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Patrolby StaffJanuary 8, 2025

NYPD Sergeants Plan Protest Over Contract That Pays Them Less Than Officers

The city’s sergeants haven’t had a contract in two years because of an ongoing wage disparity affecting more than 1,200 supervisors that began when the city increased the salaries of rank-and-file police officers.

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Patrolby StaffJanuary 8, 2025

New York City Seeing Significant Increase in Assaults by Repeat Offenders

Suspects with at least three arrests on their rap sheet were charged with assault 442 times last year, up from 274 in 2018 — part of a pattern that shows wrongdoers are being cut loose too often, with the NYPD blaming soft-on-crime Albany lawmakers.

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Special Unitsby StaffJanuary 8, 2025

California Motor Deputy Killed in Collision with SUV

At about 5:30 a.m., Riverside County Sheriff's Deputy Timothy Corlew, assigned to Jurupa Valley Sheriff’s Station, was involved in an on-duty traffic accident and died.

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Special Unitsby StaffJanuary 8, 2025

Ohio K-9 Fatally Struck by Vehicle

K-9 Kaya was working with his handler Officer Jason Hall when Hall let the dog out of his police vehicle to "stretch his legs." Kaya then reportedly "got too close" to state Route 303 and was struck by a passing vehicle.

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Special Unitsby StaffJanuary 8, 2025

Get Ready for the 2025 US Police and Fire Championships

Registration opens for the competition, which will return to San Diego at a new host hotel.

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Special Unitsby StaffJanuary 8, 2025

K-9 Case Law

Florida appeals court finds drug dog alert alone not enough to search car for marijuana.

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Patrolby StaffJanuary 7, 2025

Video: Florida Deputy Uses Vehicle to Take Down Suspect on Bike

Deputy Christopher Murphy nudged the suspect with the fender of his patrol vehicle and knocked him off the bike. Murphy then took the suspect into custody with the assistance of Deputy Michael Anderson.

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Patrolby StaffJanuary 7, 2025

Alabama Lieutenant Fatally Hit by Truck while Working Traffic

Irondale police Lt. Mark Meadows, 60, was setting out cones at an intersection outside the Church of the Highlands' main campus when he was hit by a man driving a Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck.

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Commandby StaffJanuary 7, 2025

Minneapolis City Council Approves Federally Mandated Police Reform

Kristen Clarke, Assistant U.S. Attorney General with the Civil Rights Division, said the consent decree, if approved, will require the city and the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) to follow the court order under the supervision of a monitor.

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Patrolby StaffJanuary 7, 2025

Duty Deaths Up 25% in 2024, NLEOMF Reports

The leading cause of line-of-duty deaths for police officers in 2024 was gunfire, and the largest increase over 2023 resulted from traffic-related incidents, both underscoring the growing risks faced by law enforcement officers in the line of duty.

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