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BREAKING NEWS
California ranked #1 for the second year in a row, followed by Connecticut and Illinois; among the lowest on the list are Nevada, Hawaii and Alaska
Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that these new units will give domestic violence cases “the same focused attention as gun violence and hate crimes”
Colorado Springs Police K-9 Roam is recovering from multiple surgeries and has reportedly lifted his head and wagged his tail
The man ignored the Las Cruces officer’s instructions as he closed a distance of about 60 feet before the officer fired shots
Kevin Golphin is serving life in the murders of State Trooper Ed Lowry and Corporal David Hathcock; he has tried to argue that his sentencing at age 17 violated the Eighth Amendment
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis also ruled that agents in the area must wear badges and banned them from using certain riot control techniques
The nurse, who was arrested for a DWI, also told the officer he couldn’t “speak straight” because he had “an accent from another country” and “hadn’t been picked up by ICE yet”
NYPD
Zohran Mamdani acknowledged that NYPD officers “put their lives on the line every single day;" in 2020, he called the agency “racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety”
Sheriff Christina Corpus allegedly showed a conflict of interest in her personal relationship with a former chief of staff and retaliated against a union leader, among others
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
A Virginia town’s overnight loss of its entire police force is a stark example of the strain facing small agencies
A confrontation with a non-compliant semi-truck driver highlights the dangers officers face when engaging drivers inside running vehicles and why an exit strategy matters
As tensions escalate overseas, local agencies may face heightened risks from lone-actor attacks, soft-target threats and possible cyber retaliation
Why 360-degree coverage matters for small protective details
Foreign conflicts, local consequences — six priorities for law enforcement leaders as global tensions rise
An incident in which NYPD officers were pelted with snow in New York City raises larger concerns about public order, leadership and the normalization of hostility toward law enforcement
PRODUCT NEWS
The decision comes after an officer’s handgun “spontaneously discharged” while he was arresting a suspect in the police station lobby
The department plans to use the drones to assist largely with search and rescue, especially with missing persons and children
According to Chief Dana Wingert, the program is meant to complement data on traffic stops resulting in arrests or citations
The take-home car program is one improvement the city government has provided to the Greensboro Police Department in order to drive recruiting efforts
With a press of a button, a small air compressor inside the cruiser’s engine bay propels a GPS tracker through the air and onto the back of a suspect’s vehicle
A sergeant successfully deployed the Grappler Police Bumper, netting one of the suspect vehicle’s rear tires, and brought it to a safe stop
The grants are for 118 projects to aid public safety efforts and, in some cases, address law enforcement staffing issues that arose during COVID-19
“We’re duct-taping and bubble-gumming things together,” public safety director Lee Schmidt said