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BREAKING NEWS
In addition to the alligator, the team seized over 500 grams of methamphetamine, 10 grams of heroin, six grams of cocaine, 371 grams of various pills and nine firearms
The jury ordered the man to pay $380,000 in punitive damages and $60,000 in compensatory damages to Erin Smith for assaulting Metropolitan PD Officer Jeffrey Smith
The emergency loan seeks to avoid unpaid wages as LAPD responds to anti-ICE riots involving violence toward officers and hundreds of arrests
Sgt. Shiou Deng, a 26-year veteran of the department, was struck by oncoming traffic after attempting to give aid in a crash
Houston officers were steps away from the man’s car as he turned toward them gripping a handgun still tucked in his belt, leading to a fatal officer-involved shooting
An off-duty San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department deputy took action after a Fontana man shot and fatally wounded a man and a woman
Cleveland Police Academy Recruit Cortez Smith suffered a medical emergency during physical agility training; he was transported to a hospital, where he died a day later
“We are taking bold steps now to protect our people and our skies before tragedy strikes,” Gov. Jeff Landry said
“Burdensome regulations and unconstitutional taxes shouldn’t stand in the way of protecting American gun owners’ hearing,” Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde 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
The violence broke out as a group protested the arrest of a Black man who shouted at restaurant customers through a megaphone while carrying a baseball bat
Authorities denounced the unrest as vigilantism and said some people were reacting to information that had not been proven in the case
Andrew Jackson’s history of violence against Native Americans, notably the Trail of Tears, has made the statue a target for protesters
State Police officials called his survival ‘unbelievable’
One of the law’s biggest changes is how it alters qualified immunity for police
The cameras would run the entire time they are worn, not just when a deputy draws a sidearm, which was originally planned
Troopers must wear them at all times and turn them on any time they are interacting with the public or responding to a call
The federal grant will fund the purchase of 36 body cameras for the Brook Park police department
Use of the company’s Rekognition software platform will be suspended for one year in the hopes Congress will have “enough time to implement appropriate rules”
A letter to U.S. lawmakers said the tech giant “has sunset its general purpose facial recognition and analysis software products”