Interactions between police and someone in psychiatric crisis can end in violence. Communities have been sending mental health professionals instead, but paying for that service has been a struggle.

On Jan. 6, 2021, 140 police officers were injured defending the U.S. Capitol from a violent mob of President Trump's supporters. Five years later, many still live with the physical and psychological ...

Partnerships between ICE and local law enforcement agencies have expanded widely under the second Trump administration, data analyzed by NPR shows.

People who study the Border Patrol say it continues to be less well prepared than big city police for handling crowds and situations involving protesters, some of whom are legally armed. Staying with ...