Nashville, TN – The governor of Tennessee granted executive clemency to Cyntoia Brown on Monday, giving relief to a woman who had been sentenced to life in prison at age 16. Governor Bill Haslam called the now 30-year-old Brown’s case “tragic and complex,” National Public Radio reported. Brown murdered a 43-year-old real estate agent named […]

Conway, AR – A sheriff’s deputy was fired on Saturday for shooting a Chihuahua while responding to a 911 call about an aggressive dog on Friday (video below). The incident occurred at about 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 4, when Faulkner County sheriff’s deputies responded to a call from a woman in Shiloh Estates about an […]

Clayton, MO – The police union has spoken out and condemned the new St. Louis County prosecutor’s plan to stop issuing warrants for many “shockingly heinous offenses.” Wesley Bell, the new prosecuting attorney for St. Louis County, released a memo on his first day in office that said prosecutors would issues summonses instead of warrants […]

Orem, UT – Provo Police Department Officer Joseph Shinners was fatally shot while attempting to apprehend a wanted fugitive on Saturday night. Orem Police Chief Gary Giles said police received information at about 9:53 p.m. on Saturday that a wanted person who had made threats against police in the past had been spotted in the […]

Mullins, SC – Two Horry County deputies were charged in a Marion County courtroom on Friday with the deaths of two mental health patients who drowned in the back of a police transport van during Hurricane Florence. The Category 4 storm stalled over the Carolinas in September of 2018, swamping the areas with flooding and […]

Tulsa, OK – Tula police have released bodycam video of the K9 apprehension of a fugitive who broke into the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) lodge. Police said a cleaning woman found Christian Bryant inside the Tulsa FOP Lodge on the morning of Dec. 3, 2018, according to KOTV. Then she noticed the broken glass […]

Broward County, FL – A Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) deputy who failed to respond appropriately during the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has been put on restricted duty and is under investigation. The decision to put 50-year-old BSO Deputy Josh Stambaugh on restricted duty came after the state Parkland shooting commission told BSO […]

Charlotte, NC – A would-be kidnapper got what he deserved after he pursued a victim into a karate studio on Thursday night. Police said a man tried to snatch a woman and force her into his car at about 9 p.m. on Jan. 3 on Statesville Avenue, WSOC reported. The woman ran and escaped into […]

Houston, TX – An 18-year-old man has been charged with his friend’s death after he was fatally shot as the two played out a social media challenge involving guns. Mohamad Nour Alajil and his friend, 19-year-old Christian Johnson, were playing the “No Lackin” challenge at Johnson’s home when he was killed, according to KTRK. The […]

Mexia, TX – A teacher from Mexia Junior High was arrested for trying to sell a teenage family member to men in Morocco. The investigation began when concerned family members contacted law enforcement and said they thought that 8th grade reading teacher Amber Parker was trying to lure a minor relative to Morocco, WFTV reported. […]

By Sandy Malone and Holly Matkin Newman, CA – A California judge ordered a mental health evaluation of the alleged cop killer who took the life of Newman Police Corporal Ronil Singh on Dec. 26, 2018. Gustavo Perez Arriaga, whose real name is actually Paulo Virgen Mendoza, appeared before Judge Ricardo Córdova and did not […]

Shreveport, LA – The Shreveport police chief is backing his officer who tased and arrested a drunk and disorderly man on New Year’s Eve in a video that has since gone viral. The incident occurred shortly before midnight on a downtown street corner when Joshua Lyon and his brother walked by some police officers who […]

Chicago, IL – More first responders died from suicide than were killed in the line of duty in 2018. WGN reported that at least 158 police officers died by their own hand in the United States in 2018, and experts estimate that suicides by other first responders are largely under-reported. A recent study of first […]

Atlanta, GA – A former Portland activist has taken to Twitter to criticize the city council for funding more police officers in schools, and claimed he is still traumatized by being served with a search warrant back when he was stealing at Southridge High School. But Gregory McKelvey’s memories of that incident, and another for […]

Washington, DC – A congressman from Nebraska is ready to introduce new amendments to the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act (LEOSA) that will shut down lasting attempts by some states to limit the coverage of that law within their own borders. U.S. Representative Don Bacon (R-Nebraska) introduced a few amendments to LEOSA that died with […]