Tag: Law enforcement agencies
NYPD agrees to limits on sound cannons, ending 5-year battle
NEW YORK — The New York Police Department has agreed to limit its use of sound cannons on crowds, ending a five-year legal battle...
Passenger opened fire in shootout with San Antonio officer
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio police on Sunday said it was a passenger in the front seat who opened fire on an officer following...
Pig’s head left at former home of Chauvin defense witness
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Vandals left a pig’s head at the one-time California home of a use-of-force expert who testified on behalf of the...
Kauai police chief suspended without pay for mocking Asians
LIHUE, Hawaii — The police commission on the Hawaii island of Kauai has suspended the police chief without pay for five days for making...
Fires, damage at Oakland protest against police brutality
OAKLAND, Calif. — A protest that began peacefully in California ended with multiple fires set, several cars damaged and numerous windows shattered.
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EXPLAINER: Can cops stop drivers for hanging air fresheners?
The mother of a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by Minnesota police this week says it all started when police pulled her...
How the Kremlin provides a safe harbor for ransomware
BOSTON — A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data...
Family asks feds to reopen case on Tamir Rice police killing
CHICAGO — The family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was shot and killed by Cleveland police in 2014, asked the Justice Department on Friday...
Surge in violence rattles Haiti as poverty, fear deepens
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The attack was brazen, streamed live on the internet: Men carrying big guns walked into a Holy Thursday church service, grabbed...
Retired Ohio sheriff and tiny K-9 partner die the same day
CLEVELAND — The Ohio county sheriff and his tiny police dog were inseparable, their lives unwaveringly intertwined.
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