CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte-Mecklenberg Police Department released an update on a 16-year-old who made headlines this year for racking up 275 criminal charges. CMPD first highlighted the juvenile’s case in June. After being extradited to South Carolina, the juvenile was placed on probation and...
By Ryan Stantonmlive.comANN ARBOR, Mich. — After over four years of talks, Ann Arbor now has a model for an unarmed response program that could launch in 2026, using social workers instead of police to handle 911 calls such as nonviolent mental health crises.SPROUT, a...
By Sara Jean GreenThe Seattle TimesSEATTLE — Seattle mayor-elect Katie Wilson announced Wednesday she will keep police Chief Shon Barnes and three other public-safety leaders when she takes office next month.In a statement titled “A Vision for Public Safety in Seattle,” Wilson wrote that every...
By Samuel B. ParkerRichmond Times-Dispatch, Va.CAROLINE COUNTY, Va. — Virginia State Police say a state trooper and multiple civilians on Friday saved a Maryland man from a burning vehicle in Caroline County.Foday Kanu, 34, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was driving a 2024 Tesla Model Y...
By Ivy SecrestWyoming Tribune-Eagle, CheyenneCHEYENNE, Wyo. — Early Monday morning, an overloaded semi-trailer rolled back onto a Laramie County Sheriff’s Office patrol car during a traffic stop.The vehicle had been stopped for multiple observed violations, including inoperable brakes, a broken frame, three flat tires and...
ST. JOHN’S COUNTY, Fla. — The St. John’s County Sheriff’s Office released body camera video showing the arrest of a suspect wanted by INTERPOL.Dash camera and body camera footage shows the suspect pulling into a parking lot and stopping his vehicle during a Dec. 4...
PATERSON, N.J. — More than 100 New Jersey officers will be required to retake a sergeant’s exam administered in 2019 — and if they fail, they’ll be demoted, PIX11 reported. The ruling by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission comes after the state found the...
By David KromanThe Seattle TimesSEATTLE — The Seattle City Council signed off on two new police contracts Tuesday that will give both officers and managers significant new raises, while freeing the city’s primary police alternative to operate more independently.The agreements, with the Seattle Police Management...
By Owen SextonThe Chronicle, Centralia, Wash.ONALASKA, Wash. — On Friday, Dec. 5, My 2 Scents K9 owner Kristi Bridgman officially christened her new Onalaska dog training center with a Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony.During the ceremony, Bridgman thanked her father, David Nelson, for providing...
PRESS RELEASELAS VEGAS — Born from the communications issues that were experienced by public safety teams during the 9/11 attacks, FirstNet is the single dedicated network for America’s first responders and the extended public safety community. The highly secure FirstNet network delivers always-on priority and...
