law enforcement

A two-year federal investigation found decades of staff sexual abuse against incarcerated women at California correctional facilities.

The warrantless arrests have been a key feature of the government's mass deportation efforts.

The California Highway Patrol lost an effort to fire one of the officers it caught billing the state for overtime hours they didn't work at a Los Angeles station.

Atilla Colar in 2023 was convicted on 44 felony charges related to an alleged COVID benefit fraud scheme at a Bay Area parolee rehabilitation program.

The California Supreme Court is reviewing convictions that turned on undercover stings in jails known as Perkins operations. Critics say they go too far and risk false confessions.

A deceptive law enforcement practice is proliferating across California jails. As it gains momentum, an increasing number of defendants say they were coerced into self-incrimination.

The California Supreme Court is reviewing convictions that turned on Perkins operations, which are stings orchestrated by police and prosecutors in jails.

California police and fire unions are backing bills that would create new retirement benefits or raise pay. Lawmakers approved them overwhelmingly.

California police are making arrests after killings more often, a trend that could be contributing to the state's record-low homicide rate.

A new California law gives just more flexibility to keep defendants in jail rather than releasing them to community-based mental health treatment programs.