By Joanna PutmanPolice1OLYMPIA, Wash. — A former Tacoma Police Department officer who was cleared of second degree murder charges in the 2020 death of Manny Ellis has resigned as a Thurston County Deputy two days into the job, KOMO news reported.The TCSO announced the decision...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1BAVARIA, Germany — The German Police Union (DPolG) created a video featuring pantless officers on April Fool’s Day – but it wasn’t just for a joke, DW reported.The video was posted on Instagram and Youtube accounts owned by the state of Bavaria’s chapter...
By Sarah RoebuckPolice1WAVERLY, Va. — A K-9 assigned to a corrections office at the Sussex I State Prison died after being stabbed by multiple inmates, the Virginia Department of Corrections said.According to VADOC, on April 2, three inmates associated with the MS-13 gang attacked another...
BY Matthew Barakat Associated PressFAIRFAX, Va. — A northern Virginia town has been excluded from a countywide police training academy after the town’s chief complained about Chinese signatures on trainees’ graduation certificates.Herndon Police Chief Maggie DeBoard complained that the academy director, Maj. Wilson Lee, used...
By Cristóbal ReyesOrlando SentinelORLANDO, Fla. — A man arrested in 2021 for attacking Orlando police officers with a brick while streaming it on social media was sentenced to life in prison, the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.William McClish, 29, was convicted of attempted murder...
By Thomas TracyNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — Crime in New York City’s subway system fell by 23% in March compared to the same period last year as the NYPD sent hundreds of additional officers to ride the rails and keep straphangers safe, the department’s...
By Richard WintonLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — In one of the largest cash heists in Los Angeles history, thieves made off with as much as $30 million in an Easter Sunday burglary at a San Fernando Valley money storage facility, an L.A. police official revealed...
A recent officer-involved shooting in Tucson, Arizona was captured on body-worn camera. Two officers can be seen facing a man armed with a Katana (Japanese long sword), who appeared to possess a pre-trained (probably self-taught) expertise with the sword.During this situation the officers carefully attempt...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1LOS ANGELES — The city of Los Angeles has opted to hire private security guards to patrol “graffiti towers” that have become an expensive crime nexus, NBC Los Angeles reported.The city council voted unanimously on April 2 to update LA’s building standards enforcement,...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1LOS ANGELES — Body camera footage shows the moment a DUI suspect tried to bite an LAPD officer in a hospital, KTLA reported.Footage released April 1 shows officers responding to a March 1 traffic crash and detaining the man on suspicion of DUI....
