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Massachusetts Town Official Fired for Ordering Removal of Trump Flag from Police Gym

In January, West Boylston Police Chief Dennis Minnich was giving a tour of the department when town administrator James Ryan apparently spotted a Trump flag in the police gym, which is private, and ordered Minnich to remove it.

FOP Issues Statement on Killing of 4 Officers in 4 Days

The passage of the “Protect and Serve Act” is a top legislative priority of the FOP. The House overwhelmingly passed this legislation in 2018. The bill creates a new Federal offense for anyone who “knowingly assaults a law enforcement officer.”

Pennsylvania Officer Killed in Hospital Shootout

Officers attempted to negotiate with the suspect, but he emerged from the ICU holding a hospital staff member at gunpoint, her hands bound by zip ties. Officers opened fire and killed the suspect.

2 Virginia Officers “Executed” by Felon at Traffic Stop, Suspect Dead

"I can tell you from the video that after he executed our officers, he calmly walked away," Chief Paul Neudigate said of the suspect, identified as 42-year-old John McCoy III of Virginia Beach, who police said they found dead from an apparent suicide.

Virginia Beach Police Officers Cameron Girvin, 25, and Christopher Reese, 30, were both pronounced dead early Saturday after being shot multiple times during a traffic stop.

Mississippi Deputy Fatally Shot Responding to Domestic Call

Deputy Martin Shields Jr. had been with the Hinds County Sheriff's Office for about nine months, but "his law enforcement career extends beyond being employed with the HCSO," the sheriff said.

Hinds County, Mississippi, Sheriff Deputy Martin Shields, Jr. was killed Sunday at a domestic.

Former Deputy Convicted of Criminally Negligent Homicide

A former Colorado deputy sheriff has been convicted of criminally negligent homicide of a 22-year-old who was shot five times by the then-deputy in 2022.

Trooper’s BWC Captures Collision with Wrong-Way Driver

A Washington State Patrol trooper’s body-worn camera recorded before, during, and after his patrol car was hit head-on by a wrong-way driver. The agency has released the video.

The Washington State Patrol released a video of when a trooper was struck head-on by a wrong-way driver.

BWC Video: Officer and Firefighter Rescue Woman from Burning Truck

Body-worn video shows when a motor officer smashed the window of a burning pickup truck to give the driver an avenue to escape. The officer broke the window, then a firefighter helped pull the woman to safety.

Motor Officer Brian Larison approaches a burning truck to smash a window so the female driver can escape from the wrecked vehicle.

Texas Teen Girls in Custody Over School “Mass Casualty” Plot

At around 2:45 p.m. (CST) the FBI called local law enforcement partners in Montgomery County, Harris County and Spring Branch Independent School District, who simultaneously worked to locate the girls.

Grand Jury Recommends Alabama Police Department be “Immediately Abolished”

Five Hanceville police officers were arrested and charged amid a probe into the department, Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker said. The spouse of one of the officers was also charged, he said.

Kash Patel Confirmed as FBI Director

In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, he suggested his top two priorities are to "let good cops be cops" and transparency, which he described as "essential."

Florida Sheriff Plans to Fire Deputies Over "Shortcomings" in Triple Murder Case

"There was enough there that we could have potentially pursued probable cause affidavit so we could arrest him and take him off the street," Sheriff Gregory Tony said. "I'm basically saying we had a chance to save their loved ones life and we failed."

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