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D.C. officer dies 2 weeks after being severely injured in crash

D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Terry Bennett was struck by a vehicle while he was working to assist a stranded motorist

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Photos: LVMPD unveils new Fusion Watch Center, drone skyports

The LVMPD’s Fusion Watch and Drone Operations Center houses the department’s real-time information network; the agency has 75 drones, which can be launched from 13 skyports across the city

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DHS: ICE recruitment campaigns doubled agency size with 12,000 hires in under a year

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials stated they received 220,000 applications and hired 12,000 additional ICE officers and agents in less than 12 months

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Mass. officer struck, killed by vehicle while helping motorist

Uxbridge Police Department Officer Stephen Laporta was fatally struck while helping a driver in a broken-down vehicle

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Driver fatally shot after trying to ram ICE officers in Minneapolis, DHS says

Federal authorities say the woman tried to strike officers with her vehicle during a DHS immigration sweep targeting suspected fraud

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DHS plans 2,000-officer deployment in Minnesota, ‘largest immigration operation ever’

Sources told the AP that HSI agents were going door-to-door investigating allegations of fraud, human smuggling and unlawful employment practices

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Conn. PD chief resigns after being accused of stealing from fund used to pay confidential informants

New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker stated that three assistant police chiefs confronted Chief Karl Jacobson, at which point he admitted to stealing the money for personal use

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Man arrested after ramming 10 vehicles, leading Texas officers on nearly 1.5-hour pursuit

Harris County SWAT officers used tear gas to take the suspect into custody after deputies used spike strips to stop the “military style” vehicle

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BWC: Man who fired shots at LAPD helicopter taken into custody after SWAT standoff

A K-9 assisted in arresting the suspect, who initially refused to drop his gun until officers fired shots at him

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Texas deputy constable working off-duty security shift ‘executed’ by suspect, chief says

Caldwell County Deputy Constable Aaron Armstrong attempted to arrest a suspect he had escorted out of the club when he was shot; he returned fire before collapsing

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New report shows a 25% drop in annual LODDs

“Even one officer fatality is too many, and our ultimate goal is to have none. But we’re heartened by any decrease in those numbers,” said Bill Alexander, CEO of the NLEOMF

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BWC: Man charges St. Louis officers with knife in airport before fatal OIS

One St. Louis County Police Department officer deployed a TASER at the man as he began to run, which was ineffective; he was shot as he ran toward another officer

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Judge dismisses proposed consent decree agreement with Louisville PD

A U.S. district judge wrote that “the responsibility to lead the [LMPD] in compliance with federal law must remain with the city’s elected representatives and the people they serve.”

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Video: Minn. officers fire through windshield during armed suspect pursuit

As one St. Paul officer exited the cruiser, the other fired through the windshield when the armed man pointed a gun at them

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Quick-thinking Minn. officer uses cruiser to push burning EV away from gas pumps

Brooklyn Center police and firefighters worked together to contain the fire, which required 30,000 gallons of water to suppress

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