By Mark PriceThe Charlotte ObserverCALCASIEU PARISH, La. — A deputy was being kidnapped when he pulled his gun and shot the driver on Interstate 10 in southwest Louisiana, according to investigators.The deputy and suspect survived the resulting car crash, but both were hospitalized, the Calcasieu...
By Alex VargasLincoln Journal Star, Neb.LINCOLN, Neb. — Lincoln Mayor Leiron Gaylor Baird on Thursday announced a new partnership between the Lincoln Emergency Communications Center and the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.Lincoln becomes the first city in Nebraska to partner 911 services with 988’s mental...
Shelly BradburyThe Denver PostDENVER — A Denver jury on Friday awarded $3.76 million to a 78-year-old Montbello woman after finding Denver police violated her rights when they surrounded her home, ordered her outside with a bullhorn and then searched her house.Denver police Detective Gary Staab...
By Police1 StaffMONROVIA, Calif. — Over the past 25 years, thousands of law enforcement agencies across the United States have answered the call to Conquer Kids’ Cancer with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest charity funder of childhood cancer research grants. Since the first event...
By Police1 StaffWASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants from Washington, D.C. are heading out on a 12-day community relations tour to North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. The tour honors the service of Airmen both past and present in...
By Acacia CoronadoAssociated PressUVALDE, Texas — An investigation Uvalde city leaders ordered into the Robb Elementary School shooting cleared local police officers of wrongdoing Thursday, despite acknowledging a series of rippling failures during the fumbled response to the 2022 classroom attack that left 19 children...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1LOS ANGELES — The LAPD has announced results from a survey of more than 700 trainees who used its virtual reality training programs, according to a news release from V-Armed.The results show that 94% of the trainees who completed full- or partial-day virtual...
PRESS RELEASEDETROIT — Wrap Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: WRAP) (“Wrap” or the “Company”), the makers of BolaWrap and the innovative public safety solutions platform powered by artificial intelligence (“AI”), virtual reality and data, today announced a 20-unit expansion order for BolaWrap 150 remote restraint devices by...
By Mark PriceThe Charlotte ObserverHALL COUNTY, Ga. — Alligators aren’t supposed to be in north Georgia, but you’ll have a hard time convincing one Hall County sheriff’s deputy who found himself trying to outrun one that popped out of a pond.Hall County is northeast of...
By Lea SkeneAssociated PressBALTIMORE — A Baltimore man was convicted Wednesday of first-degree murder in the 2021 deadly shooting ambush of a city police officer — a verdict the jury reached without hearing evidence about a potential motive during a trial that spanned several days.Jurors...
