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Newsby Staff WriterJune 24, 2019

Task Force Operation Busts Major Gang Drug Distribution Network

An operation conducted by local, state, and federal law enforcement has brought down a major methamphetamine distribution network in California.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 24, 2019

Massachusetts Officer Injured in Collision with Suspected Drunk Driver

An officer with the Dartmouth (MA) Police Department was injured on Sunday when his patrol vehicle was struck by a suspected drunk driver.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 24, 2019

Missouri Officer Rescues 3-Year-Old Girl and Grandmother from House Fire

An officer with the Hazelwood (MO) Police Department is being credited with saving the lives of a 3-year-old girl and her grandmother from a house fire in a basement apartment late last week.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 24, 2019

Philadelphia Police Union Says Any Firings Over Facebook Posts "Out of Bounds"

Vice President John McGrody of Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 said, "I don't believe any Facebook posts merit firing, based on discipline that’s been handed out through the years."

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 24, 2019

2 Virginia Officers Fired Over Confederate Flag Sticker on Clipboard

Two officers with the Tazewell (VA) Police Department declined to resign following an investigation into their behavior stemming from a traffic stop at which a black man claimed one of the officers stopped him because of his race.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 24, 2019

Virginia Officer Proposes to Girlfriend at His Academy Graduation

An officer with the Richmond (VA) Police Department surprised his now-fiancé with a wedding proposal during his police academy graduation ceremony.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 24, 2019

Sacramento Police Dispatcher On Duty During Murder of Officer Adopts Therapy Dog

The dispatcher who was on the radio channel during the incident in which 26-year-old officer Tara O'Sullivan was ambushed and killed has adopted the therapy dog that was on loan from a local animal shelter.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 24, 2019

Off-Duty Wisconsin Officer Injured in Traffic Collision

An officer with the Madison (WI) Police Department was injured in a two-car traffic collision on Saturday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 21, 2019

Facing Officer Shortage Portland Chief Relaxes Education Standards for Recruits

The bureau has 128 officer vacancies and hasn’t been able to fill them as fast as veterans are retiring, with another large wave of retirements expected in August 2020.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 21, 2019

MO Officer Shot Investigating Car Break-In

One of the officers was hit twice in the lower body and was rushed to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Maryland Heights Police Department. The second officer, the wounded officer’s partner, "returned fire," police said, and Ellis, who was not hit, took off on foot.

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