Malfunctioning Water Heater Blamed for School Shooting Scare in North Carolina
Faulty mechanical equipment which was making a sound that resembled gunfire is believed to have led to calls of an active shooter situation at Topsail High School in Pender County, NC. No evidence of a...
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Two Tools for Field Communications
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View Article15-Year-Old on ATV Leads Texas Officers on Freeway Chase
A 15-year-old has been charged with felony evading after leading Texas officers on a chase while driving an ATV on the Eastex Freeway. The teen posted some of the pursuit on Snapchat. Police say the...
View ArticleSessions Restricted DOJ Use of Consent Decrees Before Leaving Office
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions has drastically limited the ability of federal law enforcement officials to use court-enforced agreements to overhaul local police departments accused of abuses...
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Official: Calif. shooter debated sanity online during bar massacre
By Jonathan J. Cooper and Michael Balsamo Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The gunman who killed 12 people at a country music bar in Southern California went on social media during the attack...
View ArticleFBI: Mad Stone Bloods street gang leader nabbed in NY
By Jim Mustian Associated Press NEW YORK — A Brooklyn man accused of overseeing the Mad Stone Bloods, a violent street and prison gang, was arrested last week on charges of racketeering and interstate...
View ArticleCop whose body cam allegedly showed 'evidence-planting' found guilty
By Kevin Rector The Baltimore Sun BALTIMORE — A Baltimore Police officer was found guilty by a judge Friday of fabricating evidence in a case in which his own body-camera footage showed him placing...
View ArticleOfficial: Sessions' order curtailing use of consent decrees won't affect...
By Christina Tkacik The Baltimore Sun BALTIMORE — The head of Baltimore’s consent decree monitoring team said a memo issued by Jeff Sessions just before he was ousted as Attorney General will have no...
View ArticleDrug bust nets Pa. cops 10,000 bags of heroin
By Megan Guza The Tribune-Review PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A Pittsburgh husband and wife are in federal custody after a late-night drug bust Friday that led to the seizure of thousands of bags of heroin,...
View ArticleAudit: Dallas cops are working too much at off-duty jobs
By Tasha Tsiaperas and Robert Wilonsky The Dallas Morning News DALLAS — Dallas police officers are working too long and too often for off-duty employers, says a city audit released Friday. In Dallas,...
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Cops assist firefighters responding to Calif. wildfires
By Scott Schwebke The Orange County Register VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. — Exhausted and a bit overwhelmed, Ventura County Fire Department Capt. Stan Ziegler said his spirits were lifted Friday as he drove...
View ArticleFired Alaska lieutenant wins $2.3M in lawsuit against city
By Devin Kelly Alaska Dispatch News ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A federal jury has ruled the city of Anchorage must pay nearly $2.3 million in damages to a former Anchorage police lieutenant who said the city...
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FY 2019 Department of Justice grants for LE: What you need to know
Author: Therese Matthews The U.S. Department of Justice has recently published its Program Plan of grant opportunities for this fiscal year-FY 2019. While we await final approval of this Department’s...
View ArticleOfficials investigating after Ill. cop fatally shoots bar security guard
By PoliceOne Staff ROBBINS, Ill. — Several law enforcement agencies are investigating after a police officer shot and killed a bar security guard who had detained a shooting suspect. Robbins police...
View ArticleNew, powerful opiate sparks worries for LEOs
By Kara Fohner News-Topic LENOIR, NC — A powerful new opiate approved just days ago by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sparked concerns, particularly among local law enforcement officials,...
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Load-bearing vest vs. duty belt: Ergonomic researchers determine the winner
Author: Therese Matthews Reprinted with permission from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire By Judy Berthiaume The Eau Claire Police Department is making a significant change to how officers carry their...
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NY cop who lost legs as a Marine receives new home
Author: Therese Matthews BY Craig Schneider Newsday SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY — Matias Ferreira raised the Stars and Stripes in his front yard Saturday morning and, with his wife and daughter beside him,...
View ArticleNew Jersey City's Voters Approve Gunfire Detection System ShotSpotter
Pleasantville, NJ, Police Chief Sean Riggin said he was already talking about how to implement a $195,000-per-year gunshot-audio detection system an hour after the polls closed Tuesday night. “We have...
View ArticleVideo: NYPD Officer Sings Backstreet Boys Over Patrol Car Speakers
An NYPD officer caught on camera belting out a Backstreet Boys classic from the driver’s seat of his patrol car is delighting the internet. Jordan Haskins spotted the officer singing “I Want it That...
View ArticleWoman Falsely Accuses Florida Deputy of Rape
A woman arrested for shoplifting falsely accused a Palm Beach County (FL) Sheriff’s Office deputy of rape earlier this year, authorities say. According to the arrest report, 23-year-old Marley...
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