By Sarah RoebuckPolice1 OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Two California police departments have added a cruiser-turned-lowrider to their fleet, featuring hydraulics and all. The Oceanside Police Department made modifications to a cruiser to help bridge the gap between law enforcement and community members, KUSI reports. The cruiser...
By Eric Conklinnj.comNEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A group of New Jersey police officers are suing data brokers in state court stating they have been subjected to threats because their personal information was sold online.The lawsuit, filed in state Superior Court in Middlesex County on Feb....
By Rosana Hughes, Alexis StevensThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionMORROW, Ga. — A Georgia State Patrol trooper was fatally struck by a vehicle while he was investigating a crash that left a construction worker dead on I-75 in Clayton County overnight Tuesday.Trooper First Class Chase Redner was at...
By John AguilarThe Denver PostGOLDEN, Colo. — It might seem counterintuitive that reducing an employee’s time on the clock by eight hours per week, while keeping their pay the same, will boost productivity — and cause costs to drop.But data from a six-month pilot at...
By Sarah RoebuckPolice1BURNSVILLE, Minn. — Dispatch audio reveals a violent scene that unfolded as an armed man shot at first responders from multiple levels of his house, killing two police officers and one firefighter/paramedic, KARE reports.During the early morning hours on Feb. 18, officers with...
By Libor JanyLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Two Los Angeles police officers tried to intervene when a colleague intentionally struck a knife-wielding man with a department SUV last year in an attempt to disarm the man — a maneuver that the civilian Police Commission has...
By Mike CarterThe Seattle TimesSEATTLE — Two veteran Seattle police officers have been given a day off without pay for their lackadaisical response to a priority report of a shooting at a Sodo nightclub.The two officers and a police trainee were taking a break at...
By Mike CarterThe Seattle TimesSEATTLE — Two brothers, ages 12 and 13, have been charged in King County Juvenile Court with theft and robbery after a carjacking and wild police chase down Aurora Avenue, according to prosecutors.The incident occurred Feb. 13 and involved the brothers...
By Evan RosenNew York Daily NewsSUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. — Suffolk police fatally shot a Bay Shore man who stabbed an officer responding to a domestic violence call on Saturday, officials said.Police responded to the home on Udall Road in Bay Shore around 9:10 a.m. after...
A red Audi A4 sedan ended up sandwiched between two parked cars in a grocery store parking lot in Wellesley after the driver reportedly mistook the gas pedal for the brake. Wellesley police posted pictures of the crash on Monday morning that happened at Roche...
