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Newsby Staff WriterMay 10, 2017

Video: 17-Year-Old Helped Save Life of Officer Injured in Crash

High school senior Thalia Rodriguez was on her way to do a ridealong at a Hialeah, FL, fire station when she saw a man bleeding along the roadside next to a crashed motorcycle. Her quick thinking saved the severely injured off-duty officer's life.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 10, 2017

Video: Dallas Police Union Tells Mayor He's Not Welcome at Memorial Ceremony

The Dallas police officers murdered in the deadly 2016 downtown ambush will be honored at next week's Police Memorial Day ceremony, but one of the city's largest police organizations on Tuesday told the mayor he's not welcome.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 9, 2017

Brink's Incorporated Selects the FN 509

FN America LLC announced the award of a long-term firearms contract by Brink's Incorporated. Brink's has selected the all-new FN 509 striker-fired 9mm pistol and will issue the new sidearm to its armed security guards.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 9, 2017

Chicago PD Warns Officers About Gangs with Rifles

The Chicago Police Department warned its officers Monday about gangs armed with rifles, after three people were shot to death over the weekend and two officers were targeted in an ambush last week.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 5, 2017

Video: Ohio Campus Officers Could Get New Student-Designed Uniforms That are Less Tactical

UC design student Christine Hoy, 22, told Cincinnati.com that past police uniform trends in the United States had a bulky, military look, which the students want to change. "A tactical look isn't ideal," she said. "It makes them seem like they aren't part of the community and don't represent the community."

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 4, 2017

TX Officer Who Faked His Own Death Arrested in Dallas

An Austin police officer who was believed to have staged his own suicide and fled to the interior of Mexico has been arrested in Dallas.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 4, 2017

Louisiana Attorney General Orders Investigation of Alton Sterling Shooting

Louisiana's attorney general said Wednesday the state will launch its own investigation into the shooting death of Alton Sterling by Baton Rouge Police last year.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 3, 2017

Baltimore Homicide Detectives to Begin Investigating Drug Overdoses

For the first time, Baltimore police have begun investigating overdoses in an effort to trace drugs back to dealers, joining a wave of Maryland law enforcement agencies showing up at 911 calls previously left to medics.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 2, 2017

FL K-9 Found Dead in Handler’s Patrol Vehicle

The Sebastian officer found the German shepherd’s remains in the sweltering vehicle about 7:30 p.m. Friday. Sebastian Police Department's dispatchers contacted Melbourne's, who then called Brevard County Animal Services. Investigators are looking into reports the officer may have forgotten the dog, named Diesel, was in the vehicle during a visit to the Brevard County courthouse.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 2, 2017

Officers in Alton Sterling Shooting Will Not Face Federal Charges, Report Says

The Justice Department has decided not to bring charges against the officers involved in the death of Alton Sterling, whose videotaped shooting by police in Baton Rouge last summer prompted unrest across the city, and is planning to reveal in the next 24 hours that it has closed the probe, sources tell the Washington Post.

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