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BREAKING NEWS
The violence reduction initiative will include Cleveland police, Cuyahoga County prosecutors, the Ohio State Highway Patrol, and the FBI, ATF and U.S. Marshals Service
The initiative now welcomes retired CBP officers and Border Patrol agents with full pay and pension, aiming to boost leadership and operational capacity
House Bill 1597 creates a misdemeanor for bystanders who fail to back off at least 25 feet when ordered to do so by a first responder performing their duty
The Vallejo Police Department has been critically understaffed for years, causing the city to declare the emergency in 2023
The federal judge found that though the president is entitled to “great deference” on whether to call up the Guard, he did not establish that there was danger of rebellion
A suspect fled into a home after he was caught with a stolen pickup truck; Indian River County SWAT officers took the man into custody after he fell through the ceiling
“If I’m reading this right, is he actually riding a real bull?” Alliance Officer Ronald Hook asked the dispatcher
Seven Albuquerque PD Academy instructors were removed from their positions after they punished a cadet who had connections with department leadership for lying
Michael McMahon was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in “a campaign of transnational repression;" McMahon said he was “unwittingly used” by the Chinese government
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
The fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk underscores why overlapping security layers and coordinated planning are essential in today’s threat environment
From deputizing agents to National Guard activation, a look at the mechanics and precedent of federal intervention in Washington
From deepfake detection to predictive analytics, Trump’s AI strategy outlines new challenges and capabilities for modern policing
After the January 6 Capitol riot, DC Officer Jeffrey Smith died by suicide — his widow’s fight changed the law and redefined duty-related trauma
Real-world lessons and practical strategies for law enforcement on building stronger RICO cases
Foreign-directed terrorism is no longer hypothetical — here’s what law enforcement must do to prepare for coordinated, high-impact attacks
PRODUCT NEWS
Delivering rugged laptops, body-worn cameras, and in-car video solutions
FirstNet Fusion will combine critical communications capabilities like push-to-talk, 9-1-1 dispatch and connected devices into one seamless experience
Beretta looks forward to having productive engagements with Law Enforcement Agencies with the goal of providing their officers with the most effective solutions necessary to carry out their daily mission
By bringing DroneSense by Versaterm into its Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) platform, agencies can now dispatch drones with the same speed and simplicity as their traditional emergency vehicles
Consortium of Long Island agencies replaces decades-old legacy on-premises systems with cloud-native solutions
Deployment of modern cloud-native CAD, RMS, Analytics, and OnScene mobile app enhances community safety, officer mobility, and agency resilience
Mark43 RMS, built on AWS GovCloud, will provide JCSO with a secure, intuitive system to reduce report-writing time, improve data accuracy, and ensure compliance with the NIBRS
Visit Safe Fleet at IACP 2025 – booth #1013
At IACP 2025, Insight LPR will demonstrate how its platform expands capabilities for narcotics, interdiction, auto theft, CID, ORC, and surveillance operations
Assist gets smarter with new private, secure AI tools to help officers build and verify police reports and verbally search for information on the go