Sunrise, FL – Former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Resource Deputy Scot Peterson, the armed Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy who failed to act while Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 students and faculty members on Feb. 14, failed to show up to testify before an investigative state commission on Thursday. Peterson, who had been subpoenaed to appear […]

Demopolis, AL – A former Alabama state trooper was fatally shot by police on Thursdays afternoon, after he brazenly shot a district attorney in the face outside the prosecutor’s office. The incident occurred at approximately 1 p.m., as Alabama’s 17th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Greg Griggers was sitting in his vehicle after returning from having […]

Palatine, IL – A school district in the northwest suburbs of Chicago is going to hire armed retired police officers in clerical roles while also increasing school security. Palatine Township Elementary District 15’s school board agreed with a proposal Wednesday to have retired law enforcement officers work front-desk jobs at the school district, according to […]

Sunrise, FL – Broward Sheriff’s Office Captain Jan Jordan, the commanding officer during the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, was described as “being over her head” and in a “trance-like” state throughout the active shooter situation, the commission investigating the incident was told on Thursday. Broward Sheriff’s Lieutenant Stephen […]

Florence Township, NJ – Prosecutors believe that a New Jersey couple and the homeless man they raised $400,000 for on GoFundMe were in cahoots to defraud donors using the fundraising site. Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina told reporters on Thursday afternoon that the Good Samaritan tale was “fictitious” and “formed the basis of a scam,” […]

Staten Island, NY – New York Police Department (NYPD) Officer Brittany Gromadzin died unexpectedly from an undetermined medical issue on Wednesday, according to her father. Officer Gromadzin, 29, had been receiving medical treatment for nearly a year for “unknown ailments,” and underwent a multitude of tests during that time, her father, Jim Kelly, said in […]

Massapequa, NY – United States Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Dennis McCarthy died in the line of duty on Oct. 27, when he succumbed to cancer that developed following his service at the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on Sep. 11, 2001. Agent McCarthy responded to the […]

Seattle, WA – The mayor of Seattle wildly miscalculated her pitch at a Seattle Police Officer’s Guild meeting when she referred to the officers from the Port of Seattle Police Department as “mall cops.” Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan made the insulting comparison at a union meeting as she tried to convince a standing-room only audience […]