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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 23, 2015

Pennsylvania Officer Stabbed, Suspect Killed After Early Morning Pursuit

A Catasauqua, Pa., police officer was stabbed early Monday morning after a police chase that ended in Allentown, where the suspect was shot and reportedly killed by police, according to emergency radio reports and officials.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 23, 2015

NYPD Reportedly Being Trained to Close Eyes During Tense Situations

The potentially dangerous advice is part of a $35 million “smart policing’’ primer by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton that most of the officers who have gone through it say is completely useless.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 19, 2015

NYPD Union Leaders, de Blasio Quietly Work to Mend Rift

“We had an arranged marriage where the husband and the wife did not speak the same language,” Roy T. Richter, the president of the Captains Endowment Association, said of Mr. de Blasio’s relationship with officers at the time of his election. “It’s been a year filled with tragedies and disasters and horrible things, but I think that there is a dialogue now.”

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 12, 2015

Pennsylvania Trooper Charged in Training Accident Shooting of Fellow Officer

More than four months after rookie State Trooper David Kedra was killed in a Montgomery County training exercise, authorities on Tuesday identified and charged his shooter - an experienced instructor - with reckless endangerment.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 5, 2015

Video: Massachusetts Officer Ambushed and Shot, Suspect in Custody

“Officers also located multiple incendiary devices and were hampered by other hazards in the area. One of the responding officers notified dispatch that he had been shot and was unable to move. Additional officers reported they were pinned down by gunfire and unable to exit the area or continue to the victims.”

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 22, 2015

Video: Michigan Man Charged with Shooting Arrows at Officers

A Big Rapids, Mich., man has been charged with trying to murder two local police officers. Wesley Snyder was charged for 12 crimes, including two counts of assault with intent to murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, resisting an officer -- and much more.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 22, 2015

New Jersey Detective Dies Two Weeks After Vehicle Crash

A detective from the Ocean County (N.J.) Prosecutor's Office died early Wednesday from injuries he suffered in a Lacey Township crash two weeks earlier.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 21, 2015

Video: Dashcam Footage Released of Controversial New Jersey T-Stop Shooting

Video and audio of a traffic stop shooting released by the Bridgeton (N.J.) Police Department on Tuesday shows two officers ordering Jerame Reid not to move before Reid appears to push his way out of the passenger side door and is shot by officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 16, 2015

Video: Handcuffed Pennsylvania Woman Drives Off in Patrol Car, Leads Police on High Speed Pursuit

Center Township Police Chief Barry Kramer today offered a theory of how Roxanne Rimer allegedly stole a police cruiser while her hands were cuffed behind her back.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 16, 2015

Poll Shows New Yorkers Can't Stand Police Union Leader or Sharpton

Despite their feelings about the leaders at the forefront of tensions over NYPD policies, voters expressed strong support for the cops themselves — especially those who patrol their own neighborhoods. Seventy-one percent said they are pleased with the performance of cops who protect their blocks. Only 25 percent said they weren’t.

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