The Raleigh Police Protective Association is expected to vote Tuesday evening on whether to boycott providing security for Beyonce's upcoming concert at Carter-Finley stadium on May 3.
Read More →Beyonce has taken a lot of heat for her new song "Formation," which critics claim has an anti-cop message. Some Tampa, FL, police officers might agree, if the request to work her upcoming Tampa concert is any indication. No one has agreed to do it.
Read More →Three days after a Norfolk, VA, police dog was shot and killed in a standoff with a man who'd barricaded himself in his home, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper has donated enough money to outfit the Police Department's entire K-9 unit with ballistic vests.
Read More →Today, Pittsburgh Steelers' Super Bowl Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger announced the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation at The Giving Back Fund will be distributing six grants totaling $55,000 to police departments in the Pittsburgh, Pa., area where the Steelers play their home games.
Read More →Officer Kevin Branscum said he was not prepared for the news that a donation from singer Carrie Underwood would help save his K-9 partner.
Read More →Oscar-winner Robert De Niro is encouraging all New Yorkers to join those who have contributed nearly a quarter-million dollars to a Pay Pal fund for the families of slain NYPD Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos.
Read More →Today, the Pittsburgh Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger announced the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation will be distributing a grant to the Aiken (S.C.) Department of Public Safety to help purchase and train a new narcotics K-9.
Read More →Country music star Craig Morgan has been named The Spirit of Blue Foundation's national celebrity spokesperson. In that capacity, Craig Morgan will appear in a new public service announcement, perform and speak at select events across the country, and spread the word about Spirit of Blue's work as he tours.
Read More →Pop star Rihanna donated $25,000 to the L.A. Police Foundation after she dropped and broke the iPhone of L.A. Police Commission President Steve Soberoff while attempting to snap a selfie with him. But the LAPD Cadet Program received even more money.
Read More →At minimum, an LASD reserve officer's service will include logging 20 hours a month regardless of obligations posed by the reserve's regular job and family responsibilities. He may find himself working his own patrol car, standing guard in the cold along a parade route, or handling that "change of shift" report nobody else wanted.
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