
Police officials said the robot's purpose was to take police officers out of harm's way and that it was actually cheaper than other robots already in use.
Read More →Jessica Beauvais, 32, had a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit and was combative with police when she was captured after allegedly slamming into highway officer Anastasios Tsakos, 43, as he directed traffic on the Long Island Expressway around 2 a.m. Tuesday.
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"Instead of apologizing, you deflected," Officer Deon Joseph wrote. "You said you took your tweet down because you did not want it to be used for hate, when the tweet itself was the embodiment of hatred, rooted in a lack of understanding of the danger of the situation."
Read More →"Over the last week or so we've been having a lot of unrest in our city," Commissioner Londel French said. "A lot of the folks that have been at the heart of putting that unrest down or stifling the protesters have been, in Minneapolis, the Minnesota State Patrol."
Read More →Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly fired six rounds during the March 13, 2020, attempted search of Taylor's apartment, shooting Taylor. He had been shot in the thigh, severing his femoral artery, seconds earlier by Taylor's boyfreind, Kenneth Walker, who later said he thought intruders were breaking in.
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Police said someone in the crowd then used an unknown accelerant on the wooden framing around a door of the building, then lit it on fire.
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The 2002 BMW convertible had an NYPD “restricted parking permit” displayed on its windshield.
Read More →Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said 90 police recruits are currently in the pipeline, and that she is working with the City Council to enact a retention bonus for officers. The department is about 400 officers under its authorized level.
Read More →Kaia Hirt chained herself to a metal fence outside the Hennepin County Government Center on Monday evening in a protest pushing for police reform as the Derek Chauvin murder trial proceeded inside.
Read More →Under the legislation, anyone who "accosts, insults, taunts, or challenges a law enforcement officer with offensive or derisive words, or by gestures or other physical contact, that would have a direct tendency to provoke a violent response" would be guilty of a misdemeanor and face up to 90 days in jail and fines.
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