Police news

• Man Killed by Albuquerque Police Tuesday Had Stolen Guns, Armor

  15-01-2015 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The gun Okeefe had was a Ruger Vaquero .45 Long Colt – a modern revolver with an Old West look. Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Sgt. Aaron Williamson said someone broke into a deputy’s home on Monday morning and stole the vest and three firearms, which were personal weapons the deputy doesn’t use on duty.
  
  Read more

• Louisiana Assistant Chief Dies of Heart Attack on Duty

  15-01-2015 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The body of Bordelon, 51, who rose from patrolman to assistant police chief in 20 years with the department was discovered inside Town Hall on Saturday morning. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday, officials said.
  
  Read more

• Investigators Search for Cause of Deadly Texas Prison Bus Crash

  15-01-2015 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Eight prisoners and two long-time veteran prison department officers, including the driver, were killed, the agency said in a statement. Another corrections officer and four other inmates were hospitalized.
  
  Read more

• Scottsdale police investigating officer-involved shooting Thursday; no ... - ABC15 Arizona

  15-01-2015 21:16 via abc15.com
  
  ABC15 Arizona
  Scottsdale police investigating officer-involved shooting Thursday; no ...
  ABC15 Arizona
  Scottsdale Police Sgt. Ben Hoster said undercover detectives were conducting surveillance of four suspects connected to multiple reports of credit card fraud. Hoster said the vehicle--which had two men and two women inside--pulled into the Safeway ...
  Scottsdale police officer involved in shootingKPHO Phoenix
  
  all 25 news articles »
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Video: Arizona Activist Who Failed Force-on-Force Scenario Demands Firing of Campus Officer

  15-01-2015 20:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Phoenix-area civil-rights activist, who last week participated in force-on-force training with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, has thrown his support behind Arizona State University for moving to fire the campus police officer accused by a university professor of wrongful arrest and excessive force last summer.
  
  Read more

• Oklahoma police chief shot during bomb threat investigation; alleged shooter ... - Fox News

  15-01-2015 20:17 via foxnews.com
  
  KOCO Oklahoma City
  Oklahoma police chief shot during bomb threat investigation; alleged shooter ...
  Fox News
  An Oklahoma police chief survived being shot several times because he was handed a bulletproof vest just moments before entering the home of the suspect who posted statements about ISIS on social media. NewsOK.com reported that the Sentinel Police ...
  Officials: No arrests in shooting of police chiefKOCO Oklahoma City
  OSBI: No Arrests in Sentinel Police Chief ShootingKTUL
  Authoritie
  
  Read more

• Team Wendy Debuts Search and Rescue Helmets

  15-01-2015 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Team Wendy is launching two Exfil helmet models for search and rescue personnel and outdoor adventurers—the Exfil SAR Tactical and Exfil SAR Backcountry. These search-and-rescue helmets are built to offer tactical accessory mounting capabilities while providing protection that meets key industrial and mountaineering requirements.
  
  Read more

• Ring's Manufacturing New Catalog Available

  15-01-2015 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ring's Manufacturing Inc. has released its newest catalog featuring Bluegun training weapons. Not only are handguns featured but also long guns, period weapons, TASERs, and accessories.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Protests against police violence close Boston highway - Reuters

  15-01-2015 19:46 via reuters.com
  
  Boston Herald
  Protests against police violence close Boston highway
  Reuters
  "Our nonviolent direct action is meant to expose the reality that Boston is a city where white commuters and students use the city and leave, while black and brown communities are targeted by police, exploited and displaced," organizer Katie Seitz said ...
  Activists Protesting Police Violence Shut Down Boston Highway, 29 ArrestedNBCNews.com
  'Reckless' protesters shut down major interstate outside Bosto
  
  Read more

• Aurora manager picks Nick Metz to be city's new police chief - The Denver Post

  15-01-2015 18:55 via denverpost.com
  
  KING5.com
  Aurora manager picks Nick Metz to be city's new police chief
  The Denver Post
  In picking Nick Metz to be Aurora's next police chief, city officials believe they've found the leader who can diversify the department and connect with the city's large minority population. Metz, who will be the first African-American police chief in ...
  Seattle candidate, Nick Metz, named new chief of police for AuroraFOX31 Denver
  Seattle PD's Nick Metz chosen as Aurora, Colo., police ch
  
  Read more

• Harrowing Police Body Cam Footage Shows Moments Before Deadly Encounter - ABC News

