By Libor JanyLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Los Angeles leaders are touting the latest batch of crime data as proof that the city is safe and getting safer — at least on paper.Homicides declined roughly 14% in the city last year compared with 2023, while...
MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. – A man with more than a dozen arrests within the first few months of 2025is back in custody after allegedly trying to strangle a police officer, News 12 Westchester reported.The man, who has had over 25 interactions with law enforcement since January,...
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy was killed after his patrol car crashed into another vehicle and struck a light pole during a pursuit, ABC News reported.The pursuit began around 11 a.m. on March 17 when deputies attempted to stop a...
COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A Cobb County Police Department K-9 helped locate and arrest a commercial burglary suspect after a brief pursuit, FOX 5 Atlanta reported.Video released by the department shows K-9 Ace “gearing up” with a protective vest before jumping out of a cruiser...
By Nicholas Riccardi and Regina Garcia CanoAssociated PressEL SALVADOR — The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th-century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members, officials said Sunday....
SEATTLE — The Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission has temporarily banned recruits from using the SIG Sauer P320 handgun in training, citing concerns over reports that the firearm could discharge without the trigger being pulled, The Seattle Times reported.Executive Director Monica Alexander issued the...
By Mark PriceThe Charlotte ObserverTAMPA, Fla. — A man in need of a ride stole an ambulance, and the resulting traffic stop got stranger when the driver finished off a beer as troopers watched, according to investigators in Florida.The theft happened around 8:30 p.m. on...
By Shaddi AbusaidThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionATLANTA — Three Atlanta police officers can’t sue former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and other Fulton County officials after getting fired and charged over the violent arrests of two college students during the city’s turbulent Black Lives Matter protests five...
SAN ANTONIO – Authorities have released body camera footage of an officer-involved shooting after a suspect crashed into a lake and threatened an officer with a knife, News4SA reported.The Feb. 15 incident began when the suspect drove onto a walking trail with several pedestrians nearby...
By Muri AssunçãoNew York Daily NewsMIAMI — A Florida woman caught on video shooting her ex-boyfriend, a Miami-Dade sheriff’s deputy, was sentenced on Friday to 30 years in prison followed by 20 years of probation.Yessenia Sanchez, who worked as a police officer for Miami-Dade Schools,...