By Joanna PutmanPolice1THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. — A high-speed pursuit involving a stolen vehicle ended in the arrest of a suspect after deputies used a grappler device, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office.The Nov. 7 incident began when deputies attempted to stop the vehicle, according...
By Renee BergThe Free Press, Mankato, Minn.MANKATO, Minn. — Dianne Smith describes Bob Roelofs as a hero, though he disagrees.Smith’s husband, Peter Smith, woke up early Sept. 7 and knew something was wrong. The Mapleton man dialed 911 and told the operator he needed help...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council has confirmed Jim McDonnell as the new LAPD chief in an 11-2 vote, KABC reported.Nominated by Mayor Karen Bass, McDonnell becomes the 59th chief to lead the nation’s third-largest police force as Los Angeles prepares...
By Mitch HottsThe Macomb Daily, Mount Clemens, Mich.STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. —In a move officials say will increase police visibility, Sterling Heights city officials and the labor union representing police officers have approved moving officers from a 10-hour day work day to 12-hour shifts four days...
By Police1 StaffA new research study titled “The Cumulative Effects of Head Injuries as Unrecognized Precursors for Concussive Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in Law Enforcement Officers” aims to examine the potential link between head injuries sustained by law enforcement officers and the risk of developing degenerative...
By Thomas TracyNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — A row of cars sitting in an NYPD impound lot caught fire in a massive blaze that could be seen for miles Wednesday — the same lot where a fire destroyed an evidence warehouse two years earlier,...
By Tony MarreroTampa Bay TimesTAMPA — A Tampa police officer was fired this week after an internal investigation found he put a suspect in a chokehold earlier this year, among other policy violations.Officer Michael Scaglione was terminated Tuesday for violating three Tampa Police Department policies...
By Susan Montoya BryanAssociated PressALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — State police have destroyed tens of thousands of pounds of marijuana plants at greenhouses in northwestern New Mexico, marking what regulators say is the largest seizure and destruction of cannabis in New Mexico since new possession and cultivation...
By Alex BrizeeThe Idaho StatesmanBOISE, Idaho — Months ago Boise Police Officer Wayne Anderson mistakenly shot and injured an Idaho Department of Correction corporal during an ambush by a man at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center set up to free a prisoner.An outside investigation has...
By Katie LangfordThe Denver PostDENVER — A Colorado law banning gun sales to people younger than 21 can now take effect, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned an injunction in the lawsuit and ordered the case be sent back...
