Amid calls for police reform in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in 2020, California lawmakers set out to raise education standards for incoming law enforcement officers. Five years later — as ...

The Dallas Police Department had been shrinking for years, losing more officers than they hired ‒ and competition for recruits was fierce. Then the hiring woes got even more dire in the fall of 2024, ...

California lawmakers could set new education requirements for police officers, but the bill has critics from all sides — including former Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer, who authored the state’s ...