• Kansas Detective Shot and Wounded, Suspect Apprehended

    Kansas Detective Shot and Wounded, Suspect Apprehended
    A man suspected of shooting a Kansas City, KS, police detective was seriously wounded in a shootout with police in south Kansas City, MO, police said.Police said they chased Curtis Ayers, 26, until he crashed into a concrete pillar at the intersection of Bannister Road and U.S. Highway 71. He ran up a hill and tried to carjack someone else and then exchanged gunfire with officers. He was struck, taken to a hospital, and was listed in stable condition, reports KMBC.A manhunt for Ayers had been un
  • CHP Officer Injured in Collision with Fed-Ex Truck

    CHP Officer Injured in Collision with Fed-Ex Truck
    California Highway Patrol Officer Vincent Smith remained in serious condition Sunday after being hit by a FedEx truck while trying to clear the roadway of two other vehicles involved in a hit-and-run crash, reports the Sacramento Bee.Smith, an 18-year veteran, responded with other officers to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 50 near 16th Street in Sacramento just after 3 a.m. Saturday, according to CHP spokesman Officer Michael Bradley. One driver involved in the crash had fled on foot, and both v
  • Video: Phoenix Cop Killer Gets Life Term in 2010 Murder

    Video: Phoenix Cop Killer Gets Life Term in 2010 Murder
    VIDEO: Phoenix Cop Killer Gets Life Term in 2010 MurderThe man who shot and killed Officer Travis Murphy from the shadows as Murphy responded to a call in Phoenix almost six years ago was sentenced to life in prison without parole, reports the Arizona Republic.The sentence was handed down Friday to Danny Ledezma Martinez by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Teresa Sanders after an emotional three-hour hearing.Police officers and family members fought tears, anger, and frustration as they told
  • Diablo Controls Develops Hands-Free Gate Access System

    Diablo Controls Develops Hands-Free Gate Access System
    Diablo Controls' new product is the AVI, an automatic hands-free vehicle identification and access system. The AVI has many applications, including allowing emergency vehicle access into secured gated areas.The system utilizes proven technology and is designed as a plug-and-play operation. It is also unaffected by weather changes. 
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  • FLEOA Endorses Sanctuary Cities Bill

    FLEOA Endorses Sanctuary Cities Bill
    Following Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney's refusal to reverse the city's sanctuary city policy, Senator Pat Toomey has re-introduced the "Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act" with a host of co-sponsors including Senator Charles Grassley, Senator Ron Johnson, and many others.In response, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) National President Nathan Catura issued the following statement:"Once again, we would like to thank Senator Toomey and the co-sponsors of this
  • Video: Escaped New Jersey Inmate Captured

    Video: Escaped New Jersey Inmate Captured
    VIDEO: Escaped New Jersey Inmate CapturedThe escaped inmate who had been the subject of a massive manhunt in New Jersey is back in custody, reports WPVI-TV.The station's Chopper 6 was over the scene around 11:30 a.m. Monday as 38-year-old Arthur Buckel was taken into custody.About 20 police officers surrounded him next to a black SUV pulled over in the northbound lanes of the Garden State Parkway near Double Trouble State Park in Ocean County.Buckel was taken into custody without incident, accor
  • Ferguson to Swear in New Police Chief

    Ferguson to Swear in New Police Chief
    Ferguson, MO, the St. Louis suburb that erupted into weeks of racially charged protests after a white police officer killed an unarmed black teen in 2014, is slated to swear in its first African-American police chief Monday, reports CNN.Maj. Delrish Moss, a longtime Miami officer, was selected in April after a three-month nationwide search, the city said in a statement."Major Moss exemplifies the type of experience in law enforcement that we believe will enhance the many new programs within the
  • Law Enforcement Software Platform Raises $27 Million in Funding

