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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 15, 2020

Miami Officer Becomes Mentor to Teen Who Assaulted Him During Protest

Officer Raymon Washington was struck over the head with a skateboard by 17-year-old Michael Marshall during the protest.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 15, 2020

Italian Police Use Lamborghini to Drive Donor Kidney 300 Miles in 2 Hours

The Lamborghini Huracan they used, which was specially modified for such tasks with a refrigerated trunk, was obtained by the Italian State Police in 2017.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 13, 2020

Minneapolis Council Approves Funding to Temporarily Pay for Officers from Surrounding Agencies

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo says violent crime is up more than 20 percent citywide compared with this time last year, and up 40 percent compared with two years ago. There have been 70 murders in the city this year, there were 39 in 2019.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 13, 2020

2 NC Officers Shot at Off-Duty job

The incident happened at a nightclub in Gastonia at 11 p.m. Gastonia police say officers were working off-duty at the nightclub when they attempted to de-escalate a situation.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 13, 2020

Arkansas Officer Killed in Thursday Gunfight, Suspects Arrested

Officer Travis Wallace blocked the SUV with his own patrol vehicle and the suspect reportedly got out shooting as he approached the officer. Though wounded, Wallace returned fire but Howard got back in the vehicle and took off with another driver behind the wheel.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 13, 2020

Former Chief Bratton: Biden "Uniquely Qualified" to Deal with Police Reform

“They're [Biden-Harris] very mindful of the need for not only law and order, which somehow or another has become a dirty word in this country, but law and order and justice. What’s being asked for with criminal-justice reform is reform of the criminal-justice system. So you can have law and order, but you can have justice at the same time, and I think the president-elect is uniquely qualified to fill that bill,” Bratton said.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 13, 2020

New L.A. County DA Reopens 4 Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting Cases

Newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has selected a deadly 2015 police shooting in Long Beach as one of four cases he plans to reopen, it was reported Friday.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 12, 2020

Black Lives Matter Leader Tells Biden: “We Want Something for Our Vote"

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has requested a meeting with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to discuss the organization's agenda, which includes police reform and defunding or abolition of law enforcement agencies.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 12, 2020

Teenager Reunites With Officers Who Saved Her Life After Summer Car Crash

Seventeen-year-old Rebecca Kniffin was pinned between two SUVs, one of them on fire.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 12, 2020

California Officer Suffers Major Injuries in Pursuit Crash

Officers pursued the suspect. At a nearby intersection the suspect and lead pursuing police vehicle made it through the intersection, however the second pursuing Eureka PD vehicle was involved in a collision with an uninvolved motorist.

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