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Joanna Putman

Associate Editor

Joanna Putman is an Associate Editor and newswriter at Police1, where she has been covering law enforcement topics since August 2023. Based in Orlando, Florida, Joanna holds a journalism degree from the University of Florida and spent two years working in nonprofit local newsrooms, gaining experience in community-focused reporting. Married to a law enforcement officer, she brings a personal perspective to their work, highlighting the challenges and triumphs of those who serve and protect. Have a news tip? Email her at jkeen@lexipol.com.

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Starbase, a city that grew out of SpaceX’s development of its South Texas launch site, is looking to hire six officers and two sergeants to patrol the industrial area in Cybertrucks
The Guadalupe County deputy was responding to a report of a suspected break-in when a man and a woman attacked him
Dash camera video shows the suspect being quickly tackled by the pursuing King County deputy after attempting to flee the vehicle
The suspect in the shooting of Warm Springs Officer Chris Fisher was arrested by Fisher days before the shooting
Officer David Taylor was a U.S. Navy veteran who served with the United States Department of the Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service - Division of Refuge Law Enforcement
Former officer Clifford Proctor has been indicted again on a murder charge in the death of Brendon Glenn months after a judge dismissed an earlier indictment
The Cedartown police chief said the Georgia Department of Agriculture will investigate the shooting, which happened on private property while officers searched for a missing child
Security camera video showed the man breaking vehicle windows and chasing bystanders with the bat before officers responded and instructed him to drop it
Nashville officers first came in contact with the man when he threatened to kill a gas station clerk; they negotiated with him for more than an hour before the fatal shots were fired
The Staples Police Department had seven officers, who served alongside Guadalupe County Sheriff’s deputies to patrol the city