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BREAKING NEWS
Two NJSP detectives assigned to a U.S. Marshals task force found the man on a front porch; when they instructed him to raise his hands, he grabbed a revolver instead
Drone footage shows the man exiting his house with a long gun and approaching the vehicle; he fired shots at it and attempted to break the driver’s side window
Several state sheriffs sued, securing a block on the law from a lower court; they alleged the law gave an unelected board illegal power to remove elected officials
The Cohutta police force vanished overnight following a heated conflict over unauthorized access to town systems and concerns over municipal payroll
The lawsuit alleges Boise police failed to verify identities or gather critical information before opening fire during the chaotic response to inmate Skylar Meade’s hospital escape
A federal judge ruled the city could not compel Pembroke Pines officers to turn over personal text messages through a public records request issued by internal affairs
Trooper Kevin Trainor was commuting home from his shift shortly before 2 a.m. when his cruiser was struck
Surveillance and body camera video show the Oak Creek officer being forced onto the hood of his squad car as the suspect rapidly reversed from the scene
Detectives Victor Lemus, Joshua Kelley-Eklund and William Osborn were killed in the explosion, the deadliest incident in LASD’s 150-year history
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
An armed robbery pursuit culminated in a critical encounter, emphasizing the need for rigorous high-risk stop tactics
Exploring the indictment of Chief Pete Arredondo and the legal challenges in proving criminal negligence in the Uvalde school shooting case
Learn how Larsen’s hefty donation for officer wellness and community engagement builds on his extensive history of supporting law enforcement in the City by the Bay
Imagine how policing could improve if instead of just investigating incidents to find blame, we also investigated incidents to learn how to avoid them happening in the first place
The standard for whether speech is protected has evolved to provide more protection
Know these common scenarios that can cause cops to lose situational awareness – and avoid them!
PRODUCT NEWS
FirstNet Fusion will combine critical communications capabilities like push-to-talk, 9-1-1 dispatch and connected devices into one seamless experience
Beretta looks forward to having productive engagements with Law Enforcement Agencies with the goal of providing their officers with the most effective solutions necessary to carry out their daily mission
By bringing DroneSense by Versaterm into its Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) platform, agencies can now dispatch drones with the same speed and simplicity as their traditional emergency vehicles
Consortium of Long Island agencies replaces decades-old legacy on-premises systems with cloud-native solutions
Deployment of modern cloud-native CAD, RMS, Analytics, and OnScene mobile app enhances community safety, officer mobility, and agency resilience
Mark43 RMS, built on AWS GovCloud, will provide JCSO with a secure, intuitive system to reduce report-writing time, improve data accuracy, and ensure compliance with the NIBRS
Visit Safe Fleet at IACP 2025 – booth #1013
At IACP 2025, Insight LPR will demonstrate how its platform expands capabilities for narcotics, interdiction, auto theft, CID, ORC, and surveillance operations
Assist gets smarter with new private, secure AI tools to help officers build and verify police reports and verbally search for information on the go
New integrations with BRINC and SkySafe streamline public safety drone operations, drone detection and aerial intelligence in the field and command center