By Joanna PutmanPolice1COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus police officers are being praised for their heroic actions after rescuing a man trapped in a burning pickup, WSYX reported.The incident began when the truck driver, identified as Randy, called 911 reporting that his brakes had failed, causing him...
By Michelle Theriault BootsAnchorage Daily News, AlaskaANCHORAGE, Alaska — After an internal review of 15 years of police shootings, the Anchorage Police Department is planning changes to how it sends officers to the high-risk calls. ...
Editor’s Note: Reports from the time of the crash stated that Officer Kevin Bereta fell 50-60 feet during the incident. KOMO stated that the lawsuit alleges he fell 30 feet. .By Joanna PutmanPolice1BELLEVUE, Wash. — A Bellevue police officer has filed a lawsuit against the...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1GLENDALE, Ariz. — Two men were arrested after a dramatic robbery and pursuit involving a man carrying $50,000 in cash to buy a car, AZFamily reported.The incident began when suspects spotted the victim withdrawing cash at bank on Nov.7. The suspects then followed...
By Sarah RoebuckPolice departments and public safety organizations have a new opportunity to secure funding for innovative traffic safety initiatives through the 2025 Road to Zero Community Traffic Safety Grants. Applications are open until January 17, 2025, at 11:55 p.m. ET.Funded by the National Highway...
By Larry NeumeisterAssociated PressNEW YORK — Three daughters of Malcolm X have accused the CIA, FBI, the New York Police Department and others in a $100 million lawsuit Friday of playing roles in the 1965 assassination of the civil rights leader.In the lawsuit filed in...
By Nathan Clarkmlive.comJACKSON COUNTY, Mich. — Police body camera video shows how an attempted arrest in September quickly escalated.The footage, obtained through a Michigan Freedom of Information Act request, shows James Mitchell Kerr flee a deputy on a lawnmower, ignore his commands to stop and...
By Dave Eisenstadtermasslive.comSPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A training exercise with a new Massachusetts State Police trooper took a dangerous turn when a man threw a small ax at a police cruiser in Springfield, according to police.In an Instagram post that showed video of what happened, police...
By Emily WunderlichTampa Bay TimesTAMPA — The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating after a deputy shot and killed a man who pulled out a gun during a traffic stop Saturday night, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies had stopped the man for...
The Springfield Symphony Orchestra presented its second concert of the season, “Echoes of the Americas,” at Symphony Hall on Saturday, Nov. 16.Concertgoers enjoyed contemporary Latin American classical music with special guests Puerto Rican conductor and violinist Guillermo Figueroa and Uruguay-born Miguel del Aguila on piano....