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The Mobile (Ala.) Police Department is mourning the loss of Officer Steven Green, after a robbery suspect fatally stabbed him and fled in the officer's patrol car. The suspect was fatally shot by other officers after a manhunt.
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Why did the Santa Maria (Calif.) PD attempt to arrest one of its officers on a public street? Was there some other precipitating factor at work? Because absent such explanations, I fail to see the need for the PD to take the officer down then and there at a DUI checkpoint.
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The Santa Maria (Calif.) Police officer who was fatally shot by fellow officers attempting to arrest him at a DUI checkpoint drew his weapon on two sergeants—his cousin and the best man in his wedding just three weeks earlier.
Read More →A bill passed by the California Assembly Monday would alter the "three strikes" law to require that the third strike be a serious or violent felony.
Read More →A Southern California appellate court has been asked by the state's seventh-largest city and its police union to overturn a ruling requiring agencies to provide the names of officers involved in shootings to the media.
Read More →The report surveyed gang activity in Los Angeles, Calif.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Long Beach, Calif.; Oakland, Calif.; and Newark, N.J. In these cities, a total of 856 gang and 2,077 nongang homicides were identified and included in the analyses.
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Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy wants lawmakers to overturn a 2010 Illinois law known as the Eavesdropping Act, which made it a Class 1 felony to record police officers performing their duties.
Read More →A Santa Maria (Calif.) Police officer under investigation for sexual misconduct with a minor was shot and killed by fellow officers Saturday as they tried to arrest him.
Read More →Michigan's top law enforcement official said he'd take $70 million for each of the next two years from the state's unexpected budget surplus and use it to hire 1,000 police officers.
Read More →A man convicted of killing a Chicago Police officer in 2008 faces a life sentence for the crime, following his conviction Thursday. Lamar Cooper was convicted of fatally shooting Chicago PD's Officer Nathaniel Taylor.
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