Corps of Engineers Employee Charged in SC Deputy's Death
An employee with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been charged in the death of a South Carolina sheriff’s deputy who was thrown from a boat during a training accident, reports the Associated Press...
View ArticleEscaped Inmate Who Attacked OH Deputy Found Dead After Manhunt
The escaped inmate who overpowered an Ohio deputy and stole his gun was found dead at his parents’ home following a four-day manhunt that ended Monday, according to a report. Officers found the body of...
View ArticleCanadian Corrections Officers Overdose on Fentanyl After Cell Search
Several prison guards in Alberta have been hospitalized after accidental exposure to fentanyl during searches, and their union is concerned the next incident could be fatal. In July, seven guards at...
View ArticleVideo: SC Officer Cleared in Fatal Shooting of Man Who Tried to Grab Rifle...
VIDEO: SC Officer Cleared in Fatal Shooting of Man Who Tried to Grab Rifle from Patrol Car A Pendleton, SC, police officer has been cleared in the shooting death of a man who attempted to grab the...
View ArticleVideo: LAPD Asks Police Commission to Approve Drone Program
VIDEO: LAPD Asks Police Commission to Approve Drone Program Three years after it acquired a pair of drones that it chose not to deploy in response to protests about potential surveillance uses, the...
View ArticleDallas Police Leaders, Public Worry About Response Times as Officers Leave...
Dallas Police officers have been leaving the police department in droves, and critics say that’s affecting what happens when people in crisis call 911. “It really took too long for them to get here. I...
View ArticleUnion President Says Denver Deputies Have Lost Faith in Sheriff Over Excess...
The union president representing Denver sheriff’s deputies says that work conditions at the jail are the worst he’s seen in his 23 years on the job there—and that overtime pay for deputies is only...
View ArticleVideo: PA Deputy Burned by Molotov Cocktail, Suspect Facing Attempted Murder...
VIDEO: PA Deputy Burned by Molotov Cocktail, Suspect Facing Attempted Murder Charges A Collingdale, PA, man is being charged with attempted first degree murder and assault on a law enforcement officer...
View ArticleTX Chief Asked to Leave Doctor's Office for Carrying Handgun
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View ArticleNY Officer Shot Responding to Call, Suspect Barricaded
A New York City police officer has been shot and wounded in Brooklyn, but may have been saved from more serious harm by a bulletproof vest, reports the Associated Press . Police said officers were...
View ArticleCitizens Review Board Split on Fatal NC Police Shooting, Recommends Policy...
The Charlotte, NC, Citizens Review Board reviewed a fatal police shooting and recommended policy changes for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney Thursday – but the board won’t say what those...
View ArticleOK Sheriff's Office Hires Former Tulsa Officer Betty Shelby
The Rogers County (OK) Sheriff’s Office has hired the former Tulsa police officer acquitted in the deadly shooting of Terence Crutcher, reports KOCO . Betty Shelby, who retired from the Tulsa (OK)...
View ArticleSecond Man Arrested in MO Officer's Death, Accused of Tampering with Evidence
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View ArticleMotorist Found Not Guilty in Vehicular Death of Ohio Trooper
A jury found Joshua Gaspar not guilty on charges of aggravated vehicular homicide in the death of an Ohio state trooper Thursday afternoon. Read more from source...
View ArticleHobos Gang Leader Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison
Gregory “Bowlegs” Chester “embraced the murder and mayhem” wreaked over a decade by the Hobos street gang; he “contributed to the carnage,” U.S. District Judge John J. Tharp said. And he cannot wash...
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