Officer Kerrie Orozco had been with the department for approximately seven-and-a-half years. She worked in the gang unit and is survived by her husband, two stepchildren, and a baby born in February.
Read More →Nebraska prison officials say the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution is under control after a weekend uprising that injured two prison guards and left two inmates dead and at least two more injured.
Read More →"I will continue to condemn the police when they are wrong and, in my community they are always wrong," Chambers said.
Read More →“I wouldn’t go to Syria, I wouldn’t go to Iraq, I wouldn’t go to Afghanistan, I wouldn’t go to Yemen, I wouldn’t go to Tunisia, I wouldn’t go to Lebanon, I wouldn’t go to Jordan, I would do it right here. Nobody from ISIS ever terrorized us as a people as the police do daily,” Chambers said.
Read More →Sheriffs from Colorado and neighboring states Kansas and Nebraska say in a lawsuit that Colorado's marijuana law creates a "crisis of conscience" by pitting the state law against the Constitution and puts an economic burden on other states
Read More →Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer identified the two men killed during a robbery Tuesday night as 32-year-old Cortez Washington, the suspect, and 38-year-old Bryce Dion, an audio technician with the television show Cops. Both were killed by police gunfire. The chief said, "The officers had no choice other than to respond in the way that they did."
Read More →Butler County Sheriff Mark Hecker died Tuesday at age 53 at an Omaha hospital. He had suffered a heart attack on Friday.
Read More →Omaha’s efforts to curb gang violence are catching the attention of other police departments, including officers in Kansas City, Mo.
Read More →The Nebraska panhandle community is reeling after 24-year-old corrections officer Amanda Baker was strangled Friday morning. Read Full Story Here.
Read More →The Nebraska panhandle community is reeling after 24-year-old corrections officer Amanda Baker was strangled Friday morning.
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