By Stephen T. WatsonThe Buffalo News, N.Y.TONAWONDA, N.Y. — The Town of Tonawanda has formally accused members of its police force of violating the state’s Taylor Law by participating in an illegal “strike,” but the town is not seeking to fire any of them and...
By Police1 StaffST. LOUIS — The International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) has named longtime Police1 columnist Duane Wolfe as its 2025 Trainer of the Year.Wolfe, a respected voice in law enforcement training with decades of experience, was recognized for his outstanding commitment...
By Claudia Lauer Associated PressPHILADELPHIA — On a frigid February morning, Vanity Cordero, a Philadelphia police officer, heard a call over the radio for a man threatening to jump from a bridge. The details sounded familiar.When Cordero arrived, she realized she’d met him months earlier...
By Angie DiMicheleSouth Florida Sun-SentinelBOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — A man was shot and killed by multiple Boynton Beach Police officers at a public park on Saturday morning after he pulled a machete on his father and advanced toward officers with it, according to the police...
By Daniel BeekmanThe Seattle TimesSEATTLE — A demoted Seattle police commander who sued the city for alleged discrimination, accusing police Chief Adrian Diaz of unfairly blaming him for the infamous “pink umbrella incident” during 2020’s Black Lives Matter demonstrations, has settled his case.An agreement signed...
By Noble BrighamLas Vegas Review-JournalLAS VEGAS — After a federal judge’s decision to vacate the 1997 murder conviction of a former Las Vegas police officer, the man at the center of the case is in limbo.Ronald Mortensen, now 59, has spent decades behind bars, litigating...
PRESS RELEASEBENTONVILLE, Ark. — CLIPr, a company that specializes in the automatic generation of police reports obtained from body-worn camera audio, announced today that its AI-driven video intelligence platform (VIP) is now available in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from...
PRESS RELEASEALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center and Operator XR announced a strategic research collaboration aimed at enhancing law enforcement training through cutting-edge extended reality (XR) technology. This collaboration will focus on improving human performance in high-stress situations, with...
By Kate WolffeThe Sacramento BeeSACRAMENTO — California lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are seeking hundreds of millions of state dollars to support the implementation of the state’s new theft and drug treatment law.Proposition 36 went into effect in December after a landslide victory...
WOOSTER, Ohio – New dash cam and body camera video shows a dramatic pursuit of a suspect who fired multiple times at officers, WOIO reported.According to the Wooster Police Department, the incident began on April 2 following a report of a stolen license plate. Investigators...