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BREAKING NEWS
President Trump calls on lawmakers to pass legislation to end sanctuary policies and judges hear arguments about pausing Operation Metro Surge following Alex Pretti’s death
“I’m sure I’m going to have sausages in my locker and police car when I get back. We’ll try to have some fun with it,” Rocky Hill Police Officer Will Jordan said
National Law Enforcement Foundation founder Jim McKay said that the Idaho center is part of an effort to reinvigorate policing after the profession was “villainized”
Waller County Sheriff’s Office Deputy John “Eddie” Flemmons has served with the department since 2023 as a field training officer
The governor’s order extends an operation that began in February, which has resulted in the arrest of nearly 1,200 people and the recovery of 2,246 stolen vehicles
The officer was leaving work when a group began jumping on his car and banging on the windows; responding Boston Police officers were nearly struck by fleeing suspects
Video: Man who fired into car with woman and his child inside points gun at Calif. deputy before OIS
LASD dispatchers received a call about a domestic dispute occurring on a roadway; a deputy found a man and a woman in an argument before the man raised a gun
“I think it’s just a testament to what we all signed up to do, and I don’t think anyone would hesitate to do it again,” Mahwah Police Officer Chris Lupo said
Ferguson Police officials stated that Officer Travis “TJ” Brown “has made remarkable strides” as doctors began to wean him off of sedation
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
Minneapolis offers a warning for law enforcement leaders as political conflict undermines coordination and officer safety
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
PRODUCT NEWS
Police near Pittsburgh say a handcuffed shoplifting suspect climbed into the front of a patrol car and raced off at speeds of up to 100 mph
Firearms that are built by patriots, for patriots
Several dozen protesters hindered the morning commute for some Thursday as they marched in the streets of Washington
Activists protesting what they call “police and state violence against black people” chained themselves to concrete-filled barrels and blocked a busy Boston area highway
Prison bus skidded off an icy Texas highway, slid down an embankment and collided with a passing freight train
Officers Pat Brown and Brian Schoen were shot during an encounter with Saeed Aquil and a teenager on New Year’s Eve 1994
Tuesday’s shooting marks the department’s third this year
Disturbing video captured the moments leading up to the killing of a rookie Arizona officer by an armed suspect
Many companies are introducing a new long gun — and in several cases — a whole series of long guns at the show
Three-judge panel is reviewing a lawsuit that claims police conducted broad surveillance on Muslim businesses, mosques and schools in New Jersey