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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
Senior Cpl. Segus Jolivette served as a SWAT negotiator with the Lafayette Police Department; he leaves behind his wife and five daughters
Onondaga County authorities have approved a search of the suspect’s home and are considering charges of terroristic threatening
The Lowell Police Department program, funded by a community safety grant, is intended to honor Officer Enmanuel Familia, who died while saving drowning children
Edsaul Mendoza, who was fired a week after the 2022 shooting, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in April in the shooting of Thomas “T.J.” Siderio
The Miami Beach Police Department body camera footage shows the suspect holding the victims in a chokehold inside a store while officers worked to de-escalate the situation
After the deadly shooting of a woman under the influence of drugs and alcohol, one officer on the video is heard asking, “It was just a TASER, right?”
The Colony Police Department officers had to pull the man to safety after the electric vehicle continued to burn after being doused with a fire extinguisher
Uvalde school police officer pleads not guilty to charges stemming from actions during 2022 shooting
Adrian Gonzales was indicted on 29 charges that accuse him of abandoning training and not confronting the shooter, even after hearing gunshots as he stood in a hallway
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