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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 15, 2013

Kan. Chief Made 'Take Out' Call After 32-Hour Standoff

The Wichita (Kan.) Police chief decided to end a 32-hour standoff with a suspect that involved nine different SWAT teams by telling tactical officers to "take him out."

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 14, 2013

Radio Traffic Provides Details of Kan. Deputy's Shooting

A Sedgwick County (Kan.) Sheriff's deputy tells dispatchers he's been hit and can't see out of one eye in radio traffic from a Monday shooting that followed a high-speed pursuit.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 25, 2013

U.S. Supreme Court Considers Death for Sheriff's Killer

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether a Kansas man's Fifth Amendment self-incrimination rights were violated when medical testimony was used to convict him of killing a sheriff.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 29, 2013

Video: Kan. Deputy Saves Trucker from Train

Sedgwick County (Kan.) Sheriff's Deputy John Scaglione is being lauded as a hero after he pulled a man out of a truck moments before it was hit by a train.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 11, 2013

Police Departments Face Ammo Shortages

A spike in ammunition purchases by civilians has left several police departments around the country scrambling to outfit their officers with ammunition.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 17, 2012

Kan. Tactical Officers Shoot, Kill Cop Killer

David Tiscareno, 22, was pronounced dead at the hospital following an end to a stand-off at 6 a.m. He was carrying a gun as he left the home when officers opened fire and killed him.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 16, 2012

Two Kansas Officers Fatally Shot Outside Market

Cpl. David Gogian, 50, and Officer Jeff Atherly, 29, were shot after they responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle at a central Topeka grocery store.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 2, 2012

Kansas Man Shoots Officer in Face, Then Kills Self

A 19-year-old man who shot at Salina, Kan., police officers Thursday evening, hitting one in the face, may have been dead for much of the six-hour standoff that followed.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 28, 2012

Video: Kan. Cops Cleared In Dollar Store Shooting

The Wichita (Kan.) Police Department has released surveillance video, 911 tapes, and photographs from an October robbery of a Dollar store showing a fatal officer-involved shooting of a man with a knife.

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Articlesby Melanie BasichAugust 17, 2012

How to Find Funding for Specialty Vehicles

The Homeland Security grants that seemed to grow on trees after 9/11 are not as plentiful as they once were. But that's not to say law enforcement agencies can't obtain grant funding for specialty vehicles. They just might need to approach it differently.

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