    Law Enforcement Software Platform Raises $27 Million in Funding
    Mark43, a developer of information management and analysis software for law enforcement, has closed $27 million in Series B equity financing.Cobalt, Mark43's software platform, combines records management, analysis tools, and investigative tools. The company hopes that its new platform will help law enforcement be more efficient. "Across the country, officers are spending large amounts of their shifts doing reports behind a computer rather than patrolling the streets. In Washington, D.C., t
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  • Florida Crime Labs Help Eliminate Backlog of Rape Kits

    Florida Crime Labs Help Eliminate Backlog of Rape Kits
    Florida Gov. Rick Scott recently signed a law that requires rape kits to be tested within 120 days of submission to a state crime lab. This will also invest $10.7 million in Florida's crime laboratories to eliminate the state's backlog of rape kits. "We want to give law enforcement personnel all the tools they need to keep Floridians safe," said Allison Nunes, chief operating officer of DNA Labs International.DNA Labs International is a private forensic DNA lab based in Broward County, FL.
  • How First-Responder Communications are Evolving

    Dave George is president of Pryme Radio Products and holder of more than 35 product patents. This is his annual forecast of communication trends and technologies. Convergence is now CommonplaceThe 2016 International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) proved that the convergence trend and evolution toward network-based wireless communications is indeed becoming a reality. At the end of the day, it’s really about the network, not the technology. I’ve been seeing this coming
  • Man fatally shot, woman injured in St. Paul police-involved shootings - Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Man fatally shot, woman injured in St. Paul police-involved shootings - Minneapolis Star Tribune
    Minneapolis Star Tribune
    Man fatally shot, woman injured in St. Paul police-involved shootings
    Minneapolis Star Tribune
    A witness says the incident began when a man apparently shot a woman on the street around 3:30 a.m., and when police arrived more shots were fired. By Tim Harlow Star Tribune. May 9, 2016 — 8:57am. itemprop. Leila Navidi, Star Tribune Police ...and more »
  • Ferguson to swear in new police chief - CNN

    Ferguson to swear in new police chief - CNN
    CNN
    Ferguson to swear in new police chief
    CNN
    (CNN) Ferguson, Missouri, the St. Louis suburb that erupted into weeks of racially charged protests after a white police officer killed an unarmed black teen, is slated to swear in its first African-American police chief Monday. Maj. Delrish Moss, a ...
    New Police Chief Seeks to Overturn Ferguson's Legacy of TurmoilNew York Times
    Ferguson's 1st Black Police Chief to Be Sworn in MondayABC Newsall 10 news articles »
  • Cambodia Police Detain 8 at Peaceful Protest Against Arrests - ABC News

    Cambodia Police Detain 8 at Peaceful Protest Against Arrests
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    Police in Cambodia detained eight activists, including two Westerners, who wore black clothing in a peaceful protest Monday in support of human rights workers who were jailed last week, a rights advocacy group said. They were released after being held ...and more »
  • Boy, 16, shot by police, lived and died in one of city's toughest neighborhoods - Chicago Tribune

    Boy, 16, shot by police, lived and died in one of city's toughest neighborhoods - Chicago Tribune
    Chicago Tribune
    Boy, 16, shot by police, lived and died in one of city's toughest neighborhoods
    Chicago Tribune
    A look inside the life of Pierre Loury, the 16-year-old who was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer in April 2016 after the teen allegedly threatened him with a gun. Alexis Myers and Jeremy GornerContact ReportersChicago Tribune. Pierre Loury ...
  • Police: Man shoots, kills brother in beef over cheeseburger - Fox News

    Police: Man shoots, kills brother in beef over cheeseburger - Fox News
    FOX31 Denver
    Police: Man shoots, kills brother in beef over cheeseburger
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    A Florida man was behind bars after police say he shot and killed his brother in a beef over a cheeseburger. Benjamin Angus Middendorf, 25, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his older brother Thursday. Nicholas Middendorf, 28, was ...
    Man kills brother in argument over cheeseburger, police sayFOX31 Denver
    Police: Man kills brother over cheeseburger after Cinco de Mayo festivities in FloridaWABC-
  • Police: Argument inside van leads to man's fatal shooting in Putnam County; 2 people arrested - Fox 59

