Tag: Law enforcement agencies
Investigators identify man shot by police in Atlanta suburb
DECATUR, Ga. — State investigators on Wednesday identified a man shot and killed by police who had pursued him from one Atlanta suburb to...
Two Maryland sheriff’s deputies shot trying to serve warrant
WALDORF, Md. — Two Maryland sheriff’s deputies were shot and wounded Monday while trying to serve a warrant for a probation violation on an...
Announcement expected in probe of Black man shot by deputies
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — The district attorney who will decide whether to file criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a Black man by...
Mother sues North Carolina sheriff over son’s beating death
RALEIGH, N.C. — The mother of a North Carolina jail inmate who died after an assault last year is suing the sheriff and nine...
Washington governor signs sweeping police reform measures
SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed one of the nation’s most ambitious packages of police accountability legislation, prompted by last year’s...
Alabama town magistrate stabbed in City Hall attack
BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — A man who entered Bayou La Batre City Hall with plans to kill police officers on Tuesday stabbed the...
California man gets life for killing LA sheriff’s deputy
LOS ANGELES — A parolee who pleaded guilty to the execution-style killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff's sergeant in 2016 was sentenced Monday...
Minneapolis mayor says police changes will increase safety
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced a sweeping set of public safety proposals Monday that he said would make all neighborhoods in the...
Case dismissed in officer’s use of pepper spray amid protest
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia judge has dismissed charges against a former police officer seen on video lowering the mask of at least one protester...
Arizona sheriff’s immigration patrols to cost public $200M
PHOENIX — The costs to taxpayers from a racial profiling lawsuit stemming from former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration patrols in metro Phoenix a decade...
