Staff WriterMore from Staff WriterCommandAgencies Nationwide Coping with Critical Shortage of OfficersThe officer shortage is most critical in cities that experienced waves of protests and riots in 2020.May 5, 2021CommandAtlanta Mayor Taps Acting Chief as Next Chief, Creates Advisory Group on CrimeAtlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms has announced she is naming interim police chief Rodney Bryant as permanent chief, and asked the City Council to approve that appointment.May 5, 2021PatrolFBI Agent Fatally Shoots Man During Security Incident at CIA Headquartersn a statement, the bureau said the person had been involved in a “security incident” outside the CIA before he “emerged from his vehicle with a weapon.”May 4, 2021PatrolNJ Officer Fired for Calling BLM Protesters "Terrorists" on FacebookHopewell Township, NJ, has fired a police officer who described Black Lives Matter protesters as “terrorists” and will suspend and demote another for replying to a comment on the Facebook post.May 4, 2021PatrolPolice Imposters Carjack Victims in CaliforniaOfficers learned the victims had been carjacked at gunpoint by two men wearing shirts with the word “POLICE” written on the front, Burbank police said.May 4, 2021PatrolSt. Louis Budget Plan Cuts $4 Million from Police, Eliminates 98 Vacant Officer PositionsThe Board of Estimate and Apportionment voted 2-1 in favor of the cuts, with Mayor Tishaura Jones and Comptroller Darlene Green supporting the move and Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed opposed.May 4, 2021CommandProbationary DC Officer Fired Over Patrol Vehicle Racing IncidentActing police chief Robert J. Contee III, speaking at a news conference, called the incident “embarrassing,” adding, “It’s certainly something that I do not tolerate.”May 4, 2021PatrolSacramento Proposes Increased Police Budget, Rejects DefundingThe proposed Sacramento police budget is set just shy at $165.8 million, a roughly $9.4 million increase from last year’s amended budget.May 3, 2021PatrolPhilly Police Union Gives Out Ice Cream in Campaign Against City's DA“We are reminding residents about Larry Krasner’s soft-on-crime policies that have made Philadelphia unsafe and dangerous,” FOP President John McNesby said in a press release. “Krasner’s failed social experiment is costing lives all across this city.”May 3, 2021PatrolCA K-9 Shot and Killed During Search for Auto Theft SuspectThe department said K-9 Jango is believed to have been struck by gunfire when a man who was reportedly driving a stolen vehicle and had fled police fired at the K-9 and his human partner as they approached him inside a building.May 3, 2021Previous PagePage 224 of 3247Next Page
