A female officer was shot and the male suspect was fatally shot, presumably by police, on Tuesday morning. Citing law enforcement officials, the New York Post reports that the unidentified police officer was shot in the hand at 20 Prince Street in the Stapleton area of Staten Island at about 8:45 Tuesday morning. The gunman …
Police in Delaware are investigating remains, believed to be of a child under 10 years old, found near a girls Little League Softball field, the Smyrna Police posted on Facebook. Investigators responded to the Little Lass fields in Smyrna, across the street from Smyrna Middle School, late Friday and were still at the scene Saturday …
A police officer in Texas was arrested on Sunday after a 16-year-old family member reportedly accused him of sexually assaulting her for years. Austin Police Department Lieutenant Dustin Paul Lee—a 21-year veteran who leads the department’s downtown area command and crisis intervention team—was charged on Tuesday with first-degree felony sexual assault of a child. Citing …
An Illinois state trooper and father of three died Friday after he was shot while serving a “high risk” search warrant, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Trooper Nick Hopkins, 33, was pronounced dead shortly after 6 p.m. Friday at St. Louis University Hospital. “It is nearly impossible to express the depth of my sadness,” Brendan …
Daniel Pantaleo, the New York police officer who was fired on Monday for using a prohibited chokehold during Eric Garner’s fatal 2014 arrest, is reportedly suing the police commissioner for his job back. Lawyer Stuart London told the New York Post that the ex-officer will file a lawsuit under Article 78 of the state Civil …
A Hazelwood, Missouri, police officer saves a 3-year-old girl and her grandmother from a burning home.
An officer in South Carolina was reportedly arrested in a sex sting operation that was carried out by his own police department, officials announced this week. According to NBC News, Derek Vandenham, 34, was immediately fired from the Richland County Sheriff’s Department following his arrest on Tuesday. Vandenham, a deputy who had been with the …
An NYPD officer reportedly took his own life Tuesday morning, marking the eighth officer in the police department to die by suicide this year. Unnamed officials told the New York Post that the 35-year-old officer died from self-inflicted injuries at his Yonkers home at around 3 a.m. The unidentified officer, who worked in the Bronx …
Officials in South Carolina have dropped misdemeanor cocaine charges against Georgia Southern starting quarterback Shai Werts after the substance found on the hood of his car was determined to be bird poop. According to WTOC, the Saluda County Sheriff’s Office released bodycam footage of Werts’ July 31 arrest on Friday, a day after releasing dashcam …
Newly released body camera footage reveals the fleeting and frantic moments when a Texas police officer fatally shot a woman on Thursday after a dog ran toward him, the Dallas Morning News reports. On Friday, authorities in Arlington, Texas, disclosed the footage, which shows the officer firing shots just a few seconds after the dog …
A Texas police officer fatally shot a woman as he was trying to defend himself against a charging dog. Per the New York Post, the Arlington police released a statement about an officer-involved shooting on Thursday. According to the statement, police had responded to a welfare check request for a woman who was seen passed …
Master Trooper Barbara Ehrhart signs off for the last time after 36 years on the Florida Highway Patrol.
