By Joanna PutmanPolice1WHITEHALL, Ohio — Body camera footage shows the moment an officer and a cruiser were struck by a driver fleeing a traffic stop, WSYX reported.The incident began on June 10 when a Flock camera alerted Whitehall police to a vehicle whose owner had...
By Chris Trainor, John MonkThe StateNEWBERRY, S.C. — A South Carolina Law Enforcement Division K9 was shot to death during an incident in Newberry County Tuesday, and an armed suspect was also shot.SLED confirmed the death of four-year-old SLED K9 Coba, a Belgian Malinois mix...
By Caroline Petrow-CohenLos Angeles TimesPOMONA, Calif. — A Pomona man who shot and killed a police officer in 2018 while barricaded behind a door was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to the office of Superior Court Judge Mike...
By Thomas TracyNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — A knife-wielding Staten Island suspect shot at by cops trying to arrest him was willing to die — as long as nobody hurt his cat, body camera video released by the NYPD Tuesday reveals.“You going to shoot...
By Kate BrumbackAssociated PressATLANTA — One person died after being shot on a commuter bus Tuesday afternoon that led officers on a wild chase for miles from Atlanta into an outlying suburb, striking several vehicles as it barreled through rush hour traffic with frightened passengers...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1SURFSIDE, Fla. — The mayor of a Florida town posted body camera video of himself interrupting a police officer’s traffic stop, Local 10 reported.The June 3 incident occurred when Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett drove upalongside a traffic stop in a red car, according...
By Police1 StaffWASHINGTON — National Police Week honors and celebrates law enforcement officers. During Police Week, Police1 compiled this list of discounts and deals for law enforcement. Even though this year’s Police Week has passed and we are already planning for next year’s Police Week...
By Terry SpencerAssociated PressFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Four Florida police officers have been indicted in connection with a 2019 shootout on a busy street that left a UPS driver, the two robbers who hijacked him and a nearby driver dead, their union confirmed Tuesday.The South...
By A.D. Quig and Jeremy GornerChicago TribuneCHICAGO — Thousands of Chicago police officers received an unwelcome letter from their pension fund this week: thanks to a payroll error spurred by officers’ latest contract, approximately 3,000 are required to cut a check to their pension fund,...
Associated PressNEW YORK — A retired police officer convicted of murdering four people, including a man he tortured and strangled over stolen drug money, was sentenced Monday to four consecutive life terms in prison.Nicholas Tartaglione, 56, who had been an officer in the Hudson River...