Police departments have received waves of criticism over the past two years for using military-grade equipment in relatively benign situations, and recent protests in Baton Rouge have reignited ...

In cities from Seattle to Boston, officers have been covered head-to-toe in battle-ready gear accessorized with batons ... Police officers take an oath to protect and serve. But when they don ...

The agency now has two such vehicles. The Baton Rouge Police Department owns two armored personnel carriers. Military-style rifles are also commonplace in many local departments. The State Police ...

A Missouri man ambushed and killed three law officers and wounded three others in Baton Rouge on Sunday ... according to the U.S. military. Police officers who responded to Sunday’s shootings ...

More than 150 Louisiana National Guardsmen from the 239th Military Police Company were honored ... Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Training event in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 26. “ ...