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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 15, 2014

Pennsylvania Officer Killed in Fiery Pursuit Crash

A part-time Perryopolis, Pa., police officer was killed Sunday afternoon in a fiery two-vehicle crash on Route 51 in neighboring Perry Township when a Uniontown man crossed in front of his cruiser, police said.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 10, 2014

Bratton: There is No Constitutional Right to Resist Arrest

“What we’ve seen in the past few months is a number of individuals failing to understand that you must submit to arrest, you cannot resist,” Bratton said in an interview on Brian Lehrer’s radio show. “The place to argue your case is in the court, not in the street.”

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 9, 2014

Video: NYPD Officer Kills Knife Attacker in Brooklyn Synagogue

It should have been a peaceful, contemplative night for Levi Rosenblat, studying the Torah inside a Brooklyn synagogue.But that peace was shattered when an intruder came into the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters, stabbing Rosenblat on the left side of his head.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 4, 2014

New York Mayor Announces Police Retraining Program

Police Commissioner William J. Bratton said the retraining would require some 22,000 officers to complete a three-day course.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 4, 2014

NYPD Accelerates Body Camera Program

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday that the New York Police Department was accelerating its efforts to outfit nearly every patrol officer on the force with body cameras.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 24, 2014

Philadelphia Mural Honors Officer Killed by Mumia

A mural memorializing Daniel Faulkner, the Philadelphia police officer shot to death by Mumia Abu-Jamal in 1981, was unveiled over the weekend on the 6th Police District headquarters in Chinatown. Scores of people, mostly police officers, gathered for the mural’s dedication.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 21, 2014

New Jersey Officer Charged with Shooting Patrol Car

Da'Shaun Carr, 23, of Clayton, was charged Nov. 17 with false public alarm in the incident that occurred Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. at New Brooklyn Park in Winslow.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 21, 2014

Video: Rookie NYPD Officer Shoots, Kills Unarmed Man in Brooklyn Project

Police Commissioner William J. Bratton said that the victim, Akai Gurley, was "a total innocent" and called the shooting "an unfortunate accident."

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 20, 2014

Massachusetts K-9 Receives State Valor Award for Protecting Handler

An Ashland, Mass., police dog Wednesday became the first dog to receive a state heroism award named for a Massachusetts state trooper killed in the line of duty, his handler said.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 18, 2014

Pennsylvania Officers Rush to Rescue After Boy, 10, Shoots Self

As it turned out, Mackey, an officer in Folcroft, Pa., and Sharon Hill, Pa., officer Stephen Mummo may have saved the 10-year-old's life after they rushed to the shooting scene at a Darby Township auto-body shop.

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