COLUMBUS OH Sept 3 2021 Columbus Police and Ohio State University Police are now doing more to try to make the neighborhoods around campus safer after more violent crimes have been reported in the area when compared to past years. Much of the plan involves having more police officers out in the off-campus neighborhoods, with police […]
RUTLAND TOWN VT Sept 3 2021— The town is billing the owners of the former Diamond Run Mall for the time police have spent responding to complaints at the property. The Select Board voted 4-0 on Tuesday to send an invoice to BAI Rutland LLC for $2,520 for police responses between December 2019 and now. […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky Sept 3 2021 In the first two weeks of the 2021-22 school year, Jefferson County Public Schools has handed out 582 behavior referrals to students who have fought with fellow students and staff. JCPS reports that 425 fights have occurred at schools as of Aug. 24, according to data obtained Of the 582 behavior […]
DENVER CO Sept 2 2021 — Colorado’s attorney general said Wednesday that a grand jury indicted three officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was put in a chokehold and injected with a powerful sedative two years ago in suburban Denver. The 23-year-old’s death gained widespread attention during […]
Webster Parish LA Sept 2 2021 Webster Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Trey Copeland has tragically passed away while on duty. The Deputy died serving in Cotton Valley following the pursuit of a motorcyclist. Tuesday, at approximately 6:29 p.m., on U.S Hwy 371, just south of Sarepta, Webster Parish Deputy C. Barton initiated a pursuit of a motorcycle […]
Overland Park KS Sept 2 2021 Freddie Castro, a 23-year-old Overland Park police officer, died Tuesday afternoon of COVID-19 in North Kansas City Hospital after he had spent weeks there with severe illness, police officials and family said. Overland Park Police Chief Frank Donchez shared the news outside of the hospital, where many fellow officers […]
Ocean County NJ September A lifeguard in New Jersey was struck by lightning and died this week. He was one of eight people who were struck or injured by the residual lightning strike, officials said. Keith Pinto, 19, of Toms River was struck by lighting around 4:35 p.m. Monday in the area of 21st Avenue […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Sept 2 2021 Police responded to the scene of a shooting at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem Wednesday. Winston-Salem police said the call came in from the school resource officer just after 12 p.m. Wednesday that one student has been shot on school property, located at 342 Petree Road. The shooter remains […]
GREENSBORO, NC Sept 2 2021—The city’s police chief and other officials are working on a new security strategy after a troubling incident last Friday in which a man set a patrol car on fire, attacked an officer and was shot to death outside of department headquarters. Chief Brian James told the City Council on Tuesday […]
Atlanta GA Sept 2 2021 A security officer who shot and killed a man in the early morning hours of Aug. 7 will not face charges, Atlanta police said. After authorities responded to the shooting around 4 a.m. at the 24-hour Midtown Diner on Peachtree Street, the security guard remained at the scene and was interviewed […]