PROVIDENCE – A divided House committee on Tuesday approved a proposed rewrite of the state's police misconduct law, that evolved over several bumpy years out of outrages near and far, including the ...

The state previously had no specific timeline to notify parents if their child is the alleged victim of a sexual offense at ...

KENOSHA, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A new law in Wisconsin is putting potential predators in our schools on alert. Governor Evers signed the bi-partisan measure in March making sexual misconduct between teacher ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – When a law enforcement officer who has been accused of untruthfulness or other misconduct is preparing to testify at a criminal trial, prosecutors have a constitutional duty to notify ...

The U.S. Justice Department has created a database to track records of misconduct by federal law enforcement officers that is aimed at preventing agencies from unknowingly hiring problem officers, ...

Two distinct yet often overlapping areas of disciplinary concern in the fire service are misconduct and incompetence. Although they share certain characteristics, including the need for corrective ...

At least three Pennsylvania counties are not checking new probation officers against a statewide police misconduct database or uploading current misconduct records, further undermining a law intended ...