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Meet Mary Nero: Greensboro Police Department’s lone homicide victim advocate who managed a record 74 homicide cases in a single year
The man ran into a crowded room and pointed a gun in the direction of deputies and multiple bystanders before the shooting occurred
Paramedics were still in the ambulance when it was stolen and had to bail out of the vehicle as the suspect fled
The gun crime intelligence center at Chicago’s ATF office brings together federal agents, police and prosecutors to share and analyze firearm intelligence to identify traffickers and shooters
Money from the theft, orchestrated by an Air Canada employee and former manager, was used to fund illegal U.S. weapons purchases for distribution across the border
The majority of the burglaries have been committed by groups of Chilean suspects who overstayed a 90-day visa; Detroit police say the burglars stake out homes for days in order to break in while they are unoccupied
The Erie County Sheriff’s Office’s helicopter team tracked a group of teenagers fleeing from Buffalo police officers in a stolen vehicle
Thieves stole pallets of beer using forklifts, recruiting others into the scheme via social media, according to a West Haven Police Department warrant
The legislation, which followed the death of a man crossing a street turned pitch black by the theft of copper wiring in streetlights, would require anyone selling copper metal to have a state-issued license
The suspects hit stores in search of limited-edition box sets of the toys, part of a trend of “Lego larceny”
The victim and an officer who was standing nearby ran after the thief; the victim fell, but the officer continued to pursue the perpetrator on foot, video shows
Sgt. Thomas Fry faces felony charges after admitting to taking three duty firearms from the Dallas Police Department
The bill would provide for information sharing and dissemination, emulating the New Jersey State Police real-time crime center; there, agecies are tied into a real-time computer chat to report car thefts and information
‘I don’t play no games with them’: Mother turns in her 2 sons suspected of shooting at Miss. officer
“If you want to do the crime, you gotta do the time — plain and simple,” the mother said
Nearly 200 homicides occurred in 2023, up from 151 in 2019; the new plan will utilize police and community collaboration, a larger volume of social services and a concept called “focused deterrence” to reduce crime
One officer was injured after being hit by a car speeding away from the scene
Police recorded 51 fewer felony crimes than the 217 recorded in March 2023; the NYPD also saw a 51% drop in robberies, a 10% drop in felony assaults and a 15% drop in pickpocketing and theft
“My policy is always [that] we don’t go home until we have someone in handcuffs or a name and someone we can sign a warrant on,” Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch stated
L.A. moves to hire private security for ‘graffiti towers,’ other hazardous buildings to relieve LAPD
“[The] LAPD is a trained, professional police force,” L.A. Councilmember Kevin de Leon said. “They are there to protect and serve the city of LA, not to protect and babysit buildings”
The officer was in uniform serving an off-duty assignment when he was shot by armed robbery suspects
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The new law rolls back a 2020 voter-approved measure by making so-called personal use possession a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail
The network of cameras will provide real-time crime alerts, alerting authorities when a suspected crime-linked vehicle is spotted
Nero’s team is expanding at a crucial time, as the city of Greensboro, N.C., has experienced a record number of homicides this past year
An AMR supervisor rolled down his window to ask if a man standing in the road was OK; the man “began throwing himself at the window, gaining access to the ambulance”
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The moves comes as a part of a crackdown on rising NYC subway crime, supplemented by the N.Y. State Police and National Guard
One of the features Greeley Police Chief Adam Turk is most excited about with the real-time information center is the increased capacity for drones
The new software for the Port Authority PD will “empower officers to stay connected and agile in dynamic operational environments,” Mark43 said
‘Operation Safe Cities’ will train police detectives to prepare federal cases against gun crime suspects; leaders believe that prosecuting suspects on federal charges will allow for harsher penalties
Spero Georgedakis has partnered with the Florida Police Benevolent Association to help officers move from Calif. and N.Y. to Florida to take advantage of transfer bonuses
“They tend to not carry guns. They don’t want to get gun charges. They sometimes carry jamming devices to disable home security systems.”
The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene while the baby and a passenger who said he was the child’s father were taken to the hospital
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