By Colin AtagiThe Press DemocratCALISTOGA, Calif. — An off-duty Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy is being praised for helping to rescue a woman from a Calistoga house fire over the weekend, the Sheriff’s Office announced Monday night.The deputy, who was identified in an 8 p.m. post...
By Henri HollisThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionGWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Sometimes you fight fire with fire, and sometimes you must fight a front-end loader with another front-end loader.A quick-thinking Gwinnett County police officer used a local waste management company’s front-end loader to disable an identical piece of...
Associated PressNEW YORK — New York City plans to intensify a crackdown on subway fare-beating by sending at least 800 police officers specifically to keep watch on turnstiles, officials announced Monday.It’s the latest in a string of recent moves to address concerns about safety and...
By Thomas Tracy, Kerry Burke, Rocco Parascandola, Elizabeth KeoghNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — An NYPD officer was fatally shot during a Monday car stop in Queens, Mayor Adams said, calling the incident “a senseless act of violence.”“We lost one of our sons today and...
By Chris BolinGreeley Tribune, Colo.GREELEY, Colo. — A $2.4 million police initiative could change the nature of 911 responses in Greeley as soon as this year.Greeley City Council this week gave first approval to appropriate public safety tax funds to build a real-time information center...
PRESS RELEASEJUPITER, Fla. — Jenoptik, a leading manufacturer of smart mobility solutions, has been selected together with its Ecuadorian partner by the Ecuadorian National Traffic Commission (CTE) to steer a traffic management project across the entire region of Ecuador. The project spans over 12 years...
Associated PressHUNTINGTOWN, Md. — Three middle schoolers from southern Maryland have been charged with hate crimes after they displayed swastikas, performed Nazi salutes and made derogatory remarks about a classmate’s religion, according to county prosecutors.Officials with the Calvert County State’s Attorney’s Office said the harassment...
By Thomas TracyNew York Daily NewsELIZABETH, N.J. — The Port Authority Police Department is investing in a multi-million dollar technology upgrade that will streamline response times and improve communication among cops protecting the New York City’s bridges, tunnels and airports, officials said.Over the next five...
By Justin MuszynskiHartford CourantMIDDLETOWN, Conn. — A Middletown police detective injured last year during an attack by a hammer-wielding man has been inducted into the National Law Enforcement Officer Hall of Fame.Det. Karli Travis was among eight inductees recognized during a ceremony over the weekend,...
By Sarah RoebuckPolice1EL PASO, Texas — A man who told an officer he had a gun made threatening comments before a fatal officer-involved shooting occurred, body camera video released the El Paso Police Department shows. Video released on March 24 shows the police patrol supervisor...
