If you google “law enforcement recruiting crisis” you will get page after page on the topic. From police unions to chiefs to major media outlets, this so called crisis has been raging for years but is it really a crisis? I’m not downplaying the recruiting issue because it is real but when we call it Read More >
Author: admin_imw
Police and fire memorial plaques stolen from cemetery
MIDDLETON, Mass. – An investigation is underway as authorities discovered vandalism to a police and fire memorial in Massachusetts on Friday, Boston 25 News reported. According to the Middleton Fire Department, the Middleton Police and Fire Memorial plaques at Oakdale Cemetery were stolen. Fire Chief Douglas LeColst issued a statement directed at the suspect(s). “I Read More >
Houston gunman charged with killing ‘Good Samaritan’ attorney during McDonald’s dispute
HOUSTON – The irate customer who is accused of gunning down a Houston attorney after becoming upset over his McDonald’s order was identified as a man with a lengthy criminal history and is currently on the run, according to reports. The Houston Police Department announced on Thursday they are looking for 57-year-old Anthony Martin Landry. Read More >
Convicted killer gets stabbed to death inside California prison
SUSANVILLE, Calif. – A California prison inmate serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for an execution-style murder in San Bernardino County was stabbed to death at the High Desert State Prison in Susanville, officials announced Wednesday. On May 3 at approximately 9:30 a.m., inmate Scott Cook, 49, was discovered suffering from multiple Read More >
Firearms are being stolen from cars at triple the rate they were 10 years ago, report finds
The rate of other things stolen from cars has dropped 11% over the last 10 years, even as the rate of gun thefts from cars grew 200%, an analysis of FBI data shows
Minn. lawmakers look to ban the term ‘excited delirium’ in police officer training
The move follows similar bans in Colorado and California and rejections of the diagnosis by the American Medical Association and National Association of Medical Examiners
Houston police chief forced out amid suspended cases controversy
HOUSTON – Chief Troy Finner of the Houston Police Department has been forced out amid questions regarding whether he was aware of a code that suspended hundreds of thousands of cases years sooner than the timeline he gave to the public, according to ABC 13. In March, Finner offered an apology after it was revealed Read More >
Maine deputy criticized by Lewiston shooting commission blasts report as inaccurate, misleading
The Sagadahoc County deputy filed a 20-page defense detailing the alleged inaccuracies with the commission’s report
Couple devastated after ‘therapy’ ponies shot and killed on family property
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. – A Southern California couple living in the Inland Empire is devastated after discovering their beloved miniature ponies were viciously shot and killed on their property late last month. Fernando Ibarra, 53, owns a 20-acre spread in Reche Canyon, situated in the foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains in Riverside County. He Read More >
Suspect in killing of Utah officer with semi-truck attempted to run over an officer 15 years ago
The Santaquin Police Department officer killed in the incident has been identified as Sgt. Bill Hooser, a “top notch officer” who died “doing what he loved”