Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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Police Investigate How Texas Church Shooter Obtained Rifle Despite Mental Illness
Feb 15 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — The shooter who opened fire at a Houston megachurch before being gunned down by security officers used an AR-style rifle that police say she legally purchased despite a years-long criminal record, a...
Mississippi Governor Announces Law Enforcement Ops to Stem Capital City Crime
Feb 15 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Law enforcement officials have surged local, state and federal resources to Mississippi’s capital city for a new operation aimed at curbing violent crime, drug trafficking and other offenses,...
Police Investigate Motive Behind Shooting at Joel Osteen’s Megachurch
Feb 14 2024 // Several law enforcement agencies are actively investigating the motives behind a Sunday shooting at pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, which has one of the nation’s largest congregations. The...
Probe of Connecticut State Police Traffic Stops Shows No Intentional Racial Profiling
Feb 6 2024 // Inaccurate racial profiling data on traffic stops made by the Connecticut State Police was largely the result of data-entry mistakes and other mishaps, not an intentional effort by troopers to submit bogus information,...
Authorities: Man Fleeing Police in Alabama Caused Crash That Injured Gayle Manchin
Feb 5 2024 // HOMEWOOD, Ala. (AP) — A man fleeing police caused the Alabama car crash that injured Gayle Manchin, head of an economic development partnership of the federal government and 13 state governments and the wife of U.S. Sen....
State Troopers Arrested for Alleged Commercial Driver’s License Bribery Scam
Jan 31 2024 // Two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers are among six charged in connection with an alleged conspiracy to give passing scores to certain Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) applicants, including...
Virginia Police Officer Denied Workers’ Compensation Despite Statutory Presumption
Jan 30 2024 // A Virginia police officer has been denied workers’ compensation benefits for a heart condition despite the state law that his condition is presumed to be work-related. The Virginia Workers’ Compensation...
Seattle Will Pay $10M to Protesters Who Said Police Used Excessive Force During 2020 Protests
Jan 29 2024 // Seattle has agreed to pay $10 million to 50 demonstrators who sued over the police department’s heavy-handed response to racial justice protests in 2020, in a settlement announced by attorneys from both sides. The...
Jackie Robinson Statue Stolen From Kansas Park, Sparking Outrage and Police Search
Jan 29 2024 // WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A prized statue of Jackie Robinson was stolen from a public park in Kansas, spurring a police search Friday and outrage across the city of Wichita. The statue honors the first player to break Major...
Ring Will No Longer Allow Police to Request Users’ Doorbell Camera Footage
Jan 26 2024 // Amazon-owned Ring will stop allowing police departments to request doorbell camera footage from users, marking an end to a feature that has drawn criticism from privacy advocates. In a blog post on Wednesday, Ring said it...
Former Philadelphia Police Commander to Be Reinstated After Arbitrator’s Ruling
Jan 16 2024 // Philadelphia police say a former high-ranking commander fired after he was charged with sexual assault will be reinstated following an arbitrator’s ruling in the wake of the dismissal of the cases against him. Carl...
Vehicle Fleeing Suburban Madison, Wisconsin Police Stop Crashes, Killing All 3 People Inside
Jan 4 2024 // MONONA, Wis. (AP) – A vehicle fleeing a suburban Madison police traffic stop crashed overnight, killing all three people who were riding inside, authorities said. Monona police tried to stop “a suspicious...
Man Charged After 2 Killed in Alabama Police Chase
Jan 3 2024 // VALLEY, Ala. (AP) — A man faces murder charges after two people were killed in a head-on collision during a police chase, state law enforcement officials said Friday. The fatal crash occurred Thursday morning in...
New York to Require Disclosure of LLC Ownership for Law Enforcement, Regulators
Dec 29 2023 // Law enforcement and regulatory officials in New York will soon have access to information on the ownership behind limited liability corporations (LLCs). Governor Kathy Hochul called the LLC Transparency Act (S.995B/A.3484)...
Alabama Agency Completes Review of Fatal Police Shooting in Repo Incident
Dec 28 2023 // DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said Tuesday that it has completed an investigation into a fatal police shooting where a man was killed in his front yard during a dispute with a tow truck...
Police Searching for Suspect in Deadly Florida Mall Shooting
Dec 26 2023 // OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in central Florida issued an arrest warrant Sunday for a 39-year-old man accused of fatally shooting another man at a shopping mall two days before Christmas in which police say the...
Louisiana Police Say a Drunken Driver Smashed Into a Building, Then Left a Debris Trail Leading to a Bar
Dec 19 2023 // SLIDELL, La. (AP) – A drunken driver who fled after smashing into a Louisiana building left a debris trail that officers followed to find him at a bar, according to police. Police officers in Slidell were dispatched...
South Carolina Education Chief Wants Police to Have Maps of Schools for Response
Dec 15 2023 // GILBERT, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s top education official plans to ask lawmakers for $5 million to put a digital map of every school in the state online and make those maps immediately available on police...
Police in Massachusetts Town Move Quickly, Recover 16 Stolen Vehicles in 36 Hours
Dec 12 2023 // Auburn, Massachusetts police report they recovered 16 cars within 36 hours of them being stolen from a local auto rental business. Three Boston men have been charged with receiving a stolen motor vehicle and other...
Son of North Dakota Senator Crashes During Police Chase, Killing Sheriff’s Deputy
Dec 8 2023 // BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer crashed into a North Dakota sheriff`s vehicle during a police chase, pushing it into a deputy and killing him, according to authorities and the...
