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Video: NJ Troopers Save Driver Just Before Truck Explodes
Two New Jersey State Troopers rescued a semi-conscious driver from a burning truck earlier this week, pulling him to safety just before the vehicle exploded in flames.
March 4, 2020
Two New Jersey State troopers pulled a driver from a burning truck just in time.
Patrol
Philadelphia Police Academy Graduates First Openly Transgender Recruit
Among the recruits from the Philadelphia Police Academy's latest class to graduate and become sworn officers was an individual who is openly transgender.
March 2, 2020
Officer Benson Churgai explained that he felt that if he continued to live his life as a female 'it was not going to work out.'
Patrol
Rhode Island Detective Retires After 22 Years on Sick Leave
A detective with the Warren (RI) Police Department who suffered a staph infection in 1998 and has been on paid medical leave ever since has reportedly retired.
March 2, 2020
Technology
New York State Police to Begin Pilot Body Camera Program
An undisclosed number of troopers with the New York State Police will soon be wearing body cameras in a recently announced pilot program to investigate their effectiveness and their impact.
February 27, 2020
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Vandals Break Police Officer Statue at Massachusetts 9/11 Memorial
Vandals knocked over a statue of a police officer and left it in pieces at a 9/11 memorial in Plymouth, MA. A nearby figure of a firefighter was untouched.
February 25, 2020
A statue of a police officer was toppled and broken at a 9/11 memorial in Plymouth, MA.
Patrol
NYPD Hires Nurses to Help Officers with Homeless
Shea said the nurses will give medical evaluations to homeless men and women police interact with and encourage them into shelters.
February 25, 2020
Point of Law
Trial Date Set for Man Accused of Murdering Massachusetts Officer
A man accused of murdering an officer with the Weymouth (MA) Police Department in July 2018 will begin trial at the end of February.
February 21, 2020
Sergeant Michael Chesna was shot and killed with his own service weapon.
Command
After Chief's Job is Eliminated He Walks Home in His Undergarments
The chief of the Croynon (NH) Police Department—a one-officer agency—was told by the town's three-member board of selectmen that his job was being eliminated and the agency disbanded on Tuesday night.
February 21, 2020
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Trump Issues Pardon for Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik
President Donald Trump issued a number of commuted sentences and pardons on Wednesday, including a pardon for former commissioner of the New York Police Department, Bernard Kerik.
February 20, 2020
Getty Kerik
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NYPD to Place Psychologists in Every Borough to Address Officer Mental Health
The New York Police Department has declared that it will deploy psychologists to every borough to encourage better officer mental health and wellness after a spate of recent suicides.
February 20, 2020
Patrol
Pennsylvania Officer Accused of Forging Psychological Evaluation
An officer with the Elizabeth Borough Police Department is now charged with forgery in the case of a psychological evaluation of a fellow officer.
February 20, 2020
Patrol
NYC Turnstile Jumper Says Bail Reform Law is "Lit"
A New York City man who has been arrested and released from jail six times in six weeks for a variety of minor offenses says that the state's new bail reform law that took effect in early January is "lit."
February 19, 2020
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