
Bay Area Rapid Transit directors have agreed to pay $3.1 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit that was filed by the family of BART police Sgt. Thomas Smith, who was inadvertently shot dead by a colleague in a search of a suspect’s home in Dublin in 2014.
Read More →Some of the leading public safety officials in Arizona are women. They include the chief of the Phoenix Police Department, the chief of the Phoenix Fire Department, the chief of the Prescott Police Department, the chief of the Tempe Police Department, and the marshal of the Town of Camp Verde.
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An Englewood, CO, donut shop is holding a special event Saturday to benefit the daughters of a fallen Colorado State Patrol trooper.
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A Nevada high school student who was shot by a resource officer Wednesday was armed with at least one knife and was threatening others, which prompted the officer to raise his weapon, police said.
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The Fresno County (CA) Sheriff's Office Wednesday demonstrated how a deputy was wounded by his service pistol in an accidental discharge and emphasized that additional training was being implemented to prevent another such incident.
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Now that Williams has achieved one of her greatest career goals by becoming chief of her hometown Phoenix PD, she has equally lofty goals for the department.
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Deputy Sheriff Ryan Thomas of the Valencia County (NM) Sheriff's Office was killed in a single-vehicle crash while responding to a call for service.
Read More →Alarmed by a wave of shootings targeting police officers, state Assemblyman Jay Obernolte (R-Big Bear) has introduced a bill that would make an attack on law enforcement a hate crime in California, allowing stiffer penalties for those convicted.
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Pierce County (WA) Sheriff's deputies are searching for the person responsible for shooting five bullets into a sheriff’s department building in Bonney Lake.
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A short standoff in Rancho Santa Fe, CA, early Saturday ended with a man being shot by deputies after he stabbed a K9 and forced his way into a man's apartment, taking him hostage.
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