  15-01-2015 18:31 via abcnews.go.com
  ABC News
  Harrowing Police Body Cam Footage Shows Moments Before Deadly Encounter
  ABC News
  Video from an officer's body camera shows how a seemingly routine police interaction turned deadly. Officer Tyler Stewart was killed after following up on a domestic violence report on Dec. 27, according to a statement from the Flagstaff Police ...
  Video: Body camera of Arizona police officer, a Concordia graduate, captures ...OCRegister
  Body camera captures final moments of police officer's lifefo
  
  Read more

• Wife of Peachtree City police chief paralyzed after shooting - WSB Atlanta

  15-01-2015 18:03 via wsbtv.com
  
  New York Daily News
  Wife of Peachtree City police chief paralyzed after shooting
  WSB Atlanta
  Channel 2 Action News has exclusively learned the wife of the Peachtree City police chief is now paralyzed after being shot by her husband. Channel 2's Aaron Diamant received information about the extent of Maggie McCollom's injuries shortly after she ...
  Report: Peachtree City police chief's wife is paralyzedAtlanta Journal Constitution
  Wife of Georgia police chief paralyzed by shooting: re
  
  Read more

• NYC lost about $5 million in revenue during suspected police slowdown - CBS News

  15-01-2015 17:54 via cbsnews.com
  
  CBS News
  NYC lost about $5 million in revenue during suspected police slowdown
  CBS News
  NEW YORK -- A suspected work slowdown by New York City police at the start of the year has cost the city an estimated $5 million in lost fines. The New York Times, citing figures provided by the city comptroller's office, reports that the biggest loss ...
  
  and more »
  
  Read more

• Police shoot two men, one fatally, during auto theft investigation in Franklin ... - STLtoday.com

  15-01-2015 17:23 via stltoday.com
  
  CBS Local
  Police shoot two men, one fatally, during auto theft investigation in Franklin ...
  STLtoday.com
  FRANKLIN COUNTY • The driver of a truck who was shot by police Wednesday night after the vehicle burst through a garage door and headed towards officers died hours later of his wounds, police said. Authorities said Thursday morning that the man, ...
  Latest trick by car thieves led police right to themfox2now.com
  
  all 30 news articles »
  
  Read more

• New York City mayor says he would veto police chokehold ban - Reuters

  15-01-2015 16:10 via reuters.com
  
  Reuters
  New York City mayor says he would veto police chokehold ban
  Reuters
  The maneuver, which has come under intense scrutiny since an unarmed New Yorker died last July after a policeman gripped him around the neck, already is banned under the police department's internal rules. De Blasio said ensuring officers follow those ...
  
  Read more

• The Big Problem With Police Body Cameras - Businessweek

  15-01-2015 16:02 via businessweek.com
  
  Businessweek
  The Big Problem With Police Body Cameras
  Businessweek
  The push to bring on-body cameras to every police department in the country is rapidly moving forward. On Tuesday, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department made a request for $7 million to purchase 1,400 of them. In December 2014, the Los Angeles ...
  
  Read more

• Police: Beachside schools reopened following lockdown - Florida Today

  15-01-2015 16:02 via floridatoday.com
  
  Florida Today
  Police: Beachside schools reopened following lockdown
  Florida Today
  Update, 9:50 a.m.: Two schools in Indian Harbour Beach have been reopened following a lockdown as police search for a suspect – possibly wounded by gunfire – last seen jumping over a fence and running from a home. So far, police have not found the ...
  
  and more »
  
  Read more

• Video: Seattle Officer Suspended for Calling Suspect "Boy" During Pursuit

  15-01-2015 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In-car video obtained by KIRO Radio shows a female officer pursuing a black male near Fourth Avenue and Union Street on October 7, 2013. The suspect, 32-year-old Kimo M. Warren, was being sought for a domestic violence incident.
  
  Read more

• Video: FBI Arrests Ohio Man for Alleged Capitol Hill Terror Plot, Parents Claim "Set Up"

  15-01-2015 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The FBI Wednesday arrested an Ohio man for allegedly plotting an ISIS-inspired attack on the U.S. Capitol, where he hoped to set off a series of bombs aimed at lawmakers, whom he allegedly considered enemies.
  
  Read more

• Some NYPD Brass Ban Vacations in Response to Alleged Police Slowdown

  15-01-2015 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The New York Post is reporting that officers of the NYPD are being told by their commanders that they will not be granted vacation or sick days until summons activity increases. The action is reportedly a counter strike by the brass against an alleged slowdown in police activity following widespread anti-police protests and the perceived support of the protests by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
  
  Read more

• Holder Calls for Federal Database of Officer-Involved Shootings and Duty Deaths

  15-01-2015 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Holder said Thursday that improving the way this information is collected would simultaneously address concerns people have regarding police officer safety and civil liberties.
  
