Portland Leaders Announce Plan to Reduce Gun Violence
Portland city commissioners unanimously passed a nearly $6 million plan to address gun violence in the city. None of that money will be going to the Portland Police Bureau.
April 9, 2021
Portland city commissioners unanimously passed a nearly $6 million plan to address gun violence in the city. None of that money will be going to the Portland Police Bureau.
April 9, 2021
“The results (of the survey0 showed that approximately 90% of the 50 people who responded were profoundly insulted by the implication that they are racists,” said Doug Wilkinson, the president of the Aurora Police Association.
April 9, 2021
Trooper Juan Rojas Tovar was shot while pursuing the suspect in Grimes County. He was taken by medical helicopter to St. Joseph Health Regional Hospital in Bryan.
April 9, 2021
Poor handcuffing and searching techniques can get you or other officers injured and even killed.
April 9, 2021
Scott Misico, supervisior, Fleet Management, says the system alerts officers when someone is approaching from the vehicle's blindspot when they are parked and working on a laptop or are otherwise distracted.
April 9, 2021
Thirteen squad cars responded, including a K-9 unit, and after a 30-minute search, they found the boy, "cold and wet but breathing." It's not known how long he was in the woods.
April 8, 2021
At that point, the suspect removed a gun from the front of his waistline and fired his gun in the direction of police, officials said. He then reportedly exited the Kia and discharged at least two additional rounds in the direction of police.
April 8, 2021
A witness said the driver got out of the car with his hands in the air and “just went in his waist... he got a gun and just started dumping. Shot the police window out, shot the police and everything.”
April 8, 2021
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed a bill Wednesday ending qualified immunity for all government workers, including police. New Mexico is the first state to end qualified immunity for all public employees.
April 8, 2021
The 2002 BMW convertible had an NYPD “restricted parking permit” displayed on its windshield.
April 8, 2021
After a Franklin officer got out his cruiser, authorities say 41-year-old Roy K. Jackel Jr. of Cape May Court House, NJ, got in the police vehicle and drove away.
April 7, 2021
The 96-page lawsuit names Mayor Lovely Warren and former Police Chief La’Ron Singletary, who was fired in the fallout from Prude’s death. Other defendants include the city of Rochester, Monroe County and various unidentified police officers, sheriff’s deputies and New York state troopers.
April 7, 2021
Footage from a news helicopter showed that the driver of the tractor-trailer appeared to intentionally block the suspect.
April 7, 2021
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s call for police policy changes comes four years after the U.S. Justice Department recommended in a report about CPD’s practices that it adopt a foot pursuit policy.
April 7, 2021
Trying to inject humor into police training, especially use-of-force training, can be a terrible mistake.
April 7, 2021