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Patrolby StaffMay 23, 2024

Progressive Portland-Area DA Dumped by Voters

Just days into his tenure Schmidt angered local law enforcement and some of the public when he refused to prosecute most suspects arrested during the 2020 George Floyd protests and riots.

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Patrolby StaffMay 23, 2024

Charlotte City Council Considering Additional Safety Gear for Officers

If Bokhari gets his way, local police officers would receive an array of new equipment designed to better protect them from gunfire. He has proposed that the city spend about $750,000.

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Patrolby StaffMay 22, 2024

NYPD Detective Killed 100 Years Ago Reburied with Honors

Detective Grottano seized a robbery suspect who was fleeing from an officer in Brooklyn on May 19, 1924. When Grottano grabbed the man, the man shot him. The detective died days later and was buried in a mass grave.

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Point of Lawby StaffMay 22, 2024

Acquitted Former Washington Officer Files Defamation and Discrimination Claim

Timothy Rankine alleges that since June 2020, he has suffered from “politically motivated, false accusations of racial bias policing and criminal misconduct,” according to his claim. The City of Tacoma said it does not comment on pending litigation.

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Commandby StaffMay 22, 2024

California Campus Chief Reassigned Over Pro-Palestinian Protest Response

Chief John Thomas was temporarily reassigned Tuesday "pending an examination of our security processes," said Mary Osako, UCLA vice chancellor for strategic communications.

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Point of Lawby StaffMay 22, 2024

Uvalde Victims’ Families Sue Texas DPS Officers, Settle with City

In the settlement announced Wednesday, the city of Uvalde will pay a total of $2 million to the families of 17 children killed in the shooting and two children who survived, according to a statement from the families' attorneys.

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Commandby StaffMay 22, 2024

Connecticut Police Chiefs Produce Video Teaching Students What to do at Traffic Stops

Last week, the group announced the launch of its initiative called “Breaking Barriers,” aimed at improving communication and understanding between drivers and police officers.

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Commandby StaffMay 22, 2024

Minneapolis to Implement Database to Identify Problems with Individual Officers

Chief Brian O'Hara said the database will analyze information — such as overtime, patterns of calling in sick, arrest records and off-duty work — in search of outliers.

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Commandby StaffMay 22, 2024

Dallas Police Chief Agrees to Stay for Three More Years

"If this was NFL Football, we were able to keep Chief Garcia on the Dallas Team; he's the right quarterback to lead our police department. We certainly didn't want to lose him to free agency," Interim Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert said.

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Patrolby StaffMay 21, 2024

Texas Deputy’s House Destroyed by Storm and Fire

Left with nothing, the family turned to the community for help. They created this GoFundMe account to help them recover.

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