Upper Macungie Township PA July 23 2021 Amazon must pay its Pennsylvania warehouse workers for the time they spend waiting for and undergoing security screenings, the state Supreme Court has ruled in a lawsuit led by workers at Amazon’s fulfillment center in Upper Macungie Township. The decision Wednesday is part of a nationwide complex of […]
Chicago IL July 23 2021 More than 30 Chicago high schools have voted to redirect money spent on uniformed police officers to alternative behavioral and mental health supports a year after intense student-led protests put a microscope on the role of cops in public schools. The moves shift about $2 million from policing to restorative justice […]
Montgomery AL July 23 2021 For years, the Montgomery Police Department has required nightclub owners to hire off-duty officers to provide security. That’s about to change. A health insurance issue and a lack of volunteer officers have led city leaders to explore new options. Members of the Montgomery City Council said Tuesday they plan to craft […]
OKLAHOMA CITY OK July 23 2021 Court documents revealed new information regarding a shooting at an Oklahoma City fast food restaurant, where a security guard is accused of beating and shooting a man, critically injuring him. According to Oklahoma City police, officers responded at about 10 p.m. on July 9 to a report of a […]
Toronto Canada July 23 2021 Twenty-six people were arrested at Toronto’s Lamport Stadium park on Wednesday as the city and police forcibly evicted those living in an encampment there, police say. At the height of the confrontation, officers could be seen rushing to push up against the metal barrier as they came face-to-face with demonstrators. At […]
Rockland Maine July 23 2021 Two former Maine police officers were sentenced to prison for beating porcupines to death while on duty. The shocking behavior was reported to Rockland police bosses in August by another officer and both were fired from their jobs in September. Addison Cox, 28, and Michael Rolerson, 31, pleaded guilty in Knox […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. July 23 2021 Montgomery police have charged a 17-year-old in connection to a recent homicide investigation. Daiyon El-Amin, 17, is charged with capital murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Leiah Holmes. Leiah was a rising senior at Alabama Christian Academy before she was fatally shot on July 12. At a school vigil, her […]
New York July 22 2021 Police at New York airports are no longer seizing marijuana, making arrests, or issuing tickets to travelers with low amounts of cannabis. “We don’t seize it. We just look for threats, explosives, knives, guns; we don’t look for illegally possessed narcotics,” Bart R. Johnson, a former State Police colonel who […]
Des Plains IL July 22 2021 An Illinois man was arrested Sunday after allegedly leaving a 7-year-old boy in a car parked at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines. The incident comes a couple of days after a similar allegation involving a baby in the much warmer Nevada climate. John Elliott, 44, of Schiller Park, Ill., […]
Westport MA July 22 2021 An officer reportedly accidently shot himself at a gun range in Westport on Adirondack Lane that is used by local police departments. According to an officer who was on scene, an off-duty officer shot himself in the thigh with a 40 caliber bullet accidentally as he was putting in […]