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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 1, 2017

Trump Nominates Neil Gorsuch for the U.S. Supreme Court

President Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to fill the 11-month-old vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday night, fulfilling his campaign promise to appoint a staunch conservative justice to replace Antonin Scalia.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 1, 2017

Video: Inmates Holding Guards Hostage at Delaware Prison

Delaware prisons were locked down Wednesday as authorities responded to a hostage situation at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, the state's maximum security prison in Smyrna.

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Patrol•by Staff•February 1, 2017

Official: Guards Taken Hostage by Inmates at Delaware Prison

The Department of Correction commissioner said prison guards had been taken hostage at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, DE. The department said that DOC Response Teams and Delaware State Police were on the scene.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 1, 2017

Union-Backed Ronald Vitiello Named to Lead Border Patrol

A career Border Patrol official who was backed by the agents' union was named Tuesday as chief of the agency, less than a week after his predecessor resigned.

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Special Units•by Staff Writer•January 31, 2017

SniperWeek 25 Training Event Registration Open

This year, Snipercraft celebrates its 25th year producing SniperWeek. SniperWeek is a unique training event for police and military snipers that will take place , which will take place in St. Petersburg, FL, Apr. 5–8, 2017.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•January 31, 2017

Video: Off-Duty LAPD Officer Shoots Burglary Suspects in His Home

An off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer shot and wounded two people who reportedly tried burglarizing his home early Monday.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•January 31, 2017

MD Legislators Sponsor Bill to Give Officers Hate Crime Protections

A House of Delegates committee on Tuesday was expected to hear testimony on legislation sponsored by Sen. Bryan Simonaire and Del. Meagan Simonaire, Republicans from Pasadena who argue the state's police and corrections officers should have another layer of protection under the law

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•January 31, 2017

Police Unions Want Trump to Renegotiate Consent Decrees

Emboldened by Trump's election, some of the country’s biggest police groups want to renegotiate "consent decrees" agreed to under President Barack Obama, the police labor groups said in interviews.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•January 31, 2017

CT Officer Shoots, Kills Man Beating Her with TASER

What began as an unwanted person at a local motel Sunday ended with deadly violence as an officer fatally shot a man who had been hitting her with her own TASER, police said.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•January 31, 2017

Remote Colorado Schools Arm Staff to Counter Attacks

Teachers and staff members in at least a dozen of Colorado’s most remote school districts are arming themselves instead of waiting for local law enforcement to rescue them in the face of a Columbine-style attack.

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