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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 13, 2019

Woman's Wrong Number Text to Officer Leads to Viral Police Department Social Media Post

A woman errantly sent a text message to an officer with the Winfield (MO) Police Department in which she claimed that they "got high" together.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 13, 2019

Colorado Officer Finds Stress Relief in Stand-Up Comedy

A 20-year veteran with the Boulder County Sheriff's Office has a second career in his off-duty time as a stand-up comedian.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 13, 2019

Hospitalized Baltimore Officer Shot While Off Duty Says on YouTube "I'm 10-8"

Isaac "Ike" Carrington, who has been confined to a hospital bed since being shot multiple times while off duty last week, took to social media to declare that he'd be back on the streets and on duty soon.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 13, 2019

Nevada Officer Fires on Truck Accelerating Toward Him

An officer with the North Las Vegas Police Department discharged his service weapon at a pickup truck on Sunday afternoon as the vehicle was accelerating toward him.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 13, 2019

3 Pennsylvania Kids Raise Money for Officers' Ballistic Vest

Three nine-year-old friends in Pennsylvania have taken it upon themselves to raise money for their local police department to be able to acquire ballistic vests for their officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 13, 2019

Connecticut K-9 Dies in Retirement

A K-9 with the West Hartford Police Department has died from complications from lymphoma that forced him into retirement in January of 2018.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 13, 2019

3 CHP Officers Shot, One Killed in Riverside Shootout

The reason for the stop has not been revealed, but the officer determined he needed to impound the truck. The officer had called for a tow truck and was filling out paperwork when the man went back into his pickup and pulled out a rifle.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 12, 2019

TN Prison Escapee, Accused Murderer Captured

Around 4 a.m. Sunday he was spotted on a doorbell camera about 10 miles from the prison rifling through a refrigerator kept in a residential carport.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 12, 2019

MO Congressman Proposes Bill Requiring Federal Officers to Only Use Force as "Last Resort"

The measure also would require state and local governments to pass similar standards for their police agencies or face a cutoff of federal law enforcement aid.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 12, 2019

Democratic Presidential Candidates Accuse Former Ferguson Officer of Murdering Michael Brown

Two candidates running for the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nomination have accused former Ferguson, MO, police officer Darren Wilson of "murdering" Michael Brown in a controversial 2014 police shooting. The shooting was ruled justified by both the St. Louis County prosecuting attorney and the U.S. Department of Justice.

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