Ohio’s governor on Monday ordered flags flown at half-staff around the state to honor two police officers killed over the weekend in suburban Columbus. The order from Republican Gov. John Kasich applies to flags at public properties and will be in place until the officers are interred. The order came […]
The Big Apple is beefing up security for New Year’s Eve (wow)
Police are promising a bigger security detail than ever before in Times Square for this year’s New Year’s Eve celebration, which will cap off a year that saw a number of deadly attacks on innocent crowds, including a vehicle rampage at the very spot where revelers will ring in 2018. […]
Chilling motive uncovered in Texas church massacre
The gunman who opened fire in a small Texas church, killing 26 people during worship services, sent threatening text messages to his mother-in-law before the attack and had been confronted about domestic violence at least twice in the last five years, authorities said Monday. The deadliest mass shooting in state […]
Dutch police arrest suspect in Islamic terror threat
Alerted by a detailed tip from Spanish colleagues, Dutch police arrested a 22-year-old man early Thursday and said he was suspected of preparing a “terrorist attack” on a concert by an American rock band. The arrest in Brabant province, south of Rotterdam, came hours after police cancelled a performance Wednesday […]
SC trooper sentenced to 3 years for shooting man [video]
A former South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper who shot an unarmed man during a traffic stop in 2014 was sentenced to more than three years in prison Tuesday. Circuit Judge Casey Manning sentenced Sean Groubert to five years in prison and three years of probation for shooting Levar Jones in […]
Off-duty cop charged for road rage assault
Pittsburgh police say an officer pointed a gun at someone in a road rage encounter last spring while he was off duty, and is being charged with simple assault. Police identified the officer as 28-year-old Robert Kramer. They say he is on administrative leave, pending the resolution of the criminal […]
High-speed car chase ends in police gunfight
Brussels police have opened fire on a car after a high-speed chase in the suburb of Molenbeek and the driver has told officers there are explosives inside the vehicle. Brussels prosecutor’s spokeswoman Ine Van Wymersch told The Associated Press on Tuesday afternoon that police fired once at the car, which […]
MO cop shot and killed during routine traffic stop
Authorities are searching for a person of interest in the fatal shooting of a western Missouri police officer during a traffic stop, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said Monday. Clinton police officer Gary Michael, 37, who had been on the force less than a year, died late Sunday near Clinton, […]
Hundreds of officers attend funeral of cop killed in crash (pics)
Hundreds of police officers from as far away as Colorado, Utah and Texas came to the funeral and procession to honor a Pennsylvania state trooper killed when his cruiser collided with a garbage truck last week. Trooper Michael Stewart III, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash […]
Police car cutout has been slowing down cars for years
A Massachusetts man has gotten drivers to slow down for years with the help of a life-sized cutout of a police cruiser posted in his driveway. Kelly Tufts tells WFXT-TV he got the life-sized Crown Victoria sign from a friend who owned a salvage yard. The sign is made of […]