The Republican John Doe bill aims to shield police officers from investigations after fatal shootings, and it spurred ...

The National League of Cities (NLC) has appointed City of Savannah Alderman Kurtis Purtee to the 2025 Public Safety and Crime ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee spent several hours reviewing the House's expansive public safety plan Wednesday.

Health and Human Services officials said the postponement was to accommodate public comment ahead of the meeting but experts ...

Operating under its new committee structure, the Edmonds City Council made quick work of several items during two remote meetings on Tuesday. At the 3 p.m. meeting of Committee ...

The Public Safety and Security Committee discussed a bill to require police departments to include more information when ...

Lawmakers have rolled together six bills related to crime and rehabilitations into one package. Democrats on the House ...

"I've said before, you don't order a Dallas police officer off of Amazon," said Council Member Gay Donnell Willis of the ...

Dallas may ramp up hiring goals for new police officers this year. The City Council’s public safety committee on Monday is scheduled to discuss whether to recommend Dallas revise its plans to ...

The original proposal would have directed the city manager to boost the hiring goal from 250 new officers to 400 for the ...

The Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety deadlocked on a bill to protect cops from John Doe hearings.