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Newsby Staff WriterJune 23, 2011

Video: Police Investigate Arrest of Woman who Filmed Vehicle Stop

The Rochester (N.Y.) Police Department has begun an internal probe of an officer's arrest of a woman who videotaped officers questing a subject from her front yard.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 25, 2011

Seattle Officer Suspended for 'Gutter' Language

Seattle Police Chief John Diaz suspended three patrol officers for using "gutter language" during a traffic stop with two suspected gang members. The chief handed out 20 days without pay to two officers and 15 days without pay to the third.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 24, 2011

Video: Punch at Ga. T-Stop Divides Force Experts

In cruiser-cam video released to television station WSAV, Effingham County Sheriff's Investigator Jeremy Scott is seen running around to the driver's side of the subject's vehicle and punching Bernard Wallace in the face, knocking him backward.

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleMay 24, 2011

Don't Be a Fair Weather Cop

About the last thing I like to do is make t-stops during bad weather. Nonetheless, it's the job. And here's a story of why we need to remain vigilant even when it's awful outside.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 4, 2011

Parolee Arrested After Firing at Calif. Officer

After Lt. Brian Addington saw Jones run a stop sign in his gold Cadillac, the officer pursued him to a parking lot, where Jones struck a retaining wall. He then exited the vehicle and began firing at the officer.

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Articlesby POLICE Magazine StaffMay 4, 2011

5 Gunfights That Changed Law Enforcement

The gear and training employed by officers is much different today, partly as a result of the FBI Miami shootout. There have been other game-changing gunfights in the last quarter century. The following article examines each of them and how they changed your tactics, procedures, and policies.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 13, 2011

Arkansas Officer Saved Sgt. During Fatal Gunfight

Officer Jonathan Schmidt, 30, was killed in front of the Cottonwood Manor Apartments on Pine Street at 11:27 p.m. as he walked toward a 2002 Hyundai.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 29, 2011

California Deputy Fires at Subject During Traffic Stop

The deputies stopped 24-year-old Johnny Angel Ochoa, who was wanted on child endangerment and vandalism charges in Bay Point. After Ochoa gave the deputies a false name, he tried to speed away. One of the deputies had attempted to yank the keys out of the ignition of the vehicle, which struck the second deputy.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 26, 2011

N.Y. State Trooper Struck, Killed at Traffic Stop

Trooper Kevin P. Dobson, a 14-year member of the state patrol, was conducting a stop in Tonawanda, Erie County, when he was struck at 7:30 a.m. today.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2011

Massachusetts Troopers Seize 4,200 Oxycontin Pills During Traffic Stop

Troopers Kevin Hebert and Kevin Kraup pulled over a 2001 Chevrolet Corvette driven by Vincent Alberico, 29. The Centreville man allegedly assaulted the officers during the arrest.

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