By Libor JanyLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department has graduated an average of 31 recruits in its past 10 academy classes, a Los Angeles Times review shows, about half the number needed to keep pace with Mayor Karen Bass’ ambitious plan...
Associated PressBOISE, Idaho — An Idaho sheriff’s deputy died after being shot by a driver during a traffic stop, and a man believed to be the shooting suspect was later fatally shot by police, authorities said Sunday.Deputy Tobin Bolter, 27, was shot as he approached...
By Sally KrutzigThe Idaho StatesmanADA COUNTY, Idaho — Ada County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Tobin Bolter, 27, died after he was shot during a traffic stop Saturday night — the first in-the-line-of-duty death in the office’s history.Ada County Sheriff Matt Clifford said Sunday at a news...
By David SharpAssociated PressPORTLAND, Maine — The high electricity consumption of a home, its cardboard-covered windows and odor of marijuana drew law enforcement’s attention to an illicit grow operation off the beaten path in rural Maine.The bust of the home with a hidden grow operation...
Associated PressCHICAGO — A 30-year-old Chicago police officer was shot and killed overnight on the city’s southwest side while heading home from work, police said Sunday.Superintendent Larry Snelling told reporters the officer was going home and still in uniform, but wearing something on top of...
By Mara H. GottfriedPioneer PressST. PAUL, Minn. — As law enforcement agencies struggle to find new officers, St. Paul police and the Minnesota National Guard are teaming up to work on recruitment and find career paths for soldiers when they leave the service.The Army has...
By Mark PriceThe Charlotte ObserverST.LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida sheriff’s deputy owes his life to a group of good Samaritans, who rushed to help when he was thrown into the blades of his boat’s spinning propeller, according to investigators.The deputy suffered serious but non-life-threatening...
By Donald W. MeyersYakima Herald-Republic, Wash.YAKIMA, Wash. — Federal, tribal and local agencies arrested more than 20 people in a crackdown on gang crime in raids Thursday morning across Eastern Washington.The raids targeted La Nuestra Familia, a Norteño prison gang, and others working with it...
By Darcy CostelloBaltimore SunBALTIMORE — A Baltimore County man is accused of murdering an off-duty D.C. police officer found shot in Baltimore City in November 2017, in what city prosecutors say will be the first case handled by a newly established cold case unit.Dion Thompson,...
By Taylor InmanDaily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Mont.LINCOLN COUNTY, Mont. — Gravely injured after being struck by the vehicle of a fleeing suspect in a remote stretch of Lincoln County last year, Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Lewis Johnson felt a wave of relief when he learned...
