SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois State Police released body camera footage showing an officer-involved shooting of a man who pointed a gun at officers, WGLT reported.The Feb. 6 incident began when officers were alerted to a vehicle on Interstate 74 in Champaign believed to be linked...
By Ken DixonThe Middletown Press, Conn.HARTFORD, Conn. — New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson has a simple solution to the dangerous, unannounced, unruly masses of motor vehicle drivers and spectators that block traffic and threaten public safety: “No more cars, no more street takeovers.”That was...
PRESS RELEASEWESTMINSTER, Colo — Brother Mobile Solutions wants to learn how your department is using mobile and desktop printers in creative ways — whether it’s a Brother printer or another brand! Share how you print beyond e-citations for a chance to win a $500 departmental...
By Jakob Rodgers, Nate GartrellBay Area News GroupOAKLAND, Calif. — Disgraced former Antioch police officer Eric Rombough took the witness stand Thursday to offer jurors the perspective of a cop who admitted that he hurt people to amuse himself.Testifying against Morteza Amiri, his onetime close...
PRESS RELEASESTATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Mission Critical Partners (MCP) has announced completion of a project whereby its subject-matter experts guided Wisconsin’s Ashland and Bayfield counties in the consolidation of two 911 centers. The new consolidated center went live in December 2024.Across the United States, 911...
By Max ReinhartThe Detroit NewsWARREN, Mich. — Police are commending the actions an officer recently took to save a 12-year-old child’s life at a Warren hotel.At about 6:55 p.m. Saturday, Warren police dispatch received a report that a child in the pool at TownPlace Suites,...
By Scott AxelrodStaten Island Advance, N.Y.NEW YORK — The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a man said to have vandalized 19 NYPD vehicles in Manhattan.It was reported to police that on Tuesday at approximately 11:40 p.m. , in the vicinity...
The judge overseeing the Karen Read case denied a motion by her defense attempting to bar a dog bite expert hired by prosecutors from testifying at Read’s second trial next month.The expert, James Crosby, “is an expert in dog-bite wounds; there is an appropriate basis...
One of the schools in Westfield is closed due to a power outage on Friday. Westfield High School is closed on March 7, officials announced on Facebook at 6:14 a.m. Wind gusts across Massachusetts have caused some issues with power outages Thursday night into Friday....
A tractor-trailer overturned and began spilling fuel on the Massachusetts Turnpike Friday morning in Allston-Brighton, severely backing up traffic as officials closed multiple lanes of the highway. The crash near mile marker 131 was reported to Massachusetts State Police shortly before 5 a.m. Friday morning,...