A police officer has been murdered in Rocinha, a Rio de Janeiro favela occupied by police since last year, as part of a wave of violence that seems to have been…
Despite triumphant media reports last year that "Rocinha is ours," following the military occupation of the Rio favela, criminal control of the area has not been broken, as Rio-based blogger…
There are already concerns that Honduras' fledgling efforts at police reform are doomed to fail. But the other proposed approach -- giving the military permanent policing powers -- seems like…
A Center for Strategic and International Studies report looks at how US can help police reform in Latin America, but its analysis of where the needs are greatest may overlook…
The arrest of four police accused of murdering a homeless man in order to boost their image illustrates that although Argentina is one of the safest countries in the hemisphere,…
Nicaragua's national police sacked 173 officers in 2011, most of them for corruption, but said that organized criminal groups had not managed to infiltrate the force.
Corrupt officers in the Honduras police force have reportedly moved far beyond taking bribes or tipping off criminal gangs; they have been accused of acting as killers and enforcers for…
Honduras announced plans to create a new rural police force, part of a renewed effort by Congress to speed up police reform.
Honduran lawmakers are considering a bill which would establish an independent monitoring body tasked with reforming the country's notoriously corrupt police force.
A week after the former security minister was gunned down, Honduras' chief of police said during a graduation ceremony that some officers have plotted to kill him.
Police in Rio de Janeiro arrested 16 people, including 11 military police, accused of selling confiscated firearms to criminal groups.
Former Honduran Security Minister Alfredo Landaverde, an outspoken critic of police corruption and the influence of organized crime on politics, has been gunned down in Tegucigalpa.
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