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BREAKING NEWS
When dispatch asked her to confirm she knew she was calling 911, she said she did; she said she was hurt, but the other person wasn’t armed.
The Lummi Nation officer has undergone several surgeries and remains hospitalized; video shows him attempting to help a man from his wrecked vehicle before the attack
The move, backed by court orders, marks the first vehicle destruction by SDPD in nearly 20 years to deter reckless driving and street takeovers
“We’re their force multipliers, and this is the thanks we get?” said Polk County, Fla. Sheriff Grady Judd; the backlash comes after cops in ICE’s partner agencies received recruiting emails
The program would allow the retirees to keep receiving their full pensions while also earning a salary
Dallas Police officers working an off-duty job responded to the sound of a gunshot to find a wounded person and a person armed with a gun, who then fled
The two deputies used a Signal chat to relay identifying information to federal immigration agents, a practice which is now prohibited by Colorado state law
Pinellas County Sgt. Greg Graff was participating in classroom training at a high school after an active assailant exercise earlier in the day when he collapsed
After shooting the Tampa Police Department officer, the man fatally shot himself
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
A viral video raises a bigger question for police leaders: How do warning signs of bias go unaddressed — and what should agencies do now?
From crime concerns to cultural signals, public support for policing is rebounding
Incidents across multiple states point to recurring issues with overtime, supervision and internal controls
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
PRODUCT NEWS
The new system and partnership with the University of Nebraska Medical Center will allow for faster crime test results
Deputy Jake Shaw shot Andy Grimm after mistaking the photographer’s camera and tripod for a gun
While the two officers searched her belongings, Toscha Fay Sponsler escaped out of one of the handcuffs and crawled through the sliding partition
Scott Lauderbaugh provided troopers with a fake name and date of birth during a traffic stop
Deputy Robert French rushed to the hotel parking lot after hearing reports of shots fired at the Ramada Inn
Undersheriff Paul Matyas said there were rumors an officer was pursuing the vehicle at the time of the crash
Drone video shows Zachary Kingsbury was trailed by a shark for a time, about 25 feet away
Although he can do some passive tracking, he isn’t trained in drug detection or bite-aggression of suspects
A Finnish news agency said the country’s more than 7,000 police officers will soon have submachine guns
The court stopped short of ordering the PDs to release the raw data, saying that doing so would violate the privacy of motorists