Police News

1. Poem: We Woke

   A police advocate challenges the public to speak out against the ongoing assault on the brave men and women who wear the badge

2. Minneapolis police chief urges voters to reject replacing PD

   Voters will decide Tuesday whether to approve a new public safety department

3. 3 recommendations to mitigate TASER/firearm 'capture' errors

   A human factors scientist discusses device design, holster placement and training considerations

4. 150 arrested in global LE operation targeting dark web opioid traffickers

   Operation Dark HunTor crossed three continents and involved dozens of U.S. and international law enforcement agencies

5. FBI data: Assaults on cops up in 2020, mostly due to civil unrest

   Assaults during civil disorder incidents were up 400% compared to 2019

6. 'Gentle giant': N.H. police horse dies after 17 years of service

   "He was a big horse with a big heart," said Officer Kelly McKenney, a mounted patrol unit member

7. Philly to give all patrol officers TASERs after fatal shooting

   About two-thirds of the police force do not regularly carry TASERs

8. Thieves cut hole in store wall, stole 30,000 cellphones worth $2M, Mich. cops say

   The burglars cut a hole roughly 3 feet high and 3 feet wide, police said

9. State-of-the-art facility shows Ala. PD 'who is behind the gun’

   Police said the Real Time Crime Center was able to resolve a homicide case "within five minutes" on its first day of operation

10. Security guard killed in Idaho mall shooting that wounded officer

    Jo Acker's family said she was a hero who died helping others get to safety