Staff WriterMore from Staff WriterPatrolCivilians Come to Aid of CA Officer During Gun Grab Attack“This girl puts him in a chokehold and that’s what it took to take the guy down and to help that officer. I don’t know if the officer would have gone home to his family that night if that guy would’ve been able to get his gun,” explained witness Mark Davis.May 27, 2021PatrolCA Authorities Believe Rail Yard Shooter Targeted Specific People“It appears to us at this point that he said to one of the people there: ‘I’m not going to shoot you,’” Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said. “And then he shot other people. So I imagine there was some kind of thought on who he wanted to shoot.”May 27, 2021TechnologyMagnet Forensics Leverages Microsoft Azure to Improve Digital Investigations via the CloudMagnet Forensics will work with Microsoft to incorporate Azure platform offerings into the Magnet Digital Investigation Suite, an integrated solution that helps agencies transform their digital investigations with powerful analytics and collaborate agency-wide, securely and at scale.May 27, 2021PatrolPolice Supporters Give Gift Packages to NYPD Officers in BrooklynOperation Gratitude distributed the care packages to every precinct across Brooklyn North. Its goal is to get packages into the hands of every single NYPD officer by Sept. 11.May 26, 2021PatrolGeorge Floyd Anniversary Sparks Riot in PortlandA crowd of roughly 200 people – many dressed in black – gathered outside the city's Multnomah County Justice Center. Some lit a dumpster on fire and tagged the justice center with graffiti, while others yelled, "Burn the building down," police said.May 26, 2021PatrolMS Officer Shot, Police Vehicle StolenOfficer Roy Hurst was shot in South Memphis at around 12:30 p.m. after he followed suspect Cody Dimmett from the Memphis suburb of Southaven. Hurst had reportedly run the Dimmett's license plate and discovered he was wanted in another state.May 26, 2021PatrolTexas Legislature Passes Bills to Prevent Defunding of PoliceSenate Bill 23 would require Texas counties with more than 1 million people — there are six that qualify, including Travis County — to hold an election before being able to cut police funding.May 26, 2021CommandJudge Won't Block Boston's Firing of Police CommissionerJudge Heidi Brieger ruled that Boston Acting Mayor Kim Janey has the right to remove the commissioner, Dennis White, so long as she gives him an opportunity to be heard.May 26, 2021PatrolChicago Mayor Unveils Plan For Civilian Police Oversight CommissionUnder her plan, Mayor Lori Lightfoot would retain the power to hire and fire the superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, the chief administrator of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, and members of the Chicago Police Board. She also would keep final say over the departments’ policies and budgets.May 26, 2021CommandJudge: Milwaukee Must Settle Lawsuit or Reinstate Former ChiefThe ruling from Milwaukee County Judge Christopher Foley comes weeks after Morales' legal team asked the judge to force the city to reinstate him.May 26, 2021Previous PagePage 215 of 3247Next Page
