By Kate Payne, Curt Anderson and Jeff MartinAssociated PressFORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — A Florida sheriff’s deputy was charged with manslaughter with a firearm after a U.S. Air Force senior airman was killed after answering his apartment door while holding a gun.Former Okaloosa County deputy...
By Peter YankowskiNew Haven Register, Conn.WILTON, Conn. — Police said two of their officers and a mother-son duo of good Samaritans helped shuttle CT Transit bus passengers to a train station during Sunday’s storm, after the bus became stranded amid the flooding. ...
By Becca SavranskyThe Idaho StatesmanCALDWELL, Idaho — Armed private security officers will soon be stationed at some Caldwell schools after the Caldwell School District eliminated its $300,000 contract with Caldwell police to provide school resource officers. ...
Associated PressOXFORD, Miss. — A college town in Mississippi temporarily closed a street Wednesday after a delivery truck dropped dozens of cases of beer.The spill happened in Oxford, home of the University of Mississippi. The Oxford Police Department posted photos on social...
By Gayla CawleyBoston HeraldBOSTON — A Boston city councilor plans to ask the Wu administration to revisit the residency requirement for police officers, and whether easing up on that long-standing policy is a “viable option” to address today’s staffing challenges at BPD.City Councilor Ed Flynn...
By Alexis StevensThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionCARROLL COUNTY, Ga. — The Carroll County deputy shot while serving a warrant died from his injuries Friday, the sheriff’s office said.Investigator Taylor Bristow was shot Tuesday morning and flown to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery. He remained...
By Aileen WingbladThe Oakland Press, Sterling Heights, Mich.OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. — A teenager with autism missing for three hours was rescued Tuesday from a marshy area of Proud Lake State Recreation Area by deputies with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, officials said. ...
By Jamila YoungJournal Inquirer, Manchester, Conn.WETHERSFIELD, Conn. — The Town Council tabled a discussion to amend the town’s flag policy after residents criticized officials for not flying the “thin blue line” flag following the death of a state police trooper. ...
By Ted Shermannj.comFORT LEE, N.J. — Weeks after the tragic death of 25-year-old Victoria G. Lee — who was shot in her apartment by a Fort Lee police officer just minutes after her family’s 911 call seeking help — Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has...
By Madison WillisRapid City JournalRAPID CITY, S.D. — After attending a school in Montana for a Computer Science degree, Tegan Tucker always had a deep sense of doing something more with his future.The drive to make a difference continued to eat at him after transferring...
