By Steve Pomper Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department patrol car (Missvain, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0) I’m not sure if people understand why it’s a particularly heinous offense when someone murders a police officer compared to other victims. While all innocent victims of murder are tragedies, killing a law enforcement...
By Shelly BradburyThe Denver PostDENVER — The Denver police officer who was hit by a fire truck during the Nuggets’ championship parade last year has returned to work on the department’s SWAT team, becoming the only amputee-officer on the city’s 1,500-member force.“I truly, in my...
By Thomas TracyNew York Daily NewsBROOKLYN, N.Y. — A Brooklyn ex-con grabbed an NYPD officer’s gun and shot two cops when a routine domestic violence call erupted into a harrowing fight for survival, body camera footage released by police shows.The footage of the Jan. 16...
By Libor JanyLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Los Angeles officials — eager to ease the city’s reliance on police officers for handling nonviolent mental health emergencies — have launched a new pilot program that sends unarmed civilians with training to respond to such calls.Modeled after...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1LOS ANGELES — An LAPD officerhas lost her lawsuit against the department, which alleged she had been retaliated against for refusing to remove some social media videos, the Los Angeles Times reported.In addition to her work as an LAPD officer, Toni McBride advocates...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. — A mother turned in her two sons after she saw photos released by the Holly Springs Police Department showing they were involved in a police pursuit and allegedly fired shots at officers, WMC reported.Police stated that an officer attempted...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1NORTH HAVEN, Conn. — A life-saving action by Detective Michael Harton led to a lasting bond with a child he saved and her family, FOX News reported.Five years ago, Harton, a 27-year veteran of the North Haven Police Department, responded to an emergency...
By Samir KnoxWyoming Tribune-Eagle, CheyenneCHEYENNE, Wyo. — On the evening of March 8, police were told a man was firing a gun in his north Cheyenne home, and a woman was screaming.The suspect, 47-year-old Patrick Flores, was killed by police, and three officers have been...
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated PressHONOLULU — A county in Hawaii has agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused the police chief of discriminating against a captain for being Japanese American, including one instance when the chief squinted his eyes, bowed repeatedly...
By Nollyanne DelacruzBay Area News GroupSAN FRANCISCO — A Concord man was convicted after he threw pipe bombs strapped to gasoline containers at police more than once during a high-speed chase from San Francisco to the East Bay last October, prosecutors said Thursday.Daniel Garcia, 42,...
