Editorial: The police have no real idea of how many firearms - legal or illegal - there are in the country. So poor is the record-keeping that there is not even a national register of seized guns.

More cases of those enforcing parking rules following the "do as I say, not as I do" rule have emerged.

A white United States police officer who shot a black motorist after stopping him over a missing licence plate pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of murder and voluntary manslaughter.

A University of Cincinnati police officer was indicted on a charge of murder for fatally shooting an unarmed black man during a traffic stop this month.

Writer ridiculed for comparing breath test by New Zealand police to race case in US says she was just starting a conversation about civil liberties.

Huffington Post writer under fire for comparing being pulled over by cops in Timaru for speeding to death of black driver in Texas.

There is a very strong public interest in ensuring that the state has the power and resources to investigate the commission of criminal offences, writes Nick Russell.

A fire that blazed through a vacant house in Auckland last night is being treated as suspicious.

The family of a young man who died in a blood-smeared cell are looking to take legal action against the police.

There were several failures in the police care of a heavily intoxicated man who died after hitting his head more than 100 times while in a police cell.

There are many contenders for the title of most damning and depressing finding in the report by the IPCA into the Roast Busters investigations, writes Toby Manhire.

US Attorney-General Eric Holder says he is prepared to dismantle the Ferguson police department after damning evidence that African Americans in the St Louis suburb were targeted.

A recently retired policeman says his fellow officers set a failed trap to catch him drink driving on the way home from a sports club.

A former Northland policeman says fellow officers tried to ambush him drink-driving after he left a sports club.

When it suits them, politicians are quick to say they cannot interfere in police operations.

Complaints about bad language and bullying are just some of the reasons for disciplinary actions against some Southern district police officers.

Police officers showed their contempt for New York's Mayor yesterday, turning their backs as he addressed a funeral for a fallen colleague.

An officer in Mesa, Arizona was filmed as she punched a 15-year-old girl and then pinned her to the ground.

A chilling but illuminating legacy of the former East German state is the archives of its Ministry for State Security, the dreaded Stasi.

The Police Association president proclaimed that "it is time to overcome our squeamishness and arm police". But unease about such a step exists for very good reason.

Police have said sorry for the raids on the Tuhoe people in 2007 but there will be no ministerial apology for what happened.

Police numbers are being cut in Hawke's Bay despite statistics showing those already in the job are struggling to cope with the worst crime rates in the country.

The California Highway Patrol was last night facing federal investigation after an officer's “excessive and brutal” assault on a prostrate, unarmed black woman.

A high-profile Auckland police officer cleared of a criminal sex complaint has resigned ahead of an employment investigation.