By David A. LiebAssociated PressMIDDLETON, Wis. — When a motion detector went off overnight at Kromrey Middle School, a police dispatcher called up a digital map of the building, pinpointed the detector, clicked on a live feed from the nearest camera and relayed the intruder’s...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1LOS ANGELES — The LAPD received more applications in January 2024 than in any other month in the past two years, KTLA reported.“We are continuing our work to make Los Angeles’ neighborhoods safer as more and more applicants are expressing interest in serving...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department released body camera and surveillance footage of deputies stopping a robber armed with a shotgun.The Jan. 27 incident began when a man, now identified as Jerald Hardcastle, 38, walked into a liquor...
By Ayden RunnelsLas Vegas SunLAS VEGAS — When Metro Police Officers Ty Vesperas and Jacob Noriega arrived at the UNLV campus in response to an active shooter call in December, their focus was on apprehending the violent gunman.But as soon as the two arrived at...
By Mark PriceThe Charlotte ObserverCALCASIEU PARISH, La. — A deputy was being kidnapped when he pulled his gun and shot the driver on Interstate 10 in southwest Louisiana, according to investigators.The deputy and suspect survived the resulting car crash, but both were hospitalized, the Calcasieu...
By Alex VargasLincoln Journal Star, Neb.LINCOLN, Neb. — Lincoln Mayor Leiron Gaylor Baird on Thursday announced a new partnership between the Lincoln Emergency Communications Center and the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.Lincoln becomes the first city in Nebraska to partner 911 services with 988’s mental...
Shelly BradburyThe Denver PostDENVER — A Denver jury on Friday awarded $3.76 million to a 78-year-old Montbello woman after finding Denver police violated her rights when they surrounded her home, ordered her outside with a bullhorn and then searched her house.Denver police Detective Gary Staab...
By Police1 StaffMONROVIA, Calif. — Over the past 25 years, thousands of law enforcement agencies across the United States have answered the call to Conquer Kids’ Cancer with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest charity funder of childhood cancer research grants. Since the first event...
By Police1 StaffWASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants from Washington, D.C. are heading out on a 12-day community relations tour to North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. The tour honors the service of Airmen both past and present in...
By Acacia CoronadoAssociated PressUVALDE, Texas — An investigation Uvalde city leaders ordered into the Robb Elementary School shooting cleared local police officers of wrongdoing Thursday, despite acknowledging a series of rippling failures during the fumbled response to the 2022 classroom attack that left 19 children...