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.
Dec 20
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Woman Charged For False Rape Accusations Against Bellevue Cops

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Bellevue, WA – A woman who falsely accused at least three different members of the Bellevue Police Department of sexual misconduct earlier this year has been charged with malicious prosecution. Idunn Schneider, 45, said she became involved with the Bellevue police chief and at least two other Bellevue police officers after she said she met […]

Dec 19
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School Resource Officer Murders 3, Including Child, Before Killing Himself

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Plant City, FL – A Hillsborough sheriff’s deputy killed three of his family members, including a child, early Wednesday morning before committing suicide in front of three other deputies. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister told reporters at a press conference on Wednesday morning that the deputy popped up unexpectedly on the sheriff’s department’s main radio […]

Dec 19
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Parole Board Frees Man Sentenced To Over 12 Life Sentences

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Chatham County, GA – Police and prosecutors are furious that a convicted gang member, whom a judge sentenced to 12 life terms plus 115 years in prison, was released by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles on Nov. 28 after serving only 25 years. Christopher Lashaw Murray, 46, was convicted of armed robbery in […]

Dec 18
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School Board Member Posts About Running Over Cops, Is Now Running For Office

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Meadville, PA – A President Trump-hating school board member, whose social media posts greatly upset parents in the district and caused him to be removed from all committee assignments, has announced that he’s running for two local offices in the next election. Disturbingly, Glenn Tuttle’s most recent social media timeline is peppered with countless anti-law […]

Dec 18
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Community Leader Calls Fallen Chicago Officers ‘Stupid’ For Getting Killed

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Chicago, IL – Most of Chicago was mourning the line-of-duty deaths of two police officers on Monday night when one Northside community leader took to Twitter to disparage the fallen officers. “Two people too stupid to avoid getting hit by a train were given firearms & the authority to kill people by Chicago Police Department,” […]

Dec 18
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Judge Rules School, Police Had No Legal Obligation To Protect Parkland Students

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Miami, FL – A federal judge ruled that the Broward school district and the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) had no legal obligation to protect students from the gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Seventeen students and faculty were fatally shot, and another 17 were wounded, on Feb. 14 when a former student […]

Dec 17
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Lifer Sues For $1M After Discovering They Don’t Let You Smoke Weed In Prison

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Columbia, SC – An inmate is suing the state department of corrections for the right to practice his religion by smoking marijuana while he is incarcerated. James Rose, 41, was convicted of the 2012 execution-style murder of the son of a local politician in Lincolnville in 2013, according to The Post and Courier. Although he […]

Dec 17
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11 Officers Suspended After 2 Cops Accidentally Shot At Holiday Party

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Brandywine, MD – The Internal Affairs division of the Prince George’s County Police Department is investigating a shooting at a police holiday party on Saturday night that left two officers wounded. Eleven members of the Prince George’s County PD were suspended while the department investigated what led to a gun going off at a home […]

Dec 17
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Good Samaritans With Baseball Bat Save Girl From Being Kidnapped By Sex Offender

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Queens, NY – A couple of Good Samaritans saved an 11-year-old girl from a serial sex offender who was trying to kidnap her on Saturday. Police said the little girl was on her way to a weekend program at IS77 in Ridgewood when a man started following her, WABC reported. She started walking faster to […]

Dec 17
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Man Tells Jury He Repeatedly Raped 3-Year-Old Daughter By Accident

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Princeton, WV – A jury reached a guilty verdict in 30 minutes for a father who claimed he had sex with his three-year-old daughter by accident. Henry Vincent Bennett, 26, was arrested in February after his daughter told family members, and later child protective service investigators, that she had been sexually abused, the Daily Mail […]

Dec 14
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New Jersey Bans Police From Possessing Duty Weapons While Off Duty

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Trenton, NJ – The new law that limits gun magazines to 10 rounds went into effect on Dec. 10 without the legislature taking up the amendment to create an exception for law enforcement officers. Modern firearms issued to patrol officers generally hold 12 or more rounds of ammunition. That means that just about all law […]

Dec 14
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Two Officers Indicted For Takedown Of Teen Who Fought Cop, Tried Taking His Gun

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Port Allen, LA – Two former Brusly police officers were indicted by a grand jury in West Baton Rouge Parish for using excessive force on a 14-year-old student in October (video below). The incident occurred during the school day on Oct. 5 at Brusly Middle School, after a student got into a verbal altercation with […]

Dec 14
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Police Major Demoted For Writing Letter In Support Of Rapist

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Indianapolis, IN – A high-ranking Indianapolis police official was demoted after he wrote a letter in support of a lenient sentence for a friend who was convicted of rape. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Major Michael Jefferson was busted down to the rank of lieutenant after his bosses at the police department found out that he had […]

Dec 14
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VIDEO: Gangbanger’s Family Gets Payday After He Points Gun At Cop, Gets Shot

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Chicago, IL – A Cook County jury on Tuesday awarded $1.3 million to the family of an armed gang member who was shot by police in 2015 (video below). Alfontish Cockerham, 23, was fatally shot by police on June 20, 2015 after he led them on a chase that ended in the 7000-block of South […]

Dec 14
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Police Recruit Arrested For Allegedly Threatening Massacre At Academy Graduation

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Concord, NH – New Hampshire State Police were forced to arrest a Laconia police recruit two days before his graduation after he allegedly made multiple threats against officers who would be in attendance at the ceremony. Several other recruits reported the comments that 24-year-old Noah Beaulieu made to his classmates at the New Hampshire Police […]

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