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Special Units•by Staff Writer•August 4, 2016

Instagram Posts May Have Escalated Fatal Maryland Standoff, Police Say

During the standoff, which lasted several hours, videos from inside the apartment were posted to the Instagram account of the woman, Korryn Gaines, 23, whose 5-year-old son was also in the home, according to the Baltimore County Police Department.

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Special Units•by Staff Writer•August 4, 2016

FBI Notifies Officers of Threat from Black Guerilla Family

An alert from the FBI and the Federal Bureau of Prisons says the BGF, an African-American prison gang, plans to kill white law enforcement and corrections officers as well as members of the rival prison gang the Aryan Brotherhood.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•August 4, 2016

Iowa Officer Killed in Motorcycle Crash

Officer Shawn Miller had just left the Dallas County Courthouse where he was testifying in a hit-and-run case when he was killed in a motorcycle crash.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•August 3, 2016

Pipe Bomb Explodes on Police Vehicle in Maryland

A pipe bomb exploded on a police vehicle parked outside an officer's home in suburban Maryland early Wednesday.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•August 3, 2016

DC Metro Transit Police Officer Charged With Aiding ISIS

A Washington, D.C., Metro Transit police officer was charged on Wednesday with trying to provide material support to ISIS -- the first time a law enforcement officer has been charged with an ISIS-related crime.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•August 2, 2016

Retired Texas Officer Remembers Responding to 1966 Texas Tower Attack

Ramiro Martinez, then 29 years old, is the last surviving person among the group that brought the shooter down. He remembers details from that terrifying day to an astonishing degree.

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Training•by Staff Writer•August 2, 2016

California Deputy in Coma After Training Accident

A Placer County (CA) Sheriff's deputy is in a coma after a freak accident during a training exercise.

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Special Units•by Staff Writer•August 2, 2016

Dallas Transit Officers Wounded in Ambush Take Pay Cut While Recovering

Dallas Area Rapid Transit officers wounded in the deadly July 7 ambush on Dallas law enforcement were forced to take a 30 percent pay cut while on leave.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•August 2, 2016

Mother of Pennsylvania Teen Charged with Shooting at Police Blames Black Lives Matter

The mother of one of two central Pennsylvania teenagers charged with shooting at police officers last week contends the Black Lives Matter movement is to blame for his actions.

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Special Units•by Staff Writer•August 2, 2016

Video: Maryland Officers Kill Woman Wielding Shotgun, Son Wounded

A suburban Baltimore woman was shot and killed by police and her 5-year-old son was wounded Monday when an hours-long standoff at a Maryland apartment ended in gunfire.

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