Jakob RodgersBay Area News GroupThe California Highway Patrol plans to temporarily flood Oakland and the East Bay with 120 extra officers as part of a “targeted” effort aimed at curtailing crime in the city, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday.The swell of CHP officers will...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1NEW YORK — A Port Authority Police officer has died of cancer resulting from rescue work at Ground Zero, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page.Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department Officer Richard Louis Ruiz, Sr., 68, died on...
By Brian NiemietzNew York Daily NewsFT. MYERS, Fla. — A bank robber in Fort Myers, Fla. claiming to have a bomb was taken out by a SWAT team sniper when he held a knife to a hostage’s throat.Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said at a...
By Ed WhiteAssociated PressPONTIAC, Mich. — A Michigan jury convicted a school shooter’s mother of involuntary manslaughter Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind trial to determine whether she had any responsibility in the deaths of four students in 2021.Prosecutors say Jennifer Crumbley was grossly negligent when she...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1AUSTIN, Texas— Newly released body camera video shows a man holding a woman with multiple stab wounds while walking towards officers with a knife, the Austin American-Statesman reported.The Austin Police Department released footage on Feb. 2 of the Jan. 21 shooting, according to...
By Jake SheridanChicago TribuneCHICAGO — Aldermen took aim Monday at two sacred cows of policing in Chicago: How officers are deployed around the city and when they have to leave their jobs.The City Council’s Committee on Police and Fire voted to require the Chicago Police...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1NEW YORK — NYPD officers in the Bronx are exploring unorthodox methods of cracking down on retail crime, including giving store owners the ability to contact officers on their personal phones to share photos and videos of thefts and robberies, the New York...
By Steve KarnowskiAssociated PressMOODY COUNTY, S.D. — South Dakota prosecutors charged a Sioux Falls man on Monday with first-degree murder and aggravated eluding in the death of a deputy who was struck while putting out spikes during a police pursuit.Joseph Gene Hoek, 40, was ordered...
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Rebecca Boone and Claudia LauerAssociated PressHONOLULU — Nearly six months after a wildfire destroyed the historic town of Lahaina, the Maui Police Department said Monday it is working on improving its response to future tragedies, including by obtaining better equipment and...
A house located at 88 Carver Road in Newton Highlands has new owners. The 1,428-square-foot property, built in 1932, was sold on Jan. 16, 2024, for $2,800,000, or $1,961 per square foot. The layout of this two-story house includes three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The...