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NewsAugust 16, 2024

Ferguson Officer Critically Injured in Protest Showing Small Signs of Improvement

Officer Travis “T.J.” Brown suffered a life-threatening brain injury Friday night after being knocked to the ground during a protest marking ten years since Michael Brown Jr.'s death in an officer-involved shooting. He remains in a coma.

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NewsAugust 15, 2024

NYPD Sending 100 More Officers to Central Park to Quell Violent Crime

Assaults are up 43% in Central Park. There have been 30 robberies in Central Park this year compared to 10 last year, an increase of 200%, according to the NYPD. Police said migrants are contributing to the rise in crime.

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NewsAugust 15, 2024

U.S. Park Police Says It Needs More Officer, Resources to Keep Tourists Safe

The agency, which primarily safeguards national monuments in Washington, D.C.; New York City; and San Francisco, is at its lowest staffing level since 1975, according to Ken Spencer, chairman of the United States Park Police Fraternal Order of Police (FOP

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NewsAugust 15, 2024

5 People Face Drug-Related Charges Over Death of “Friends” Actor Matthew Perry

The Department of Justice said in a press conference Thursday morning that an investigation revealed a “broad underground criminal network,” including Perry’s assistant and doctors, who “took advantage” of the actor by selling him ketamine.

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Articlesby Wayne ParhamAugust 9, 2024

School Resource Officers after Uvalde

School resource officers build relationships with students, preventing campus crime, and try to keep schools safer. They also have to be ready to respond without delay when a school shooter opens fire. What has changed since Uvalde?

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NewsJuly 31, 2024

Park Police Searching for Suspects Who Assaulted Officer, Damaged Federal Property During Anti-Israel Riot

The U.S. Park Police is asking for the public's help in identifying six individuals who they say took part in the incidents that unfolded around 3 p.m. on July 24.

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NewsJuly 29, 2024

Personnel Shortage Forces San Francisco Officers to Work "Unsustainable" Overtime

A spokesperson for the police union said that the overtime cap for the police department has been repeatedly increased over the past few years, and is now at 2,000 (hours), with overages beyond that allowed in certain circumstances.

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NewsJuly 26, 2024

1 Louisiana Officer Killed, 3 Wounded in Hostage Incident

Officials say the incident began around 9 a.m. Thursday when the City Marshal’s Office learned that Nyjal Hurst, 31, was inside of a home and attempted to serve an arrest warrant for attempted murder.

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NewsJuly 25, 2024

New Jersey Detective Shot Serving Search Warrant

Perth Amboy detectives were in Rahway attempting to execute an arrest warrant for a suspect in an aggravated assault incident that occurred on July 23.

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NewsJuly 17, 2024

Gallup Poll Says Public’s Confidence in Police Increasing

Overall confidence in the police rose from 43 percent in 2023 to 51 percent in 2024, poll results show.

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