Author - Sandy Malone

Managing Editor - twitter.com/SandyMalone_ - Prior to joining The Police Tribune, Sandy wrote the Politics.Net column for the Wall Street Journal and was managing editor of Campaigns & Elections magazine. More recently, she was an internationally-syndicated columnist for Conde Nast (BRIDES), The Huffington Post, and Monsters and Critics. Sandy is married to a retired police captain and former SWAT commander.
Nov 21
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BREAKING: Two Officers Wounded, Two People Dead In Walmart Gunfight

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Talladega, AL – Two police officers were wounded, and a man and a woman were killed, during a gun battle outside the Talladega Walmart early Wednesday morning. The incident began at about 4:30 a.m. on Nov. 21 when the Talladega Police Department received a 911 call for help with a possible kidnapping that had just […]

Nov 20
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Following Arrests, Mental Issues, Stephon Clark’s Brother Is Running For Mayor

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Sacramento, CA – The brother of a man who was killed by Sacramento police has announced he is running for mayor of that city in 2020. Stevante Clark, 25, filed paperwork with the California Secretary of State on Monday to open up two campaign finance committees, one of which directly references the next mayoral election, […]

Nov 20
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BREAKING: Third Chicago Officer Shot In Less Than 24 Hours

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Chicago, IL – A Chicago police officer was shot on the city’s South Side on Tuesday morning. Police said that an officer from the Chicago Police Department’s 6th District was making a traffic stop at about 11 a.m. in the 8700-block of South Marshfield Avenue when he was shot, WLS reported. The officer was hit […]

Nov 20
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HHS Official’s Death Ruled Suicide By ‘Multiple Blunt Force Injuries’

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Washington, DC – Officials have ruled that the death of a U.S. Health and Human Services Department employee by blunt force trauma was a suicide. Daniel Best, 49, was found “unresponsive” by the garage exit door of an apartment building in the Navy Yard neighborhood near Capitol Hill, the Associated Press reported. Best was found […]

Nov 20
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Chief Suspended After Talking To Media About City Firing All Of Their Cops

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Garden City, MO – The police chief who was ordered to fire the entire police force on Nov. 14 by the Garden City mayor has been suspended pending investigation. Garden City Police Chief Tom Alber said that when he arrived at his office on Monday morning, he was greeted by the mayor and a Cass […]

Nov 20
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Hospital Shooter’s Bullet Gets Stopped By Officer’s Gun

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Chicago, IL – Another Chicago police officer would have been seriously wounded or killed at Mercy Hospital on Monday if his gun and holster hadn’t stopped a bullet. Three victims were murdered at the busy Chicago hospital after 32-year-old Juan Lopez opened fire on his former fiancé after asking her to return her engagement ring. […]

Nov 19
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Suspect Escapes After Sexually Assaulting Women In Store, Shooting One In Head

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St. Louis, MO – Police are actively searching for an “armed and dangerous” man who raped and shot a woman, and sexually assaulted others, inside a Catholic supply store on Monday afternoon. A manhunt has been underway since about 3:30 p.m., after police responded to a Catholic supply store in a strip mall on Manchester […]

Nov 19
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Judge Dismisses Criminal Charges Against Fired Philly Cops Due To No Evidence

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Philadelphia, PA – A judge dismissed charges against two former Philadelphia police officers who had been charged with an illegal stop and search in East Mount Airy. Municipal Court Judge Thomas Gehret dismissed charges of tampering with the public record, obstructing the administration of law, false imprisonment, official oppression, and conspiracy that had been filed […]

Nov 19
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BREAKING: Active Shooter At Mercy Hospital, Officer And Citizens Down

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Chicago, IL – Police responded to an “active shooter” and reports of shots fired at Mercy Hospital in Chicago. Chicago police confirmed that one officer had been shot and was being transported to University of Chicago Hospital in critical condition, WCIU reported. Although details of the incident were not yet clear, witnesses said they heard […]

Nov 19
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Dog Mauls 9 Children Out On Elementary School Playground

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Oklahoma City, OK – At least nine children were bitten by a dog on an elementary school playground on Monday. Police received a call at about 1 p.m. on Nov. 19 about a dog that had attacked several children at Millard Fillmore Elementary School in the 5200-block of South Blackwelder Avenue, KFOR reported. The dog […]

Nov 19
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VIDEO: 6 Antifa Arrested After Attacks At #HimToo Rally, Mugshots Unmask Them

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Portland, OR – Violent confrontations broke out in Portland on Saturday as antifa attacked attendees of a #HimToo event in the city’s federal plaza. Just days after the city commissioners voted down a proposal by Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler that would have given the mayor the ability to set restrictions and conditions on protests by […]

Nov 15
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Homeless Veteran’s $400k GoFundMe Was Scam, All 3 Arrested

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Florence Township, NJ – Prosecutors believe that a New Jersey couple and the homeless man they raised $400,000 for on GoFundMe were in cahoots to defraud donors using the fundraising site. Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina told reporters on Thursday afternoon that the Good Samaritan tale was “fictitious” and “formed the basis of a scam,” […]

Nov 15
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Seattle Cops Leaving For Neighboring Agency, Mayor Calls Them ‘Mall Cops’

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Seattle, WA – The mayor of Seattle wildly miscalculated her pitch at a Seattle Police Officer’s Guild meeting when she referred to the officers from the Port of Seattle Police Department as “mall cops.” Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan made the insulting comparison at a union meeting as she tried to convince a standing-room only audience […]

Nov 15
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VIDEO: Dashcam Shows Patrol Car Run Down Gunman

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Grand Rapids, MI – Police have released dashcam video that shows a patrol vehicle ramming a murder suspect after a gunfight with officers in the middle of a highway (video below). Police said that 33-year-old Adam Nolin killed his girlfriend, 27-year-old Tia Randall, at their home in the Creekside Estates Mobile Home Park in Wyoming […]

Nov 14
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SCOTUS Rules Cops Can’t Sue Prosecutor, Even If She Maliciously Prosecuted Them

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Washington, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby has immunity from charges of wrongful prosecution that were filed against her in a lawsuit by five Baltimore police officers. The five officers filed the lawsuit against the prosecutor after she brought charges against six of them for […]

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