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Norteño gang member Andrew Barrientos carjacked a vehicle at a convenience market on Aug. 27, 2010, after critically wounding Fremont (Calif.) Police Officer Todd Young during an officer-involved shooting. Read the full story here.
Read More →Shot on an Oakland street, Officer Todd Young endures numerous surgeries and continuous rehab to regain his status as a gang investigator and SWAT officer. His story is part of PoliceMag's "Returning To Duty" Web-only series about officers injured on the job.
Read More →Fremont (Calif.) Police Officer Todd Young returned fire, after a violent Norteno gang member fired 10 rounds at him at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 27, 2010 on a street in Oakland. Officers performed trauma care on Young and delivered him to Highland Hospital, where he received life-saving emergency medical care. He is now recovering and plans to rejoin the SWAT team later this year or in early 2013. We feature his story in the June 2012 "Shots Fired" and "Todd Young's Long Road Back."
Read More →Detroit's Mayor Dave Bing has asked for help from the Michigan State Police and suburban sheriff's departments for the city's annual June 25 fireworks show.
Read More →The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and Oakland Police Department arrested 60 suspects and seized 92 weapons, culminating a four-month investigation.
Read More →The Houston City Council has approved a contract with PCS Mobile to outfit the city's 1,800 police cruisers with Getac B300 rugged notebook computers along with in-vehicle docks and mounts.
Read More →A tactical Chicago Police officer who was shot in the chest hopes to return to duty once his left hand fully recovers. Officer Del Pearson, a decorated 8-year veteran, can wiggle his fingers and open his hand wide, but he cannot make a fist.
Read More →The Fullerton Police Department will fire three of the officers involved in the fatal beating of homeless man Kelly Thomas.
Read More →A man accused of fatally shooting of former Austin (Texas) Police officer Jaime Padron at a north Austin Walmart last month has been hospitalized.
Read More →The Chicago Police Department today arrested 12 South Side drug-trafficking suspects, including members of the Gangster Disciples street gang and two Mexican drug cartel operators.
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