By Jacob Bojesson More than 600 members from European police and military forces took part in an 11-day exercise in April to better prepare for cross-border crisis situations, including a civil war. The exercise took place in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia between April 4-11 as part of the Lowlands Gendarmerie project. The exercise focused on…
By Casey Harper San Francisco’s police chief has ordered that every single officer to undergo training after yet another slew of racist text messages have been released. San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr announced Friday that the city’s entire police force must attend anti-harassment training, the Associated Press reports. The department also released copies of damning text…
By JP Carroll Mexican cartel killers shot up the local federal police headquarters as well as a hotel known to be frequented by cops in the tourist town of Acapulco in what became a two-hour gun battle Sunday. The BBC reports that tourists and locals alike in the Las Playas area of Acapulco quickly fled to to…
Casey Harper A Texas deputy constable has been hospitalized after he was ambushed and shot in the back four times late Wednesday. Two law enforcement officers pulled over for a traffic stop in Houston just before midnight Wednesday when an unknown gunman fired six shots at them, 9News reports. Four bullets hit Harris County Deputy Constable Alden Clopton in the…
A Minneapolis road rage incident is under investigation after a female driver was hit by gun fire. The woman was reportedly cut off in rush hour traffic on Hennepin Avenue and reacted by honking her horn. The other vehicle pulled up beside her and the passenger reportedly fired into her car, hitting her once in the…
By Jonah Bennett A new poll conducted by Rasmussen determined American adults don’t support paying off criminals to be peaceful citizens, instead of murderers. Several U.S. cities, seemingly out of options to reduce crime rates, have been pondering bribing criminals with cash every month to play nice. Officials from cities like Miami, Toledo and Baltimore are…
One Marijuana Joint Results in High Speed Chase by Joe Trotter Stravansky Nycassio Hinds, 36, is behind bars after leading Michigan State and Shelby Township Police on an extensive chase. His reasons for dragging the pursuit on for so long? According to what he told the cops, all he wanted to do is finish a…
Geoffrey Ingersoll Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead signed a new civil asset forfeiture bill into law Feb. 29, and a close look shows that it will be a game changer for police. Civil asset forfeiture is a practice in which police can seize property and keep it even if they don’t convict or charge the owner with a crime. Then,…
Casey Harper Two Baltimore City school police officers have been placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced appearing to show one officer repeatedly slap and then kick a student. The cellphone video was filmed Tuesday and put on Facebook. It appears to show one officer watch as Baltimore City School Police Chief Marshall Goodwin slaps a…
According to The Free Thought Project, citizens of Kansas can no longer be forced to take a DUI test by cops. Selections from the full report is below: On Friday, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled the state’s DUI testing refusal law unconstitutional, setting a remarkable precedent concerning forced testing of those suspected of driving under…