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BREAKING NEWS
The man was involved in a crash before shooting a bystander who approached to offer help
The FAA said all 80 passengers and crew were safely evacuated after the plane flipped during landing at Toronto Pearson
The Arizona DOT traffic camera video shows unmarked police vehicles following a white sedan before one vehicle deployed the grappler, stopping the suspect
Thurston County deputies attempted to get the driver to surrender for nearly an hour before using foam bullets to break a window and deploying a K-9 into the vehicle
“I lost my daughter many years ago, and I wish she could be here,” Cincinnati PD Officer Newman said. “…There are angels looking over us…there’s an angel for you.”
“Civil forfeiture is neither intended to be criminal punishment nor is the overall scheme so punitive...that the statutes amount to criminal punishment,” Chief Justice Meagan Flynn wrote
“If you choose to run, you’ll just go to jail tired,” the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook, adding that criminals “can’t hide from our horsepower!”
Unions serving Utah police officers, teachers, firefighters, transit workers and other public employees will be prohibited from negotiating on their behalf
The Williams County sheriff called the incident a result of “complacency and human error” and is not taking disciplinary action against the jail staff
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
Some of the guns need to be kept because of active and pending criminal cases
The person was unable to call 911 but could text vital information for police to act upon
The man was armed with a handgun in his right hand
Rep. Justin Bamberg wants to prohibit law enforcement agencies in the state from setting traffic ticket quotas
Those who have been retired from law enforcement service for at least one year may be qualified for a position
A bullet from a .22-caliber handgun entered 9-year-old Joey’s left frontal lobe near his eye from point-blank range
As the shooting started, dozens of people visiting the park ran the other way
The trial was to offer the public its first chance to hear the driver’s side of the story
The FBI is known to be investigating that shooting and several others
The video shows, as indicated in his arrest report, the suspect had a separate pocket in his shorts filled with drugs