By Steve Pomper Tuckwila, Washington Police Officers: One Last Dance at a Family Celebration (from TPD X Video) Cops don’t refer to flowcharts when handling calls for service. You know, like, if A happens, then do B, but if C happens, then don’t do D. It just doesn’t...
By Michael GoldbergAssociated Press/Report for AmericaJACKSON, Miss. — A former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Tuesday to about 20 years in prison for his part in torturing two men in a racist assault and for his role in a separate episode where a man was...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — The Henrico County Police Division has announced changes to how it will respond to calls in order to cut call volume and send officers only to scenes where they have legal authority to act, WRIC reported.“In the past, our...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1MURRIETA, Calif. — The Murrieta Police Department has been posting mug shots with Lego heads obscuring the suspects’ faces on social media this year. A March 18 Instagram post explained why.The department explained that a California law that went into effect on Jan....
By Joanna PutmanPolice1DALLAS — The Dallas Police Department has released surveillance and body camera video of a shooting that wounded an officer, NBCDFW reported.The shooting occurred March 14 when an officer in an unmarked car observed a blue Chevrolet Camaro driving recklessly, according to the...
By Lauren PeningtonThe Denver PostDENVER — Denver police officers collectively shot 36 bullets in less than 5 seconds at an armed man who held two 7-Eleven employees hostage this month, police announced Friday.Three officers fired handguns, and one officer discharged a department-approved rifle, Cmdr. Matt...
By Michaela HarrisAppeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.YUBA CITY, Calif. — The Yuba Community College District Board of Trustees unanimously approved last week to transition away from its police department in favor of a security force to better address gaps in safety and security.This switch also marks the...
By R. Christian SmithChicago TribuneAURORA, Ill. — The Aurora Police Department has donated a retired patrol vehicle to the Indian Valley Vocational Center’s law enforcement program, officials announced on Monday.This marks the first retired vehicle the Aurora Police Department has donated to an outside training...
By Taylor SixLexington Herald-LeaderLEXINGTON, Ky. — Three men charged with shooting a Lexington Police Department officer in an undercover vehicle earlier this year “cased” the car before their ambush, according to testimony Monday.Daquis Sharp, 27, faces charges of attempted murder of a police officer, second-degree...
By Alexandra KukulkaDaily Southtown (Tinley Park, Ill.)HOMEWOOD, Ill. — Immediately after finishing the Chicago Marathon in 1998, her first marathon, Homewood police Chief Denise McGrath said she had the same thought most runners have: she would never run another marathon.But also like most runners, McGrath...