Innovative Law Enforcement Leaders 2023: Acworth Police Department's Victim Advocacy Program

Chief Jesse Evans leads the Acworth PD and has established a special program for crime victims. Acworth PD is the only law enforcement agency that employs a dedicated crime victim advocate.

Police Thwart Church Shooting in Northern Virginia

“This was a thwarted diabolical plot to kill churchgoers in Haymarket, Virginia … and local law enforcement stopped it,” Chief Kevin Davis of the Fairfax County Police Department said.

Former Oakland Chief Tapped to Lead New Orleans PD

Anne Kirkpatrick has been hailed as a reformer by her supporters. If she is approved by the City Council, she would head an understaffed police department that has been operating under a broad reform agreement with the U.S. Justice Department that was app

Mother of Austin Homicide Victim Slams City Council Over Police Defunding

The incident came roughly a year after the Austin City Council voted to defund the police amid the unrest following the death of George Floyd,

IL Officer Decertified Over 2008 Theft of $15 Shirt

Now, Zenna Ramos can't be a police officer in the state of Illinois – or anywhere in the country.

North Dakota Officials Believe Fargo Cop Killer Planned Mass Killing

Investigators found three rifles, 1,800 rounds of .223 caliber ammunition, a homemade grenade, a can of gasoline, explosives and other firearms in the killer's car, North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley said.

Metro Nashville PD Doesn’t Have Enough Officers to Provide Elementary School SROs Despite State Funding

“The police department presently is not staffed to provide full time SROs at elementary schools (more than 70 personnel),” MNPD spokesman Don Aaron said.

Dallas Officer Given Honors 25 Years After His Death

"I know how much my dad loved being a Dallas policeman and how much it meant to him to do that job. And when he couldn't, I know he was devastated," said his daughter, Kim Black.

Researchers Dispute DOJ Findings of Racial Bias by Minneapolis PD

“We read the report with keen interest, knowing how challenging it is to demonstrate discrimination, especially with non-experimental data. The report contains glaring oversights that overturn its conclusions,” the two professors wrote.

Mass Shooting Suspect Wearing Armor and Using Police Scanner Kills 5 in Philadelphia