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BREAKING NEWS
The report by the independent Council on Criminal Justice tracked 13 crime categories and recorded drops in 11 of them in 2025, including carjackings, shoplifting and assaults
A Florida Highway Patrol trooper initiated a traffic stop after spotting a man driving at 70 mph in a 45 mph zone; after a brief pursuit, the man jumped off a bridge
A jury cleared Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Neely’s 2023 death; a manslaughter charge was dismissed in deliberations because the jury deadlocked on that count
“The odor of raw cannabis strongly suggests that the cannabis is not being possessed within the parameters of Illinois law,” the ruling states
The 2025 pilot program was announced in an email from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings, Charlotte FOP President Daniel Redford said
As Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputies tried to de-escalate a dispute between neighbors, the man took a screaming woman into a back bedroom at knifepoint
Terell Police Officer Jacob Candanoza, 28, called for backup after being shot by the suspect; he was taken to a hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries
A witness claimed the officer lost control of the motorcycle while attempting a wheelie
The package, delivered to a Lake Elsinore business in August, had “psilocybin mushrooms and marijuana products,” the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
Why speed, clarity and language matter when false ICE activity claims go viral
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
PRODUCT NEWS
36-year-old sheriff’s deputy was shot multiple times while directing traffic in a school zone
Ambulances were dispatched when an SUV carrying two law enforcement dogs caught fire
The driver drove on the sidewalk, hit several parked cars and rammed the unmarked police car
Report released Tuesday suggests there’s been progress in how federal and local law enforcement officials share information following the Boston bombings
A sheriff’s deputy who can be heard in a video cursing at a suspect who later died was unaware that a volunteer deputy had shot the man
Malik Shabazz, the president of Black Lawyers for Justice, says his group also will conduct its own investigation into the death
Suspect was shot and wounded after opening fire on an officer with a rifle and leading police on a pursuit
Robert Bates, an insurance executive who was volunteering on an undercover operation in Tulsa, accidentally shot Eric Harris on April 2
Officer thought he was holding a stun gun, not his handgun, when he fired at 44-year-old Eric Harris