A St. Louis official who joined protests after former Officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of murder last year in the shooting of drug suspect Anthony Lamar Smith is suing over the police response to the demonstrations.
Read More →An officer with the Selma (AL) Police Department who was shot in an ambush attack over the weekend is reportedly in "good spirits" and hopes to quickly return to work.
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The Los Angeles Police Department has released video on YouTube from a July shooting at a traffic stop that left an officer with a gunshot wound to her leg. The agency released the 10-minute video under a new policy that requires such recordings to be made public within 45 days of an officer-involved shooting.
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An officer with the Brick Township (NJ) Police Department was assisting with an investigation of a motor vehicle accident when a suspected drunk driver slammed into her parked squad car.
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Two officers with the Charlottesville (VA) Police Department who were responding to a call of shots fired were themselves struck by gunfire by the suspected gunman in the incident. Neither of the officers appears to have life-threatening injuries.
Read More →A Colorado teenager is facing 32 counts—including attempted first-degree murder of a police officer, three counts of second-degree kidnapping, five counts of first-degree burglary and robbery—for an August 20 incident that left Cherry Hills Police Officer Cory Sack with a gunshot wound to the leg.
Read More →Police pursuit of a vehicle that refused to stop at the checkpoint resulted in the crash of a Riverhead Police K-9 unit on West Main Street that claimed the life of K-9 "Rocky" and injured the K-9 officer driving the vehicle, Riverhead Town Police said.
Read More →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.
Read More →Guarneri had three baggies of crack in his pocket and a suspended license when he tried to escape police in a stolen van on the nearly mile-long span during the afternoon rush hour, prosecutors said.
Read More →The sheriff's office says Mayberry tried to flee the scene, causing a deputy to reach in the window of his vehicle to stop him. The sheriff says that the vehicle traveled about 20 feet when it went into a ditch and up an embankment, with the deputy's upper body still inside the car. The vehicle then overturned onto the driver's side, pinning the deputy's lower body under the vehicle.
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