  Read more

• De Blasio: No Apology, but Police Have "Valid Issues"

  15-01-2015 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday he won't apologize for past remarks that antagonized some police officers, but he pledged to address "valid issues" raised by cops and he harshly criticized the rhetoric of the most extreme anti-NYPD protesters as "sick."
  
  Read more

• St. Paul police fatally shoot man during confrontation - Minnesota Public Radio News

  15-01-2015 13:01 via mprnews.org
  
  KARE
  St. Paul police fatally shoot man during confrontation
  Minnesota Public Radio News
  St. Paul police shot and killed a man during a confrontation early Wednesday, police said. The officers involved in the shooting were not injured. Evidence at the scene and people who knew the suspect and his family identified him as Marcus Golden ...
  St. Paul man killed by police had threatened officers earlier, report saysTwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
  Family IDs man fatally shot by St. Paul PoliceKARE
  Lates
  
  Read more

• Missing man found dead, police say - Pensacola News Journal

  15-01-2015 07:22 via pnj.com
  
  Pensacola News Journal
  Missing man found dead, police say
  Pensacola News Journal
  The man Pensacola police were searching for has been found dead, according to a Pensacola Police Department news release. Police were called shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday after Frankie James Moultrie Sr., 57, was found dead in a pool near his home.
  
  and more »
  
  Read more

• Rape evidence ignored by police departments statewide - KING5.com

  15-01-2015 06:15 via king5.com
  
  KING5.com
  Rape evidence ignored by police departments statewide
  KING5.com
  Even victims who are brutally violated are sometimes reluctant to go to police or to have evidence collected from their body and clothing at a hospital. That's why Evergreen Health in Kirkland staffs its emergency room with a specially trained sexual ...
  
  Read more

• Shoplifting suspect accused of stealing police car while handcuffed - WPXI Pittsburgh

  15-01-2015 05:32 via wpxi.com
  
  Fox News
  Shoplifting suspect accused of stealing police car while handcuffed
  WPXI Pittsburgh
  Kramer said Rimer somehow climbed through the glass partition to the driver's seat and put the cruiser in gear. She reportedly rammed into multiple vehicles, including another police vehicle, as she led officers on a high-speed chase through Beaver County.
  Handcuffed suspect steals cruiser, leads cops on 120 mph chase, police sayFox News
  Cuffed woman steals police car, leads 120 mph chase in Pa.New
  
  Read more

• Man shot after firing rifle at Chesapeake police officers - wtkr.com

  15-01-2015 05:29 via wtkr.com
  
  Man shot after firing rifle at Chesapeake police officers
  wtkr.com
  Chesapeake, Va. – A man was shot after police say he used a rifle to fire towards officers as they responded to a call about an attempted suicide on Wednesday night. This happened in the 1100 block of Sir Gawaine Drive. Calls came in at around 8:15 p.m..
  
  and more »
  
  Read more

• Body camera video of Arizona police officer's killing stirs ethical debate - Los Angeles Times

  15-01-2015 03:51 via latimes.com
  
  azcentral.com
  Body camera video of Arizona police officer's killing stirs ethical debate
  Los Angeles Times
  The video footage is raw, showing Flagstaff, Ariz., police Officer Tyler Stewart chatting with a man accused of breaking a couple things in his girlfriend's apartment a day earlier. That's what body cameras do: capture the daily work of police officers ...
  Police camera shows final moments before man killed Flagstaff officerFOX 10 News Phoenix
  
  all 51 news articles »
  
  Read more

• Testimony: Police Used 'Unreasonable' Force in Beanbag Death - ABC News

  15-01-2015 03:49 via abcnews.go.com
  Testimony: Police Used 'Unreasonable' Force in Beanbag Death
  ABC News
  Suburban Chicago police who fired beanbag rounds at a knife-wielding 95-year-old man used "unreasonable and unnecessary" force, an expert on police tactics testified Wednesday at an officer's trial on a felony reckless conduct charge in the World War ...
  
  and more »
  
  Read more

• President of New York City Police Union Faces Internal Opposition - New York Times

  15-01-2015 03:44 via nytimes.com
  DNAinfo
  President of New York City Police Union Faces Internal Opposition
  New York Times
  The head of the union for New York City's police lieutenants laid out ideas for repairing a rift with Mayor Bill de Blasio. The leader of the sergeants union planned a trip to Texas to talk to black clergy members and offer suggestions for mending the ...
  After Confronting NYC Mayor, Police Union Leader Faces Mutiny of His Own ...Democracy Now
  "Pushing, Shoving And Lots Of Screaming" At P
  
  Read more

• St. Paul man killed by police had threatened officers earlier, report says - TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

