North Little Rock, AR – Three Pulaski county deputies were hospitalized after a man attacked them in an incident caught on video (video below). The incident started Dec. 8 when Jerry York, 51, called 911 repeatedly and speaking incoherently. Deputies contacted him and asked him to stop calling. “We are not sure if this subject […]

Honolulu, HI – Following New Jersey’s recently-revised ban on police officers possessing guns, new attention has been brought to states with strict gun laws for law enforcement officers. Standing out from the rest of the states is Hawaii, with their years-long refusal to recognize the provisions of the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA). […]

Portsmouth, VA – A Portsmouth police officer charged for shooting an armed burglary suspect during a foot pursuit in 2017 will have his fate decided by a jury, even though he opted to have a judge decide the outcome of the case. Nicole Belote, the attorney representing 32-year-old Portsmouth Police Department Officer Jeremy Durocher, said […]

Opp, AL – A rural Alabama police department that blamed Satan for the town’s homicides is facing criticism for failing to separate government and religion. The Opp Police Department posted the religion-laden, all-caps message to its Facebook page on Tuesday, according to the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF). “There have been five murders in Covington […]

Santa Ana, CA – A California woman created a fictional husband who she claimed was a firefighter combating the Holy Fire and then used Facebook to solicit more than $11,000 in donations from people. Ashley Bemis, 28, was arrested and charged with felony grand theft, second-degree burglary, witness intimidation and making false financial statements, according […]

Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Police Department Sergeant Arthur Schultz died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound while sitting inside his vehicle near Eden Park early Thursday afternoon. “It is with an extremely heavy heart that I announce here today that we are investigating the death of one of our own,” Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac told […]

St. Albans, VT – A former school employee has admitted to repeatedly sexually molesting a 9-year-old boy both at the school where she worked and at her home. Josie Spears, 33, a former Highgate Elementary School teacher’s aide, pleaded guilty to lewd a lascivious conduct with a child, two counts of lewd and lascivious conduct, […]

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 […]