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Videosby Staff WriterJune 25, 2018

North Carolina Officer Killed in Crash with Truck Parked in Road

North Carolina Highway Patrol reports the truck was being hauled by a tow truck when its brakes froze up and it was abandoned on the road. Two men, Derrick Sheffield, 46, and Timmy Dixon, 38, have been charged in the accident. More Here.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 25, 2018

Video: North Carolina Officer Killed in Crash with Truck Parked in Road

North Carolina Highway Patrol reports the truck was being hauled by a tow truck when its brakes froze up and it was abandoned on the road. Two men, Derrick Sheffield, 46, and Timmy Dixon, 38, have been charged in the accident.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 22, 2018

Amazon Employees Join ACLU, Investors in Protest of Amazon’s Sale of Tech to Police

A group of Amazon employees have asked company executives to discontinue its sale of the company’s Rekognition facial recognition software to law enforcement agencies.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 22, 2018

Officer Wounded in Texas High School Shooting Heads Home

Officer John Barnes — who along with Officer Gary Forward rushed to end the threat of an active shooter at Santa Fe High School in May — walked out of a Houston-area hospital on Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 22, 2018

FBI, DEA, Local California Agencies, Take Down Major Meth Ring

An eight-month operation by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has resulted in the seizure of large quantities of methamphetamine and marijuana.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 22, 2018

German Police Set Up Fake Traffic Collision to Test Citizen Response

Police in Germany wanted to discover how many people would stop to help victims of a roadside crash, so they set up a fake accident scene complete with two victims made to appear to be badly injured.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 22, 2018

Texas City Settles “Pool Party Incident” Lawsuit

The City of McKinney (TX) announced that it has settled a lawsuit filed on behalf of Dajerria Becton, the bikini-clad teenager who was seen on a viral video being taken to the ground by McKinney Police Officer Eric Casebolt.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 22, 2018

SCOTUS: Tracking Cell Tower Location Data Requires a Warrant

In a 5-4 vote, the United States Supreme Court ruled on Friday that police must first obtain a search warrant before examining location data — cell tower records that can show a person’s movement for long periods of time — stored on a subject’s mobile phone.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 22, 2018

Squad Car Collides with Bus in England, Injuring 10

Four people were taken to hospital and six more received minor injuries when a police car answering an emergency call collided with a bus.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 22, 2018

DNA Left on Abandoned Bike Leads to Arrest in Florida Murder Case

Police in Miami Gardens (FL) say that DNA collected from a bicycle abandoned at a murder scene in March led to the arrest of 23-year-old David Jones.

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