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Dr. David P. Weber, who blew the whistle on misconduct in the Bernie Madoff and R. Allen Stanford cases, is using a $2.6M grant to oversee interns investigating fraudsters preying on the elderly
“It’s chilling to see how this house was set up,” Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said. “The officers had no chance whatsoever.”
The police department does not have its own drones yet, but has worked with the Spokane Fire Department in the past to reconstruct accidents
The gunfire led to a standoff with police, who eventually arrested six suspects
“In 41½ years in policing, this is first time I’ve heard of anything like this,” Police Chief James Craig said
Shahed Hussain served as an FBI informant in two terrorism cases after pleading guilty to a federal fraud charge in 2002
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“The public has a right to know whether officers serving them have committed misconduct,” the lawsuit reads
Officials are describing Wednesday’s attack that left six LEOs wounded and one dead as an ambush
Chief Daniel Paez reportedly told officers to stand down because he wasn’t sure they were experienced enough
Releasing the information would interfere with the investigation into the Sept. 6 shooting, an official said
Involuntary manslaughter charges were filed against police Sgt. Ronald Buckley and paramedics Matt Dicosola and Leah Maynard in the death of inmate William Marshall
Marquis Aaron Flowers, 25, was wanted prior to the Saturday killings of two officers for failing to appear in court
Officer James White, 35, and Cpl. Zach Moak, 31, were mortally wounded over the weekend while responding to a call
Marquis Aaron Flowers, accused of mortally wounding two officers, previously eluded arrest and stole a vehicle
Patrolman James White, 35, and Cpl. Zack Moak, 31 were responding to a report of shots fired at a house Saturday morning
Members of the “Genesee County Task Force Blight Agency” were sentenced this week, but officials say they spent years responding to crimes as fake officers
Baltimore police say they’re unable to retrieve body cam footage from last week’s fatal OIS
A murder suspect known as “Devious” escaped police custody last April, stole a patrol car and shot at officers during a pursuit
The deputy admitted to shooting a fellow officer last October, but claimed it was in self defense
Nashville Fraternal Order of Police condemned the charge: “This is not a case of an innocent civilian shot for no reason.”
LAPD crackdown this year on suspected election fraud on skid row has yielded eight felony arrests, including three last week
Footage shows officers trying to de-escalate the situation before the suspect raised a gun
Officer Jamarcus Jeames shot 25-year-old Martavious Banks after Banks fled during arrest last week
The former officer’s lawyers said Jimmy Drummond, 50, was a supervisor who arrived at a “chaotic scene” in which several officers were fighting members of the suspect’s family
The officers were charged with obstructing administration of law and misdemeanor counts of false imprisonment, tampering with records and official oppression
Allen Travers, 37, ordered the driver to run red lights and later exited the bus with his weapon aimed at police
The shooting occurred after a struggle during a traffic stop, officials said
Ronald Hamilton, 34, faces possible execution for the 2016 murders
The deputy was struggling to take a gun from the suspect when he was shot