By Susannah BryanSouth Florida Sun-SentinelMIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Spring Breakers looking for a good time will surely find it here in the Sunshine State.But troublemakers intent on causing chaos and mayhem also will find more cops on patrol and ready to enforce the laws of...
By Associated PressASHTABULA, Ohio — Two Ohio women have been accused of driving the body of a deceased 80-year-old man to a bank to withdraw money from his account before dropping his body off at a hospital.Karen Casbohm, 63, and Loreen Bea Feralo, 55, were...
By Brooke BaitingerThe Charlotte ObserverWELD COUNTY, Colo. — A driver spotted an oversized bird in the road and called authorities to report the “ostrich” sighting, Colorado officials said.But when animal control deputies arrived, they realized it wasn’t an ostrich at all, the Weld County Sheriff’s...
By Sarah RoebuckPolice1BRISTOL, Tenn. — An off-duty correctional sergeant thwarted an armed robbery, WJHL reports. The Bristol (Tenn.) Police Department received a report that an armed robbery was in progress on March 4 at a gas station convenience store. Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Samantha...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1NEWARK, N.J. — LexisNexis is facing a class action lawsuit after law enforcement officers alleged it retaliated against them by tarnishing their credit report, a news release from Morgan & Morgan states.The suit covers approximately 18,000 judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officers who...
By Susan MontoyaAssociated PressROSWELL, N.M., — Famous for being the spot where a spacecraft purportedly crashed in 1947, Roswell, New Mexico, has become a mecca for people fascinated by extraterrestrial phenomena. So it’s only fitting that the city’s police force has uniform patches that are...
PRESS RELEASELA VERNE, Calif. — PROJECT7 Armor is pleased to announce new additions to the in-demand Xternal Patrol Vest (XPV) product line as well as the company’s production process. Effective immediately, the XPV is available in a new Uniform style carrier as well as two...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1AUSTIN, Texas — A jury found two former Williamson County Sheriff’s Office deputies not guilty on all charges related to the death of a man who died while they were restraining him, the Austin-American Statesman reported.The jury hearing the case of Zach Camden...
By David A. LiebAssociated PressMIDDLETON, Wis. — When a motion detector went off overnight at Kromrey Middle School, a police dispatcher called up a digital map of the building, pinpointed the detector, clicked on a live feed from the nearest camera and relayed the intruder’s...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1LOS ANGELES — The LAPD received more applications in January 2024 than in any other month in the past two years, KTLA reported.“We are continuing our work to make Los Angeles’ neighborhoods safer as more and more applicants are expressing interest in serving...
