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“Any time you take your kids to a crowded location, [take] a photo of them in their current outfits so if...your child is lost they can be located,” the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said
“When I’m on the street and I’m serving in the community, I think of someone being my [family member.] Everyone is a family member to someone,” Officer Vanity Cordero said
The incident escalated when the man started advancing toward two Boynton Beach PD officers, slashing the machete twice against the concrete before raising it up in the air
Capt. Steve Hirjak alleged that he was blamed and mistreated after a different commander violated protest response policies
Ronald Mortensen has maintained that another Metropolitan PD officer who was with him at the time of the off-duty, drive-by shooting, was the person who killed a 21-year-old man
Proposition 36, which took effect in December after a landslide victory at the ballot box, increases penalties for street crime — but local officials say they need more funding
Event aims to professionalize community engagement as a key component of public safety
The officer said several police departments helped search for K-9 Raider, including agencies in Florissant, Berkeley, St Louis city, St Louis County, Normandy and Hazelwood
An initial pursuit by Wooster PD was abandoned after a cruiser was damaged by the suspect’s gunfire; he was later captured by the Dalton PD and Ohio State Highway Patrol
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
Public reaction has been swift, but the incident will be assessed under federal use-of-force standards, vehicle threat analysis and Supreme Court precedent — not political pressure or hindsight
A veteran officer’s perspective on perception, movement and survival when a vehicle accelerates toward police
From political violence and immigration enforcement to shifting criminal justice policy, 2025 forced local law enforcement to absorb the consequences of national decisions — regardless of ideology
The Tijuana attack reveals a growing transnational threat — and the urgent need to modernize how state and local agencies acquire counter-UAS tools
Second Amendment auditors intentionally test police reactions. Here’s how officers can stay professional, protect rights and prevent encounters from escalating
Marketed as immigration reform, SB 627 does nothing to regulate ICE and instead punishes California’s local officers by removing long-standing legal protections
PRODUCT NEWS
Carlos Kehl spat in the face of one of the security guards, both of whom are employed as officers in another suburb and were off duty
The vehicle will be used to help educate the public, particularly young drivers, about road safety
Officers fired multiple shots at the vehicle as Carlos Martinez fled
The university is beefing up its emergency alert system and streamlining the way officials communicate after the attack exposed flaws in the text-message procedure
The partnership will enable police agencies to automatically process in near real-time large volumes of audio and video evidence
Ford Motor Co. says it will offer a police pursuit version of the hybrid Fusion midsize sedan, in response to requests from cities nationwide
Mattis K. Nine will provide comfort to crime victims, children and the elderly during the tough times when deputies are called
Critics argued the checkpoints violate due process rights and protections against unreasonable search and seizure
Officers who work the evening shift will get the cameras as part of a pilot program ordered by a federal judge
Alize Castilleja was driving a car that was possibly involved in a home burglary