Editor’s note: The suspect accused of fatally shooting Melvindale Officer Mohamed Said was taken into custody Monday evening. Read the updated story here.By Charles E. RamirezThe Detroit NewsMELVINDALE, Mich. — The reward for information leading to the conviction of a man suspected of shooting and...
By Matthew OrmsethLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Fernando Arroyos and his girlfriend were looking at homes in Florence-Firestone when they crossed paths with a group of men.Ernesto Cisneros, Jesse Contreras and Luis De La Rosa Rios were looking for someone to rob. They spotted the...
By Sarah RoebuckPolice1PLANO, Texas — A recruitment billboard for the Plano Police Department advertising a salary of up to $108,150 has pulled in hundreds of applicants, the Washington State Journal reports.“The No. 1 attraction is the pay,” said Plano Police Department’s recruiter Andrae Smith.Smith told...
By Sarah RoebuckPolice1ROSWELL, N.M. — A suspect hid in a pile of tires before firing at officers, wounding one officer, video released by the Roswell Police Department shows.The incident happened on May 15 as Roswell officers assisted the New Mexico State Police with a pickup...
By Sarah RoebuckPolice1NEW YORK — Dashcam and body-worn camera video shows the moment an officer with the New York Police Department was hit by a suspect’s vehicle. On May 24, officers Anthony Pace and Abid Azam conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for a...
PRESS RELEASEOSHKOSH, Wis. — On the night of June 13, 1963, a white car pulled up to an Enco gas station along an old Wisconsin highway. Oshkosh station owner Wayne Pratt went over to help. The station lights went dark. Pratt’s wife later found his...
By Mathew CallaghanThe Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.SPOKANE, Wash. —Seven police officers and three other people were hospitalized Friday after three vehicles collided during a high-speed chase in North Spokane.Interim Spokane Police Chief Justin Lundgren said he spoke with all seven officers in the hospital, and he...
PRESS RELEASECOATESVILLE, Pa. — Witmer Public Safety Group (WPSG) dba TheFireStore is delighted to announce the promotion of Peter Kosciewicz to the role of Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Peter joined WPSG in October 2008 as Chief Marketing Officer and has been a cornerstone...
By Richard WintonLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — A man whose record includes seven felony convictions now faces an attempted murder charge after prosecutors say he opened fire with a machine gun on two Los Angeles police officers, grazing one of them.Malcolm Darnell Guss Jr. is...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1EUCLID, Ohio — Former friends and classmates of fallen Euclid Police Department Officer Jacob Derbin have started a memorial fund in his name in the form of a GoFundMe page. ...