By Caroline Petrow-CohenLos Angeles TimesMURRIETA, Calif. — The maker of Lego toys has asked the Murrieta Police Department of Riverside County to stop using digitally added Lego heads to hide the identities of suspects in mug shots.The request comes after the department posted a photo...
By Jakob Rodgers, Shomik MukherjeeBay Area News GroupOAKLAND — Mayor Sheng Thao named a northwest Texas police chief as the new head of the Oakland Police Department on Friday, ending a yearlong search to fill one of the city’s most high-profile vacancies.The mayor named Floyd...
PRESS RELEASEJACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Safariland, a brand of The Safariland Group, a leading global provider of safety products designed for the public safety, military, professional and outdoor markets and one of Cadre Holdings, Inc.’s (NYSE: CDRE) (“Cadre”) key brands, announces an exclusive collaboration with Noveske...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Tallahassee Police Department has released body camera footage of a suspect shooting an officer with the officer’s service weapon.The March 8 incident began when officers ordered Willis Adams, 36, to leave a hotel, according to the video release. Video...
By John SimermanThe Times-Picayune | The New Orleans AdvocateNEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department has made big strides in recent years to prevent unconstitutional stops, searches and arrests, according to U.S. Justice Department lawyers and the federal judge overseeing NOPD reforms at a...
By Mark PriceThe Charlotte ObserverBREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The K-9 partner of a Florida sheriff’s deputy did something horrifying — and potentially deadly — at a crime scene when it jumped without warning from a high-rise bridge over the Indian River.It happened on the 528...
By Michael Goldberg and Emily Wagster PettusAssociated PressJACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge on Thursday finished handing down prison terms of about 10 to 40 years to six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to breaking into a home without a warrant and...
By Gene Johnson and Mark ThiessenAssociated PressBOISE, Idaho — Police on Thursday arrested two gang members — an Idaho prison inmate and the accomplice who helped him escape — following an attack on corrections officers at a Boise hospital, and investigators are looking into whether...
By David AaroThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionAUGUSTA, Ga. — Two teenage inmates were taken back to jail Thursday afternoon, hours after they allegedly knocked out a Jenkins County deputy and escaped custody, authorities said.Brandon Davis, 14, and Corinthian Newton, 15, were re-arrested at about 5 p.m., according...
By Lyndsay WinkleyThe San Diego Union-TribuneSAN DIEGO — After months of searching, San Diego’s mayor tapped a familiar face to be the city’s next top cop.At a news conference in his office Thursday morning, Mayor Todd Gloria announced his appointment of San Diego police Assistant...
