Associated PressIRVINE, Calif. — An explosion during an indoor training exercise Wednesday sent 16 members of Southern California’s Orange County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team to the hospital, with one person requiring surgery for a leg injury, the department said.Two others had superficial wounds while the...
By Doug MaccashThe Times-Picayune | The New Orleans AdvocateNEW ORLEANS — “The rats are eating our marijuana; they’re all high.” — NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick.With those words, the newish top cop joined the likes of Lafcadio Hearn and Tennessee Williams in eternally adding to the...
PRESS RELEASEHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Hexagon’s Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial division announced the Ministry of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia will use HxGN OnCall Planning & Response to equip the tactical operations centers of the five district governments, State Fire Brigade Institute of North Rhine-Westphalia and...
By Syra Ortiz Blanes, Ana Ceballos, David GoodhueMiami HeraldTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — With Haiti in disarray, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday the state will be sending hundreds of law enforcement officers and soldiers to patrol the southern coast of Florida to “combat illegal vessels” that...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1BUFFALO, N.Y. — A trooper charged with manslaughter over the fatal officer-involved shooting of a Pennsylvania man has been found not guilty, WIVB reported.New York State Trooper Anthony Nigro IV was charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter over the Feb. 2022 shooting death...
Associated PressMERIDEN, Conn. — A Connecticut police officer was suspended for five days and arrested on assault charges after punching a motorist during an altercation while off duty in December.Dash cam video obtained by WTIC-TV, FOX 61, following a freedom of information request, shows Meriden...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1LANCASTER, Calif. — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has released body camera footage of a Feb. 6 officer-involved shooting of a machete-wielding man who threatened officers.The video begins by showing surveillance footage of Jonathan Scott Foster, 38, breaking the glass door of...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1APPLE VALLEY, Calif — The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department has released body camera footage from the fatal officer-involved shooting of a 15-year-old wielding a bladed gardening tool, KCAL reported.The March 9 incident occurred when 911 callers reported that Ryan Gainer, 15, was...
By Bill RankinThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionDEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Georgia’s Court of Appeals on Tuesday reversed the convictions against a former DeKalb County police officer who shot and killed a naked and unarmed mentally ill war veteran.Robert “Chip” Olsen was sentenced to 12 years in prison...
PRESS RELEASE BASKING RIDGE, N.J. — Today, the Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team announced it has started incorporating the Skydio X10 as its primary operational drone.“The X10 is an AI-enabled drone capable of providing our team with enhanced capabilities, including full or partial autonomous flight,”...
