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Technologyby Staff WriterMarch 31, 2021

TSA Assists Connecticut State Police with Drone Detection Test

The teams ran scenarios at Hartford-Brainard Airport, where they tested the state police department’s ability to locate a rogue drone as well as its operator by using law-enforcement-operated drones to find them.

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Special Unitsby Staff WriterMarch 31, 2021

NC Officer Resigns After Investigators of K-9 Training Video Recommend Termination

The officer "acted in a manner entirely inconsistent with his K-9 training and had violated Police Department policy. As a result, he was recommended for termination.”

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Point of Lawby Staff WriterMarch 31, 2021

New York Legalizes Marijuana, Expunging Some Convictions

Under the final legislation, New Yorkers will be allowed to possess 3 ounces of marijuana and grow up to three mature pot plants at home, with a limit of six per household.

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Patrolby Staff WriterMarch 30, 2021

IN Reserve Deputy Killed in On-Duty Crash

According to Indiana State Police, Deputy James Driver was traveling south on North State Road 45 when a 2006 GMC truck and trailer driven by Christopher Derr, 22, of Monticello, Illinois, was traveling north and attempted to stop but lost control, hitting Driver’s police cruiser.

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Patrolby Staff WriterMarch 30, 2021

MN Teacher Chains Herself to Courthouse Fence in Protest During Chauvin Trial

Kaia Hirt chained herself to a metal fence outside the Hennepin County Government Center on Monday evening in a protest pushing for police reform as the Derek Chauvin murder trial proceeded inside.

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Patrolby Staff WriterMarch 30, 2021

Man Convicted of Killing Off-Duty NYPD Officer Now Serving on Police Reform Panel

Richard Rivera fatally shot an NYPD officer in a Queens bar 40 years ago. He is now helping reform police in upstate New York as part of a state-mandated plan launched by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

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Patrolby Staff WriterMarch 30, 2021

CA Officer Revives Toddler Exposed to Fentanyl

Concord police in a Facebook post Monday lauded the quick actions taken by Officer Aaron Khamosh, who a driver flagged down on Salvio Street Friday night frantically asking for help.

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Point of Lawby Staff WriterMarch 30, 2021

New York City Plans to End Qualified Immunity for Officers

The qualified immunity doctrine is used in state and federal court, so it's unclear how a city can revoke the potential protection it provides to officers.

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Patrolby Staff WriterMarch 29, 2021

CHP Officer Struck and Seriously Injured on L.A. Freeway

She ran after the man to get him safely off the freeway, officials said. But before she could get to him, a vehicle traveling in the #1 lane of the eastbound freeway hit her.

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Special Unitsby Staff WriterMarch 29, 2021

CA Officers Rescue 17-Year-Old Human Trafficking Victim

The officers took her into protective custody and drove her to the police station, where she told detectives that over the past year she had been moved around Southern California and even taken to Nevada and Colorado, forced to work as a prostitute.

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