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BREAKING NEWS
“You don’t have authority to tell me to get on the ground,” the man said as he ran backward toward the Salt Lake City cruiser and bystander vehicle
Sgt. Andre Thomas trains and performs with dolphins in front of packed crowds every weekend, as he has for years before he became a police officer
Steven Bixby, convicted of killing two Abbeville County officers in 2003, argues his anti-government beliefs make him unfit for execution under state law
Lee’s Summit Officer Jared Timbrook was shot in the left leg, left arm, the chest of his body armor and the shoulder and spent 6 to 8 weeks recovering at home before returning to light duty
The open carry case originated from the 2022 arrest of a man who livestreamed himself with a visible holstered pistol and a copy of the U.S. Constitution
Officers said that the forest was so thick that they had to crawl on their hands and knees at times to reach the woman
Worcester PD Officer Emmanuel “Manny” Familia was 38 years old when he jumped in a pond at to save a group of teens; two of the teens were rescued, but Familia and one boy died
Shawnee Police Department K-9 Dagger has returned to work after nearly a month of recovery
The suspect used a bolt-action rifle and left politically charged inscriptions on bullet casings after fatally shooting Charlie Kirk at a Utah college campus
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
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
Officers’ alleged ICE welfare check at schools reveals confusion over 287(g) and local authority limits
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
PRODUCT NEWS
Use of the company’s Rekognition software platform will be suspended for one year in the hopes Congress will have “enough time to implement appropriate rules”
A letter to U.S. lawmakers said the tech giant “has sunset its general purpose facial recognition and analysis software products”
The drones can detect temperatures, heart rates and respiratory rates from as high as 190 feet in the air
The trooper was responding to riots Monday night when a bullet was fired into his moving car
The new technology allows police to heat vehicles up to 133 degrees Fahrenheit to disinfect vehicle touchpoints
The company will provide free 5G access to all public and nonprofit state and local fire, police and EMS agencies for 10 years
The 12-foot-tall Mine-Resistant Ambush Resistant vehicle has been previously deployed to extricate individuals affected by shoreline flooding
The Axon Aware app allows law enforcement to view livestream footage remotely and receive critical real-time alerts
DNA evidence was sent to a private lab that compared the DNA to publicly available databases shared by consumer companies like 23andMe
Hundreds of KN95 masks distributed to law enforcement agencies statewide were found to be less protective against COVID-19 than the standard N95 masks