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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
Fifty officers will undergo nine weeks of training to become certified as emergency medical responders and qualified to use the new defibrillators
After instructing the man to drop the two knives he was holding, the man threw one at an officer, leading Dekalb officers to fire several shots at him
President-elect Donald Trump stated that Patel will play a key role in fighting gangs and stopping fentanyl trafficking at the border
“This could have been much, much worse. Hopefully, he’ll get a stiffer penalty this time so this doesn’t happen again,” Sheriff Keith Pearson said of the driver, who has a prior DUI conviction
“During the scuffle...officers representing Ohio and Michigan deployed pepper spray. OSUPD is the lead agency for games & will continue to investigate,” the agency stated
"[Sgt. Jeremy Cole’s] kindness, professionalism and unwavering commitment to our community will never be forgotten,” the Endicott College Police Department stated
To properly upkeep the fleet, the city should be investing an estimated $20-$24 million annually, officials say; the 2025 budget allocates just over $6 million to buy new vehicles
A legislative report found that while the violent crime rate has persisted above the national average, the rate of solving such crimes has steadily dropped over the last decade
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
An intelligent system that shares workforce data as a standard practice
No criminal charges will be filed against officer for discharging his weapon during a domestic disturbance
Supporters say the privacy rights of crime victims and witnesses need protecting, and that police need to limit the broad and costly public records requests they’re getting
Man who’d been wanted by police made a couple of critical mistakes that led to his capture — he sent out social media messages pinpointing his location
Cell phone video captured a suspect’s attempted escape from police Wednesday during the South by Southwest Festival
The key to gaining your community’s trust is to educate them about the program prior to rolling it out. Here’s how:
Officers were inside a Port Authority facility when the gun was fired, striking the officer in the hand and his coworker in the thigh
Report comes seven months after John Crawford III was shot, when police responded to a 911 call reporting a man waving what appeared to be a gun
Even as he’s emerged as a leading national advocate of reform, top cop now finds his own agency under scrutiny
Complaints have fallen 40.5% and use of “personal body” force by officers has been reduced by 46.5%