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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 7, 2018

Jury Awards $2.5M to Family of Man Who Was Fatally Shot While Stabbing California Officer

A jury said the officer used "unreasonable force" in the 2013 incident in which Officer Jairo Acosta—with the Los Banos (CA) Police Department—responded to a call of domestic violence in which 80-year-old Tan Lam said his 43-year-old son had assaulted him.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 7, 2018

Kansas Officer who Shot Man Said She Meant to Deploy TASER

An officer with the Lawrence (KS) Police Department charged with aggravated battery for shooting and wounding a man says she thought she was deploying her TASER.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 6, 2018

Alabama Trooper Shoots, Kills Man Following Pursuit

Alabama's State Bureau of Investigation said that a trooper shot and killed a man following a high speed pursuit that ended on a dead-end road, according to KVVU-TV.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 4, 2018

South Carolina Man Shot at Officers While Fleeing Robbery Scene on Lawnmower

Two officers with the Cilo (SC) Police Department and a deputy with the Marlboro County Sheriff's Office were investigating the break in when they encountered a person riding a lawnmower who fired shots at the investigators. The two police officers then returned fire, hitting the person on the lawnmower.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 4, 2018

Georgia Officer Critically Wounded, Gunman Killed in Gunfight Outside Walmart Store

An officer with the Covington (GA) Police Department is reportedly fighting for his life after being shot by a man suspected of shoplifting at a Walmart store.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2018

Helicopter Video Captures Gunfight Between Texas Trooper and Suspect

Video of a harrowing incident involving a Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper that occurred in February has just been released. The trooper and a suspect exchanged gunfire following a brief pursuit. The trooper is "recovering and doing well."

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 2, 2018

Colorado Officer Shot, Expected to Make Full Recovery

An officer with the Aurora (CO) Police Department was shot during a gunfight with a subject on Friday afternoon. The rounds that struck the officer reportedly were stopped by his ballistic vest.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 2, 2018

Off-Duty Georgia Officer Shot During Attempted Robbery, Wounds Suspects

Two off-duty officers were leaving a lounge in South Fulton (GA) when they were approached by two men attacked one of the officers in an attempted robbery.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 2, 2018

4 Men Charged in Shooting that Critically Wounded RCMP Officer

Corporal Graeme Kingdon is now in stable condition.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 30, 2018

Arizona Police Association Blasts ACLU Over Remarks about "Reckless" Police Shootings

The Phoenix Law Enforcement Association posted a lengthy statement on its website in response to statements made by Alessandra Soler, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona.

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