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Calif. officer attends adoption of 3 children he found in ‘horrific’ living conditions

By Sarah CalamsPolice1VACAVILLE, Calif. — Three brothers are now out of the foster care system thanks to a California police officer.Three years ago, Vacaville PD officer Isaac Stevens responded to an apartment complex after a woman reported that one of her sons went missing. Stevens,...

By Larry Smith

Being HIV-positive will no longer automatically disqualify Nashville police candidates

By Travis Loller Associated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Having HIV will no longer automatically disqualify someone from serving as a Metropolitan Nashville Police Officer, the Tennessee city agreed in a legal settlement on Friday.The agreement settles a federal discrimination lawsuit filed last year by a former...

By Larry Smith

Truck driver indicted on murder charges in crash that killed Mass. officer, utility worker

Associated PressWALTHAM, Mass. — A pickup truck driver accused of crashing into and killing a police officer and a utility employee at a work site in a Boston suburb, then pulling a knife on another officer before stealing his cruiser, has been indicted on two...

By Larry Smith

Judge dismisses murder charges ex-Houston officer had faced over 2019 drug raid

By Juan A. LozanoAssociated PressHOUSTON — A former Houston police officer who led a 2019 deadly drug raid that prompted a probe which revealed systemic corruption problems within the police department’s narcotics unit and resulted in nearly two dozen convictions being overturned has won a...

By Larry Smith

Robotic police dog shot multiple times, credited with avoiding potential bloodshed

Associated PressBARNSTABLE, Mass. — A robotic dog is being thanked by state police in Massachusetts for helping avert a tragedy involving a person barricaded in a home.The robotic dog named Roscoe was part of the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad and deployed on March 6...

By Larry Smith

RAD offers SelectBlur at no cost to law enforcement agencies

PRESS RELEASEDETROIT — Robotic Assistance Devices (RAD), a subsidiary of Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) (OTCPK:AITX), is pleased to announce the availability of ‘SelectBlur‘, to law enforcement agencies at zero cost[i]. This offers comes on the heels of widespread news stories of the...

By Larry Smith

Safariland unveils new Solis fits for GLOCK 17 and 19

PRESS RELEASEJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Safariland, a brand of The Safariland Group® a leading global provider of safety products designed for the public safety, military, professional and outdoor markets and one of Cadre Holdings, Inc.’s (NYSE: CDRE) (“Cadre”) key brands, has announced new GLOCK fits for...

By Larry Smith

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyer says raids of the rapper’s homes were ‘excessive’ use of force

By Jonathan Landrum Jr. Associated PressLOS ANGELES — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyer said Tuesday that the searches of the rapper’s Los Angeles and Miami properties by federal authorities in a sex trafficking investigation were “a gross use of military-level force” and that Combs is “innocent...

By Larry Smith

BWC: Man fires shots, wrestles with N.Y. trooper over gun before fatal OIS

By Joanna PutmanPolice1ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York Attorney General’s Office released body-worn camera footage of an officer-involved shooting of a man who fired shots at officers on a freeway, according to a March 26 news release.The Jan. 3 incident began when two New York...

By Larry Smith