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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 18, 2016

South Carolina Officer Shot and Killed by Suspected Gang Member

A Greenville (SC) Police Department officer who was part of the Police Department's Community Response Team and a military veteran was shot and killed in the line of duty Friday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 14, 2016

Video: South Carolina Officer Shot Serving Warrant, 2 in Custody

A man wanted on drug charges is accused of shooting a Woodruff, SC, police officer while the officer was serving an arrest warrant.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 1, 2016

Video: Sister of Man Who Shot South Carolina Deputy Praises Police

She says her brother texted her and made it clear, he planned to take his own life. She says at the time, he believed he had killed Deputy Gist. “My brother knew what was going on. He knew he was wrong, he admitted to being wrong, and he just didn’t want to go back to jail.”

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton Campaigns with Mothers of Black Suspects Killed by Police, Ignores Officers Killed in Line of Duty

“They all lost children, which is almost unimaginable, yet they have not been broken or embittered,” Clinton said, adding that they have turned their “mourning into a movement.”

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2016

Video: South Carolina Deputy Shot Multiple Times in Friday Gunfight

There was a gunfight between Gist and a suspect identified as Travis Cantelle Smith, 36, authorities report. It's not clear if Gist hit Smith during the exchange, but Gist was hit at least three times. Some of the shots hit her body armor.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 19, 2016

Proposed South Carolina Law Would Require Agencies to Have Policy for Officer-Involved Deaths

South Carolina state senators gave unanimous key approval Thursday for a bill that would require all law enforcement agencies in the state to have a written policy on how to handle officer-involved deaths.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 16, 2016

South Carolina Statistics Show More People Drew Guns on Officers in 2015 Than 2014

More people pulled guns on police in South Carolina during a record number of officer-involved shootings in 2015 compared to the previous year, and the number of police injured in shootings rose by half.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 15, 2016

TASER Use Restricted in 5 States by U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals

The decision applies in the five states in the 4th Circuit. The N.C. Justice Academy advised law enforcement agencies to revise their Taser policies to comply.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 11, 2015

South Carolina Deputy Responds to Wreck that Killed His Wife

A Sumter County, SC, Sheriff's deputy was the first responder to a wreck that killed his wife Wednesday morning.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 10, 2015

Video: South Carolina Deputy Shot in Head, Suspect Killed

Greenville County, SC, Sheriff Steve Loftis said a deputy is expected to be OK after being shot in the head early Thursday morning while responding to a possible robbery at an apartment complex.

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