By Matthew OrmsethLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — With millions in cash piling up in the United States, the Sinaloa cartel needed to funnel proceeds from the sale of fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine back to Mexico.Federal prosecutors say a ring of Chinese nationals in the San...
PRESS RELEASESTATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Mission Critical Partners (MCP) announced completion of the first phase of a project to modernize the land mobile radio system used by the Carnegie Mellon University police department.The department had been using a conventional analog land mobile radio (LMR) system...
By Henry MeyerBloomberg NewsDAGESTAN, Russian Federation — A deadly attack by gunmen in the majority Muslim region of Dagestan just months after the assault on a Moscow concert hall is raising the spectre that Russia may be facing a wave of violence by religious extremists.Security...
By Andre M. Camp, Ph.D.DETROIT — The Motor City Pride Festival in Detroit, marking over 50 years of celebration, highlighted its sponsors’ unwavering commitment to the LGBTQ+ community. The Detroit Police Department demonstrated its dedication through active participation in the event, emphasizing its ongoing support...
Associated PressDETROIT — A Michigan county sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot while pursing a suspected stolen vehicle in Detroit, the Oakland County sheriff’s office said Sunday.Bradley J. Reckling, who was on duty in an unmarked car, was following a 2022 Chevy Equinox Saturday evening after...
By Patrick Sloan TurnerThe AdvocateBATON ROUGE, La. — Like countless other law enforcement agencies across the U.S., the Baton Rouge Police Department has struggled with understaffing for the better part of the past decade.Mirroring 2023 nationwide trends of the first increases in department manpower since...
By Rosalio AhumadaThe Sacramento BeeSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Mary Ponder recently moved to an affordable apartment in downtown Sacramento, an area of the city where she’s found a lively atmosphere with frequent events and many people moving about.Her move downtown has been good, Ponder said. But...
By R.J. RicoAssociated PressATLANTA — The Bail Project, a national nonprofit that aids thousands of low-income people who are behind bars, announced Monday that it has closed its Atlanta branch due to a new Georgia law that expands cash bail and restricts organizations that post...
By Thomas TracyNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — City deputy sheriffs have seized so much cannabis from unlicensed pot shops amid a crackdown that the agency’s offices have become a weed wonderland, with pot stowed in every nook and cranny they can find, The New...
By Missy WilkinsonThe Times-Picayune | The New Orleans AdvocateNEW ORLEANS — New Orleans residents are warming up to their police force, after support cratered to an all-time low last year at the tail end of an historic surge in violent crime, according to the latest...
