By Ken RitterAssociated PressLAS VEGAS — Images of a campus police officer diving behind a patrol vehicle to escape gunfire and then fatally shooting a gunman outside a building at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, are among newly released video of a deadly rampage...
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A former New York City police officer has been acquitted of murder in the shooting of his childhood friend during a confrontation on Long Island.A jury on Thursday convicted Errick Allen, 30, only of menacing in the May 12, 2020, shooting of...
By Kristen A. GrahamThe Philadelphia InquirerPHILADELPHIA — When Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel worked in the Philadelphia Police Department’s narcotics division, he’d sometimes go into homes of school-age children who had witnessed deeply upsetting events, and think: What’s going to happen to them?For years, Bethel dreamed...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1OAKLAND, Calif. — Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the state would be installing nearly 500 cameras in Oakland to aid police in combatting “criminal activity and freeway violence, a news release states.The network of 480 Flock Safety cameras will will enable law enforcement...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. — Video released by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office shows the pursuit and arrest of an armed 14-year-old carjacking suspect, FOX 5 reported.The March 11 incident began when deputies spotted a vehicle known to be stolen in a carjacking, according...
By Amy GraffSFGate, San FranciscoOROVILLE, Calif. — A Northern California 9-year-old trying to drive himself to school smashed into a CHP car and led officers on a chase Wednesday, officials said.“A scene straight out of a movie” is what the the California Highway Patrol’s unit...
By Mark PriceThe Charlotte ObserverHAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — A motorcyclist on the run inadvertently got himself caught when he posted video of himself escaping on Instagram, East Tennessee investigators say.In fact, the suspect posted multiple videos of himself breaking traffic laws on the popular social...
By Angie DiMicheleSouth Florida Sun-SentinelFT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Margate resident who had a documented history of struggling with a mental health illness texted 911 on the morning of March 21 with the address of a Fort Lauderdale hotel and the word “murder.”Karl Chludinsky’s 911...
By Libor JanyLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — A jury this week awarded $11.5 million to a former Los Angeles police K-9 handler who sued the city alleging that his supervisors retaliated and discriminated against him in part because of his Samoan ancestry.The officer, Mark Sauvao...
By Jonathan MattisseAssociated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on the repeal of police traffic stop reforms made in Memphis after the death of Tyre Nichols in January 2023, despite pleas from Nichols’ parents to GOP lawmakers and the governor...
