By Mike CarterThe Seattle TimesSEATTLE — A King County jury on Thursday hit the University of Washington with a $16 million verdict stemming from a lawsuit in which five Black university police officers outlined years of racist comments and discrimination by white supervisors and colleagues.The...
By Sarah RoebuckPolice1OKLAHOMA CITY — A deputy rescued a woman from her burning vehicle just seconds before the entire car was engulfed in flames.The fiery rescue from Dec. 17 was caught on Deputy Matthew Yerby’s body-worn camera. The driver of the vehicle had taken a...
By Sarah RoebuckPolice1FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A video of determined deputies hauling a large tree into the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office’s lobby is going viral. In a video posted to the sheriff’s office Facebook page, around 10 deputies can be seen carrying the tree through...
By Aaron CurtisThe Sun, Lowell, Mass.GROTON, Mass. — Groton Police K-9 Officer Bane is in serious but stable condition with broken bones and punctured lungs after the dog was struck by a vehicle on Wednesday during a hit-and-run crash on Pleasant Street.Police are now asking...
By Claire Whitcomb, Sydney Brownstone, Lulu Ramadan, Patrick Malone and Alex Yoon-HendricksThe Seattle TimesTACOMA, Wash.— A Pierce County jury Thursday acquitted three Tacoma police officers charged in the death of Manuel Ellis, concluding a grueling, historic trial that tested the state’s new police accountability law.The...
New York Daily NewsNEW YORK — NYPD officers must document every investigative encounter with civilians, including ID checks, under a bill passed by the City Council on Wednesday — but whether the measure will become law remains unclear as Mayor Eric Adams opposes it and...
MANASSAS, Va. – Aimpoint, the leading manufacturer and innovator of red dot sighting technology, has been chosen by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to supply Aimpoint® Duty RDS and Aimpoint® CompM4s optics for their Red Dot Sights and Mounts Program.Following extensive testing of a...
By Sarah RoebuckPolice1OWENSBORO, Ky. — A Kentucky man is blazing a new trail in law enforcement as he was sworn in at the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office, the Owensboro Times reports. Jeff Rhinerson, 45, was sworn in as the newest addition to the Daviess County...
By Sarah RoebuckPolice1CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Body camera video captured the intense moment Chula Vista officers worked together to rescue a man from a burning vehicle.It happened Oct. 13 on Interstate 5 in Chula Vista, 10 News reports. Multiple 911 calls reported the incident to...
By Austin De Diosoregonlive.comPORTLAND, Ore. — Police officers will have more freedom to initiate car chases in Portland, the police bureau announced Friday.The policy changes, which go into effect Jan. 14, also offer clearer guidelines for officers behind the wheel, police said.“Part of the reasoning...