Chicago Heights, Illinois – Chicago Heights has a crime rate almost double than the state of Illinois and it doesn’t take a genius to know why. It’s “Chicago” Heights. For years, the community had a small, part-time law enforcement agency that patrolled the park district. After the agency was disbanded last week, Chicago Heights Mayor David Read More >

Providence, Rhode Island – Community leaders have been calling for a Black Major in the Providence Police Department for years and it appears that accomplishment has been achieved. This week, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza named the city’s recreation director, Michael Stephens to the rank of Major with the police department. Stephens has no training in law enforcement Read More >

9/4/21 Extremism Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments Sven Kurenbach still remembers the images of the twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsing and the spontaneous minute of silence at the Berlin police department that followed. When Islamist terrorists weaponized passenger planes on September 11, 2001 — killing nearly 3,000 people — Kurenbach was still head of Read More >

9/4/21 The Russia connection Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments Catalan separatists sought help from Russia as they struggled to break with Spain, the New York Times has reported, citing intelligence files. Josep Lluis Alay, a senior adviser to the self-exiled former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont, traveled to Moscow on at least two occasions in 2019 Read More >

WOODBURY — A veteran Connecticut State Police sergeant was killed Thursday after officials say his vehicle was swept away by floodwaters during Ida. The Stamford Advocate reported that Sergeant Brian Mohl, a 26-year veteran was assigned to Troop L. His death was the agency’s 25th line-of-duty death. Mohl was working a midnight shift when he notified Read More >

A risky social media craze inspired the Miami PD to have a little fun with their PSA

9/3/21 Infrastructure protection Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments Subway stations in New York were inundated with water following heavy rain on 1 September 2021. read more

‘I will likely get fired over this video, but I am nonetheless exercising my First Amendment rights to speak freely,” said Trooper Zachary Kowing

The Hopewell Township officers clung to trees for nearly two hours while waiting to be rescued

A crime-fighting pilot program will give high-risk individuals $300 a month to stay out of trouble