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Technologyby Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2015

ACLU Approves Las Vegas PD's Body Camera Policy

Metro PD's policy, which will make most body camera footage readily available to the public, appears to be a balance between transparency and privacy, the ACLU says.

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Patrolby Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2015

Minnesota Anti-Police Protesters Block Light Rail Before Vikings Game

The group acknowledged that it chose Sunday to protest because it’s the Vikings’ home opener — a “big money day, so what better day to shut the light rail down and disrupt business as usual,” it said.

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Patrolby Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2015

Video: Georgia Officer Heading Home from Shift Killed in Wrong-Way Crash

A DeKalb County (Ga.) police officer is dead and two other people are in critical condition after a weekend crash involving a wrong-way driver in South Fulton County, Ga.

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Patrolby Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2015

Memo Ahead of Pope's Visit to U.S. Warns of Terrorists Dressed as Police

Pennsylvania State Police confirm that a memo was sent out, but was not related specifically to Pope Francis' visit. Pope Francis is wrapping up his trip in Cuba and arrives in the U.S. on Tuesday.

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Patrolby Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2015

Video: California Deputies Shoot Wrong-Way Driver from Helicopter, Ending Vehicle Pursuit

Deputies inside a sheriff's helicopter realized the suspect was a threat to the public's safety and began firing shots at his car. He then bailed out of the moving vehicle, which then crashed head-on into a blue Dodge Durango.

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Weaponsby Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2015

Video: Demonstrators Protest NRA Police Shooting Championship in Albuquerque

More than 50 people showed up. Many of the protestors dressed in black, representing local people killed by APD in recent years.

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Patrolby Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2015

PERF Calls for Changes in Use-of-Force Training

“Some of what you will read in this report may be difficult to accept, because leading police chiefs are saying that our practices need to change dramatically,” PERF’s Executive Director, Chuck Wexler, wrote in the introduction.

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Patrolby Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2015

Bullet Fragments Lead Arizona Officers to Freeway Shooting Suspect

Two law-enforcement officials attributed the arrest to a combination of ballistics, shoe-leather police work and following the suspect, Leslie Allen Merritt Jr., on social media.

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Patrolby Staff WriterSeptember 18, 2015

Phoenix Officer Violated Policy in Shooting, Use of Force Board Says

The Phoenix Police Sergeants and Lieutenants Association is disappointed in the findings and says it does not factor in the split-second decision the sergeant who shot Cusseaux had to make.

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Patrolby Staff WriterSeptember 18, 2015

Video: Georgia Teen Blasts White House Invite of Ahmed Mohamed

"When cops are gunned down, you don't invite them to the White House. You never did. But when a Muslim builds a clock, come on by. What is this world you're living in?" he said in the video.

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