By Joanna PutmanPolice1LOWELL, Mass. — A police department has teamed up with other agencies to provide free swimming lessons for kids with the goal of reducing drowning incidents and bringing awareness to water safety, according to a department news release.The program, which ran from July...
Associated PressPHILADELPHIA — A fired Philadelphia police officer who pleaded guilty to murder in the shooting of a fleeing 12-year-old boy was sentenced Monday to at least eight years in prison. ...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Newly released police body camera footage captured the dramatic moments when a woman and a teenage girl were held at knifepoint inside a Victoria’s Secret store in 2023, WSVN reported.The swift actions of Miami Beach Police officers saved the...
By Mona DarwishLos Angeles Daily NewsLOS ANGELES — Bodycam footage of a fatal police shooting of a 23-year-old woman armed with a knife in Panorama City on June 15 shows there was confusion among the officers over deploying a Taser or using a gun.After the...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1THE COLONY, Texas — Quick actions by police officers in The Colony saved a man’s life after a car crashed and became trapped between two barriers on an overpass, NBC 5 reported. ...
By Nadia Lathan and Jim Vertuno Associated PressUVALDE, Texas — A former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer who was part of the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School pleaded not guilty during a court appearance Thursday. ...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1BUTLER, Pa. — Testimony from FBI officials revealed additional details surrounding the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, including that the suspected shooter researched the Kennedy assassination and flew a drone over the area before the event, CNN reported. ...
By Salvador HernandezLos Angeles TimesIRVINE, Calif. — It is official — a Cybertruck is about to make its debut as a police vehicle. ...
By Darcy CostelloBaltimore SunBALTIMORE — The Baltimore Police Department has “markedly” improved the quality of its misconduct investigations, the consent decree monitoring team said in a new evaluation, but still has work to do to reach compliance in that area. ...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Newly released footage captures the moment a man pulled a gun on a Jacksonville officer, leading to an officer-involved shooting, Action News Jax reported. ...
