recordings can't be used in court, that doesn't mean the public has to be oblivious, writes Randy ...

Criminal justice reformers warn that neither major-party candidate vying to become New Jersey's next governor plans to expand police transparency. (Dana DiFilippo | New Jersey Monitor) But criminal ...

ELMWOOD PLACE, Ohio (WKRC) — Elmwood Place Police Chief Randall Newsom is on a mission to equip his officers with body cameras, a goal he has pursued since taking over the department two years ago.

Five years ago, I led a charge to obtain details of police misconduct from hundreds of police departments across New York, made legally public in the state in 2020. I knew that police could try to ...

After the Centre County Times sued the Pennsylvania State Police with free legal support from RCFP attorneys, officials agreed to release dashcam footage from troopers who were present during a U.S.

The Columbia Police Department launched a new online tool allowing public access to crime statistics. Users can filter data by crime type, weapon type, location and date range. Future transparency ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police are working toward better solutions for tackling sexual assault cases through data transparency. While it's a small step in a laundry list of goals the department, the ...

(TNS) — Police scanners in Berkeley could soon go silent, but transparency concerns remain among some current and former city leaders who say they’d like to first see more discussion on the issue and ...