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Parolees clustered in a handful of communities in Utah

An investigation by The Salt Lake Tribune found clustering of probationers and parolees "in specific neighborhoods and even apartment buildings, despite rules prohibiting people on supervision from associating with one […]
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Tracking gang activity in Tennessee

The Tennessean's three-part series on gangs reveals a growing problem across the state, particularly in suburbia and small towns. Law enforcement is overwhelmed and schools are ripe recruiting grounds in […]
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Lawyers to Ohio's governor intervened in active criminal investigation

An investigation by Randy Ludlow of The Columbus Dispatch revealed that the top two lawyers to Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland intervened in an active criminal investigation by the Ohio State […]
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Despite fatalities, many police officers fail to wear seat belts

An investigation by the Houston Chronicle found dozens of police officers across the country have died in car crashes while unbuckled — at least 64 between 2004 and 2008 alone. […]
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Kingpin of illegal wildlife trade turns focus to tigers

An investigation by Bryan Christy for National Geographic reveals that Anson Wong of Malaysia, "the Pablo Escobar of Illegal Wildlife Trade" is out of U.S. prison and has plans to specialize […]
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Education Deparment's enforcement of campus sexual assault cases is lacking

The Education Department is charged with enforcing laws on how schools deal with sexual assault, but its Office of Civil Rights rarely investigates student allegations of botched proceedings. When cases […]
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Many wrongly arrested by Louisville officer

A package of stories by The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.)  reveals that a Louisville Metro police detective has been accusing people of crimes they did not commit.  Many of the accused […]
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DUI checkpoints prove profitable for cities

"Sobriety checkpoints in California are increasingly turning into profitable operations for local police departments that are far more likely to seize cars from unlicensed motorists than catch drunken drivers," according […]
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Police under investigation for fatal shooting days after Katrina

Times-Picayune reporters Brendan McCarthy and Laura Maggi and ProPublica's A.C. Thompson report that "a former New Orleans police officer is under investigation for shooting Henry Glover" four days after Hurricane […]
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Doubts cast on justification of '04 police shooting

A joint investigation by the Chicago Tribune and journalism students at Columbia College Chicago casts doubts on a 2004 Chicago police shooting in which the officers were cleared just 10 […]
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