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Patrolby Staff WriterJuly 24, 2020

Florida Officer, Good Samaritan Resuscitate Apparent Overdose Victim

An officer with the Orlando Police Department was assisted by a Good Samaritan in reviving a person who had appeared to have overdosed on drugs.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJuly 24, 2020

Massachusetts Lawmakers' Effort to End Use of Tear Gas Falls Short

Legislators in the Massachusetts House of Representatives have begun a debate on how law enforcement officers in the state will operate and be trained, but the early outcome is that things like the use of tear gas in crowd control will remain in place.

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Special Unitsby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2020

Denver Union President Says Department Should Apologize for Failing to Protect Police Supporters Attacked Sunday

Rogers also asserted that police were ordered to withdraw from the amphitheater where the counter-protesters and pro-police demonstrators were clashing, but that one Denver SWAT lieutenant refused to leave.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2020

NYPD Clears Out "Occupy City Hall" Encampment

In a predawn raid, officers with the New York Police Department cleared out the "Occupy City Hall" encampment that had begun as an anti-police protest but morphed into a gathering dominated mostly by homeless people.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2020

Man Arrested for Attempted Assault on Maui Police Officer

The suspect—identified only as a 64-year-old man—has been charged with first-degree terroristic threatening, two counts of criminal trespass and resisting an order to stop.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2020

New York Officer in Viral Video Named Assistant Basketball Coach

An officer with the Syracuse Police Department who became nationally famous after a viral video showed him challenging local young people to one-on-one competitions has been added as an assistant coach for the Cicero-North Syracuse's boys basketball team during the school district's board meeting Monday night.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2020

Wisconsin Officer Hurt in Vehicle Collision with Suspect Car

An officer with the Brookfield (WI) Police department was briefly hospitalized after his squad car was struck during a traffic pursuit on an interstate freeway on Monday night.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2020

Seattle Chief Critical of Proposal to Slash Department Budget in Half

The chief of police for the Seattle Police Department has voiced concern over a plan being floated among some city council members to slash the agency's budget in half.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2020

Amid Calls for Defunding, LAPD Chief Tells Officers to "Show Your Relevance"

The chief of police for the Los Angeles Police Department recently told a gathering of command staff that amid calls for defunding the department patrol officers must "show their relevance" in order to keep the budget from being slashed.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJuly 22, 2020

MO Police Help Raise Money for Woman Who Gave Last Dollars to Family of Wounded Officer

Sims said her daughter, Rakiya, came up with the idea of donating the $100 to the family of a Kansas City officer who was shot in the head on July 2.

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