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BREAKING NEWS
Damage to the Missouri State Highway Patrol cruiser showed that the suspect had fired multiple shots, including one that flew through the cruiser’s passenger window
“Our message is very clear to the criminals that are stripping the city part by part: The city of Los Angeles is no longer your ATM machine,” City Councilmember Kevin de León said
The man was fleeing the scene of a minor car crash when he threw a rock at the head of Sgt. Michael Chesna; he then grabbed Chesna’s gun and shot him multiple times
The report by the Peace Officers Research Assn. of California suggests more money should be poured into LE agencies to help support officer recruitment and retention
The 14-month-old child fallen about ten feet deep into a pipe around 12 inches in diameter; a Moundridge Police officer’s creative approach was instrumental in his rescue
“Thank you all for what you’ve done for me. It means a lot,” said Deputy Lucas Watts, who was shot in the head during a traffic stop in 2023 and named Deputy of The Year in 2024
The man called 911 requesting Cedar Rapids Police officers to come to his home, telling dispatchers that he wanted to fight an officer
The Blue Ridge Community College Basic Law Enforcement Training Program will be suspended for five years, according to the NC Criminal Justice Standards Division
The officer’s shot forced the suspect to recoil, resulting in a 10-second pause in gunfire; this critical period allowed the Secret Service sniper to take decisive action
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
Parades are joyful for citizens but fretful for police departments large and small
A Virginia town’s overnight loss of its entire police force is a stark example of the strain facing small agencies
As demonstrations increasingly unfold outside synagogues, mosques and churches, the distinction between protest and intimidation is becoming harder to ignore
A bill targeting easily converted pistols could affect future sales of older Glock models, raising concerns among active and retired law enforcement officers
A Riverside case involving disabled veteran plates touches on police discipline, military service, due process and public perception
A shooting outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shows how fast a high-profile event can turn into a critical incident — and what officers must do to be ready
PRODUCT NEWS
Integration brings real-time drone telemetry into LeoCommand, enabling faster coordination and more informed decision-making for public safety agencies
TrueAllele’s admissibility history provides a foundation for the reliability of PG results with “limited, complex, or unresolved” DNA evidence
Effective decision-making increasingly depends on the ability to see events as they unfold and distribute that information instantly to those responsible for managing the response
New initiative provides dedicated resources and expert coaching to help police departments secure funding for advanced investigative tools
This session will examine how FirstNet, the dedicated public safety communications network, was leveraged to support planning, operations and response during a global-scale sporting event
The backbone of each conversation will be FirstNet and its continued impact on law enforcement efficiency and effectiveness at responding to cri
RTIC officers used city camera footage to locate the robbery suspect along with two other people implicated in the crime, leading to near-immediate arrests