House Republicans rejected an amendment Monday that would have made it easier for the public to claim access to police body camera videos.

Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson says she hopes the three-year initiative will help residents in her struggling city to feel closer to the police force, "and not view them as kind of a separate entity that imposes on them."

The officer was taking a vandalism report about 5:30 a.m. Sunday when he heard shots fired and saw a red Ford Focus speeding away.

For all the talk of police militarization, no reliable statistics exist on the number of raids by SWAT or other heavily armed tactical teams. There are no federal or state tallies - except in Utah.

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said during a speech in Indianapolis on Monday that the justice department will rely on local police to help develop trust between minorities and the criminal justice system.