By Garrett ShanleyMiami HeraldTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis and members of the Florida Cabinet on Tuesday approved roughly $40 million to reimburse local law enforcement agencies — primarily in rural counties — for a rapid buildup of equipment and detention capacity as part of...
DUANE, N.Y. — A New York State trooper was injured after a sport utility vehicle failed to stop at an intersection and struck her while she was investigating a separate crash, according to a department release. The Feb. 13 incident occurred when troopers were investigating...
By Laura BauerThe Kansas City StarCHRISTIAN COUNTY, Mo. — As one southwest Missouri sheriff’s department is grieving the loss of two deputies, two others — who one of the slain deputies was trying to help when he was killed — are recovering after surgery.In a...
By Cleo WestinThe Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado Springs police officer shot a man on the ground 30 seconds after he was disarmed while trading gunfire with another officer on Feb. 2, according to a significant event briefing video released Friday.Officers...
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TRENTON, N.J. — The Trump administration is suing New Jersey over a state order that prohibits federal immigration agents from making arrests in nonpublic areas of state property, such as correctional facilities and courthouses.The Justice Department lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Trenton, challenges...
By Nakayla McClellandAlbuquerque Journal, N.M.BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. — A sergeant with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office was killed while on duty when his vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 40 on Monday, the department said.“The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office is heartbroken to confirm...
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The Montgomery County Department of Police released dash camera footage showing suspects vandalizing cruisers at a street takeover.Officers were notified on Feb. 22 that a large group of vehicles involved in street takeover activity had moved from Prince George’s County toward downtown...
By Alex BrizeeThe Idaho StatesmanMERIDIAN, Idaho — The Meridian Police Department announced Monday night that a 43-year-old woman suspected of driving a stolen ambulance into a building in what law enforcement said was an “attempt to burn” it has been arrested.Sarah George, of Boise, was...
By Robert A. CronkletonThe Kansas City StarCHRISTIAN COUNTY, Mo. —A man suspected of killing a Christian County deputy during a traffic stop on Monday involved in a shootout hours later that left a second deputy dead and two others injured, according to law enforcement officials.Richard...
