By Joanna PutmanPolice1SEATTLE — Newly-appointed Seattle Police Department Interim Chief Sue Rahr has promised to recruit women as a part of the 30x30 initiative, which aims to increase female officer staffing levels nationwide, KING 5 reported.Rahr has been a key participant in the nationwide 30x30...
By Lisa RathkeAssociated PressMONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, has allowed a bill to become law that requires serial numbers on firearms that are privately made with individual parts, kits or 3D printers.Scott allowed the bill, part of an effort to crack...
Steve KarnowskiAssociated PressMINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis police officer responding to a shooting call was ambushed and killed Thursday when he stopped to provide aid to a man who appeared to be a victim. That man instead wound up shooting the officer, authorities said.The death of...
By Lyndsay WinkleyThe San Diego Union-TribuneCARLSBAD, Calif. — In a video released by the Carlsbad Police Department on Thursday, an officer is shown being struck by a skateboard in a surprise attack two months ago that prompted him to shoot at his assailant.The incident happened...
By Jesse BoganSt. Louis Post-DispatchST. ANN, Mo. — A St. Ann police officer on Saturday shot and injured a man who authorities say pointed a firearm equipped with a laser light at the officer during an emergency call for service.St. Ann police and EMS personnel...
By Liz Hardaway, Matthew P. Knox, Christine Dempsey and Staff WritersThe Hour, Norwalk, Conn.SOUTHINGTON, Conn. — A Connecticut State Police trooper was struck and killed while conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 84 on Thursday afternoon, the agency said.Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier, of Troop...
WESTFIELD — The Massachusetts Nurses Association and Baystate Noble Hospital nurses delivered a petition to hospital management Wednesday, asking for higher wages, and a solution to staffing and retention issues that they say are threatening patient safety.The petition was signed by over 80 nurses....
The spacious property located at 10 Ben Arthurs Way in Dover was sold on May 8, 2024. The $2,699,000 purchase price works out to $314 per square foot. The house, built in 1996, has an interior space of 8,582 square feet. This two-story house offers...
Boston would gain 205 alcoholic beverage licenses and an opportunity to bolster restaurants and revitalize neighborhoods and communities of color, under legislation that the House approved Thursday afternoon.The redrafted bill steers 180 non-transferable licenses over three years to 12 ZIP codes in Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, East Boston,...
A 46-year-old Brockton man who created a fake online persona pretending to be a teenage boy to convince three minors to send him sexualized images of themselves was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday, according to acting U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Joshua S....