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Patrol•by Staff Writer•September 15, 2017

Shaquille O'Neal Surprises GA Police After Irma

After days of responding to emergency calls due to Tropical Storm Irma, Lawrenceville, GA, police officers got a welcome surprise: Shaquille O'Neal at their headquarters.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•September 15, 2017

Man Who Killed Texas Police Officer Had 'RIP COPS' Tattoo

An autopsy shows a man who killed one San Antonio police officer and wounded another had opiates in his body and a tattoo of a tombstone on his wrist reading "RIP COPS."

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•September 15, 2017

Protesters Take to St. Louis Streets After Stockley Not-Guilty Verdict

Hundreds of protesters marched through city streets. Immediately following the verdict, some protesters shouted, "If we can't get no justice y'all can't get no peace!" and burned a St. Louis Cardinals sweatshirt.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•September 15, 2017

NYPD Union Wants Professor Fired Over “Dead Cops” Tweet

Professor Michael Isaacson, a self-proclaimed member of the Antifa movement who works in the economics department at the CUNY Manhattan college, tweeted from the account @VulgarEconomics: “Some of ya’ll might think it sucks being an anti-fascist teaching at John Jay College but I think it’s a privilege to teach future dead cops” on Aug. 23.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•September 15, 2017

TX Chief Slams the Washington Post for Errors in Hurricane Coverage

On Tuesday, the Aransas Pass (TX) Police Department went all in on the Washington Post following a recent article about the city recovering from Harvey.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•September 15, 2017

WA Sheriff Slams Media for Making School Shooters Famous

Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich held a press conference Thursday afternoon to update people on the investigation into the fatal shooting at Freeman High School in Rockford, WA, and spoke briefly about how he believes the media are partially to blame for school shootings.

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Command•by Staff Writer•September 15, 2017

ACLU Asks OK Agency to Stop Posting Religious Messages on Facebook

The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma is asking the Mounds (OK) Police Department to stop making religious statements on the department’s Facebook page.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•September 15, 2017

Video: NYPD Releases First Body Cam Footage of Officer-Involved Shooting

The NYPD on Thursday released its first-ever bodycam footage of a police-involved shooting — and it includes an officer warning the man “You are seconds away from getting shot” just before killing him.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•September 15, 2017

Former St. Louis Officer Found Not Guilty in Murder Trial Over On-Duty Shooting

Former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was found not guilty Friday in a murder trial stemming from the shooting a man while on duty.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•September 14, 2017

Other Police Departments Challenge FL Officers' Viral Selfie

A selfie posted to the Facebook page of the Gainesville Police Department in Florida Sunday went viral after attracting flirtatious comments. Now other departments are posting their own selfies.

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