Law Enforcement

ALGONA, IA – A 33-year-old Algona Police officer who died in the line of duty earlier in September is being remembered as a hero by local officials and members of his community, with the 10-year veteran’s final efforts to subdue a wanted suspected being highlighted as emblematic of how “he answered the call to serve.” [...]

New York City will be cutting overtime pay for its police officers in an effort to pay for the city's ongoing migrant crisis despite police complaints that they are already understaffed. Read more...

During a traffic stop, a Michigan police officer saved the life of a baby in a speeding Camaro who was not breathing. The frantic driver of a Chevrolet Camaro was going between 75 and 80 miles per hour in a 45-mile-per-hour zone near 12 Mile and Schoenherr in Detroit, Michigan, on the way to the [...]

New York drivers are infamous for honking and swearing at one another in the Big Apple's congested streets, but two brothers accused of blocking a side street with their van are in jail this week after allegedly attacking an off-duty officer and wrestling for his gun, resulting in gunshot wounds to one of them and [...]

In 2022, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, 247 police officers died in the line of duty in the U.S.—61 by gunfire. Some were ambushed. Others were murdered during traffic stops. Fourteen were killed in “vehicular assaults.” It perhaps isn’t surprising that being a police officer can be a difficult and dangerous job, but [...]

San Francisco’s Reem’s California is prohibiting on-duty police officers from entering their restaurant while armed. KRON4 reported Reem’s “implemented a policy that bans armed police officers from entering the business located at 2901 Mission St.” Read more...

AUSTIN, TX – The Austin Police Department is in the midst of a transition after the retirement of Chief Joseph Chacon. Chacon's former Chief of Staff, Robin Henderson, has been named interim chief by the interim city manager, Jesus Garza. Henderson is taking the helm trying to manage massive staffing shortages, low morale and progressive [...]

In a new approach to emergency responses in Seattle, 911 callers may soon see unarmed “crisis responders” instead of police officers. A newly announced “alternate response team” aims to shift paradigms in public safety, marking a significant step in Seattle’s effort to reimagine emergency services. Spearheaded by Democrat Councilwoman Lisa Herbold, the initiative seeks to [...]

Austin, Texas, residents are feeling the aftershocks of the "defund the police" movement as staff shortages reportedly are leaving 911 callers on hold and crime continues to spiral out of control. Read more...

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. — A police officer was shot and a suspect is in custody after a barricade situation in Bolingbrook. Police said officers responded to a call of an alleged theft at a store around 6:14 p.m. Sunday in the 100 block of South Bolingbrook Drive. Another call came in around 7:48 p.m. reporting shots [...]