Law Enforcement

Often, people point to the rate at which police officers are murdered with their guns. Over the 17 years from 2002 to 2018, there were 34 officers murdered with their gun compared to the 878 officers who were murdered — 3.87% of the total. But the relevant comparison is to the rate at which officers are assaulted. Officers have to come into contact with criminals when they [...]

Quick thinking by Island Lake police officers resulted in a lack of injuries to a resident trapped in a fire Sunday, authorities said. The Wauconda Fire District was called to the 900 block of West Plum Street in unincorporated McHenry County near Wauconda for a structure fire at 4:34 p.m. Sunday, authorities said in a [...]

DIXON, IL - Ogle County Sheriff's Deputies intervened in a Wednesday standoff at a gated community home in Dixon that found a suspect, Jonathon Gounaris, experiencing suicidal/homicidal ideation barricaded in his home heavily armed and wearing body armor. Three officers and the suspect were shot and injured, and one officer was severely injured.

KANSAS CITY, MO - Kansas City is experiencing a troubling increase in violent crime while police enforcement has dropped to record-low levels. This trend mirrors a national pattern, where negative publicity from high-profile incidents involving police leads to reduced police activity.

Two policemen in Alexandria, Virginia, revived a newborn in the tense moments after he was born not breathing. Law enforcement officials said Monday that the Alexandria Police Department (APD) got a 911 call just after midnight about a family in desperate need of help when a mother gave birth suddenly to a lifeless baby.

Minneapolis, MN— It's a common question asked by law enforcement officers across the nation as the opening move in many given traffic stops to the extent that it has become a cliche: “Do you know why I pulled you over?”

TAMPA, FL— The City Council of Tampa, FL voted in a 6-1 measure Thursday to initiate the dissolution of the Citizens Review Board that was formed in 2015 in response to allegations of racial profiling. The move came just days before a new Florida law, HB 601, came into force eliminating the ability of municipalities [...]

MINNEAPOLIS, MN— State Trooper Ryan Londregan has had all charges against him dismissed by Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty according to reports released Sunday stating that the charges against him in the shooting death of Ricky Cobb II in the summer of 2023 cannot be proven.

MOORE, OK— A family in Moore, OK was stymied when they returned home to find a section of their fence obliterated, only to learn later that Moore Police officers in hot pursuit of a 20-year-old suspect followed him around over and through the already damaged fence into their backyard. Until they were alerted by local [...]

BALTIMORE, MD - As with many large cities around the country, the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) is facing a staffing shortage and according to Fox 5, an insider has suggested that City Hall and BPD leaders are not sharing the exact details about what is driving the shortage.