    Police: Argument inside van leads to man's fatal shooting in Putnam County; 2 people arrested - Fox 59
    Fox 59
    Police: Argument inside van leads to man's fatal shooting in Putnam County; 2 people arrested
    Fox 59
    GREENCASTLE, Ind. – Police are investigating after a person was shot and killed in Greencastle late Sunday night. According to the Putnam County Sheriff's Department, a person suffering from a gunshot wound was brought to the Putnam County Hospital in ...and more »
  • Missing Ben Needham: British police fly to Greek island of Kos in hunt for new witnesses - Telegraph.co.uk

    Missing Ben Needham: British police fly to Greek island of Kos in hunt for new witnesses - Telegraph.co.uk
    Telegraph.co.uk
    Missing Ben Needham: British police fly to Greek island of Kos in hunt for new witnesses
    Telegraph.co.uk
    A team of British police officers is heading for the Greek island of Kos to look for new witnesses in the search for toddler Ben Needham who went missing almost 25 years ago. Ben, from Sheffield, was 21 months old when he vanished on July 24, 1991 ...
    Police Fly To Kos In Hunt For Missing Ben NeedhamSky News
    Ben Needham search: Police return to Kos for inquiryBBC Newsall 13 n
  • Al Shabaab car bomb attack kills at least two Somali police - Reuters

    Al Shabaab car bomb attack kills at least two Somali police - Reuters
    Al Shabaab car bomb attack kills at least two Somali police
    Reuters
    MOGADISHU A suicide car bomb at Mogadishu's traffic police headquarters killed at least two officers on Monday, Somali police said, and the country's al Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility. Three other police were wounded during the attack ...and more »
  • Police union claims de Blasio is shortchanging cops - New York Post

    Police union claims de Blasio is shortchanging cops - New York Post
    New York Post
    Police union claims de Blasio is shortchanging cops
    New York Post
    The city's police union will begin airing an ad Monday accusing Mayor de Blasio of shortchanging cops. The 30-second radio spot will focus on how NYPD officers “make 34 percent less than cops locally and nationwide.” It also links the department's ...
  • WATCH: Police hunt escapee Arthur Buckel near Parkway - Asbury Park Press

    WATCH: Police hunt escapee Arthur Buckel near Parkway - Asbury Park Press
    Asbury Park Press
    WATCH: Police hunt escapee Arthur Buckel near Parkway
    Asbury Park Press
    LACEY – Convicted baby killer-turned-fugitive Arthur Buckel bailed on an appointment to turn himself in to authorities, police said Monday morning. State, local and neighboring police cruisers were seen at the Forked River Rest Area Monday, with ...and more »
  • Former NT police chief John McRoberts charged over investigation into corrupt travel agent - ABC Online

    Former NT police chief John McRoberts charged over investigation into corrupt travel agent - ABC Online
    ABC Online
    Former NT police chief John McRoberts charged over investigation into corrupt travel agent
    ABC Online
    Former NT police commissioner John McRoberts has been charged with perverting the course of justice in relation to a fraud investigation of a now-jailed travel agent. In January 2015, McRoberts was asked to resign from his position as police chief over ...and more »
  • High-speed chase suspect tried to ram officer before police opened fire - wtvr.com

    High-speed chase suspect tried to ram officer before police opened fire - wtvr.com
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    High-speed chase suspect tried to ram officer before police opened fire
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    CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. – Authorities said an officer opened fire after a suspect tried to back over that officer during a police pursuit in Chesterfield County Sunday afternoon. Police were dispatched to a neighborhood for a report of an intoxicated ...and more »
  • Police shoot man who charged at officer with knife in Bergen Beach, Brooklyn - WABC-TV

