Community policing Coverage

Report: Most NC police agencies fail to disclose use-of-force data, hurting effort to better understand policing

The lack of data being reported is disconcerting to researchers and activists who believe it can be used to better understand policing in America.

Ali Ingersoll, WRAL Investigative Data Journalist

Law enforcement reform and policing in the 21st century

Through policy, training and data analysis, law enforcement officials are carefully examining what police reform looks like.

Abbey Slattery, WRAL Digital Solutions

Groundbreaking high-tech policing coming to small NC town

An advanced policing system is coming to a small town in Warren County, Norlina. The system involes 24-hour surveillance, and the use of controversial facial recongition software.

'It's always watching': Warren County town to use 24-hour cameras, controversial facial recognition

A small town in Warren County will launch a new police system that implements facial recognition and vehicle scanners.

Keenan Willard, WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter

On WRAL-TV at 6: Which local cities police budgets are going up and which are going down.

WRAL Investigates looked at local police budgets. Find out which cities' are going up and which are going down. Tonight at 6 on WRAL-TV.

Black law enforcement officers call for change: Police must be guardians, not warriors

The National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice is proposing 16 reforms in total, many of which have been touted by other law enforcement reform advocates and activists.

Ali Ingersoll, WRAL investigative data journalist and Amanda Lamb, WRAL reporter

More than 100 people killed by police across US during three weeks of Chauvin trial

In the 22 days between the start of the trial of the former Minneapolis police officer and his conviction, 103 people were shot and killed by law enforcement.

Ali Ingersoll, WRAL data journalist

Fact check: 15 things Trump says Biden would ban, abolish or destroy

President Trump says at rallies and on Twitter that Joe Biden wants to ban or destroy various things important to Americans, such as protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions, police funding and suburbs. Here's

Miriam Valverde, PolitiFact reporter

Fact check: Biden falsely says Trump 'eliminated' funding for community policing

During a town hall hosted by ABC News, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden touted the Community Oriented Policing Services, or COPS, program, which was enacted as part of the 1994 crime bill.

Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact reporter

'Beyond Policing' task force marks one step closer to community reform in Durham

A step forward for community advocates in the Bull City, where leaders signed off on a new task force meant to address policing and community needs.

Lora Lavigne, WRAL reporter

Two strangers, with the same first name, and a terrifying story about ketamine in policing

When McKnight finally woke up in an Aurora hospital, he couldn't believe what he was seeing on the news. His eyes widened when he saw a story about another young Black man named Elijah. Elijah McClain was in a coma and near death after a police encounter that also involved a ketamine injection -- the same drug McKnight had been given before everything went dark. The two incidents happened just 10 miles apart and within days of each other, but involved different law enforcement and EMT agencies.

By Sara Sidner and Julia Jones, CNN

Forward Together: A roundtable discussion on policing and equality

On Forward Together: A roundtable discussion on policing and equality, we'll discuss changes made to police tactics and policy and whether they go far enough.

Wake County Sheriff meets with church leaders on future of policing

On Thursday, the Wake County Sheriff met with church members to field tough questions about the future of policing.

Only on WRAL: Community Conversation - Policing, race and equality.

Religious, education, business and law enforcement leaders answer your questions on policing, race and equality. Tru Pettigrew, community advocate, Cary-based speaker and founder of Tru Access, moderates an in-depth community conversation.

Community Conversation: Policing, race, equality

Policing, race and equality. Religious, education, business and law enforcement leaders answer your questions.

Will protests lead to policy changes?

The urgency visible from protesters demanding police accountability reforms may not translate to momentum for for policy changes, at least at the state level in North Carolina. WRAL's Travis Fain reports that the state General Assembly is not likely to take up policing or social justice issues in the coming weeks.

Only on WRAL: Policing protests, a law enforcement town hall

After days and nights of protests, some of them violent, across the state and in the Triangle, WRAL News sits down for a live, candid conversation with local police chiefs and law enforcement leaders.

Scant momentum at NCGA for police reforms, but promises to listen

The N.C. House will form a commission and the governor is expected to take executive action, but ......

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Policing protests, a law enforcement town hall, only on WRAL

After days and nights of protests, some of them violent, across the state and in the Triangle, WRAL News sat down for a live, candid conversation with local police chiefs and law enforcement leaders. The panelists discussed the state of the relationship between law enforcement and the minority community. It's a conversation you will only see on WRAL.

Federal grants to help NC fight guns, drugs, school violence

North Carolina law enforcement agencies, state agencies, schools and nonprofits can tap into $165 million in grants to battle crime, drug abuse, school violence, domestic violence and juvenile delinquency, authorities said Friday.

Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

Durham sheriff announces new community panel to be 'extra set of eyes and ears'

Durham County Sheriff Clarence Birkhead on Friday announced a new initiative, aimed at better connecting deputies and the community they serve.

Sarah Krueger, WRAL reporter