NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Feb 27, 2022— Newport News police said a fellow officer is facing a charge after his son accidentally shot himself. A criminal complaint filed in court said the shooting happened on Oct. 29, 2021, and that Stefhone McCombs, 25, told police he came home after a shift and left his gun […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. February 27, 2022– A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office patrol officer has been charged with official misconduct, a third-degree felony, after investigators discovered he wasn’t showing up for secondary jobs he’d signed up for, Undersheriff Pat Ivey announced Wednesday. Ivey said Officer Dennis W. Hampton, who has worked for JSO for 5½, chose not to resign […]
HOBART, IN Feb 26, 2022—A suspect led a pursuit with an officer inside the vehicle Wednesday night, police said. At around 7:30 p.m., Hobart officers were assisting Steger, Illinois, authorities in the arrest of an individual, said Hobart Police Department Capt. James Gonzales. Police pulled over a vehicle in the area of Fifth Street and […]
ATLANTA GA Feb 24, 2022 — Georgia drivers wouldn’t see blue lights atop police cars before they’re pulled over by state troopers under a bill that passed Tuesday in the state House. The legislation would allow the Georgia State Patrol to remove rooftop lights from patrol cars. Instead, state troopers would use flashing lights on the […]
BLUFF CITY, Tenn. Feb 22 2022 After a fire broke out at a home just yards away from Bluff City Elementary, one woman says the students and staff of the school saved her life. Kennedy Meade didn’t notice the flames at her home created from a heat lamp until she heard school resource officer Lacey Arnold […]
Fairfax County VA Feb 21 2022 Fairfax County’s police chief is launching an internal probe into whether guns should have been removed from a police recruit’s home after his wife died by suicide. The recruit took his own life shortly after police left his home, police said. Officials are examining whether officers abided by Virginia’s […]
Newport Beach CA Feb 20, 2022 One police officer was killed and another was injured after a police helicopter crashed on Saturday into the water near Newport Beach in California. The helicopter crashed at about 6:30 p.m. local time, as two officers from the Huntington Beach Police Department were responding to nearby Newport Beach, the department […]
Hemingway, S.C. Feb 20, 2022 — A small-town police officer of nearly 30 years in South Carolina was charged Wednesday for shooting and killing an unarmed man who led her on a high-speed chase and then tried to run from his wrecked car, investigators said. Hemingway police Officer Cassandra Dollard, 52, faces one count of voluntary […]
OAKLAND, Calif. Feb 20, 2022 Dozens of current and former Highway Patrol officers have been charged with racking up more than $226,000 in phony hours in an overtime fraud scheme, California’s attorney general said. The charges announced Thursday stem from a criminal investigation of officers in the East Los Angeles station. Between 2016 and mid-2018, 54 […]
Madison WI February 19, 2022 Some of the awards recognize officers who saved lives or put themselves in physical danger. Others acknowledge accomplishments that have made Wisconsin’s public services more efficient and effective to meet WisDOT’s goal of highway safety. “The State Patrol embodies the highest standards of professionalism and service. Those employees who’ve gone […]