Covington, GA – A Georgia father has received accolades for grabbing his legally-owned firearm to protect his family and friends when a man stripped naked and came at them in a city park (video below). Tae Lovelace told WSB-TV that he and his family were at a church event to feed the homeless on July […]

Abilene, TX – A Taylor County deputy has been fired from his job for continuing to drive down a Texas highway with an inmate riding on the roof of his patrol vehicle (video below). The incident began when Taylor County Sheriff’s Deputy Ricky Wombles was transporting 31-year-old-inmate Martin Estrada from Wichita Falls to the Taylor […]

Carter County, TN – Carter County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Forest Sharpe died surrounded by family and friends on July 24 after a difficult illness. Lt. Sharpe, 58, started his career with the Carter County Sheriff’s Office as a jailer in 1980, WJHL reported. He served under six different county sheriffs and in many difference capacities for […]

Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has released bodycam and surveillance video from a standoff in Van Nuys that ended after officers fatally shot the hostage while they were trying to hit the man who was holding her. Officers were called to the homeless shelter at the Central Lutheran Church on June […]

New Cumberland, WV – Hancock County Sheriff’s K9 Midas died in the line of duty from complications associated with heat stroke on his third anniversary of the day he joined the sheriff’s department. “It is with great regret and sadness that I inform and announce the passing of K-9 Midas of the Hancock County Canine […]

Mississippi County, AR – Arkansas State Police K9 Trooper Hemi was fatally shot in the line of duty on Monday while assisting troopers in the apprehension of a suspect. An Arkansas state trooper was patrolling Interstate 55 at about 7 p.m. on July 30 when he spotted a vehicle that had eluded Missouri police in […]

Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has released bodycam and surveillance video from a standoff in Van Nuys that ended after officers fatally shot the hostage while they were trying to hit the man who was holding her (video below). Officers were called to the homeless shelter at the Central Lutheran Church […]

Queens, NY – Two brothers beat a man to death after he tried to break into their mother’s home early on Monday morning. Police said the intruder, a 26-year-old Maryland man, banged on the front door of 57-year-old Melinda Pitter’s home on Williamson Avenue in the Springfield Gardens neighborhood in Queens at about 2:45 a.m. […]

Blandford, MA – The interim police chief of Blandford led a walkout of the entire police department on Monday. “For some time we have been dealing with unsafe working conditions. Policing is inherently dangerous, however it has been made much (more) so by our town’s administration,” said a letter signed by the chief and three […]

Aurora, CO – Police shot a homeowner on Monday who had just shot an intruder who broke into his home and attacked his family. “Officers arrived to a very chaotic and violent scene,” Aurora Police Chief Nick Metz wrote in press release. Police arrived at the home near East Montview Boulevard and Iola Street at […]

Portland, OR – When the Portland mayor refused to allow the Portland police to assist federal agents with protecting the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices, he also ordered them not to provide police services to ICE employees when they were off duty. Now an attorney representing the union for those ICE employees has […]

Fort Myers, FL – Fort Myers Police Officer Adam Jobbers-Miller was shot multiple times with his own weapon, according to a police report that has just been released. WBBH reported that Officer Jobbers-Miller was wearing a bodycam that captured his own murder by Wisner Desmaret. The incident that led to the shooting began at about […]

Toledo, OH – The managing editor of the Toledo Blade, the largest newspaper in Northwest Ohio, wrote an apology to the Toledo Police Department and the citizens of the city on Monday for the publication’s handling of an officer-involved shooting story over the weekend. Unfortunately, the apology fell seriously short. The initial stories published on […]

Byron, IL – Ogle County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Randy Hilliard was killed in an off-duty crash on Saturday morning. Lt. Hilliard, 50, was travelling eastbound on Rt. 72 at about 1:30 a.m. on July 28 when his pickup truck crossed the center line and struck an SUV head on, the Ogle County News reported. He died […]

Lee’s Summit, MO – Police have released a dashcam video of a July 15 traffic stop in response to accusations that an officer racially profiled the driver and occupants of a car (video below). “3 black nurses with bachelor degrees and Master degrees were standing at the side of the road for an hour being […]