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Today, Minneapolis and St. Paul officially start Nixle, a service that provides information over cell phones by text message, e-mail and on the Web. More than 1,000 law enforcement agencies now use Nixle, including Los Angeles, Chicago and Baltimore. Unlike services such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, Nixle doesn't allow unauthenticated information to be communicated.
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The Harahan (LA) Police Department is attempting to get drug users in the area to bring their meth to the department for "testing."
Read More →One Facebook user wrote, “You guys are incredible! I’ve lost, or nearly lost, too many loved ones to motorcycle accidents.”
Read More →Deputies say the man was “uncooperative” and opened fire. The deputies returned fire. One deputy was shot and the suspect was also hit and retreated into the van.
Read More →Officers who were pursuing the SUV collided with an Uber driver in a Nissan Sentra in the University Village/Little Italy neighborhood.
Read More →In its final meeting before it disbands, the city’s Use of Force Commission lauded the improvements made by the Spokane Police Department in the last two years.
Read More →The Richmond (Va.) Police Department began using social media sites to communicate with the public in 2008. The agency has accounts in almost every social media outlet, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Ustream.
Read More →A St. Paul, MN, man died Wednesday night after being shot by a police officer in Falcon Heights during a traffic stop. The immediate aftermath of the shooting was shown in a video recorded by the man's girlfriend as she sat next to him and which was widely shared on Facebook.
Read More →A Crimestoppers video showing the July 8 robbery of a Louisiana supermarket as narrated by a lieutenant from the St. Landry Parish (La.) Sheriff's Department has gone viral on Facebook and the Internet.
Read More →An off-duty Massachusetts police officer was killed after crashing into the back of a tractor-trailer in the breakdown lane of a highway.
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