  15-01-2015 03:35 via twincities.com
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  St. Paul man killed by police had threatened officers earlier, report says
  TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
  Jeff Martin, center, St. Paul NAACP president, speaks at a news conference at Hallie Q Brown Center in St. Paul on Wednesday Jan. 14, 2015, regarding an African-American man shot by St. Paul police early Wednesday. The NAACP has asked for an ...
  St. Paul police fatally shoot man during confrontationMinnesota Public Radio News
  St. Paul police shoot and kill suspec
  
  Read more

• Police identify man killed in officer-involved shooting in Draper - KSL.com

  15-01-2015 03:28 via ksl.com
  KSL.com
  Police identify man killed in officer-involved shooting in Draper
  KSL.com
  DRAPER — One man was shot and killed Wednesday after a police officer on his way to work stopped to offer assistance to a driver and ended up fighting the man after he allegedly pulled out a knife. The incident was the third fatal officer-involved ...
  Police investigating shooting in DraperSalt Lake Tribune
  Family of man shot, killed by police says drugs led him into troublefox13now.com
  Police release name of ma
  
  Read more

• Police: Suspect in Foiled Kidnapping Made Odd Comments - ABC News

  15-01-2015 03:22 via abcnews.go.com
  Deseret News
  Police: Suspect in Foiled Kidnapping Made Odd Comments
  ABC News
  A police officer testified Wednesday that a man accused of trying to kidnap a young Utah girl from her bedroom rambled on after his arrest about drug cartels, the FBI and voices coming from a radio. The testimony by Sandy Police Detective Robert Webb ...
  Troy Morley, Utah Kidnapping Suspect, Made Odd Comments: PoliceHuffington Post
  
  all 45 news articles »
  
  Read more

• Chinese police rescue 37 babies in trafficking bust - CNN International

  15-01-2015 02:20 via edition.cnn.com
  
  CNN International
  Chinese police rescue 37 babies in trafficking bust
  CNN International
  In a two-month sting operation following the raid, police discovered that the babies were often transported from the factory in bags to a hospital for infectious diseases in a nearby suburb where they were kept, awaiting buyers. "Out of the 37 babies ...
  Chinese police break up alleged baby-trafficking ring, rescuing 37 from ...Washington Post
  
  all 59 news articles »
  
  Read more

• Handcuffed woman steals cop car, leads police on high-speed chase - WPXI Pittsburgh

  15-01-2015 02:18 via wpxi.com
  
  New York Daily News
  Handcuffed woman steals cop car, leads police on high-speed chase
  WPXI Pittsburgh
  While that woman, later identified as 27-year-old Roxanne Rimer, was sitting in the back of a police cruiser in handcuffs she managed to get into the driver's seat and took off, police sources told Marcinkiewicz. Rimer reportedly rammed into multiple ...
  Cuffed woman steals police car, leads 120 mph chase in Pa.New York Daily News
  Police: Handcuffed Woman Steals Cop Car, Leads Them On High
  
  Read more

• Albuquerque Police Say Shot Suspect Wore Stolen Body Armor - ABC News

  15-01-2015 01:41 via abcnews.go.com
  CNN
  Albuquerque Police Say Shot Suspect Wore Stolen Body Armor
  ABC News
  A man shot and killed by Albuquerque police was wearing sheriff-issued body armor and fired a stolen gun at officers, police said Wednesday. John Edward Okeefe, 34, died after a shootout with two officers on Tuesday in what was the Albuquerque Police ...
  Albuquerque Police Shoot Man Day After Murder Charges: OfficialsNBCNews.com
  Amid busy January, Albuquerque police kill man allegedly wearing body armorCNN
  Police: Anot
  
  Read more

• Coraopolis police chief placed on leave after being charged in August car crash - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

  15-01-2015 01:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Post Gazette
  Coraopolis police chief placed on leave after being charged in August car crash
  Pittsburgh Post Gazette
  Coraopolis police Chief Alan DeRusso was arraigned today on criminal charges, including felony aggravated assault by motor vehicle, stemming from an August crash in Moon that injured a woman. The crash occurred Aug. 7 around 8:14 a.m. at Route 51 ...
  Coraopolis police chief facing charges in serious crashWPXI Pittsburgh
  Coraopolis Police Chief To Face ChargesCBS L
  
  Read more

• In Delaware, show of support for police - The News Journal

  15-01-2015 01:22 via delawareonline.com
  
  The News Journal
  In Delaware, show of support for police
  The News Journal
  One can say Shirley Shea's blood is blue – police blue, that is. Shea is mother to two Wilmington police officers, Justin and Josh Wilkers, who have been seriously injured in the line of duty. A third son, Brendan Shea, is set to graduate from ...
  
  Read more

Follow @Police_News_US on Twitter!