CHULA VISTA, Calif. — The Chula Vista Police Department (CVPD) is attracting attention — and potential recruits — with a gripping recruitment video that offers a cinematic glimpse into the department’s daily work, CBS 8 reported.The nearly four-minute video, created by Sgt. Anthony Molina and...
By Mark PriceThe Charlotte ObserverMELBOURNE, Australia — An attempted arson has become the butt of jokes on social media after video posted by police showed one suspect left the crime scene with pants ablaze.It happened around 2:40 a.m. on Christmas at a fast-food restaurant in...
By Kyarra HarrisMonterey Daily HeraldSEASIDE, Calif. — Seaside Police Chief Nick Borges is credited with bringing light to two 2009 assault cases against a man, now imprisoned, who was featured in Netflix’s most recent season of “American Nightmare”Matthew Muller, 47, was charged with two felonies...
By Don SweeneyMerced Sun-Star (Merced, Calif.)MURRIETA, Calif. — An accused drunken driver blurted out an inadvertent confession to an officer who pulled him over, California police reported.“I was just dropping off my friend because I’m the DUI tonight,” the man tells the officer in a...
PRESS RELEASESTATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Mission Critical Partners (MCP) recently held its first PSAP Roundtable, a virtual event attended by officials from public-safety answering points (PSAPs), also known as 911 centers or emergency communications centers, across the United States — from small to large —...
By Terry Castleman and Grace TooheyLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — A drone collided with a firefighting aircraft flying over the Palisades fire on Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.The aircraft landed safely and the incident will be investigated, an FAA official said.“It’s...
By Jack BrookAssociated PressNEW ORLEANS — The Islamic State group-inspired attacker who killed 14 people in a truck rampage on New Year’s Day in New Orleans fired at police from inside his vehicle before officers fatally shot him, police bodycam footage released Friday shows.“They killed...
LOS ANGELES — A powerful image captured during the Los Angeles wildfires highlights the life-saving efforts of police officers.The photograph, featured by the New York Times, shows a police officer, identified as Pasadena Police Officer Chrystian Banuelos, carrying an elderly person through thick smoke and...
WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. – Michigan State Police have released BWC and dashcam footage of a tractor-trailer plowing through a crash scene on slippery ice after failing to move over in time.Video from the Dec.12 incident shows troopers in safety gear and cruisers with emergency lights...
NEW YORK – Hundreds of NYPD sergeants gathered to demand fair pay, protesting a wage disparity that leaves many sergeants earning less than the officers they supervise, the New York Post reported.More than 200 members of the Sergeants Benevolent Association rallied outside the Apollo Theatre...
