By Joanna PutmanPolice1MIAMI, Fla. — Florida International University (FIU) is working with law enforcement to test a drug detection “gun,” which can identify a range of substances, NBC Miami reported.The Pendar X10 device was created to help law enforcement identify whether substances contain fentanyl, according...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1ODESSA, Texas — Texas has allotted $125 million to increase the salaries of rural sheriffs, deputies and prosecutors, the Texas Tribune reported.The grants come from a $330 million pool set aside by state lawmakers to help rural law enforcement agencies recruit and retain...
Editor’s note: Police1 reached out to the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) for their perspective on this story. “This is the first time in my career that I’ve ever heard of a school board requesting school security help from the National Guard,” said...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. — The Blount County Sheriff’s Office has released body camera footage from the fatal shooting of one of its deputies, WBIR reported.The Feb. 8 incident began when Deputy Shelby Eggers pulled over Kenneth Wayne Dehart Jr. for driving on the...
Associated PressDEDHAM, Mass. — A Massachusetts man charged with killing a police officer and an innocent bystander in July 2018 was found guilty Friday of multiple charges, including murder.It was the second trial for Emanuel Lopes after Norfolk Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone declared a...
By Samantha HendricksonAssociated Press/Report For AmericaCOLUMBUS, Ohio — A former Ohio sheriff’s deputy charged in a man’s killing remained free Friday, after a jury couldn’t agree on a verdict and the judge twice declared a mistrial, ending tumultuous proceedings that saw four jurors dismissed.Jason Meade...
By Steve Karnowski and Heather Hollingsworth Associated PressBURNSVILLE, Minn. — A man armed with multiple guns and large amounts of ammunition shot at police officers from both the upper and lower levels of a suburban Minneapolis home on Sunday, killing two officers and a firefighter,...
By Rocco ParascandolaNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — Anyone who’s ever misplaced a cell phone would probably be jealous of having dogs like Louis, Qaid, Hugh or Robbie — NYPD Labradors trained to find electronic devices hidden by criminals in laundry bags or secret compartments,...
By Sarah RankinAssociated PressRICHMOND, Va. — John Clair, the police chief of a small Appalachian town in southwest Virginia, spends his days consumed by a growing problem: the frequency with which his officers are tapped to detain, transport and wait in hospitals with people in...
By David ZahniserLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — When Mayor Karen Bass laid out her budget proposal for the Los Angeles Police Department last year, she had big plans for rebuilding the size of that agency’s workforce.The mayor’s budget called for the LAPD to end the...