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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 17, 2018

Video: New Mexico Officer, Local Church Provide Homeless Man with Wheelchair

Edison then gave Scott the lunch his wife packed for him. While moving the man to a safer place, Edison discovered that his wheelchair was badly in need of repair.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 17, 2018

Texas Undercover Officer Dies in Hospital from Gunshot Wound

When the suspects ran out of the bar uniformed officers were waiting, and helped the undercover officers stop the robbers as they tried to get into an SUV. It was then that one of the suspects, later identified as Dacion Steptoe, opened fire. Steptoe reportedly hit Hull, and Hull's fellow officers returned fire, killing Steptoe. Two other suspects are in custody.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 17, 2018

Massachusetts Officer Worked while His Home Burned in Gas Fires

Even when he was told about the fire, Soto continued working with fellow police officers in the Andover Street area.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2018

Illinois Officer Shot at Traffic Stop, Civilian Shoots at Suspect

"We were luckily (sic) enough to have a citizen on the street who's a concealed carry holder and he also engaged in gun fire with this offender who was struck one time and was taken to Cook County Hospital," Supt. Chlada said.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2018

Minnesota Deputy Shot with Arrow, Wounded Suspect in Custody

When officers from the Stearns County Sheriff's Department, Sauk Centre Police Department, Minnesota State Patrol, Melrose Police Department and Osakis Police Department tried to clear the home, the suspect appeared with a compound bow and shot Orvis through the left arm with a target arrow.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2018

Georgia DA Releases Video of Incident Where Man Killed 2 Deputies

Elrod pleaded guilty last week to the two murders. The Macon Telegraph reports that Elrod avoided a potential death penalty trial and was sentenced to two life in prison without parole terms plus 100 years.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2018

Major City Homicide Detectives Overwhelmed by Murder Rate

Over a five-year period, each detective in Detroit has been tasked with solving an average of about eight new slayings annually — a caseload exceeding what policing experts say should be no more than five homicides per detective, per year.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2018

Texas Officer Fighting for Life After Being Shot in Head

Garrett Hull, a 17-year veteran of the department, was critically wounded and the man who shot him was killed when police tried to stop the robbery, police said.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieSeptember 14, 2018

How the Threat of Terrorism has Changed Since 9/11

Now that law enforcement — particularly the FBI — has placed such an emphasis on investigating and thwarting attacks, a complex and costly plan like the one used on 9/11 would come to the attention of some three-letter agency, and the attackers arrested or killed (depending upon where we found them). Consequently, the tactics of the major terrorist organizations have changed.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 13, 2018

Chicago Mayor, Illinois AG Agree on Plan to Overhaul Police Department

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan have finalized a proposed court order intended to bring sweeping change to the Chicago Police Department.

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