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BREAKING NEWS
The Glendale Police Department used real-time technology to track the suspect following a second vehicle assault on the department’s secured entrance
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
Portland Police said the crowd was hostile as officers moved in and some people threw lit fireworks from above; street racing participants also surrounded cops who initiated stops
Video shows former Grant County Deputy Alejandro Gomez smiling at the camera while holding the rabbit; moments later, Gomez threw the rabbit into a cruiser
Prosecutors say Joshua Thompson ignored a restraining order and hid rifles, handguns, 2,000 rounds of ammo and meth pills
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
Mesa 4 performance upgrades include up to three times the CPU performance of the Mesa 3 thanks to the all-new Intel® N200 processor
In addition to secure video creation, management and distribution, users have benefitted from auto-captioning, analytics, cloud-based, scalable storage, adaptive bitrate streaming, device compatibility and LMS integration
Independent lab validation and patent proving disruptive in war on illicit fentanyl
After debuting new innovations across its offerings in 2023, Skopenow accelerates into 2024 with rollout of proactive event and risk-detection capabilities
Industry-leading cloud-native records management system will support officers in their mission of addressing crime and engaging with the community
Award-winning project vastly increases access to justice for litigants, enhances service provided to judges, court administrators, prosecutors, and defense attorneys
Advanced intelligence now accessible to command staff and uniformed police officers
The Walther PDP Steel Frame elevates the shooting experience and takes performance to the next level
