Chapel Hill, NC – Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue told officers to give protesters “lots of space” and to “stay way out” from the crowds who eventually toppled the Silent Sam Confederate monument at the University of North Carolina (UNC) on Aug. 20, according to the chief’s emails and texts. The content of Chief […]

Chapel Hill, NC – A Chapel Hill police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after a photo that showed a tattoo on his arm raised questions about his ability to serve, the police chief said. Photographer Daniel Hosterman said he took the photograph at approximately 8:15 p.m. on Aug. 20, after protesters toppled […]

Prince Frederick, MD – An armed security guard, who was pardoned in 2015 by New Jersey’s then-Governor Chris Christie on a gun possession charge, has achieved his goal of becoming a law enforcement officer. “It’s just a blessing,” Calvert County Sheriff’s Deputy Steffon Josey-Davis, 27, told Fox & Friends on Thursday. “I’m just thankful…it’s a […]

Covington, LA – New Orleans Police Officer Ricardo “Jesse” Silva was killed in an off-duty motorcycle crash on Aug. 25. Officer Silva, 26, was riding his 2017 Honda motorcycle southbound on Louisiana 1082 north of Covington, when Jennifer Robinson, 52, crossed into his lane while she was making a left-hand turn, the Louisiana State Police […]

Stevens Point, WI – Stevens Point Police Department (SPPD) K9 Luna died from multiple organ failure on Sept. 4, two days after she mistakenly ingested wild mushrooms. The two-and-one-half-year-old Belgian Malinois’ health deteriorated rapidly after she suffered “multiple seizures” on Sept. 2, the SPPD said in a Facebook post. She had ingested the poisonous wild […]

Albany, NY – New York State Trooper Stephanie Seney passed away on Aug. 24, following an eight-month battle with a “rare and aggressive form of cancer,” her family said. Trooper Seney, 25, graduated from the New York State Police Academy on Jan. 31, the Times Union reported. She was assigned to Troop K Livingston, and […]

Columbia, SC – Columbia Police K9 Turbo died in the line of duty of a "heat-related work injury" on July 28, two days after he was left alone in a patrol vehicle for eight hours while his handler attended a training. “I guess the simplest way for me to start is to acknowledge that we […]

Philadelphia, PA – The Philadelphia District Attorney has recommended that a man involved in the murder of a retired police officer be re-sentenced and immediately released on parole. Aaron Smith was 17 years old in December of 1998, when he and a group of armed men stormed into a Philadelphia bar where retired Philadelphia Police […]

Forest City, NC – A Forest City police officer wrestled a combative shoplifting suspect to the ground outside a shoe store on Tuesday, after the man punched him in the face and attempted to flee the scene (video below). The incident began at approximately 1:20 p.m. on Aug. 28, when officers were dispatched to the […]

Glennville, GA – A Glennville police officer single-handedly detained three unruly teenage suspects during an altercation outside a Glennville school on Aug. 23 (videos below). At least two of the teens assaulted the officer during the encounter. The incident began after two students got off of a bus outside Glennville Elementary School, WTOC reported. In […]

Banning, CA – A Banning police officer was hospitalized with “serious injuries” after he was bodyslammed by a combative teen at a high school football game, police said (video below). A second suspect also attacked the officer, and choked him as he laid on the ground. The incident occurred at approximately 10:45 p.m. on Aug. […]

Phoenix, AZ – An armed assailant successfully robbed a QuickTrip convenience store, only to be subdued by customers who knocked him unconscious and robbed him. The incident occurred on Aug. 21, at a QuickTrip store near Bell Road and 19th Avenue, KNXV reported. When Phoenix police arrived at the scene, several customers handed over a […]

Philadelphia, PA – A Philadelphia police detective is under internal investigation after he left a scathing note for an unnamed colleague who left rib bones in a garbage in the department’s homicide unit. During a press conference on Tuesday, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said he was “perplexed” by the “obvious biases” expressed in the […]

Washington, DC – A recent National Public Radio (NPR) study found that the U.S. Department of Education had grossly overstated the number of school shootings that occurred during the 2015-2016 school year, and that more than 66 percent of the reported shootings never happened at all. The U.S. Department of Education study, which was published […]

Dallas, TX – A jury convicted a former Balch Springs police officer of murder on Tuesday for the 2017 on-duty shooting death of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards. Ex-Balch Springs Police Officer Roy Oliver, 38, was fired from the department just days after he fired a rifle into a carload of five teens while they were leaving […]