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BREAKING NEWS
The suspect dropped the firearm, later determined to be a ghost gun, while falling from the third floor but reached for it when he hit the ground
Christopher Police Department body camera video shows fire erupting from a second-story window just before the roof gives way, briefly trapping a firefighter
“I worked here last year as a police officer and was in the pits every week,” Winston-Salem Police Officer Lonnie Oakley said. “So, I just decided to give it a shot now”
Detective Joseph Azcona was shot before exiting his car; the shooter and another officer were also wounded in the gun battle
Just 25 to 30 seconds after arriving, Walton County Deputy Will May was shot multiple times during a call to escort a man out of a store
The boy had fallen into the lock, which had a tall concrete wall preventing him from climbing out, when he attempted to walk his bike across a narrow wall
After initially acting cooperatively with the Des Moines Police officers, the man suddenly pulled a screwdriver from his pocket and threatened officers with it
The 345 names include 148 officers killed in 2024, spanning federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, campus and military agencies
The case summary underscores the elaborate lengths the shooter took to plan a massacre without provoking interference from mental health providers
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
The case is one of the first legal challenges over police use of a so-called “sound weapon” against protesters
The footage was released under the first test of a new state law for making public such material
A man fighting a speeding ticket in court had a unique explanation — the officer’s radar gun may have picked up a deer
Law enforcement cellphone tracking devices are coming under scrutiny in several states
TBL Systems, Inc. aims to provide ‘best available technology’ to first responders
Police pursued four carjacking suspects after they fled from a traffic stop
A report submitted to the Civil Service Commission said the officer violated department policy by using excessive force and failing to thoroughly investigate
The deputies were wounded during a shootout with a robbery suspect and are expected to make a full recovery
The change comes after the multiple officers were killed while sitting in their patrol vehicles
Police Chief Bill Labombarde said the officer was shot in his upper torso but was probably spared more serious injury because he was wearing a ballistic vest