CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Defunding police" is a new catchphrase that has gained steam across the country, including in Chicago, in the wake of the wave of peaceful protests over the death of George Floyd.

BURIEN, Wash. – Scott Mandella is a detective in Washington state. He is part of the harm reduction unit with the Burien Police Department, which operates a little differently than what most think of ...

Frederique is also an advocate for New York City’s controversial supervised consumption sites. This despite the minimal impact the sites have had, in New York and elsewhere. Late in the campaign, ...

Democrat New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani sidestepped a reporter’s question on Wednesday about whether he regrets calling for defunding the police following the tragic death of a New York ...

It seems the public has forgotten the clarion call to defund the police. Ever since the deeply tragic 2020 murder of George Floyd and the nationwide protests that followed, a radical reimagining of ...

"The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin pressed New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on his "defund the police" stance as well as other rhetoric on Wednesday and asked if he had apologized ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The State Comptroller is once again threatening budget sanctions against Harris County. Glenn Hegar, who has gained a lot of attention while working in a typically ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- A decision by the city of Austin to slash money from the city council's budget for the police department continues to ignite political rhetoric across Texas. Advocates call ...

Democratic Tennessee congressional candidate Aftyn Behn repeatedly refused to walk back her previous statements calling to defund the police during a Sunday appearance on MS NOW. Behn wrote in ...

For some Louisiana small towns, they are. A rapidly growing list of Louisiana municipalities have decided in recent months that their police forces are a budget line that must be trimmed. In one ...