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BREAKING NEWS
In addition to scores of cops in plainclothes, plans include highly-trained Emergency Services cops on rooftops, Aviation Unit cops in helicopters and bomb-sniffing dogs
BWC: Suspect waves machete in traffic, hits LAPD cruisers, then charges at officers before fatal OIS
Officers fatally shot the man after he waved the machete at bystanders, fled the scene in an erratic pursuit and charged at cops with the blade
The autopsy states Enrique Delgado-García died of complications from “intracranial hemorrhages due to blunt impact injuries of the head in the setting of physical training exercises”
The 30-year-old officer was struck by a box truck and thrown onto the asphalt; his motorcycle then struck a wall and burst into flames
Medical
Police officers brought the injured to the front of the church, where paramedics triaged them and, at times, loaded two or three patients at once into ambulances
Minneapolis Police say the shooter opened fire through church windows toward the children sitting in the pews during school Mass before dying at the scene
The Destination Zero National Officer Safety and Wellness Awards honor five police departments for outstanding agency-level programs that improve officer safety and wellness
New York City’s crackdown, launched in 2023, has helped rescue more than 200 subway surfers, Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced
The suspect, who was driving recklessly in the wrong direction, crashed into Bal Harbour and Surfside police cruisers before getting stuck in the sand on a beach
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
From crime concerns to cultural signals, public support for policing is rebounding
Incidents across multiple states point to recurring issues with overtime, supervision and internal controls
A Virginia town’s overnight loss of its entire police force is a stark example of the strain facing small agencies
A confrontation with a non-compliant semi-truck driver highlights the dangers officers face when engaging drivers inside running vehicles and why an exit strategy matters
As tensions escalate overseas, local agencies may face heightened risks from lone-actor attacks, soft-target threats and possible cyber retaliation
Why 360-degree coverage matters for small protective details
PRODUCT NEWS
The library handles threat letters and phony documents, ransom letters and memorabilia
DA Anne Marie Schubert said it was the first time in California that DNA was charged with a crime
Axon will not be using the tech in its cameras, heeding the recommendation of its ethics board
State lawmakers are considering regulation barring all California police officers from running facial recognition programs on body cameras
A $1.5 million approval is pending for the city of Birmingham to have a Real Time Crime Center
The NYPD sometimes uses celebrity photos to find a match in its facial recognition system when they’re stumped for quality images of possible suspects
The city became the first in the country to ban the technology
Software and hardware will be installed at dispatch centers that will give dispatchers immediate location data within 3 feet of the mobile phone being used
San Francisco and Oakland could be the first cities to ban police departments from using facial recognition
Axon’s new tools are designed to help agencies with video redaction and measuring officer performance and compliance