MELBOURNE, Australia — Vanuatu held a snap general election on Thursday after Prime Minister Charlot Salwai’s decision to go to the polls two years early rather than risk a no-confidence vote ...

The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed circulating rumors about the return of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) under a reformed set of rules. In a statement titled “Disclaimer ...

Jan 17 (Reuters) - Nicaraguan authorities swore in more than 1,400 masked civilians to form part of a new "volunteer" police force on Friday, raising concerns from human rights groups that ...

In a reality where no less-lethal option is 100 percent effective, David Sweeney, who works as an expert witness on police use of force after retiring from the Seattle Police Department ...

Commissioner SM Sazzat Ali today said that police must master various techniques for using minimal force to maintain law and order in any emergency situation. "We are the people's police.

Dressmaker Jenny Banga is busy trying to put food on the table after the deadly magnitude-7.3 earthquake that struck Vanuatu last month. While the capital Port Vila's CBD is closed and surveyors ...

With their faces covered in black hoods, thousands of civilians were sworn in by Nicaraguan authorities as “volunteer police,” a force created as part of a controversial constitutional reform that the ...

Malaysia’s police force is once more battling the bulge as it adds body mass index (BMI) – a metric for body fat – as a requirement for climbing up the ranks. Officers in the Royal Malaysian ...

police in February 2023 has filed a federal lawsuit against police alleging excessive force. Around 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, police were called to a home in the 5400 block of Haskell Avenue ...

Limits on Excessive-Force Suits: The court seemed poised to reject a legal theory that puts tight limits on lawsuits seeking to hold police officers accountable for using deadly force.

Police are out in force in three areas of Liverpool after "incidents of criminality and violence". A Section 60 Order has been introduced in north Liverpool. Chief Inspector Martin Mannion said ...