Police departments around the country are daring one another to participate in a social media phenomenon called the #LipSyncChallenge. The Norfolk Sherrif’s Office in Virginia is one of the many police departments to join in. Their nearly 5-minute video begins with Flo Rida’s “My House” then goes to a courtroom dance off that includes a …
A struggle on Highway I-10 Wednesday night left one Arizona State Trooper dead and another injured after a suspect reportedly got ahold of a trooper’s gun and opened fire. Per Azcentral, police identified the fallen officer as Trooper Tyler Edenhofer, who had been on the job less than three months and was in training at the time. …
Officials announced that three teens have been arrested in connection with Sunday’s police chase that left a Washington officer dead. According to The Spokesman-Review, Kent police officer Diego Moreno, 35, was struck and killed by another police car while deploying a spike strip to flatten the tires of a fleeing pickup truck. After hitting Moreno, other …
A police officer was shot and injured Saturday night in Fort Myers, Florida, and the suspect who pulled the trigger was in custody, the News-Press reports. The unidentified officer was in stable condition Sunday morning after undergoing surgery, but the extent of his injuries has been publicly released. The suspect, whose identity also has not been …
Authorities in Hawaii were looking for a suspect Tuesday evening after a police officer was gunned down during a traffic stop. According to Fox News, the incident occurred at around 9:45 p.m. in Hawaii County, only about 20 miles from the area damaged by an active volcano eruption. Local authorities released a statement indicating that …
A male murder suspect died on Friday in Las Vegas after a police officer, while pursuing the suspect during a high-speed chase, shot him through windshield of his police cruiser. Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that a Las Vegas police officer shot and killed 22-year-old Fidel Miranda during a high-speed pursuit on July 11, near an …
A drug store manager in Illinois is under fire this week for allegations that he called police on a customer because he did not recognize the coupon she had attempted to redeem. According to a now-deleted social media post from Camilla Hudson, the black woman had attempted to use the coupon on Friday night at …
A Florida lawman is accused of instructing officers under his command to arrest local African-Americans for crimes they did not commit in an attempt to artificially improve the city’s crime statistics. According to New York magazine, former Biscayne Park Police Chief Raimundo Atesiano allegedly told officers to falsify records showing burglaries and other crimes had …
A North Carolina woman says she is the victim of racial profiling after she was allegedly singled out at her neighborhood swimming pool and asked to prove she belonged there – and she captured the incident on video. The New York Post reports that Jasmine Edwards uploaded a video to her Facebook page of a …
Authorities said a U.K. police dog is “recovering well” after reportedly being stabbed three times while responding to a domestic disturbance. According to Derbyshire Live, a police dog named Axle underwent surgery following Wednesday night’s ordeal. Residents told the newspaper that the stabbing occurred after residents spotted a man acting in an “extremely angry” way. …
The slain trooper has been identified as 29-year-old Nicholas Clark
Days after an Oregon man was shot dead outside of a sports bar by officers from the Portland State University campus police department, the Navy veteran’s friends and family are speaking out about what they describe as the senseless death of a good man. As The Oregonian reported, those who knew 45-year-old Jason E. Washington …
