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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 9, 2018

Mayor: 11-Year-Old Girl Struck by TASER Will Not be Charged with Shoplifting

According to reports, Officer Kevin Brown was investigating a group of juvenile girls suspected of stealing from the store. Brown reportedly approached one of the girls, but she ignored his commands to stop and kept walking out of the store. Brown fired his TASER, striking her in the back.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 9, 2018

Ohio Kids Get Hands-On Police Training in New Program

In Cleveland Heights, OH, a group of kids — ages 12 to 16 — got a close look at what patrol officers, crime scene investigators, and detectives do on the job.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 8, 2018

No One in Custody Over Chicago's Weekend Shootings, 12 Murders

"I think it is disheartening that we are at Tuesday after the weekend we had without anyone being charged," Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx told the Tribune in a phone interview. "The feeling that people can do this with impunity makes the work that much more difficult."

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Inside the Badge by Jack DunphyAugust 8, 2018

The Real Reasons for Chicago's Deadly Crime Wave

A question for the mayor: If it really is unacceptable, why do you continue to accept it?

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 8, 2018

Chicago Plans to Send Hundreds of Officers into Areas Plagued by Shootings

The "strategic deployments" will add 430 officers to five South Side and West Side police districts: Calumet, Gresham, Ogden, Harrison and Austin.

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Shooting Up Chicago

A court granted the ACLU of Illinois and Black Lives Matter Chicago permission to intervene in the consent decree negotiations.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieAugust 3, 2018

Why the "Lip-Sync Challenge" Videos Have Value for Law Enforcement

There have been dozens — if not hundreds — of videos posted of individual officers and whole departments dancing and lip-syncing to popular music. Here's why they are a good thing for police.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 2, 2018

Ohio Police Chief Overdosed on Fentanyl Allegedly Taken from Evidence

The Chief of Police for the Kirkersville (OH) Police Department who was found dead in his home on May 25 reportedly died of acute intoxication by fentanyl, according to a coroner's report.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 2, 2018

Detroit Officer Suspended for Allegedly Striking Combative Woman

According to Detroit Police Chief James Craig, officers had transported the woman — who was reportedly naked — to an area hospital, where she suddenly became very agitated, reportedly threatening hospital staff, spitting on various people, biting a security officer, and trying to bite a police officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 1, 2018

Indiana Police Arrest 45 Suspects in Meth Roundup Operation

Police in Kokomo, IN, announced the arrest of 45 suspects in a massive drug roundup aimed at curbing the spread of methamphetamine in the area.

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