Two off-duty police officers were involved in a bizarre incident Sunday in San Marino, California, that left one of them with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The incident began when a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy spotted a blue Subaru he felt was driving erratically, the Los Angeles Times reported, quoting the San Marino Police. Unaware …
A South Carolina sheriff’s deputy was fired last week over a surveillance video showed five officers subduing a suspect and punching him while he was on the ground, WSPA reported. James Pregel was fired for “conduct unbecoming” related to the August 1 incident captured by cameras at Simuns Tire and Brake in Greenville. Nick Simmons, …
A Louisiana police officer was killed and another was wounded on a highway Friday afternoon following a vehicle chase that ended in gunfire, authorities said. The incident reportedly involved two Mandeville officers who were shot on U.S. 190 and La. 22. Mandeville Police Chief Gerald Sticker said two suspects have been taken into custody and that …
An Alabama police officer was reportedly fatally shot on Monday night while chasing a wanted felon who had allegedly failed to come to court. Dornell Cousette, 40, an officer who had spent 13 years with the Tuscaloosa Police Department, reportedly spotted the suspect on a front porch after receiving a tip regarding their whereabouts. Cousette …
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 …
