Tag: Law enforcement agencies
Portland police officer indicted on protest assault charge
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Multnomah County grand jury has returned an indictment against a Portland police officer accusing him of hitting an Oregon protester...
Police: Car plows into protesters in Minnesota, killing 1
MINNEAPOLIS — A woman was killed and two others were injured after being struck by a car during a protest in Upton on Sunday...
5 Georgia officers fired after death in interrogation room
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Savannah Police Department said Monday that it has fired five officers in connection with the death of a man who...
GOP ramps up misleading attack on Democrats’ policing policy
DES MOINES, Iowa — When Minnesota Republican Tyler Kistner announced his candidacy for the U.S. House in April, he asked voters to ponder two...
Police: Man fired ‘ghost gun’ outside strip mall, was shot
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Allentown police say an officer shot and critically wounded a man who repeatedly fired a handgun outside a strip mall in...
Law enforcement struggles to recruit since killing of Floyd
Law enforcement agencies across the country experienced a wave of retirements and departures and are struggling to recruit the next generation of police officers...
Ex-Missouri detective found guilty in excessive force case
ST. LOUIS — A federal jury has found a former suburban St. Louis police detective with a string of past misconduct allegations guilty in...
‘We mean it’: FBI takes on sexual misconduct in its ranks
WASHINGTON — Faced with a #MeToo reckoning, the FBI says it is getting serious about sexual harassment in its ranks, starting a 24/7 tip...
Arkansas woman sues trooper for flipping car during stop
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas woman who says she was injured when a state trooper crashed into her car, causing it to flip,...
Prison break: 29 inmates escape federal lockups in 18 months
WASHINGTON — Over the past 18 months, 29 prisoners have escaped from federal lockups across the U.S. — and nearly half still have not...
