Calling police officers “cops” dates to the 19th century. No slang term for an occupation has supplanted the original job title more than cop. While the media and official documents may stick to the multi-syllable "police officer," the majority of ...

Two local police departments and the communities they serve are mourning the unexpected deaths of two of their own on New Year’s Eve. South Abington Township Officer Scott Seigler and

We hear it all the time in true crime podcasts, headlines and neighborhood chatter: Call the cops. The cops showed up. Good cop, bad cop. But have you ever stopped to investigate where the word cop actually comes from and why we use it to refer to a police ...

Police were called to a shopping center late Friday morning. Two officers were shot and are in critical condition.

Authorities say a man has been killed and two police officers hurt after a shooting during a child custody exchange in North Carolina

A woman who screamed “F–k these cops” after purposely running down a police officer and breaking his leg with her car got “not nearly enough” time in prison at her sentencing Wednesday, a cop union said. Sahara Dula, 25, was sentenced two years ...

New York City police officers are leaving the force in growing numbers, with morale sinking ahead of socialist Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral inauguration, according to the New York Post. NYPD figures show a 35 per cent rise in officer departures in October ...

In June 2024, the Department of Justice issued a damning 126-page detailed report outlining the Phoenix Police Department’s pervasive constitutional abuses, including against unhoused people. Per the DOJ, Phoenix police regularly stopped homeless people ...