By Alanna Durkin Richer and Michael Kunzelman Associated PressWASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether police officials in Washington, D.C., have falsified data to make crime rates appear lower than they are, according to two people familiar with the probe who...
SAVANNAH, Ga. — For Savannah State University Police Officer Armani Phaire, service doesn’t end with answering calls for duty. Through his off-duty initiative, Find Cash Savannah, Phaire is building connections with residents one act of kindness at a time.Phaire created the project in 2024 with...
By Rocco ParascandolaNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — An off-duty NYPD officer shot to death a 30-year-old migrant who pulled a gun on him on a Manhattan street, officials said Monday.The slain suspect, Lahione Soto, is suspected in a string of nearby holdups in the...
By Aaron BeseckerThe Buffalo News, N.Y.CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — Three Cheektowaga police officers stood outside a North Buffalo apartment looking for a man they were trying to arrest. They yelled that they had property of his they wanted to return.They knocked on the apartment door for...
By Curtis KillmanTulsa World, Okla.OKEMAH, Okla. — Agents from the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office are providing police services in Okemah after five officers, including the police chief, were fired or resigned.Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s office announced the takeover in a press release issued just before...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Rhode Island special assistant attorney general was charged with willful trespass after a recorded confrontation with Newport police in which she repeatedly asked officers to turn off their body-worn cameras and invoked her position as a prosecutor, the Boston Globe reported.Special...
By Robert Snell, Beth LeBlancThe Detroit NewsDETROIT — A former Detroit Police officer was awarded more than $58 million Tuesday following a civil trial involving allegations that a Michigan State Police lieutenant violated his constitutional rights during an abandoned criminal investigation.The 2019 investigation and prosecution,...
PRESS RELEASEMIAMI, Fla. — First Due, the leader in end-to-end Public Safety software, has once again secured a spot on the annual Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Ranking No. 492 overall and No. 54 in Software, this year marks the...
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By Patrick WhittleAssociated PressOLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine — A Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities has agreed to voluntarily leave the country, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday.ICE arrested Old Orchard Beach Police Department reserve Officer Jon Luke Evans, of Jamaica, on July...
