Police News

1. Vacationing trooper saves swimmer from drowning at Jersey Shore

   The swimmer was released from the hospital a few days later and was at home recovering this week

2. Former Houston police officer charged with murder over raid

   The deadly January drug raid of a home killed a couple who lived there and injured five officers

3. Digital Edition: How to build a police fleet for 2020 & beyond

   A free PoliceOne guide to police fleet vehicle design and procurement

4. Ill. trooper serving warrant dies from gunshot wounds

   Trooper Nicholas Hopkins, 33, was a 10-year veteran of the force

5. What does the Daniel Pantaleo firing mean for LE at large?

   Jim and Doug discuss how actions such as the firing of Dan Pantaleo fan the flames of the continuing trend of de-motivation and de-policing in America

6. Photo of the Week: Old school cool

   This week's photo comes from Melissa Morris of the NCDMV License & Theft Bureau in North Carolina. Morris writes: "The NCDMV License & Theft Bureau is the oldest statewide law enforcement agency in North Carolina, after a special legislative session created the organization in 1921 to enforce motor vehicle laws. One of our many duties is to inspect antique vehicles to prevent...

7. Cocaine found with bananas at 3 Wash. stores

   The Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating

8. Iowa woman reports her car stolen while fleeing from cops in same car, police say

   “When she took off running, and we got the call, we thought: ‘Oh sure,’” Clinton County Sheriff Rick Lincoln said

9. No more ‘convicts’ or ‘felons’ if San Francisco passes criminal justice language proposal

   Words like “felon,” “offender,” “convict” and “parolee” would be swapped for what’s described as people-first language

10. Video shows suspect fire shots that narrowly miss LEO in fatal OIS

    The LEO stumbled on debris piled in front of the cubby hole where the suspect was hiding. The fall kept him out of the line of fire, DA says