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Recently completed audits presented to the council in July estimated outsourcing public safety services or merging with neighboring fire agencies could save between $2.3 million and $8.2 million.
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In his years as a gang cop, Sgt. James Bisetti witnessed few gang members in Long Beach, which is primarily a Crip-gang city, successfully leave gang life.
Read More →The Orofino (Idaho) PD is again organizing Christmas 911, an agency project started a year ago "with the idea of providing full Christmas dinners and gifts to families in our area who were experiencing hardship and most likely would not have much for Christmas," according to Chief Jeff Wilson.
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A 17-year-old Ohio teen rammed six vehicles including two Stow PD cruisers during a 52-mile chase while behind the wheel of a stolen 1996 Mack dump truck.
Read More →A woman who scuffled with officers who had followed her into a Chicago home caused an officer to stun himself, after being struck in the pinky finger with one of the probes
Read More →The mission for both New Orleans and San Antonio PD SWAT is crystal clear. They, too, need to recover, rebound, and rebuild from the major "hits" each team has taken.
Read More →LeadsOnline, a nationwide online system that records secondhand transactions, kept a record of the reported stolen items and alerted the police when several of the items turned up at a secondhand store. The information led police to one of the individuals involved in the theft ring.
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A suspect enters a San Dimas (Calif.) convenience market on Dec. 9, 2009 and purchases a few items so that the clerk opens the register drawer. He then removes a semi-auto pistol from his pocket. The clerk hits their silent alarm and a few moments later a LASD deputy walks in, but doesn't see the customer's left hand. The suspect, about 12 feet from the deputy, looks right into her eyes and instead of shooting her, slips his gun back into his pocket and casually walks out.
Read More →The Ninth Circuit federal appeals court agreed with a lower court's ruling that a Coronado (Calif.) Police officer used excessive force, when he used his TASER on a motorist during a traffic stop.
Read More →The Jersey City PD would also demote two captains, four lieutenants, and six sergeants, after unsuccessful negotiations between the administration and the Police Officers Benevolent Association.
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