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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2015

California Lawmakers Approve Bills to Track Racial Profiling, Police Use of Force

California lawmakers on Wednesday approved measures to track the race of motorists stopped by officers and incidents of use of force by police officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2015

Effects of San Diego Police Wearing Body Cameras Surprising

Officials looked at incidents within the Southeastern, Central and Mid-City divisions and found that assaults against officers, mental health calls and aggravated assaults had all increased, by 36 percent, 11 percent and 5 percent respectively, when body cameras were in use.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2015

Shootings on I-10 in Phoenix Have Police, Public on Edge

Ten cars and trucks have already been struck, mostly by bullets but also by other projectiles, since Aug. 29, all on or near Interstate 10.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2015

Video: No Malice, No Charges in Washington Officers' Shooting of Rock Throwing Farm Worker

Three police officers in Washington state who fatally shot a rock-throwing illegal immigrant in February will not face criminal charges, a prosecutor announced Wednesday, saying there was no evidence the officers acted with malice.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 7, 2015

Video: Las Vegas Officers Ambushed at Traffic Light, Suspect in Custody

Police said a man approached the squad car and fired with a semi-automatic handgun at the two officers inside the vehicle. The police were leaving the scene of a disturbance call at the 99 Cents Only store and were stopped at a light when the shots were fired.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 4, 2015

ACLU Fights U.S. Funding for Los Angeles Police Body Cameras

A civil rights group asked the U.S. government on Thursday to deny Los Angeles police the funding they sought for body cameras for patrol officers, objecting to a policy that would allow the police chief to withhold video footage from the public.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 4, 2015

Video: Officer Shot in Las Vegas, 2 Arrested

After a more than three-hour manhunt, two people were arrested in connection with the shooting of a Las Vegas Metro police officer Friday morning.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2015

LAPD Sending 100 Officers Into South L.A. Amid Jump in Killings

Los Angeles police will send more than 100 elite Metropolitan Division officers into South L.A. as part of its effort to quell a surge in homicides, the LAPD said Thursday.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2015

Washington State K-9 Stabbed to Death by Wanted Suspect

A Vancouver Police Department spokeswoman said the suspect ran away and was tracked down hiding in bushes by K-9 officer Ike. The dog bit the suspect, but the man stabbed the dog.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2015

Man Arrested for Stabbing Arizona Deputy's Patrol Car

The Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff's Department arrested 20-year-old Zachary Jacobson for stabbing a marked Sheriff's vehicle in Fountain Hills on Wednesday.

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