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BREAKING NEWS
Ronald Mortensen has maintained that another Metropolitan PD officer who was with him at the time of the off-duty, drive-by shooting, was the person who killed a 21-year-old man
Former wide receiver Laveranues Coles joins a group of nine former NFL players who serve at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, including former linebacker Jeff Kopp, now a detective
The deployment, sparked by an emergency order in August, includes armed patrols in public spaces and support for local and federal law enforcement
Utah Valley University is in the process of hiring eight more campus police officers and two new safety managers who will help coordinate security for future events on campus
The Warren Police Department and Turning Point Macomb are partnering to provide trauma response training for officers and a 24/7 hotline
“I’m about to do something just cause that’s who I am, bro,” the suspect told the Lima Police officer before shooting and wounding him
The charges against the suspected killer of San Bernardino County Deputy Andrew Nunez make him eligible for the death penalty
MacAleese first created an anonymous tipline in exchange for cash as an Albuquerque Police detective in 1976; now, Crime Stoppers is a key policing tool on an international scale
“NYPD, are you disgusted with the election of Zohran Mamdani? Join us!” the Houston Police Officers’ Union posted on social media
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
The company’s UAS for Public Safety training program is the only accredited program outside of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, according to the release
A new grant program via the Bureau of Justice Assistance will release $7.65 million in funding for selected agencies
65% of the chiefs who said their department doesn’t use bodycams cited a lack of resources as the reason
The department is now reviewing if it needs to stop using that style of holster
Axon’s AI-powered ALPR delivers up to 8x or more the plate reads for the same price as traditional systems, according to the company
A Lenco FireCat is being credited with helping put out flames when it was too dangerous for firefighters to approach using traditional means
Afterward, the man thanked the officers: “I’m glad that whatever you just did, you did”
FN says the new model has improved service life and accuracy
A system overhaul will encrypt the frequencies used by nine city departments, preventing monitoring of the transmissions
The memo directed law enforcement officials to develop policies in the next 30 days that govern the use of such cameras