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Point of Lawby Staff WriterJune 9, 2021

Supreme Court Rules Tribal Police Can Detain Non-Natives who Violate State or Federal Laws

The unanimous ruling overturned lower courts that said a Crow police officer should not have held a nontribal member who was found to have drugs and weapons in his truck.

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Special Unitsby Staff WriterJune 9, 2021

NYPD Teaming Up with ATF Over Illegal Guns in City

ATF agents will be directly embedded in the NYPD, according to the mayor. Agents will work together alongside NYPD officers to help stop the flow of illegal guns. In turn, NYPD intelligence detectives in the ATF gun-tracing team will be deputized and designated as federal agents.

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Commandby Staff WriterJune 9, 2021

L.A. Police Commission May Change Rules Covering Drinking by Armed Off-Duty Officers

“No one wants anyone using a firearm while impaired,” said Eileen Decker, the commission president. “A more specific policy — the time may have come for that.”

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Commandby Staff WriterJune 9, 2021

Atlanta Chief Plans to Restructure Agency Over City's Rising Violence

With homicides up more than 60% from this time last year, Chief Rodney Bryant pitched the restructuring as a way for APD to use its resources and staff more effectively to prevent and investigate crimes.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJune 8, 2021

Dallas Officers Take 97-Year-Old WWII Veteran on Ride-Along

During their shift, Assistant Chief Jesse Reyes met with Clifford A. Stump and thanked him for his service in the 82nd Airborne Division, including combat in Normandy and the defense of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJune 8, 2021

GA Officer Chose Not to Shoot Teen Who Ran Over Him with Stolen SUV

“I was looking in that kid[’s] eyes. I was like, ‘I don’t want to hurt this kid.’ I didn’t want to take nobody’s kid away from them,” Officer Ivory Morris said.

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Technologyby Staff WriterJune 8, 2021

Phone App Created by Law Enforcement Leads to 800 Arrests in Multiple Nations

Led by the FBI, Australian police and numerous European law enforcement agencies, the investigation gave the officials a window into the conversations of criminal networks, as people planned illegal drug shipments, plotted robberies and put out contracts for killings.

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Technologyby Staff WriterJune 8, 2021

FBI Recovers Much of Colonial Pipeline Ransom

According to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, the seized funds represented the bulk of the DarkSide affiliate’s share of the ransom paid out by Colonial.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJune 8, 2021

Man Sentenced to 27 Months, $12 Million in Restitution for Burning Minneapolis Station

After he spends the two years and three months behind bars, Bryce Michael Williams, 27, of Staples, Minnesota, will serve another two years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota announced Monday.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJune 7, 2021

Arkansas Rookie Officer Saves Choking Baby

Officer Cody Hubbard, a 23-year-old rookie with the Pottsville PD, answered the call for help. A parent himself, he prayed the whole way there.

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