By Sara ClineAssociated PressBATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana GOP Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency due to a police officer shortage.Landry’s executive order issued Thursday lifts limits on how many new employees Louisiana sheriffs can hire and on payroll increases for their...
By ReutersFast CompanySAN FRANCISCO — A crowd vandalized and set fire to a Waymo self-driving car using a firework in San Francisco on Saturday, the Alphabet-owned company and authorities said, marking the most destructive attack so far on driverless vehicles in the U.S.On Saturday night,...
By Katie GaglianoThe Advocate, Baton Rouge, La.LAFAYETTE, La. — The Lafayette Police Department is four months into testing a new component of its surveillance network: acoustic gunshot detection sensors.The sensors, from Atlanta-based Flock Safety, are solar-powered microphones triggered by gunshots or gunshot-like sounds.A machine learning...
By John HackerThe Joplin Globe, Mo.CARTHAGE, Mo. — Some informal negotiations and old-fashioned horse trading helped the smaller Jasper County police departments meet their immediate needs with limited funds available from the county’s Law Enforcement Sales Tax.This year, the total amount available for LEST grants...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1KENT, Wash. — A carjacking spree was captured by helicopter footage, KOMO reported.The Feb. 13 incident began when the Kent Police Department responded to a report of a stolen white SUV. The King County Sheriff’s Office helicopter was in the area and spotted...
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By Robert A. CronkletonThe Kansas City StarKANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the first few hours of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade and rally, police radio traffic sounded much like what anyone would expect from a large citywide celebration.There were lost children being reunited...
By Heather HollingsworthAssociated PressKANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally had just ended when fan Trey Filter heard what he initially thought was fireworks. Then someone screamed, “Get him!”And that is how the 40-year-old wound up in widely circulated video...
Associated PressSHERIDAN, Wyo. — A man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer was shot to death after a more than 24-hour standoff at a home in northern Wyoming.The suspect, whose identity was not released, was shot Wednesday night while fleeing the house in downtown...
By Jana HollingsworthStar TribuneDULUTH, Minn. — Moose Lake is the latest Minnesota city to go without a police department, after a Wednesday City Council vote to contract with the county for law enforcement.Mayor Ted Shaw was one of the two dissenting votes.He’ll work to make...