SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois State Police released body camera footage showing an officer-involved shooting of a man who pointed a gun at officers, WGLT reported.The Feb. 6 incident began when officers were alerted to a vehicle on Interstate 74 in Champaign believed to be linked...
By Ken DixonThe Middletown Press, Conn.HARTFORD, Conn. — New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson has a simple solution to the dangerous, unannounced, unruly masses of motor vehicle drivers and spectators that block traffic and threaten public safety: “No more cars, no more street takeovers.”That was...
PRESS RELEASEWESTMINSTER, Colo — Brother Mobile Solutions wants to learn how your department is using mobile and desktop printers in creative ways — whether it’s a Brother printer or another brand! Share how you print beyond e-citations for a chance to win a $500 departmental...
By Jakob Rodgers, Nate GartrellBay Area News GroupOAKLAND, Calif. — Disgraced former Antioch police officer Eric Rombough took the witness stand Thursday to offer jurors the perspective of a cop who admitted that he hurt people to amuse himself.Testifying against Morteza Amiri, his onetime close...
PRESS RELEASESTATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Mission Critical Partners (MCP) has announced completion of a project whereby its subject-matter experts guided Wisconsin’s Ashland and Bayfield counties in the consolidation of two 911 centers. The new consolidated center went live in December 2024.Across the United States, 911...
By Max ReinhartThe Detroit NewsWARREN, Mich. — Police are commending the actions an officer recently took to save a 12-year-old child’s life at a Warren hotel.At about 6:55 p.m. Saturday, Warren police dispatch received a report that a child in the pool at TownPlace Suites,...
By Scott AxelrodStaten Island Advance, N.Y.NEW YORK — The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a man said to have vandalized 19 NYPD vehicles in Manhattan.It was reported to police that on Tuesday at approximately 11:40 p.m. , in the vicinity...
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...