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The incident occurred at about 5 p.m., according to police, in the Pecan Park neighborhood, near Harding St. and Fennell. Details about the incident have not been announced, two law enforcement sources said five officers had been shot. Their conditions are not known at this time. According another law enforcement source, one of the wounded officers was shot in the face.

A male St. Louis police officer was charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a female officer during what was described as a deadly game with a revolver. Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner announced the charge against Nathaniel Hendren, 29, in the death of 24-year-old Katlyn Alix, as they allegedly played a game in which a revolver's cylinder was emptied, one bullet put back and the two colleagues took turns pointing at each other and pulling the trigger. Alix was with two male officers at an apartment when she was killed just before 1 a.m. Thursday . A...

Edward Burke Jr. was arrested at his home in Winnetka after a family member told police he pushed her and authorities reported finding him “highly intoxicated” and “belligerent.” But by the end of the next business day, the domestic battery charge had been dropped. The swift reversal occurred after the accused man — the son of Edward Burke, Chicago’s longest-serving alderman who is now charged with attempted extortion — managed to get his case before a Cook County judge, apparently without the assistance of an attorney and despite the fact he wasn’t due in court for another week. The arrest...

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JANESVILLE, Wis. - Three of the six people arrested by Janesville police appeared in Rock County court on Thursday. All are being held on cash bond. Tasha Sanger, 35, Sergio Maciel, 27 and Samantha Guinter, 28, all appeared by camera from the Rock County Jail. On Monday night, all three were arrested following a crash and a domestic dispute. A criminal complaint filed Thursday details the events that led the three plus Jamaious Shoulders and two minors to be arrested. According to the complaint, a disturbance started in the home of Rochelle Maciel, Sergio Maciel's mother and the legal guardian...

A 24-year-old female officer was shot and killed by a fellow cop in the same department, police said, according to KTVI in St. Louis. The woman, officer Katlyn Alix, was off-duty when she was shot at about 1 a.m. Thursday, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief John Hayden said, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “An SLMPD officer has been transported to an area hospital suffering from a gunshot wound,” the department tweeted at 2:02 a.m. Thursday. The “officer in need of aid” call was made about seven minutes before, according to the Post-Dispatch.

The Baltimore City school board voted unanimously to oppose a measure that would have allowed school police officers to carry weapons during the day. The school board’s vote effectively kills HB31, which would have overturned a previous prohibition on school police officers carrying guns in schools. Del. Cheryl D. Glenn, a Democrat who sponsored the bill, said she would be withdrawing the proposed legislation from the General Assembly. “I can’t move a bill that doesn’t have the support of the school board and the mayor,” she said. “The votes wouldn’t be there.” The 10-0 opposition vote took place at a...

Medical examiners in New York have ruled that the mysterious deaths of two sisters found dead and duct taped together on the banks of the Hudson River was a double suicide. The cause of death was drowning. The bodies of Rotana Ferea, 23 and Tala Farea, 16 were discovered on October, 24 2018 near the George Washington Bridge. They were quickly identified as Saudi citizens who had gone missing from a shelter-like facility, possibly for abused women, in Fairfax, Virginia in August. "Today, my office determined that the death of the Farea sisters was the result of suicide, in which...

Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire ex-mayor of New York and benefactor of the Johns Hopkins University, said Tuesday it’s “ridiculous” the institution doesn’t have an armed police force. *snip* Johns Hopkins is seeking approval from the General Assembly for a private police force to patrol the university campus in Homewood, the hospital campus in East Baltimore and the Peabody Institute in Mount Vernon.

Police in Arlington, TX had their hands full after an officer-involved shooting that left one dead and an officer seriously wounded. The dead man’s family demanded to know why 20-year-old Tre’Shun Miller ended up dead after a simple traffic stop. The family presented the media with the photo above. Meanwhile, for anyone looking, Tre’Shun’s Facebook page provided a treasure trove of photos indicating crime: Of course, most folks don’t dig that deep. But the Arlington PD didn’t disappoint. Days after the family challenged the cops for proof of what happened, Arlington PD delivered. They released the bodycam video showing...

I could have been detained and required to provide breath samples for doing nothing more than purchasing a bottle of alcohol from a government store while perfectly sober As I wrote in an earlier article, new laws concerning drinking and driving came into effect in Canada on Dec. 18. As well as increased penalties, cops no longer have to have a “reasonable suspicion” that a driver has been drinking before demanding that driver provide suitable breath samples. As well, a police officer can demand someone provide breath samples if that person has driven anytime within the previous two hours. If...

It was a sad ending in Davis Friday to a young life and police career. Twenty-two-year-old Officer Natalie Corona died after being shot to death at an accident scene. On Friday afternoon, there was a solemn procession from the memorial back to her hometown of Arbuckle. As many as 5,000 police and public servants came from as far away as Boston and New York City, plus childhood friends from Ofc. Corona's hometown of Arbuckle. (Cut) "She wanted to be a cop. It was in her blood. She wanted to do this," said Davis Police Department Chief Darren Pytel. The memorial...

Los Angeles Police Department Detective Ysabel Villegas used to investigate cases of sexual assault and domestic violence. Now, the tables are turned, and she is the alleged victim in a revenge porn scandal that's rocked the LAPD. "I did not want to be here," said Villegas outside court Tuesday. "This is the last place or the last thing I ever wanted to do and I'm just so sad it's come to this." Villegas says LAPD Senior Lead Officer Danny Reedy began to threaten and extort her near the end of their five-year extramarital affair. She says he sexually assaulted her,...

CLIVE, Iowa — A routine traffic stop turned into a moving act of kindness by a Clive couple.

Two more police officers have been shot in the line of duty. That makes 3 killed by gunfire, 4 killed with cars, and 2 more remain in critical condition after being shot. That is JUST this year and it's ONLY January. When is enough, enough? When will the rest of us get tired of our "front line" being killed because of the job they do and the uniform they wear? The time is long past due for "we the people" to decide that criminals should NOT be mollycoddled, their rights encased in solid gold while ours and those of police...

A police department in Indiana released shocking footage of an officer accidentally shooting his partner in the back while searching for a fugitive earlier this week.

Summary: Answering a call in Davis, Calif. to respond to an accident last night, Officer Natalie Corona, 22, who was on the job just TWO WEEKS, responded before being shot dead by a now-dead suspect only described as white.

On 4 June 2018, Springfield police officers engaged in a gunfight with Joshua S. Stanford. Stanford was being pursued in a suspected package theft. He shot at police, and the cops shot back. From news-leader.com: That's when police say the suspect produced a handgun and fired at officers. The officers were not hit.An officer caught up to Stanford in an alley behind 2109 N. Fort Ave. The release says Stanford “presented a threat with the firearm and refused to comply with verbal commands from the officer” and the officer shot Stanford. Police have not yet released the name of...

Police officers in McHenry, Illinois, had a recent run-in with a 'disorderly' squirrel. The squirrel entered the police station through the front door and eventually left without injury. (Jan. 7) Officers and workers at the police station can be heard screaming and reacting strongly after the squirrel entered the station through the front door.

PROVO, Utah — Orem Police have identified the man suspected of shooting and killing Provo Police Officer Joseph Shinners. Orem Police identified the suspect Monday as 40-year-old Matt Frank Hoover.