Law Enforcement

The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office said they are remembering sheriff’s deputy Jacob Keltner, who was shot and killed in the line of duty four years ago today. “Deputy Keltner will always be a hero to his family, his brothers and sisters in blue, and his community. He is very much missed, but never forgotten,” the [...]

Three police officers are recovering after they were shot executing a search warrant at a residence in Kansas City, Missouri, on Tuesday evening. Around 9:30 p.m., three members of a tactical team from the Kansas City Police Department, all of whom are male, arrived at a residence in the eastern part of the city. When [...]

One person is in custody, two others are sought after a New Jersey state trooper was shot while on patrol overnight. The shooting happened Thursday around 12:30 a.m., FOX 5 New York reports. State police say the male trooper was shot in the lower leg while on patrol in the area of 30th Street in [...]

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer was shot and killed Wednesday evening on the city’s Southwest Side. The officer, later identified as 32-year-old Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso by the medical examiner’s office, was shot at around 4:45 p.m. in the 5200 block of South Spaulding Avenue in the city’s Gage Park neighborhood. Read more...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) – Authorities say a man has been found dead following a standoff that started Tuesday night after multiple officers were shot in Kansas City, Missouri. The Kansas City Police Department said the incident started after 9:30 p.m. in the area of E. 23rd Street and Blue Ridge Boulevard. Read more...

Officials say a Kentucky man who was in custody after allegedly shooting three law enforcement officers in June died in jail on Tuesday. Authorities believe the death was a suicide. WYMT reported Lance Storz, who was accused of fatally shooting three law enforcement officers in June, died in the Pike County Detention Center early Tuesday, [...]

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. (FOX 2) — A police officer was wounded and a second person was shot dead Sunday afternoon, prompting a standoff in a neighborhood just outside Dupo, Illinois. According to a statement from the Illinois State Police, the shooting happened just after 1:15 p.m. in the 400 block of McBride Avenue. Read [...]

The Austin, Texas Police Department is on the verge of a staffing collapse after 40 officers file retirement papers one week amid a contract dispute with the city council. Austin Retired Officers Association President Dennis Farris warned the department is in "dire straits" on "Fox & Friends First" Monday as 150 officers reach out to [...]

Last year, in an effort to fulfill his campaign promises of bold criminal justice reform, President Joe Biden issued an executive order he said would increase accountability for federal law enforcement agencies. While many local police and sheriffs’ departments across the country had already reckoned with the social justice protests of 2020 by enacting modest policy enhancements, the [...]

An Easton police officer shot and killed a 56-year-old woman who had pointed what appeared to be a rifle at officers before the gunfire, according to police. Sunday’s fatal police shooting is under investigation after an officer shot to death Marianne Griffiths, who had actually aimed a pump action BB gun at the officers. Read [...]