    Police shoot man who charged at officer with knife in Bergen Beach, Brooklyn - WABC-TV
    WABC-TV
    Police shoot man who charged at officer with knife in Bergen Beach, Brooklyn
    WABC-TV
    The NYPD says an officer shot a man who charged at an officer with a dagger in Brooklyn. The man was making his way through a Bath Beach neighborhood kicking car doors. When police officers arrived to check on reports of a man 'acting irrationally' at ...
    Police shoot man who charged at them with dagger in Brooklyn: NYPDNew York's PIX11 / WPIX-TVall 10 news articles »
  • Police: One dead, two injured in northeast Columbus shooting - NBC4i.com

    Police: One dead, two injured in northeast Columbus shooting - NBC4i.com
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    Police: One dead, two injured in northeast Columbus shooting
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    COLUMBUS (WCMH) — One person has died and two others were injured following a shooting near Cleveland Avenue and Belcher Drive Sunday evening. Columbus police and medics responded to reports of a shooting near 2387 Belcher Drive at about ...and more »
  • Police: Missing girl, grandfather home safe - WJXT Jacksonville

    Police: Missing girl, grandfather home safe - WJXT Jacksonville
    WJXT Jacksonville
    Police: Missing girl, grandfather home safe
    WJXT Jacksonville
    ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Police said family members have told them the missing man and child in St. Augustine have been located. Investigators were searching for Lonnie Sheffield, 58, and Killian Stapleton, 2. Police said Lonnie Sheffield took Killian's ...and more »
  • Police: Wounded 9-year-old found gun on neighbor's lawn - Detroit Free Press

    Police: Wounded 9-year-old found gun on neighbor's lawn - Detroit Free Press
    Detroit Free Press
    Police: Wounded 9-year-old found gun on neighbor's lawn
    Detroit Free Press
    Detroit Police say that a 9-year-old boy found a handgun in a neighbor's yard, then shot himself by accident while showing the gun to his mother. The shooting happened shortly before 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the 17600 block of Faust on the city's west side ...and more »
  • Police and Tech Giants Wrangle Over Encryption on Capitol Hill - New York Times

    New York Times
    Police and Tech Giants Wrangle Over Encryption on Capitol Hill
    New York Times
    Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., in New York in February. Last month, he met with lawmakers in Washington, telling them that encryption needed to be diminished during criminal investigations. Credit Bryan R. Smith for The New York Times.and more »
  • "Bathroom bandit" stealing from stalls at businesses in Ohio, police say - CBS News

    "Bathroom bandit" stealing from stalls at businesses in Ohio, police say - CBS News
    CBS News
    "Bathroom bandit" stealing from stalls at businesses in Ohio, police say
    CBS News
    COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police in Ohio's capital are searching for a man who's been pilfering plumbing from stores, hospitals and restaurants. Dubbed the Bathroom Bandit, Columbus police say he enters various local establishments, visits the men's restroom, ...and more »
  • Florida police arrest man in crash that killed martial arts fighter - AOL News

    AOL News
    Florida police arrest man in crash that killed martial arts fighter
    AOL News
    May 8 (Reuters) - A man driving on a suspended license with a history of serious traffic offenses has been arrested in last week's hit-and-run pedestrian crash in Florida that killed mixed martial arts fighter Jordan "Pretty Boy" Parsons, police said.and more »
  • How videos of police shooting unarmed black men changes those who watch them - Washington Post

    How videos of police shooting unarmed black men changes those who watch them - Washington Post
    Washington Post
    How videos of police shooting unarmed black men changes those who watch them
    Washington Post
    Jawad Pullin picked through a pile of clothes in his dorm room at Georgetown University earlier this year. He pulled out a pair of faded jeans, then decided against them. He tried on a red Phillies cap, then tossed it across the room. He picked up a ...and more »

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