Only two of California’s 58 counties exceed the national average for officer-to-resident ratios, highlighting what the Peace Officers Research Association of California calls a statewide crisis.

California law enforcement officers could need to meet new education requirements under a bill introduced by Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks). The measure, Assembly Bill 992, proposes ...

Two bills aimed at addressing transparency issues within law enforcement agencies, locally and federally, were voted on Tuesday by California legislators. One of those bills would make California the ...

Expressing gratitude was one of the central themes of a ceremony Wednesday outside of the Dambacher Detention Center in Sonora to honor fallen law enforcement officers both locally and throughout ...

Kern County's first recorded death of a law enforcement officer in the line of duty was Tehachapi Constable William S. Mettler, who was shot and killed near Havilah in 1873 while attempting to serve ...