NEW ATHENS, Ohio July 12th 2022 — Sabin Ward, 21, is now perhaps the youngest police chief ever in the state of Ohio – and maybe even in the country, The Intelligencer reported. Ward, who was sworn-in Friday to lead the New Athens police force, was eager to begin his first shift after the ceremony. “Being […]
Greene County PA July 10, 2022 A Pennsylvania 911 operator faces a rare charge of involuntary manslaughter for failing to send an ambulance to the rural home of a woman who died of internal bleeding a day later, despite a plea from the woman’s daughter that without medical help “she’s going to die.” A Greene […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. July 9 2022 A Louisville Metro police officer has admitted to setting up a work-fraud scheme. Jackie Miller pleaded guilty Thursday to theft by deception. In 2018, he created a private security company, which he and other officers worked for while also on the clock for LMPD. Then, in 2019, he and five […]
Sacramento CA July 9 2022 A UC Davis police officer, who had worked for the department for more than 24 years, died on Monday from complications from a heart attack he suffered while on duty last month. Officer Walter Broussard, who had most recently been assigned to the University of California Davis Medical Center campus in […]
Phoenix AZ July 8th, 2022— If you want to film police officers, you can’t stand too close, says a new Arizona law. On Wednesday, Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill into law that makes it a misdemeanor to film law enforcement within 8 feet after officers give a verbal warning, FOX 10 reported. There are […]
Sergeant John K. Williams Coralville Police Department, Iowa End of Watch Sunday, July 3, 2022 BIO Age 59 Tour 28 years Badge 376 INCIDENT DETAILS Cause Duty related illness Sergeant John Williams passed away after suffering a medical emergency following his response to a shooting call. The shooting occurred in an apartment complex and involved […]
Deputy Sheriff Jeff L. Hermanson Saunders County Sheriff’s Office, Nebraska End of Watch Wednesday, June 22, 2022 BIO Age 45 Tour 21 years Badge 9066 INCIDENT DETAILS Cause Heart attack Weapon Person Offender Not available Deputy Sheriff Jeff Hermanson suffered a fatal heart attack following the arrest of a suspect in a stolen car near […]
DETROIT MI July 7 2022—A Detroit officer and a suspect, who police said was “indiscriminately” firing shots, were killed Wednesday night on the city’s west side, the police chief said, prompting him and other city leaders to decry rising gun violence. Standing outside Sinai-Grace Hospital hours after what he called a “very sad and tragic […]
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. July 6 2022 The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to police that he unleashed a hail of bullets from a rooftop in suburban Chicago and then fled to the Madison, Wisconsin, area, where he contemplated shooting up an event there, authorities said Wednesday. Robert Crimo III […]
St. Mary KS June 6 2022 St. Marys police officer Mark Lamberson died while on duty Saturday, the city’s police department announced. Police Chief Derek Cid said the Kansas Bureau of Investigation is leading the investigation into the circumstances surrounding Lamberson’s death. Officials said no foul play is suspected. Cid said the KBI will release “any […]