Police News

1. 4 shot, 2 in custody after gunfire at Toronto Raptors parade

   According to police, the injuries were serious but not life-threatening

2. Fla. SRO suffers fatal heart attack

   The officer collapsed after he returned home from a day serving as camp leader for the local Police Athletic League’s Police Camp

3. 10 lessons from the Fairchild AFB shooting

   Although the shooting occurred prior to the widespread adoption of the phrase “active shooter,” this attack is instructive on many levels

4. NY grants $343K to fight county gun violence

   Mid Hudson News POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — The State Department of Criminal Justice Services has awarded $343,000 to the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office, Poughkeepsie City Police Department, and the county probation department. The money comes from the GIVE grant (Gun Involved Violence Elimination) that provides the resources for the agencies to devote more time to the...

5. Pa. county receives $1.25M in grants to increase security measures, help crime victims

   MyChesCo HARRISBURG, PA — Chester County’s Democratic state Reps. Carolyn Comitta, Melissa Shusterman, Kristine Howard, Danielle Friel Otten, Dan Williams and Christina Sappey announced that $1.2 million worth of grant funds from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency will be distributed across the county to increase safety and help crime victims. Within Comitta’s...

6. Funding your fleet: Grants for police vehicles

   With some creative thinking, strategic writing and matching your needs to the grant agency’s purpose, you could be awarded funding to upgrade your department's fleet

7. Phoenix police chief apologizes to family over stolen doll incident

   The chief publicly apologized to members of a family who officers pointed guns and yelled at while responding to a report of shoplifting

8. Street dedicated to fallen NYPD detective killed in blue-on-blue shooting

   The detective was responding to an attempted robbery during the time of the shooting

9. Calif. lawmakers aim to rein in police use of facial recognition

   State lawmakers are considering regulation barring all California police officers from running facial recognition programs on body cameras

10. LAPD investigates officer's actions in Costco shooting

    The LEO opened fire on a man who assaulted him without provocation as the officer held his young child