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BWC: Man calls 911 during pursuit, tells dispatchers he’s armed and ‘won’t go to jail’ before OIS

After officers from the Kuna PD and Ada County Sheriff’s Office stopped the man, he climbed out of his vehicle brandishing a weapon, leading to an officer-involved shooting

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List: WalletHub ranks best & worst states to be a police officer in 2025

California ranked #1 for the second year in a row, followed by Connecticut and Illinois; among the lowest on the list are Nevada, Hawaii and Alaska

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Man charged with intentionally striking, killing deputy with vehicle after son killed in OIS

Deputy Larry Henderson recently retired from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office but coninued to work off-duty shifts; he previously served on the bomb squad and dive team

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Detroit PD to assume control of detention center after 12 years of state oversight

The Michigan Department of Corrections will step away from managing the 200-inmate facility, prompting the Detroit Police Department to recruit over 60 civilian staff

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Judge blocks Wash. sheriff from reclaiming jail weapons

Franklin County Sheriff Jim Raymond faces a second restraining order after seizing 50 guns in defiance of a court directive during a jail control dispute

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Video: Calif. dispatcher, deputies find and rescue missing child wandering on highway

Shiloh Corbet, a San Diego County dispatcher, spotted the child while driving home; she called deputies, who brought the 11-year-old to safety

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‘We see a little bit of everything:’ Officers find kangaroo on Ala. interstate

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Sheriff Andre Brunson said. “We had a bear a few years ago, but never a kangaroo. You never know what you’ll see in Macon County”

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Judge imposes 6-year sentence for former Colo. officer convicted of manslaughter

Erik Hernandez was found guilty of manslaughter in the 2023 shooting death of Justin Reffel, who was attempting to flee from Hernandez and another officer in a vehicle

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Former Mich. officer on trial for murder in 2022 fatal OIS testifies he feared for his life

“I believed that if I hadn’t done it at that time, I wasn’t going to go home,” said former Grand Rapids Police officer Christopher Schurr

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Entire Texas PD resigns, city aims to build another ‘from scratch’

The resignation followed an incident where the Jacksboro city manager suspected police officers of attempting to ‘set him up’ for a DUI arrest and called for an investigation

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BWC: Man grabs gun while resisting, Mo. officers plead with him to drop it before fatal OIS

The man produced a firearm during a struggle with St. Louis County PD officers; when he began to pull away while still maintaining control of the gun, officers opened fire

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FBI, Fla. sheriff’s deputies arrest man who had fake cop gear, aimed to carry out attack on LE

The man had guns and police uniforms as well as a Ford Crown Victoria sedan painted like a cruiser, complete with a laptop stand in the front seat and a police computer

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BWC: Mich. officers pull man in crisis from safety fence over highway

“I will help you get through this,” a Warren PD officer can be heard saying as the man continued to resist officers’ rescue attempts

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BWC: Agitated man stabs Ky. officer’s ballistic vest before fatal OIS

The man was captured on surveillance footage breaking into a neighbor’s home and taking a kitchen knife before the incident unfolded

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BWC: Woman speeding wrong way on highway brandishes gun at Ohio officers before fatal OIS

An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper stopped the driver by pinning the car to a barrier with his cruiser

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