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 01
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Police Lt. Suspended After Saying Cops Should Meet Violence With Violence

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Arlington, TX – The incoming leader of the Massachusetts Police Association (MPA) was suspended by his department on Tuesday for the rhetoric he used in a recent newsletter. Arlington Police Lieutenant Rick Pedrini was placed on paid administrative leave on Oct. 30 for columns he wrote for The Sentinel, the police advocacy organization’s internal publication, […]

Oct 31
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VIDEO: Protests Start After Cops Cleared In Shooting Of Armed Gang Member

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Portland, OR – Police released surveillance video that captured the police shooting of an armed gang member on the same day the grand jury ruled the officers were justified in their use of deadly force (video below). Portland officers from the Central Precinct and the Gang Enforcement Team were patrolling the downtown entertainment district when […]

Oct 31
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VIDEO: No Charges After High School Students Beat Vice Principal

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St. Louis County, MO – Terrifying video was posted to social media of a school administrator being attacked on Monday after he tried to break up a fight in a St. Louis County school (video below). St. Louis County police said a fight broke out in the Oakville High School cafeteria at about 7:10 a.m. […]

Oct 31
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VIDEO: Teachers Force Preschoolers To Battle In ‘Toddler Fight Club’

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St. Louis, MO – The mother of a four-year-old boy who was forced to participate in a daycare “fight club” has filed a lawsuit against the school where it happened (video below). Nicole Lashley was at work on Dec. 7, 2016, and her three children were at Adventure Learning Center, when she received a text […]

Oct 31
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Rapists Complain Sheriff Is Embarrassing Them By Putting Signs In Their Yards

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Butts County, GA – The sheriff of Butts County has gone an extra step to make sure the children of his community are safe this Halloween by posting warning signs in the yards of local sex offenders. However, local rapists are calling the signs an “embarassment” according to CBS News. Butts County Sheriff Gary Long’s […]

Oct 31
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Refugee Thought He Was Teaching Terrorists To Build Bombs, But They Were FBI

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Tucson, AZ – An Iraqi refugee who traveled from Arizona to Las Vegas to teach undercover federal agents how to make bombs was arrested on Monday. Court documents just unsealed explained the elaborate ruse used to set up the sting operation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Daily Mail reported. Ahmad Suhad Ahmad, […]

Oct 30
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VIDEO: Officer Tells Citizen ‘Suck My D–k’

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Griffin, GA – Police have released bodycam footage of an officer telling a citizen to “suck my d–k” while responding to a call about a custodial dispute (video below). Griffin Police Officer Travis Wick responded to a call from Andrew Orahoske, alleging that his daughter’s mother – the non-custodial parent – had failed to return […]

Oct 30
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Man Breaks Into Home Of Missing/Endangered 13-Year-Old To Steal Her Underwear

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Barron, WI – Police arrested a man who broke into the home of missing 13-year-old Jayme Closs to steal her underwear on Saturday. Jayme has been gone since Oct. 15, when police responded to an anonymous 911 call from her home and arrived to find Jayme’s parents, James and Denise Closs, dead and their 13-year-old […]

Oct 30
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VIDEO: Officers Fatally Shoot Man Who Took Cop’s Taser

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Eagle Point, OR – Prosecutors released bodycam video from the fatal shooting of a schizophrenic man inside a bathroom at a Carl’s Jr. restaurant after the grand jury ruled the shooting justified (video below). The incident began at about 8:45 pm on Sept. 19 when Eagle Point Police Officer Daniel Cardenas saw 33-year-old Matthew Graves […]

Oct 30
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Judge Throws Officer Faulkner’s Widow Out Of Courtroom, Grants Killer Extension

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Philadelphia, PA – A judge threw the widow of murdered Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner out of the courtroom on Monday after she protested the judge’s decision to allow her husband’s killer another 30 days to work on his appeal. Officer Faulkner stopped a vehicle, driven by Mumia Abu-Jamal’s brother, for driving the wrong way […]

Oct 28
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Man Barges In McDonald’s And Opens Fire, Armed Father With Kids Takes Him Out

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Birmingham, AL – An armed citizen stopped a mass shooting at a Birmingham McDonald’s restaurant on Saturday night. The incident occurred at about 10:45 p.m. on Oct. 27, just as the McDonald’s on Lomb Avenue was closing for the night, although a number of customers remained in the restaurant, AL.com reported. Birmingham Police Spokesman Sergeant […]

Oct 28
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Matthew McConaughey Brings Lunch To Houston Police Officers

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Houston, TX – Actor Matthew McConaughey honored Houston’s finest on Sunday by delivering lunch to the Houston Police Department for National First Responders Day. McConaughey partnered up with Wild Turkey to treat officers to a special lunch of actual turkey and Wild Turkey bourbon, KPRC reported. A periscope video filmed by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner […]

Oct 28
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Auxiliary Officer Falls To His Death While Chasing Fleeing Suspects

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Washington Park, IL – A Washington Park police officer fell to his death on Saturday night as he chased two suspects who had fled a traffic stop. Illinois State Police Trooper Calvin Dye, Jr. (pictured) said at a press conference on Sunday that the series of events that led to 44-year-old Washington Park Police Auxiliary […]

Oct 28
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Newly-Released Video Shows Shooter’s Gunfight With Cops At Trump Doral Hotel

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Doral, FL – Prosecutors released surveillance video of the May gunfight inside the Trump National Doral Golf Club (video below). Authorities said 42-year-old Jonathan Oddi lured police into an ambush at President Donald Trump’s golf resort at about 1:30 a.m. on May 18. Police previously released bodycam footage just a few days after the former […]

Oct 26
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New Devices Found Today With 2 New Targets Bring Total To 12

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New York, NY – Authorities have now found a total of 12 suspicious packages, with the addition of one for U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) and one for former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper found on Friday morning. Authorities recovered a package addressed to Booker, similar in appearance to the 10 others that […]

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