Joanna Putman

Associate Editor

Joanna Putman is an Associate Editor and newswriter at Police1, where she has been covering law enforcement topics since August 2023. Based in Orlando, Florida, Joanna holds a journalism degree from the University of Florida and spent two years working in nonprofit local newsrooms, gaining experience in community-focused reporting. Married to a law enforcement officer, she brings a personal perspective to their work, highlighting the challenges and triumphs of those who serve and protect. Have a news tip? Email her at jkeen@lexipol.com.

LATEST ARTICLES

Officer shoots driver in leg while trying to remove gun from his waist, Florida cops say

Officer Misconduct / Internal Affairs

Fla. officer fired after shooting driver in leg while trying to remove his gun from holster

After a traffic stop, the man informed officers that he had a handgun in the side of his waistband; he complied as the officer tried to remove it, unintentionally firing it in the process

January 23, 2025 01:08 PM

Joanna Putman

Officer-Involved Shootings

BWC: Man hides in bathtub, jumps out and threatens NYPD officers with knife before fatal OIS

Officers attempted to use a TASER, which was ineffective; they fired shots as the suspect continued to advance toward them with the knife

January 23, 2025 01:03 PM

Joanna Putman

Legal

Trump pardons D.C. police officers convicted in case of motorist killed during pursuit

Officer Terence Sutton was charged with murder and both he and Lt. Andrew Zabavsky were charged with obstruction of justice in the 2020 death of Karon Hylton-Brown

January 23, 2025 11:34 AM

Joanna Putman

Drones

Drone as first responder program poised to boost N.Y. police department’s capabilities

The Hempstead PD leverages its current tech ecosystem for an easier path to drone-based emergency responses

January 22, 2025 02:44 PM

Joanna Putman

Officer-Involved Shootings

BWC: Wis. officer struggles with child sexual assault suspect over firearm before OIS

After seeing the gun pointed at him, the Milwaukee Police officer grabbed the suspect’s firearm and worked to wrestle control away from the suspect

January 22, 2025 01:24 PM

Joanna Putman

Police Union

FOP, IACP on presidential pardons: Attacks on LEOs are ‘attacks on society’

The statement followed Trump’s pardon of 1,500 individuals involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and Biden’s granting of clemency to the convicted killer of two FBI agents

January 22, 2025 12:07 PM

Joanna Putman

Officer-Involved Shootings

‘Gruesome’ video released in OIS of man stabbing his parents to death

West Valley City PD officers entered the home while the fatal stabbings were occurring; the killer did not stop raising the knife until he was fatally shot

January 21, 2025 12:35 PM

Joanna Putman

Body Camera

Video: Mo. officers, firefighters pull mother, infant from crashed vehicle in frigid water

The footage shows a Liberty police officer and a firefighter wading into the water to reach the vehicle, turned on its side in an icy creek

January 21, 2025 12:17 PM

Joanna Putman

Officer Safety

Former D.C., Capitol Police officers respond to Jan. 6-related pardons

“Six individuals who assaulted me, as I did my job on Jan. 6, as did hundreds of other law enforcement officers, will now walk free,” former D.C. Police Officer Michael Fanone said

January 21, 2025 12:01 PM

Joanna Putman

Search and Rescue

Search and rescue volunteer leaves home to respond to fire, comes back to find it burning

“When I left, I don’t know why, I thought I was going to come back to my house,” said Collin Davis, a Sierra Madre Search and Rescue volunteer

January 18, 2025 06:00 AM

Joanna Putman