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A force of 2,419 Detroit Police officers now provides law enforcement services to the shrinking city of just over 706,000 residents. Between 1990 and 2011, the city lost a third of its residents. Since 2003, the agency has lost a third of its officers.
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The Morehead City (N.C.) Police officer wounded in an accidental shooting at a training exercise has been taken off a respirator and his condition upgraded to fair.
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Upton County (Texas) Sheriff's Deputy Billy "Bubba" Kennedy was shot and killed in a shootout with a suspect in a McCarney convenience store late Wednesday.
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A police officer who dropped off his daughter at her Phoenix elementary school was asked by the school's principal not to wear his uniform to the school because other parents were concerned that he was carrying a gun, MyFoxPhoenix.com reported.
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Austin (Texas) Police Officer Justin Boehm has lost his job for firing at a driver pulling out his wallet at a traffic stop caught on dashcam. The man had exited the vehicle and ignored the officer's commands. Read the full story here.
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Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo has terminated an officer who fired at an unarmed driver at a traffic stop in May for violating agency policies, he announced Friday.
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Chicago Police Officer Alejandro "Alex" Valadez died in a volley of gunfire from a passing car as he interviewed a witness after responding to the 6000 block of South Hermitage.
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The Obama Administration awarded Detroit a $1.8 million grant Friday to hire 10 police officers to help the city fight crime. The grant pays for a police officer's salary and benefits for three years.
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A Kent (Wash.) Police dog has been released from the hospital and is recovering after he was stabbed by a domestic-violence suspect Tuesday night.
Read More →Tougher gun laws would curb Chicago's street violence rather than intervention by the Illinois National Guard, the city's top cop and mayor said earlier this week.
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