By Libor JanyLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — A jury this week awarded $11.5 million to a former Los Angeles police K-9 handler who sued the city alleging that his supervisors retaliated and discriminated against him in part because of his Samoan ancestry.The officer, Mark Sauvao...
By Jonathan MattisseAssociated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on the repeal of police traffic stop reforms made in Memphis after the death of Tyre Nichols in January 2023, despite pleas from Nichols’ parents to GOP lawmakers and the governor...
[embed]https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZOOPg50hXh4&si=DTKS4-0B41OGLnr4[/embed] By Emma Seiwell, Thomas Tracy and Leonard GreeneNew York Daily NewsMASSAPEQUA, N.Y. — Mourners including former President Donald Trump and Mayor Eric Adams filled a Long Island funeral home to salute slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller days...
[embed]https://youtube.com/watch?v=WX1OyZhUnPw&si=dEBS1kNb4en1UMQH[/embed] By Michael Gartland, Evan Simko-Bednarski and Thomas TracyNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — By the beginning of the summer, New York City subway riders may be passing through high-tech gun detectors to enter the transit system, Mayor...
By Sarah RoebuckPolice1NEW YORK — Multiple law enforcement agencies across four states partnered with the ASPCA to help rescue nearly 300 mistreated dogs from multiple operations, including criminal cases, in a 30-day time frame, the ASPCA stated in a news release. In late February, the...
[embed]https://youtube.com/watch?v=pKuY_LvS7dg&si=N2GILJK4mBhDJ6F_[/embed] By Sarah CalamsPolice1 NEW YORK — Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, a sports and pop culture website, has raised $1.5 million for the family of slain NYPD officer Jonathan Diller. Diller, 31, was fatally shot earlier...
By Police1 StaffLAS VEGAS — The Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team recently deployed to remote desert areas of California and Nevada to help provide the medical professionals and race organizers responsible for the safety of participants in the annual Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay...
By Sarah CalamsPolice1TAMPA, Fla. — A trooper who used her patrol car to stop a driver from crashing into runners during a 10K race in 2022 will be honored with the opportunity to fly with the Thunderbirds during an airshow in Tampa this weekend. Florida...
By Mark PriceThe Charlotte ObserverLEE COUNTY, Fla. — Opening the hood of a car in Florida offers a level of risk like no other state, so no explanation was needed when a caller reported a “15- to 20-foot python” tangled in their engine.Burmese pythons are...