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News•by Staff Writer•April 11, 2018

Video: Footage of Charlotte Officers Ambushed in HQ Parking Lot Released

Jonathan Bennett died when he traded gunfire with officers outside Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police headquarters.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 11, 2018

Illinois Town Lays Off 13 Officers

Overall, the 40 cuts represent about a quarter of the city’s police union members, 40 percent of its firefighters union and 55 percent of its non-sworn police personnel, union officials said.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 11, 2018

Sheriff Deploying Armed Volunteers in North Carolina Schools

“They’re going to be armed security," Sheriff Burris said. "They’ll be walking the halls, they’ll be mentoring our kids. They’ll be checking in with our faculty, our teachers, our principals. They’ll be walking through the parking lot looking for any suspicious activity our behavior. They’ll be attending lunch with the kids.”

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News•by Staff Writer•April 11, 2018

Pennsylvania Teachers Given Baseball Bats as Last Option Against Shooters

“The bats are more symbolic than anything,” Superintendent William Hall said. “However, we do want to have one consistent tool to have at somebody’s disposal in a classroom in the event they have to fight.”

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News•by Staff Writer•April 11, 2018

Video: Indiana Deputy and Suspect Shot at Traffic Stop

ISP Spokesman Sgt. Ted Bohner said a Garrett police officer initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle at around 8:20 p.m. A DeKalb County Sheriff’s deputy was also involved in the stop.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 11, 2018

California Chiefs Rail Against Proposed Use of Force Bill

“We find ourselves dumbfounded that legislation of this magnitude was introduced without consulting law enforcement stakeholders,” said California Police Chiefs Association President David Swing.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 11, 2018

California's Brown Agrees to Send Guard to Border, Slams Trump Policies

But Brown suggested a very limited role for the 400 additional California troops, writing to Nielsen and Mattis that support operations would be focused on “targeting transnational criminal gangs, human traffickers and illegal firearm and drug smugglers along the border, the coast and throughout the state.”

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News•by Staff Writer•April 10, 2018

Louisiana Officer Shot on Easter Released from Hospital

Deputy Justin Nail, who was shot in the abdomen on Easter, was released from the hospital Sunday and is continuing to recuperate at home.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 10, 2018

Accused Man Sues Baltimore PD After Attempted Murder Charges Dropped

A Baltimore man accused of trying to kill a city police officer last summer is now suing the officer and the police department for violating his civil rights, alleging the officer fabricated facts in the case in an "utterly outrageous, offensive and intolerable" manner.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 10, 2018

DUI Suspect Charged in Crash That Broke Washington Deputy's Neck

Deputy Sydney Davis, 25, was hospitalized in a critical care unit after the wreck Thursday. She was taken to St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma.

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