By Shambhavi Rimal and Harrison MantasFort Worth Star-TelegramFORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes will retire from law enforcement effective at the end of May 2025, after 25 years of service to the city.Noakes was appointed chief of police in 2021 by...
PRESS RELEASE NEW YORK — RapidSOS, the intelligent safety company, announced enhancements to its platform in early 2025 to simplify workflows for 911 telecommunicators by further unifying emergency intelligence for one AI-powered, interoperable, end-to-end platform. Amid a growing 911 staffing shortage, with 82 percent of...
By Shelly BradburyThe Denver PostDENVER — James Roy II still remembers driving in Cherry Creek some 15 years ago when he was pulled over for an illegal turn, for turning right into the second lane instead of the first.A Black man in his 20s, he...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1NEW YORK — Just six months into his job, a rookie cop with the Altoona Police Department in Pennsylvania arrested a suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.Officer Tyler Frye apprehended the suspect, identified as Luigi Mangione, 26, at a McDonald’s...
By Ryan W. BriggsThe Philadelphia InquirerPHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia’s judges say they don’t feel safe in their own courtrooms as a result of security failures under Sheriff Rochelle Bilal — and they have ordered her to fix them within three months. ...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1SHELBY, Ohio — A Shelby police officer shot and killed a suspect after the man stabbed the officer in the neck during an arrest attempt, WKYC reported.The incident occurred on Dec. 7 at an Arby’s restaurant. Sergeant Noah Kocher and another officer, Dominic...
By Sharon Bernstein and Phillip ReeseThe Sacramento BeeSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Staffing shortages and around-the-clock obligations for its law enforcement officers, social workers and other employees have led Sacramento County to nearly double its spending on overtime pay since 2018, an analysis by The Sacramento Bee...
By Cedar Attanasio and Michael R. SisakAssociated PressNEW YORK — Police arrested a suspect Monday in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO after a quick-thinking McDonald’s employee in Pennsylvania alerted authorities to a customer who was found with a weapon, mask and writings linking...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1KEY WEST, Fla. — Dashcam footage captured a dramatic scene on the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys, where a man fleeing law enforcement jumped off the bridge into the water below before being taken into custody, NBC South Florida reported.The incident...
By Jennifer PeltzAssociated PressNEW YORK — A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in the death of Jordan Neely.A Manhattan jury delivered the verdict, clearing Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely’s death last...
