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The new strategy identified 69 violence-prone “zones” and added a heavy police presence during summer months
Police responded to a traffic accident and found a passenger in handcuffs, which pointed them to a security guard who was later found to be impersonating an officer
Kevin Kirkland was handcuffed in the back seat of the cruiser, but was able to climb into the front of the vehicle and lead police on a pursuit
Jason Dingler was captured on video stealing a handgun, a pickup truck and beer before leading police on an 11-mile pursuit
An Orlando firefighter is on administrative leave over his reaction to a kitchen joke
“I’ve stood over too many bodies to ignore how our community is being harmed, not only by violence, but by its response to that violence,” Sheriff T.K. Waters said
“I think the way my wheels were placed, the way I parked and the way I’m trained at the department, that was a critical part of me making it,” Sgt. Ron Malone said
“This destructive and illegal behavior cannot and will not be tolerated in our city,” Mayor Jim Kenney said
“There’s hornets everywhere,” an officer can be heard saying on the video with the wasps visibly crawling on his uniform and skin
Threats against Congress members have increased about 300% over the past seven years, Chief Manger told lawmakers at a hearing this year
The suspects recorded the killing of retired Bell Police Chief Andreas Probst on video, which was provided to the police by an SRO
“It didn’t go well,” Chief Joshua Clayton said; the man triggered an alarm with his cries of pain after dangling upside down
During the last time the vehicle showed up near the officers’ location, the driver attempted to flee by driving in reverse, hitting another cruiser with his vehicle
The judge fined Willie Warner Sims and his partner, Alfonzo Cole, $40,000 and ordered the former officers to repay the one victim they robbed together $5,000
Since June, six radios have been stolen; of those six, two have been recovered and four are still missing
Alfonzo Cole and his partner, Willie Warner-Sims, pleaded guilty last month to four counts of robbery and theft in office, both third-degree felonies
“You’re a good cop,” but “I will kill every state trooper that comes here,” the suspect said to a trooper
An Atlanta-area store that has been closed for nearly a year due to shoplifting incidents will reopen with an Atlanta Police substation inside
In only a year and a half, gun crime in some Tucson neighborhoods has dropped over 75% since the Place Network Investigations program was put into motion
As the suspect started to drive away, he backed into a cruiser, hitting an officer in the process; the suspect then drove the wrong way on a highway
“New York City is the safest big city in the nation,” NYPD Commissioner Caban said. “We will continue to drive overall crime even lower”
Danielle Outlaw will step down this month to become the bi-state agency’s deputy chief security officer
After the suspect allegedly stabbed K-9 Ringo three times, the suspect was shot at least once by an officer but still refused to surrender
California’s Regional Auto Theft Task Force has recovered more than $3.3 million in stolen vehicles and dismantled auto theft crime rings throughout San Diego
It was the second robbery this month involving a Chicago news crew
Smash-and-grab thefts are reaching pre-pandemic highs as tourists return to San Francisco
The Wichita officer was off his motorcycle and talking with the driver when the suspect “decided to gun the accelerator and run the officer over”
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called the recent string of hits on high-end stores a “trend” that “needs to be quickly addressed”
Although an officer adheres to procedure by securing their guns in the cruiser, grinders and “pneumatic hydraulic type tools” can bypass locks, a former detective said
Since 2019, the CHP’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force has arrested over 1,200 individuals and reclaimed $30M worth of merchandise
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