The fatal shooting of 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker by Akron police officer Davon Fields reignited a long-simmering and sometimes explosive discussion about the department's use-of-force policy and ...

More than three months after an Akron police cruiser crashed and rattled the Highland Square neighborhood, department leaders ...

A 45-year-old Akron man who failed to appear for his final day of trial was sentenced to 17 to 21 years in prison for ...

The Ohio Supreme Court will consider whether a crime victims' law allows police to withhold officers' names when they're ...

The Akron Police Department is advising the public of traffic delays in the area of Highland Square due to a developing ...

An Akron police officer was found to be at fault for an accident in Highland Square that smashed up four cars, and an ...

AKRON, Ohio ... a marked police cruiser. Officials say that the crash happened at around 10 p.m. on Friday at the intersection of West Exchange Street and Rand Avenue as Akron officers were ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) – Akron Mayor Shammas Malik says threats have been made to the entire Akron Police Department ... had been veiled threats against officers. “Individuals on Facebook have ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — A woman who was body slammed by an Akron police officer while ... internal review determined the officer’s use of force was in line with department policy, an auditor ...

On the last day of his trial, Sanders failed to appear, cut off his GPS monitoring device, and fled to Pennsylvania,' according to the prosecutor's office.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – An Akron police officer shot Jazmir Tucker three times, including twice in the back, during a fatal encounter on Thanksgiving, officials said Wednesday. Two of the shots ...

AKRON, Ohio — An Akron woman who was ... Dierra Fields accused the officers of using excessive force, the police department of carrying out a pattern of violence against Black residents and ...