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Newsby Staff WriterApril 24, 2013

Ohio Cops Challenge GPS Trackers

Police and fire unions in Columbus, Ohio, have filed a grievance stating they won't accept any discipline stemming from newly installed GPS units that track the movements of patrol and fire vehicles.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleApril 17, 2013

Shots Fired: Cleveland, Ohio 07/09/2008

Officer Jim Simone glanced at a teller to his left. The two knew one another well enough for Simone to see that she was having a hard time preventing a bizarre expression from registering on her face. Simone realized very quickly that he had walked into a robbery in progress.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 26, 2013

Video: Axon Cam Captures Burning Truck Rescue

Three officers from a Cleveland-area police department rescued the driver of a truck who struck a utility pole Saturday morning. Euclid (Ohio) Police Officer Adam Beese was wearing a TASER Axon on-officer camera system during the incident.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 25, 2013

Video: Bystanders Help Ohio Cop Break Up Fight

A casino patron and municipal bus driver helped a Cleveland Police officer subdue three teens during a physical confrontation earlier this month in downtown's Public Square.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 14, 2013

Feds Launch Use-of-Force Probe of Cleveland Police

The U.S. Department of Justice opened an investigation to determine whether Cleveland police use excessive force and evaluate the department's training, supervision, and accountability mechanisms.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 13, 2013

Anti-Authority Suspect Opens Fire on Ohio Cops

Officers Brandon Savage and Erin Thomas pulled over James Gilkerson shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday. Gilkerson opened fire on the officers with a semi-automatic rifle before they could exit their cruiser.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 6, 2013

Ohio Judge Again Orders 'Idiot' Sign on Defendant

An Ohio judge who made a woman wear an "idiot" sign for driving on a sidewalk around a school bus has ordered similar punishment for a man convicted of threatening police officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 28, 2013

X2 Sales Boost TASER International's Performance

The publicly traded TASER (NASDAQ: TASR) recorded sales of $32.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, a 50.6% increase over the company's fourth quarter 2011 tally of $21.3 million.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 8, 2013

Video: Cleveland Police Union Defends 'Perfect Chase'

The head of a Cleveland police union is defending a recent police chase that involved 62 cars. Jeffrey Follmer appeared on WCPN Radio less than 24 hours after first calling the November 29 police pursuit "the perfect chase," during a news conference.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 7, 2013

Cleveland Chief: We Will Stay the Course

Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath said he is "staying the course" with the internal investigation into a deadly pursuit shooting that elicited a call for him to resign from the patrolman's union.

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