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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 20, 2021

2 Charged in Ambush Shooting of Baltimore Officer

Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said investigators pieced evidence together including security camera footage and used license plate readers to identify the owner of a vehicle seen fleeing the area.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 17, 2021

NY Man Dies After Catching Fire from Combination of Spraying Self with Hand Sanitizer and Officer's ECW Use

In the early morning hours of Oct. 30, Jones walked into the Catskill Police Department headquarters at and sprayed hand sanitizer on his body and head, authorities said previously. An officer then used a taser to subdue him, setting him on fire.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 17, 2021

Former Philly Officer is a Rising Star in UFC

Daukaus resigned from the Philly PD on Dec. 1 to concentrate full-time on an MMA career. He’s 4-0 in the UFC with four knockouts, three of which have come in the first round.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 17, 2021

FL Man Gets 5 Years for Assaulting Officers During Capitol Riot

A few minutes later, prosecutors said, he picked up the fire extinguisher and threw it at them a second time and assaulted another group of officers with a metal pole, throwing it like a spear.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 17, 2021

SC Officer Gets Surprise Visit from Toddler He Saved in 2019

“Before I put my car in park, the mom and the passenger jumped out of the car, was running back to my vehicle screaming ‘My child can’t breathe, she can’t breathe.’ And then I just relied on my training at that point,” Patrolman First Class Jerrid Riley said a week after the 2019 incident.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 17, 2021

VirTra to Provide Training Simulators to Canadian Government

VirTra has received a standing offer from the Government of Canada to supply marksmanship and judgmental use of force simulation technology to various law enforcement, border protection and corrections facilities nationwide.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 16, 2021

Jury Awards $67 Million to Family of Austin Man Killed by Police

Jurors found that both officers' actions were "objectively unreasonable ... such as that no reasonable officer could have believed that the shooting was lawful," according to court documents. The amount of damages was based on physical pain, mental anguish, loss of companionship, and punitive damages.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 16, 2021

CA Sheriff Faces Accusations of Corruption Over Concealed Carry Permits

“If you want to get a CCW to carry a firearm, you should be treated fairly and equally,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said. “One of those standards cannot be are you supporting the Sheriff or the Sheriff’s reelection. And that’s what this bribery investigation was about.”

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 16, 2021

Baltimore Officer on Life Support After "Cowardly" Ambush

Friends outside the hospital and two police department sources identified the injured officer as Keona Holley, who is assigned to the Southern District.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 15, 2021

San Francisco Mayor Who Once Demanded Defunding Now Wants More Police to Combat Crime Surge

Crime data shows there were 3,375 reports of larceny theft citywide in November — the overwhelming majority of those were car break-ins.

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