By Nathan SolisLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — In a bid to impose heavier penalties on repeat criminal offenders, top Southern California law enforcement officials announced a new initiative Wednesday to target and try more suspects under federal guidelines.The initiative, dubbed Operation Safe Cities, was born...
By Police1 StaffSEATTLE — BRINC has announced the launch of its latest innovation, the LiveOps platform. Accessible on any modern browser, the LiveOps software platform enhances coordination, efficiency and effectiveness in public safety drone operations.LiveOps integrates with BRINC’s entire hardware ecosystem including LEMUR 2, BRINC...
By Gene Johnson and Mark ThiessenAssociated PressBOISE, Idaho — Authorities are searching for an Idaho prison inmate and an accomplice who fled after the accomplice shot and wounded corrections officers as they were transporting the inmate from a Boise hospital, according to police.Police said Nicholas...
By Alexis WeisendThe Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.VANCOUVER, Wash. — A Vancouver man was sentenced Tuesday to a year and a day in federal prison for intentionally selling low-quality ballistic protective equipment produced in China to dozens of domestic law enforcement agencies and the U.S. military.Jeffrey Meining,...
By Dana RieckSt. Louis Post-DispatchST. LOUIS — A nonprofit that supports local police has committed another $640,000 to fund extra police patrols through the summer in downtown St. Louis.The move almost doubles the financial commitment by the St. Louis Police Foundation, bringing its funding for...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office has released body camera video of a standoff with an armed teen who ran into the Atlantic Ocean, NBC News reported.Video shows officers monitoring a fight that started on the beach. As the...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1LOS ANGELES — News video captured the moment an LAPD sergeant helped a young teen finish the Los Angeles Marathon, KABC reported.“I wanted to help him make sure that he achieves his goal,” said LAPD Sgt. Jay Balgemino. Balgemino was stationed about half...
By R. Christian SmithChicago TribuneAURORA, Ill. — Despite a national police officer shortage, the Aurora Police Department is having no problems recruiting new officers to fill its rising number of positions, according to department officials.A report from the U.S. Department of Justice, which was published...
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. — MissionLink, an exclusive nationwide community that serves as a force-multiplier and gateway to accelerating innovation and advancing solutions to National Security threats, announces the kickoff of its 2024 Cohort.Founded in 2010 by an elite board and advisory board comprised of...
By Jeffrey CollinsAssociated PressCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster held a ceremony Tuesday to spotlight a new law allowing any adult who can legally own a gun to carry the weapon openly without a permit.McMaster signed the bill into law 12 days ago...
