By Treva LindThe Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.KOOTENAI COUNTY, Ida. — Rocket the therapy dog first pawed into his sheriff’s job in 2023, mainly to comfort first responders and residents affected by violent or tragic incidents.Part of the Kootenai County Sheriff’s K9 unit, the Brittany spaniel has...
By Susan SmileyThe Macomb Daily, Mount Clemens, Mich.WARREN, Mich. — Every first responder knows that life can change in an instant.Warren police officer Nick Kott was off duty, hunting with his dad on their property in Gladwin on the afternoon of Nov. 16 when he...
By Rick PfeifferLockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y.SANBORN, N.Y. — Niagara County Sheriff Michael Filicetti wore a smile that stretched from ear to ear Tuesday afternoon as the Niagara County Law Enforcement Academy celebrated its 50th year of existence with the ribbon-cutting opening of its new...
By Giovanna Dell’OrtoAssociated PressDANIA BEACH, Florida — Border Patrol agents are tasked with enforcing hotly contested immigration policies as many Americans at both ends of the political spectrum look askance at the border — and the agents.That’s taking a mounting toll, so the agency is...
By Paul Walsh, Kim HyattStar TribuneRED LAKE, Minn. — An on-duty Red Lake tribal police officer was one of two drivers who died in a traffic collision Wednesday.The crash occurred on Hwy. 1 east of the Red Lake community, according to the Red Lake Police...
By John O’ConnorAssociated PressSPRINGFIELD, Ill. — An Illinois appellate court ruled Wednesday that a former deputy sheriff charged with the death of Sonya Massey should be released from jail pending his first-degree murder trial.The 4th District Appellate Court’s unanimous decision found that a circuit court...
By Susan SmileyThe Macomb Daily, Mount Clemens, Mich.WARREN, Mich. — Two Warren Police officers received the Carnegie Medal for heroism after saving a child who had been electrocuted by a downed power line.Officer David Chapman and Cpl. Daniel Rose were given the medals at a...
By Joseph TucciThe Middletown Press, Conn.ROCKY HILL, Conn. — Rocky Hill Police Officer Will Jordan made it a tradition to watch “Wheel of Fortune” with his son Sean almost every night. However, after going viral during an episode of the show that aired on Monday...
By Brennan StewartCarroll County Times, Westminster, Md.CARROLL COUNTY, Md. — The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office has added four deputies to its Crisis Intervention Team, bringing the total number of countywide personnel trained to respond to emergency situations involving people with behavioral or mental health disorders...
By Missy WilkinsonThe Times-Picayune | The New Orleans AdvocateNEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police on Tuesday released body-worn camera footage of a shootout between a murder suspect and NOPD’s special ops division that culminated in a nine-hour standoff last month in the Florida neighborhood.Nobody was...