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In Stapleton v. Lozano, the 5th Circuit ruled officers were not deliberately indifferent after a drug user died in custody
Public safety leaders need to evaluate the impact of executive orders and policy pronouncements on their departments and communities
Peltier was convicted of shooting FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams at close range in 1975
“Civil forfeiture is neither intended to be criminal punishment nor is the overall scheme so punitive...that the statutes amount to criminal punishment,” Chief Justice Meagan Flynn wrote
Unions serving Utah police officers, teachers, firefighters, transit workers and other public employees will be prohibited from negotiating on their behalf
Fla. law enhances penalties for undocumented immigrants convicted of crimes, expands ICE cooperation
Under the law, any migrant who is in the country illegally and convicted of a capital felony must be sentenced to death, removing jury discretion and challenging existing precedent
Former Las Cruces police officer Brad Lunsford shot the man in the head after the man put his hands on a second officer’s TASER
Three legislators have proposed bills to classify burglaries in emergency areas as felonies punishable by prison sentences; one would also crack down on first responder impersonators
“Glock could have designed its pistols to prevent auto sears from working. They chose not to. That choice cost lives,” Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown stated
Former deputy Sean Grayson has been charged with murder after firing three shots, striking Massey when she removed a pot of boiling water from the stove
Ian Cramer pleaded guilty to theft, criminal mischief and reckless endangerment; he previously pleaded guilty to homicide in the death of Mercer County Deputy Paul Martin
NYPD policy states that precincts must provide “a private room or an office for employees to express breast milk,” which must “provide an employee with the requisite privacy”
Kevin Davis alleged the former Alachua County sheriff had a pattern of racial bias in staffing decisions, which led to Davis being repeatedly overlooked in favor of Black candidates
State officials are still “having conversations” over concerns about how “Karina’s law” might make it difficult for law enforcement to store all the guns officers confiscate
Central to the legal issue was whether Raleigh PD Officer Gabriel Torres was on duty on Oct. 13, 2022, when he pulled out of his driveway to investigate the sound of gunshots
The Rock Island County state’s attorney ruled that Officer Brett Taylor’s use of force was “objectively reasonable” as the suspect used the vehicle as a deadly weapon
The law makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet of a working police officer after being ordered or asked to step back
The drone struck a Super Scooper battling the Palisades Fire, leaving a hole in its wing and forcing it out of service amid the deadly wildfire
The Thin Blue Line Act would expand the death penalty for targeting first responders, while the Protect and Serve Act would increase prison time for attacks on officers
The man pleaded guilty to charges that included the murder of Scott County sheriff’s Deputy Caleb Conley, 35, in 2023
The plaintiffs, including Adams County Sheriff Gene Claps, claimed that a former sheriff forced them to resign in 2019 after they refused to support his election campaign
Here is an action plan for assessing the impact of the Trump administration’s temporary freeze on federally funded grants and a federal judge blocking that order
Former LaSalle officer Erik Hernandez will be sentenced up to six years in April after entering a plea deal in the 2023 shooting case
Administration officials said the decision to halt grants and loans was necessary to ensure that spending complies with President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders
“Our current practice of destroying all parts of the firearm will remain the standard now and for the future,” said Col. James Grady II, director of the Mich. State Police
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Barnes v. Felix could help resolve whether use of force should be judged by the moment of threat doctrine or the totality of the circumstances
In Balogh v. Virginia, the court held police have no duty to intervene to protect protesters from third-party violence during a rally
Officer Terence Sutton was charged with murder and both he and Lt. Andrew Zabavsky were charged with obstruction of justice in the 2020 death of Karon Hylton-Brown
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