Source: Facebook: Danny Paredes Esb. An Arizona police officer has been placed on leave after he was filmed on camera punching a woman square in the face.

A false police checkpoint set up by police to target euthanasia supporters is part of a police investigation into a suspected assisted suicide in June.

Source: Calender Girls Christchurch Facebook

Dog bites, bullying, dangerous driving and bad language are some of the reasons people have complained about police in the first six months of the year.

Police patrol dogs have new harnesses that protect them in the same way stab-resistant vests protect their handlers. Source: NZ Police

The circumstances which led to a suspected "suicide by cop" shooting in an Auckland park will become clearer when an independent report is released soon.

On June 3, 1941 the first 10 female officers began training to enter the New Zealand Police.

What would you do if you saw an obviously drunk man trying to ride away on his scooter? That's the question the police have posed.

Young Africans claim police have stopped them on the streets or in cars for no apparent reason except their colour, beaten them, and told them to "go back to your country".

These disturbing contracts seem symptomatic of an unfortunate attitude that has permeated the public service under this Government. Its "no surprises" principle seeks to control the release of any information which might be awkward to explain.

Twice this week, the nation was moved by the way a white cop confronted a black teenaged girl and her mobile phone. For very different reasons.

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.

The son of a NZ rich-lister accused of punching a female police officer in the face has admitted resisting arrest.

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.

Police departments across America have stepped up security, ended solo patrols and ordered officers to make arrests only "when absolutely necessary".