
Voters in Washington will decide on Tuesday whether that state should lower the barrier to prosecuting police for use of deadly force. Ballot initiative 940 would remove the state's malice requirement, which says prosecutors must prove an officer acted with "evil intent" when bringing criminal charges for killing in the line of duty.
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K-9 Axe had served with the St. Clair Shores Police Department for two years. K9 Axe was named in memory of U.S. Navy SEAL Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Axelson who was killed in combat in Afghanistan in 2005.
Read More →An officer with the Cleveland Division of Police was shot in the early morning hours on Sunday. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he is listed in stable condition.
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After an elderly man fell and injured himself last month police officers and firefighters in Pembroke Pines, FL, responded to render aid. One officer spotted a piano and proceeded to play "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey to comfort the family.
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U.S. District Judge James Peterson sentenced Thomas Caldwell, who sold dozens of guns without a license on a controversial website, to about three years in prison. Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer was fatally shot with one of the guns Caldwell sold.
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A sheriff's deputy has been shot and critically wounded, losing sight in at least one eye, after an attempt to serve a man with an arrest warrant ended in a gunfight and a three-hour standoff in La Grange, Texas.
Read More →According to WHAM-TV News, two officers with the Perry (NY) Police Department narrowly avoided being involved in a head-on collision with a drunk driver last weekend.
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Chief Christian Daigre has been charged with non-consensual dissemination of a private sexual image, intimidation, and possession of a controlled substance.
Read More →A Bay Area vehicle pursuit that began in Vallejo and ended in Oakland—two cities roughly 30 miles apart—ended in an officer-involved shooting that left one unidentified male suspect injured.
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Mayor Ben Walsh has named Little Rock Police Chief Kenton Buckner as the next chief of the Syracuse (NY) Police Department.
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