STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Mission Critical Partners (MCP) has released its 2025 State of the Industry Report, which provides a comprehensive analysis of key challenges and opportunities shaping the public-safety communications sector. This annual report, in its third year, explores deep insights into nine critical...
By Tim Knausssyracuse.comSYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County officials plan to pay $400,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former sheriff’s deputy who said she was harassed, retaliated against, and passed over for promotion because she is a Black female.Kamilla Peck sued in March...
WASHINGTON — Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have re-introduced the Invest to Protect Act, a bipartisan bill that would allocate $250 million over five years to support small law enforcement agencies across the country, FOX 5 San Diego reported.The proposed funding...
PHILADELPHIA —A Philadelphia police officer managed to arrest a driver who intentionally backed into her SUV despite suffering injuries in the crash, NBC 10 Philadelphia reported.The March 6 incident occurred as officers had just finished serving a protection from abuse order to a man, according...
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has released body-worn and surveillance footage from a February shooting in which a deputy fatally shot a man wielding a gun outside of a business, KDVR reported.The shooting happened on Feb. 8 after deputies responded to...
By Theresa BraineNew York Daily NewsBRIDGEWATER, N.J. — A New Jersey cop turned potential tragedy into triumph early Wednesday, pulling an unconscious driver from his burning car, as seen in video shared by police.Officer Noah Allatt was on patrol when he responded to a report...
By Dan SullivanTampa Bay TimesPINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A judge sentenced a former construction worker who admitted that he fled after running over a Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy with a front-end loader to 12 years in prison Tuesday, punctuating an emotionally charged criminal case that...
By David MatthewsNew York Daily NewsElon Musk amplified controversial podcaster Ben Shapiro’s plea for President Donald Trump to pardon former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chavin for the 2020 murder of George Floyd.Shapiro on Tuesday suggested that “if we are issuing pardons … there is one...
Law enforcement officers nationwide are encouraged to participate in a Stanford University survey aimed at tackling burnout, chronic stress and mental health challenges in the profession.Research shows that:1 in 4 officers (25%) experience PTSD, anxiety, or depression during their careers. (Source: Police1)80% of officers report...
While seemingly no one was spared the agony of the COVID era, law enforcement took its unique blows. I don’t know if police agencies have conducted an after-action review of police operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, but here is a reminder of some challenges encountered.COVID...
