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Several news items in the past couple of weeks clearly demonstrate two trends we've known for years to exist—that police supporters do exist, and where police are not supported, policing suffers.
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A New Jersey State Trooper on a family vacation in Florida performed life-saving CPR on a 7-year-old girl who was found face down in a swimming pool.
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An officer with the Ewing (NJ) Police Department and her K-9 partner are "blowing up" on social media with more than 15,000 followers. Their photos and videos on Instagram may one day even overshadow an on-duty accomplishment that could put them in law enforcement history books.
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Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the man accused of killing off-duty Officer Calvin Hall during an argument in the early morning hours of July 14. Hall died July 17—three days after he was shot.
Read More →A New Jersey man holding a hypodermic needle and who appeared to be impaired reportedly lunged at officers responding to calls to check on the man's welfare.
Read More →Arrests dropped 27% between Aug. 19 — the day Pantaleo was fired — and Aug. 25 compared to the same period in 2018, with police making 3,508 busts compared to 4,827.
Read More →The New York Police Department has released data indicating that injuries to its officers have risen 12.5 percent in the second quarter vs. the first three months of the year.
Read More →An officer with the Franklin Lakes Borough Police Department was injured when his patrol vehicle struck a stolen car he was pursuing Thursday.
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An officer with the Cambridge (MA) Police Department was reminded that no good deed goes unpunished as he rescued a small skunk with a small yogurt cup stuck to its head and was promptly sprayed in the process.
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Patrick Lynch—the longtime president of the Police Benevolent Association—has sent a strongly worded message to the agency's rank and file officers following the firing of Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who was accused of killing Eric Garner in 2014 but was cleared of all wrongdoing.
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