Twenty-seven Western Massachusetts girls’ soccer players earned All-State recognition this season, and two local athletes earned All-New England recognition.The Western Mass. Soccer Coaches Association will present the awards at the All-State Banquet, which will take place on Sunday, Nov. 24, at 4 p.m., inside The...
PRESS RELEASETYSONS CORNER, Va. — Cellebrite (NASDAQ: CLBT), a global leader in premier Digital Investigative solutions for the public and private sectors, today announced a planned leadership transition following Yossi Carmil’s decision to step down from his current role as CEO and as a member...
By Libor JanyLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Negotiations over how much to pay incoming Los Angeles police Chief Jim McDonnell brought a rare moment of drama to the Police Commission on Tuesday, when one member broke ranks from her colleagues by arguing that McDonnell’s proposed...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1PLANO, Texas — Plano police officers are now permitted to wear “well-groomed” beards under a new policy the Dallas Morning News reported.The change, which will be reviewed at the end of 2025, aims to adapt to the preferences of personnel while upholding professional...
By Henri HollisThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionGWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office has released a heavily edited but detailed video that provides context around an Oct. 7 incident in which deputies exchanged shots with a gunman in their own parking lot.Emmanuel Patrick Bearden, 44,...
By Alexandra DugganThe Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.SPOKANE, Wash. — When Spokane Police Ombudsman Bart Logue wrote in a 2019 report that the department should remove the use of “exceptional techniques” from its policy manual following the firing of an officer who kicked a handcuffed man in...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Amendment 6, a measure to preserve funding for law enforcement pensions by reinstating a $3 court fee, was rejected by voters in the recent general election, KOMU reported.Initially passed as a joint resolution in the state Senate, the amendment...
PRESS RELEASETROY, Mich. — TECH5, an innovator in the field of biometrics and digital identity management, announced a major contract win with the Virginia State Police to modernize the State’s Livescan technology – the technology for capturing fingerprints in a digital format – with advanced...
By David A. Lieb Associated PressWASHINGTON — A costly campaign to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida failed Tuesday and California voters took a step toward tough crime laws as voters in dozens of states weighed more than 140 measures appearing on the ballot alongside races...
By Mara H. GottfriedPioneer PressST. PAUL, Minn. — man held a handgun to his head at a busy St. Paul intersection as officers repeatedly told him to drop his weapon, videos released by police Tuesday show.Officers shot the man after he pointed a gun at...
