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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 5, 2022

OH Cop Rescues Woman Stuck Upside Down at Gym

Police in Berea, OH, responded to a 24-hour gym after a woman became stuck upside down on a workout machine. She caught the entire adventure on video that is now reported to have more than 8 million views on TikTok.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 2, 2022

Police Warn About Tiktok Door Kick Challenge

The "door kick challenge" involves people going around neighborhoods and recording themselves kicking the doors of innocent homeowners. Footage of the door kicking is then uploaded to TikTok and shown while Kesha's song "Die Young" plays over it.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 27, 2022

OH Officer Defends His YouTube Body Camera Channel

The Columbus Division of Police and Columbus Public Safety departments are looking into complaints filed by citizens about an officer’s YouTube channel. The officer has posted a nine-minute video response rebutting the complaints about his Columbus Police Body Camera channel.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 7, 2022

Facebook Sued Over Politically Motivated Murder of Officer

According to Facebook messages obtained by federal prosecutors, Carrillo met Robert Alvin Justus Jr., the driver of the vehicle from which he is alleged to have opened fire on Underwood, through Facebook groups for the Boogaloo movement.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieJanuary 7, 2022

False Alarm Siren in Ohio Offers Reminder for Police Trainers

There was no report of severe weather in the area and the Emergency Alert System is functioning correctly. KPD apologizes for any inconvenience caused by the alarm.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieJanuary 7, 2022

Training for Threats on Schools Made Via Social Media

With 2022 now upon us—and the omnipresent threat of a sequel to Omicron looming in the dark recesses of unquiet adolescent minds—the possibility that the type of threat presented on TikTok in the final days of the Fall '21 school semester still lingers.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 13, 2021

Michigan Sheriff Lets Facebook Followers Choose Patrol Car Design

On June 29, the Sheriff’s Office released five vehicle designs on its Facebook page, asking for public input. The winner also won the departmental vote, and in late July, the office announced it would transition all new vehicles to this design. The design is also hundreds of dollars cheaper than the previous design.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 28, 2021

Idaho Deputy who Mocked Lebron James in TikTok Video Fired for Policy Violations

According to Mayor Ned Burns, Silvester violated “several” city and state policies on policing during the week of May 20. Because of previous policy violations, Silvester had been placed on a “last chance agreement” with his commanding officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 2, 2021

Texas Officer Fired Over "Racially Insensitive" Social Media Post

The officer was fired after an internal affairs investigation found that she was the source of the social media post, which was discovered by another officer Feb. 5

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 10, 2021

Fort Worth Officer Fired Over Social Media Posts

A three-year veteran of the Fort Worth Police Department was fired Tuesday after another officer discovered "racially insensitive and inappropriate" social media posts, the department says.

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