Law Enforcement

Newly-inaugurated “progressive” Oakland, California, mayor Sheng Thao fired Oakland Police Department Chief LeRonne Armstrong this week over alleged mishandling of police misconduct — and he is fighting back. Armstrong was a frequent critic of the far-left, opposing efforts to “defund the police” and speaking out against violent crime. Notably, he opposed a decision by the city [...]

A Colorado police officer died Saturday after falling 40 feet from a bridge while attempting to apprehend carjacking suspects, multiple outlets reported. "It is with extreme sadness that we at the Fountain Police Department notify the public that K-9 Officer Julian Becerra has succumbed to the injuries he suffered during an on-duty incident," a statement [...]

A man was shot in the chest Saturday night at a San Antonio, Texas, Twin Peaks restaurant after allegedly tasering an officer who had been asked to remove him from the premises. The man was allegedly part of a disturbance in the restaurant just before midnight Saturday, KENS 5 reported. An off-duty Somerset police officer, [...]

CHICAGO — A man was shot by Chicago police Monday in North Lawndale. It happened in the 2100 block of South St. Louis Avenue around noon. Chicago fire said a man in his 20s was shot and was transported in critical condition. The incident is being investigated by COPA as an officer-involved shooting. Read more...

A 32-year-old police officer was hospitalized in critical but stable condition after being shot twice Wednesday afternoon during a traffic stop in West Philadelphia, police said. The shooting happened just before 3:40 p.m. on the 200 block of North 60th Street, police said. The officer was driven by his partner to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. [...]

The man accused of killing a McKeesport police officer and wounding another on Monday remained hospitalized Tuesday, officials said, with no date set for his initial court appearance. Johnathan Morris, 31, is charged with homicide in connection with the death of Officer Sean Sluganski. He also faces a slew of other charges in the alleged shooting, which also [...]

A Milwaukee, Wisconsin police officer was fatally shot early Tuesday in the line of duty while seeking to apprehend an alleged robber. The officer’s name was not yet released but was referred to as a 37-year-old male officer with four years of service, according to Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman. Read more...

A man who was a suspect in a mass shooting in Lakeland, Florida, last week was shot and killed by a police officer after he fled police, hijacked a car, and crashed into a business on Monday. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a media briefing Monday that officers from the Lakeland Police Department [...]

CHICAGO — New video released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability shows the moment a Chicago Police officer used his gun in a Christmas Eve shooting. Surveillance video from a gas station near 59th and Halsted, in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, captured the moments before the officer-involved shooting on Dec. 24. Read more...

ST. JOHN, Ind. — A Northwest Indiana officer facing charges after allegedly shooting at an off-duty Hammond officer has resigned. On Nov. 29 of last year, St. John officer Philip Fabian, 33, shot at the officer near 93rd Avenue and Cline Avenue. Read more...