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BREAKING NEWS
In just six years, fentanyl has become the prominent driver of opioid overdose deaths, going from causing about 20% of fatal opioid ODs in 2016 to causing almost all of them — 92% — in 2022
Annapolis Police lost their Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies accreditation after missing a deadline for filings last year
The new 10-officer unit will patrol the area on foot, bicycles and motorcycles; the city’s four-person mounted horse patrol unit will also be dedicated to the area
The trooper was filling out paperwork about 20 feet off the highway; a driver went off the highway and struck the trooper’s vehicle, sending it 60 feet
“That’s the intentional, and quite frankly aggressive, nature of how we’re pursuing our most violent offenders, how we’re swiftly taking them to jail,” Interim Chief Michael Pickett said
Randy Rangel, who spent 32 years with the department before retiring in 2023, claimed he was retaliated against after he reported fraud, discrimination and lax supervision
NYPD
The officers are accused of fleeing the scene, leaving a man to die; they returned to their precinct, finished their shift and signed out without reporting what happened, police sources said
Michigan voters in 2018 legalized the possession and use of small amounts of marijuana by people who are at least 21 years old, though it cannot be used inside a vehicle
Video shows individuals smashing cruiser windows with cones and climbing onto NYPD patrol cars as officers responded to the unruly street gathering
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
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
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?
PRODUCT NEWS
The Firearms and Tactics Section officers privately bought the discounted guns so they could become more familiar with them
Police departments around the country are getting creative when it comes to enforcement
Safety wouldn’t allow the officer to double-check his body camera was on and recording when the shooting occurred
Investigators rely on DNA technology to make connections between those reported missing and unidentified remains
Gang crime is up more than 15 percent this year compared with 2014
Key issues lawmakers are reviewing is how long and what footage should be stored, and when to give public access
The proposal includes a new optional system of people self-reporting their ethnicity when they get a driver’s licenses
A coalition of police departments had sought the lockdown to avoid releasing footage they said could infringe privacy
The officer was sent to the hospital to have his finger reattached
The man died in the back of an ambulance Saturday afternoon after being arrested