By Becca RobbinsThe Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.CLARK COUNTY, Wash. — Since December, Clark County sheriff’s deputies have had a new partner in addressing mental health needs — the root of many of their calls for service.The agency’s Co-Responder Program allows deputies to call on Sea Mar’s...
By Tammy AyerYakima Herald-Republic, Wash.YAKIMA, Wash. — Vikram Jaryal was working at the AM/PM convenience store in east Yakima early on April 6, 2017, when two people wearing masks came in and robbed him at gunpoint.One of the suspects shot Jaryal for “no apparent reason,”...
By Flint McColgan, Gayla CawleyBoston HeraldBOSTON — One Boston Police officer was severely bitten and two other officers were injured while trying to arrest a man they say was causing a scene at City Hall over a canceled meeting.Michael Charles Williams, 51, of Bridgewater, faces...
By Caitlin LillyLas Vegas Review-JournalLAS VEGAS — The Metropolitan Police Department on Friday released video that shows the dramatic rescue after one of the agency’s K-9 officers was stabbed multiple times.K9 Enzo, a 2-year-old Belgian Malinois, was stabbed eight to nine times as he worked...
By Hanna KangThe Orange County RegisterIRVINE, Calif. — On Jan. 23, 1857, notorious horse thief Juan Flores and his gang of bandits engaged in a fierce gun battle with Los Angeles County law enforcement officers who were in pursuit of them, killing four.The officers, LA...
Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS — A man found guilty but mentally ill in the killing an Indianapolis police officer has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting his then-girlfriend but to time served for killing the officer.Elliahs Dorsey, 31, of Indianapolis, was found guilty but...
By Shelly BradburyThe Denver PostDENVER — The Denver police officer who was hit by a fire truck during the Nuggets’ championship parade last year has returned to work on the department’s SWAT team, becoming the only amputee-officer on the city’s 1,500-member force.“I truly, in my...
By Thomas TracyNew York Daily NewsBROOKLYN, N.Y. — A Brooklyn ex-con grabbed an NYPD officer’s gun and shot two cops when a routine domestic violence call erupted into a harrowing fight for survival, body camera footage released by police shows.The footage of the Jan. 16...
By Libor JanyLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Los Angeles officials — eager to ease the city’s reliance on police officers for handling nonviolent mental health emergencies — have launched a new pilot program that sends unarmed civilians with training to respond to such calls.Modeled after...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1LOS ANGELES — An LAPD officerhas lost her lawsuit against the department, which alleged she had been retaliated against for refusing to remove some social media videos, the Los Angeles Times reported.In addition to her work as an LAPD officer, Toni McBride advocates...
