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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 20, 2015

Florida K-9 Retired From Force After Biting Officer, Civilian

Renzo, a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois, had been with the department about a year and a half. In November, he bit a Coconut Creek officer while tracking a suspect, wounding the officer's leg.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 20, 2015

Video: Michigan Officer Injured at Traffic Stop When Car Skids on Ice

The officer was out of his vehicle assisting a motorist who had gone off the roadway into the median when another driver lost control and struck the officer’s patrol car and then the disabled vehicle.

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Special Units•by Staff Writer•February 19, 2015

Researcher Says There are 1 Million Gang Members in U.S.

More than 1 million youths in the nation are gang members — more than triple the number estimated by law enforcement, according to a new study that shatters some long-held beliefs about gangs.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 19, 2015

3 Texas Officers Shot Serving Narcotics Warrant

Three Corpus Christi Police Department SWAT officers were shot during a narcotics raid Thursday morning at around 9 a.m.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 19, 2015

Ferguson Attracts Large Pool of Applicants for Police Jobs

Mayor James Knowles III believes city leaders have made it clear they are seeking minority officers to build a more diverse police force in the St. Louis suburb that endured months of unrest after Brown’s death last summer.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 19, 2015

Video: Florida Deputies Help Rescue Lonely Autistic Boy's Birthday Party

An entire Florida community, including local sheriff's deputies, made a 6-year-old autistic boy's birthday party one that he won't forget.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 19, 2015

Video: Arizona State University Officer Facing Termination for Force Incident Resigns

An Arizona State University police officer who has been fighting to keep his job resigned instead Monday after an independent investigation found fault with his arrest last summer of a university professor.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 19, 2015

Video: Dallas Officer Adopts Dog He Rescued from Highway

Laurel was lying on the concrete barrier on I-35E near Interstate 20 when officers found her Feb. 13. Rogers was able to coax her into his police cruiser, where she perked up and licked his face.

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Command•by Staff Writer•February 19, 2015

Feds Expected to Sue Ferguson Police Department for Racial Discrimination

The Justice Department is preparing to bring a lawsuit against the Ferguson (Mo.) Police Department over what it believes to be a pattern of racially discriminatory tactics used by officers, if the police department does not agree to make changes on its own.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 19, 2015

Denver Officer Critically Injured in December Protest Leaves Hospital

Adsit, a bicycle officer, had been hospitalized since Dec. 3 after being hit by a car during an East High School protest of the Ferguson, Mo., grand jury decision.

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