We’ve seen them do the lip sync battle, the running man challenge, but now several local police departments have to compete against each other for recruits. And they are doing to great lengths to get the best of the best. West Palm Beach...
Read moreIn the aftermath of several fatal police shootings of unarmed citizens, Texas lawmakers sought to pacify tensions between law enforcement and civilians. The state legislature brought civil rights groups and law enforcement organizations together...
Read more“The most common statement I get from police officers is: ‘Why didn’t we have this 10 years ago? I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my career,’” said an expert. For decades, many law enforcement officers believed victims were supposed to be able to...
Read moreThe Florence County, South Carolina, shooting offers a reminder that America’s gun problem hurts police officers too. On Wednesday, a man shot seven police officers, killing one, as they attempted to serve a warrant to someone else at a home in...
Read moreAs technology advances, law enforcement and other agencies are gaining access to tools that can be used to make their jobs safer and more efficient. And in Marion County, the Sheriff’s Office is launching their newest technology — the...
Read morePHOENIX — “Let me introduce to you: The police chief for the city of Peoria …” With that statement on Tuesday night, the city of Peoria got its new police chief. Art Miller replaced Roy Minter, who retired in May after seven years as chief...
Read moreThe Miami Police Department’s latest car isn’t a car at all. It’s a three-wheel Polaris Slingshot that was donated by the company to be used as a head-turning vehicle for community outreach. “This is going to be an icebreaker for us. Kids are...
Read moreBody cameras that automatically activate in response to the sound of gunfire could forever change people’s expectations about public spaces. Last summer, the Baltimore police officer Richard Pinheiro submitted body-camera footage as evidence in a...
Read moreWARWICK, R.I. — A police dive team in Rhode Island conducting a routine body recovery drill has come across an actual human body. The Providence Journal reports the Warwick Police Department dive team had been practicing search and recovery...
Read moreAs a public defender, I’m not mad at how well Manafort and Cohen have been treated. I just want that same treatment for my clients. President Trump has a long history of callousness and hostility toward the plight of those involved in the...
Read moreDanny Bradbury for Sophos: Apple’s new tool will make it easier for law enforcement to request data – “The company is seeking to streamline the way that it currently services information to government agencies with the new tool, which will be...
Read moreHastings-on-Hudson Police Officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo said she was on her way to work Friday afternoon when she saw a boy running along the Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonkers. With horror, she said she watched the boy climb up over a guardrail...
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