San Francisco California September 22 2023 San Francisco is considering reviving its “patrol special” squad, a for-hire private security service enshrined in the city charter and with roots stretching back to the Gold Rush-era. Patrol specials are non-sworn but armed officers appointed by the Police Commission, established in the city charter in 1857. They patrol specific […]
Baldwin County Georgia September 21, 2023 Baldwin County Sheriff Bill Massee recently came to the defense of the Baldwin County Board of Commissioners concerning the current ambulance service provider. “I don’t work for the county commissioners; I’m a constitutional elected officer,” Massee said during a recent senior citizens meeting held at a local church. “We have […]
Edgewood TX September 21, 2023 The death of the Edgewood police chief was announced Monday night. According to the Van Police Department’s Facebook page, David Hammonds has died. The police chief’s end of watch was Monday, the post said. According to Edgewood City Administrator Petra Marley, Hammonds’ death was a sudden shock to the city. […]
Palmdale CA September 18 2023 Authorities asked for the public’s help and offered a $250,000 reward as investigators searched Sunday for the assailant who shot and killed a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy as he sat in his patrol car at an intersection. Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, 30, died at a hospital after being found unconscious in […]
Richmond County GA September 17 2023 A veteran officer with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office has killed himself amid an investigation by his agency. The body of Investigator Brian Manecke was discovered on a dirt road in Lincolnton on Friday night. He had apparently killed himself, and the GBI was investigating the death along with Coroner […]
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. September 15, 2023 Sixteen days after a professor was shot and killed by a student, UNC-Chapel Hill went into lockdown again Wednesday following reports of an armed person on campus. The university sent an alert to students and faculty at 12:55 p.m. indicating an “armed, dangerous person” was seen on or near campus, […]
Miami Florida September 15, 2023 Miami City commissioners on Thursday gave their unanimous approval to a resolution allowing the city manager to contract with a private company to manage off-duty employment of city police officers. The decision came after three years of false starts and resistance, at times from within the police department itself, and […]
Birmingham Al Sept 12 2023 A UAB police officer was killed in an off-duty crash Monday in western Jefferson County. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the fatality victim as Marvin Wade Hart. He was 61 and lived in McCalla. Hart was a military veteran and a sergeant with the UAB Police Department’s Crime Prevention Unit. […]
Minnesota September 5th, 2023 Multiple local law enforcement agencies in Minnesota are removing their school resource officers from schools because of a state law that limits the manner in which they are allowed to restrain students when needed. The Blaine City Council voted unanimously Thursday to suspend the police department’s school resource officer partnerships with the […]
Hartford CT September 4, 2023, Amid chants of “Let’s patrol,” a group of activists — some openly carrying guns — walked up and down a North End street Saturday for the first of what The short patrol followed a rally in the parking lot of Unity Plaza at Charlotte and Barbour streets, one of many areas […]