The bill would shorten processing timelines for health care providers, law enforcement and forensic testing, and ensure ...

Standardized forensic exams are a useful tool for sexual-violence investigations—or they would be if police departments ...

The size of New Jersey’s rape kit backlog is unclear, although the problem appears to lie with law enforcement agencies rather than state forensic laboratories. The state auditor found in a 2019 ...

A 2019 report found law enforcement agencies had more than 2800 untested kits in their possession that weren't submitted for a number of reasons, like lack of a suspect or discounted victims who ...

The online database will allow a victim and others to track a sexual assault evidence kit through the chain of custody.

The measure, which passed unanimously in both the Senate and Assembly, requires the state attorney general to create an online system where victims, law enforcement, and health care and laboratory ...

Both the Rochester Police Department and Olmsted County Sheriff's Office will switch to encrypted channels for radio communications beginning Jan. 27. (Anthony Soufflé/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

“And I will always — always — stand up for the rule of law.” The memo referenced “the newly established Sanctuary Cities Enforcement Working Group,” which will work within the Justice ...

interim leaders have told U.S. attorneys around the country to investigate law enforcement officials who decline to enforce such policies. The memo commands state and local officials to cooperate ...

Law enforcement agencies across the country are struggling to identify actionable strategies to address critical issues including recruitment and retention, implementation and expansion of ...

As Donald Trump once again takes office as U.S. president, whether local law enforcement agencies cooperate with federal immigration authorities will become a crucial flashpoint in his planned ...