By Joanna PutmanPolice1ATLANTA — Billions of cicadas are beginning to emerge in the southeast, bringing with them a noise that has prompted calls to law enforcement agencies from concerned citizens mistaking their sounds for alarms, WSBTV reported.The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina posted...
By Mark Weinersyracuse.comSYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York state troopers are stepping up to fill in for grieving Syracuse police officers who don’t want to work a special security detail Thursday when President Joe Biden visits Central New York, 11 days after two officers were killed...
By Police1 StaffLAKE IN THE HILLS, Ill. — The JHB Group has announced the debut of its C.O.R.E (Community Outreach Recruitment & Engagement Unit), aimed at transforming community outreach efforts for law enforcement agencies nationwide.This mobile engagement platform offers dynamic spaces for meetings, gaming and...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1LOS ANGELES — Body camera footage released by the LAPD shows a man who jumped from a third-floor balcony holding an AK-47 before being fatally shot by officers.The video was released as a part of a critical incident briefing on April 23. According...
Associated PressHOUSTON — A deputy who was a 20-year-veteran of a Houston-area sheriff’s office died Tuesday after being hit by a truck while trying to help a driver following a minor crash, according to officials.John Coddou had pulled over to help following the crash at...
By Brayden GarciaFort Worth Star-TelegramFORT WORTH, Texas — “Yellowstone” star Cole Hauser traded in his cowboy hat for a police badge this week.Hauser, who plays Rip Wheeler on the Paramount modern Western drama, was appointed as an honorary Fort Worth Police officer by Chief Neil...
By Sam CharlesChicago TribuneCHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department has determined that Officer Luis Huesca, who was shot and killed in the Gage Park neighborhood over the weekend, died in the line of duty.The designation was announced Tuesday, on what would have been Huesca’s 31st...
By Richard WintonLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. — Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said Tuesday that California Highway Patrol officers had arrested a gang member in San Onofre who shot a deputy in the back as he sat on his department motorcycle at...
Holyoke police arrested seven men on Monday and charged them with soliciting sex for a fee, according to the police department. The men were arrested as part of an operation targeting human trafficking in the city, Holyoke police said in a Facebook post. It was...
Mating season, which lasts from March through May, causes turkeys across Massachusetts to become more aggressive towards humans. “Turkeys may attempt to dominate or attack people that they view as subordinates, and this behavior is observed most often during breeding season,” the Massachusetts Division of...