Adair, Iowa, had a population of 794. So, it seemed suspicious when its three-person police department asked regulators to buy 90 machine guns, including an M134 Gatling-style minigun capable of ...

The Cincinnati Police Department will no longer send retired firearms back to the manufacturer Smith & Wesson, choosing to destroy the weapons instead. "The accessibility of guns on our streets, both ...

Federal officials are cautioning state and local law enforcement against reselling their used guns to the public, saying the practice has sent tens of thousands of old police weapons into the hands of ...

Want more? Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigations delivered straight to your inbox. This story was published in partnership with CBS News & Stations and The Trace. More than a dozen law ...

U.S. Rep. Gabe Amo (D-R.I.) speaks at the Nonviolence Institute in Providence on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, about legislation he introduced the previous day aiming to prevent former law enforcement ...

More than a dozen law enforcement agencies have stopped reselling their used guns or pledged to reconsider the practice after an investigation by The Trace, CBS News, and Reveal from The Center for ...

Police in Los Angeles have used a variety of methods to control crowds in the rolling protests over President Trump’s mass deportations. Over the weekend, the department said officers used tear gas ...

Three Albany residents were arrested on Willet Street early Saturday morning after officers recovered three loaded firearms. Just after 2 a.m. on Saturday, on-duty Albany Police officers and Albany ...