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BREAKING NEWS
Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Master Deputy Tamara Tuitt-Bartlett was shot and killed by her boyfriend; her son, also wounded, escaped and sought aid
Knoxville officers responded to the home after receiving a tip that the missing teen was inside; when they entered, the suspect pointed a gun at them and the juvenile attacked them with a knife
On Dec. 13, gunman Claudio Neves Valente entered a Brown academic building and opened fire, killing Ella Cook, 19, and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, 18, and wounding nine others
Video shows the man walking on a sidewalk; as a group of Jersey City Police officers got out of a vehicle and identified themselves, the man immediately fired shots at them
“The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office commends the coordinated efforts of all responding agencies whose quick actions and teamwork resulted in a successful rescue,” the agency stated
The proposed legislation would fund mental health screenings and referrals for corrections officers at the federal, state and local levels
The Dayton Police officer was attempting to pull the driver out of the vehicle after seeing him manipulate a black bag, raising concerns he had a weapon
The proposed law, the “Local Cops Local Crimes Act,” would void current agreements between ICE and counties in New York, including Nassau County
The Ashland Police Division was awarded $55,783 through the Ohio Body-Worn Camera Grant Program, part of a $4.4 million funding round from the Ohio Department of Public Safety
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
RapidSOS Unite brings together all of the company’s tools and technologies under one program, while introducing specialized “modules” for agencies to customize to meet their communities’ needs
New tool for public safety can help answer and triage calls, respond via text, and consolidate data from multiple sources around a single incident
AI leader expands accessibility and reach of its award-winning AI solutions with AWS Marketplace listings
Low-profile Velcro ensures a snug fit, minimizing visibility under clothing
Delivers up to 1,000 lumens, 22,000 candela and beam distance of nearly 300 meters
Patrol officers will be able to watch live video feeds from drones dispatched to crime scenes by a gunshot detection system
“With the introduction of our Rugged Docking Stations for Zebra ET8X 12” Tablets, we are thrilled to further empower our customers in the energy and utilities, public safety, and warehousing sectors,” said Brett Young, Havis Director of Sales
The virtual event is designed to identify strategies for combatting dangerous and wasteful practice of placing fake 911 calls to elicit an emergency response
Flock Safety’s suite of hardware and software solutions help solve over 10 percent of reported crimes nationwide, with the goal of solving 20 percent of crimes by 2025
“[The program] launches more efficient investigations, builds stronger cases and leads to more effective prosecutions,” NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban said