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Newsby Staff WriterJune 16, 2015

Federal Monitor Wants Seattle Officers to Wear Body Cameras

“The time for permanent use of on-officer cameras by all SPD officers is now,” the monitor, Merrick Bobb, writes in the fifth semiannual report since the city entered into a 2012 consent decree with the U.S. Justice Department to curtail excessive force and biased policing.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 15, 2015

Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputies Fire More Accidental Shots After Switch to New Guns

Accidental gunshots by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies have more than doubled in two years, endangering bystanders and occasionally injuring deputies. The jump coincides with the department's move to a new handgun that lacks a safety lever and requires less pressure to pull the trigger.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 15, 2015

Who Was the Dallas PD Headquarters Attacker?

His father, Jim Boulware, said his son’s struggles had been especially intense since April 2013, when James was charged with assaulting his mother.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 13, 2015

Dallas PD Headquarters Attacked by Gunman, Explosives Found

Police negotiators have been working to persuade the suspect or suspect to surrender since early this morning. The suspect has refused to do so, he has told police that he is wounded, and has threatened to “blow up“ police.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 12, 2015

Rhode Island Man Third Arrested in Alleged Boston Terror Plot

Authorities have arrested a Rhode Island man they believe is connected to an alleged terrorism plot that has been unraveling in Boston since the fatal shooting of a man there last week who is suspected of planning to behead police officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 12, 2015

Four Massachusetts Officers Hospitalized After Chemical Suicide

Several first responders, including four police officers, were hospitalized Thursday when hazmat crews responded to a chemical suicide in Lowell, Massachusetts.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2015

Video: Man Indicted in Shooting of NYPD Officer, May Pursue Insanity Defense

The man accused of killing an NYPD officer was indicted on 12 criminal counts, including aggravated murder, in Queens Thursday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2015

X-Spand Target Systems Introduces New Versatile Paper Target Design

-X-Spand Target Systems targets utilize a distinctive paper design, allowing you to use a single target or multiple target formations for a versatile and diversified firearms training, testing, or competition tool.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 9, 2015

Protesters Call for Firing of Texas Officer Suspended for Pool Party Incident

Carrying signs that read "Black Lives Matter" and chanting "All lives matter," demonstrators called for the officer to be fired.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 8, 2015

Video: Texas Officer Suspended Following Pool Party Incident

A McKinney, Texas, police corporal was placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced Saturday showing him pulling a 15-year-old girl to the ground and pinning her down outside a pool party Friday night in the expansive Craig Ranch subdivision. Seconds later, he pulled his gun and pointed it at two teens who appear to try to come to her aid.

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