Crime, Law and Justice

Hennepin County sheriff's deputies may soon start wearing body cameras. On Tuesday, a county board committee approved a body camera proposal which will get a final vote next week.

The Minnesota State Patrol says that more than 30 of its squads have been hit this year — the most since the agency started keeping track. The crashes underscore the need for drivers to steer clear, the patrol says.

Aaron Dean fired through the window of Atatiana Jefferson's home after responding to a call from a neighbor.

The Forth Worth police chief said an officer who shot and killed a black woman in her home acted inappropriately and has resigned. It comes after Atatiana Jefferson's surviving family called for the man to be fired and charged.

Through a statement issued Monday, Jayme Closs is thanking the public for their "kindness and concern" a day before the one-year anniversary of her abduction and the killing of her parents.

Atatiana Jefferson, 28, was shot early Saturday morning after police in Texas responded to a neighbor's nonemergency call upon seeing her front door open. Community activists are demanding answers.

He was one of two officials accused of illegally ousting a newspaper publisher from a city commission.

An Apple Valley man will serve six months in jail for the death of his 4-year-old son who the man left for hours in a hot SUV.

According to her guilty plea and court documents, from September 2015 through early May 2019, Lisa Ann Schafer claimed that a work-related injury prevented her from working full-time. She told her doctor that her medical condition required her to rest most of the day and that she could only tolerate sedentary work.

A few “Cops AGAINST Trump” shirts will mix in with the crowds in downtown Minneapolis Thursday night, thanks to a former St. Paul patrol officer who will be joining the protest.