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News•by Staff Writer•November 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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News•by Staff Writer•November 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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News•by Staff Writer•November 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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News•by Staff Writer•November 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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News•by Staff Writer•November 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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News•by Staff Writer•November 12, 2020

Accused Killer of Houston Officer was Released on Gun Charge with $100 Bond in February

The man accused of the Monday killing of Sgt. Sean Rios of the Houston Police Department was arrested in February for unlawfully having a gun in his car and was released on a $100 bond.

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News•by Staff Writer•November 11, 2020

CRKT Announces New Multi-Tool Designed by Special Forces Veteran

Designer Jeremy Valdez says the main motivation for this multi-tool design arises from his 2009 deployment to Afghanistan. During combat operations, Valdez was involved in a helicopter crash. In the chaotic aftermath, the small folder he had during the incident failed to perform when he was cutting straps and pulling fellow soldiers out of the burning wreckage.

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News•by Staff Writer•November 11, 2020

Grand Jury Decides Not to Charge Indianapolis Officer in Fatal Shooting of Dreasjon Reed

The ISP investigation concluded that Reed was armed, that he fired two shots after he had been tased by Officer Dejoure Mercer and that he was then shot multiple times by Mercer, including while they were facing each other.

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News•by Staff Writer•November 11, 2020

Suspect Identified in Murder of Houston Officer, Person of Interest at Large

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said investigators believe Sgt. Sean Rios was on his way to work at Bush Intercontinental Airport when he responded to reports of shots fired between the drivers of a Mercedes and a white truck.

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News•by Staff Writer•November 11, 2020

Portland Commissioner who Wants to Defund Police Because of Unnecessary Calls Dialed 911 Over a Lyft Ride

“I paid for a ride. He says he canceled it,” City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty told the dispatcher, who told her it was the driver’s right to do so. “So I’m going to sit here until he sends me another ride,” she said, with the dispatcher patiently telling her that only she could order one.

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