By Joanna PutmanPolice1TULSA, Okla. — Adept Armor has released a video showing a test of its NovaSteel ACH-style helmet, according to a news release.The video shows the comparative performance of three helmets under fire: a steel military helmet, a standard IIIA-approved police tactical helmet and...
By Police1 StaffSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Axon has announced the release of Draft One, a new software product that drafts police report narratives in seconds based on auto-transcribed body-worn camera audio, according to a press release. Reporting is a critical component of good police work, however,...
By Karen Garcia, Richard Winton and Melissa GomezLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Authorities continued searching Monday night for a suspect who shot a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy in the back at a stoplight near the 10 Freeway in West Covina.Deputy Samuel Aispuro, 43, was...
By Thaddeus MillerThe Fresno BeeFRESNO, Calif. — An appellate court sided with Fresno-area first responders involved in a 2017 incident in which officers, deputies and paramedics sat on a restrained man, killing him by asphyxiation.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit cited qualified...
By Sam CharlesChicago TribuneCHICAGO — Chicago police on Monday released video footage of a person wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of CPD Officer Luis Huesca in Gage Park last weekend.The footage, apparently from convenience store security cameras, depicts a Black male wearing glasses...
Tri-City Herald (Kennewick, Wash.)YAKIMA, Wash. — An Amber Alert has been issued for the ex-police officer facing a rape charge suspected in two West Richland killings on Monday.Washington State Patrol issued the alert for former Yakima officer Elias Huizar, 39, who is believed to have...
A weather alert was issued by the National Weather Service on Tuesday at 4:22 a.m. for patchy fog until 7 a.m. for Norfolk, Suffolk, Bristol and Plymouth counties."Satellite, webcams and weather observations indicate patchy fog having developed near the I-95 corridor in Rhode Island and...
In a little over a year, everyone in the United States will need a Real ID to fly. Although the Real ID deadline has been pushed multiple times, the deadline to get one is now May 7, 2025. “Beginning on that date, Federal agencies are...