A former Austin police officer has resigned from the police department nearly five months after he fled to Mexico, after going through great lengths to reportedly stage his own death. KXAN reports that Coleman Martin, 29, sparked a large-scale search in April when he left his truck by Lake Amistad, between the Texas and Mexico border, along …
A video reportedly shows a woman in the back of a police SUV slip off her handcuffs before allegedly taking Texas officers on a 23-minute high-speed chase. KTRE reports that the Lufkin Police Department released the footage on Tuesday. The video supposedly shows Toscha Fay Sponsler, 33, who was accused of shoplifting from Ulta and fleeing from …
Two Illinois men drove close to a thousand miles in an RV full of supplies for Hurricane Harvey victims in Texas when a Vidor officer demanded that they leave. A Facebook video posted by James Hartwell captured the incident on Saturday, when Jared Kirkendoll and Scott Green drove the large RV past an officer standing to …
The Salt Lake City police department has issued a formal apology for a disturbing scene caught on video last month. In the police body cam video, a Utah nurse, Alex Wubbels, is seen dragged out of the hospital by a police officer after she refused to violate hospital policy by drawing blood from an unconscious …
“I don’t know what was in his heart, but I know what came out of his mouth,” said the department chief
A veteran officer with the Houston Police Department died in the line of duty after driving into high water. Sargeant Steve Perez was reporting to work in the midst of unprecedented hurricane flooding on Sunday when his patrol car became trapped in high water, and he tragically drowned. According to CBS Dallas Fort Worth, Perez’s …
Johnston County, North Carolina, District Attorney Susan Doyle released dashcam footage on Friday that showed an officer-involved shooting that ended with a woman dead. CBS North Carolina reports that on July 8, officers responded to an SUV that crashed off of Interstate 40 in Newton Grove. When they arrived, officers noticed a white GMC Yukon …
Four additional police officers in two states were shot on Friday night
A 12-year-old Tennessee girl was found murdered in her home shortly after texting her mother to say that someone was knocking on the door. Fox 17 reports that Yhoana Arteaga, 12, was found dead in her Goodletsville mobile home Thursday evening. Police believe she was murdered by someone she knew, likely the person who she texted …
A little boy is alive thanks to the quick action of strangers who were ready to use their on-the-job training. A vacationing New Jersey police officer and a hotel manager are being hailed as heroes for helping to rescue a 2-year-old who nearly drowned in Clearwater Beach, Florida. According to a statement by the Clearwater …
‘Heather died doing what she loved — standing up for people’
A West Texas A&M University police officer is dead two weeks after being bit by a feral cat while on duty, as reported by Chron. Corporal Monty Dale Platt, 47, died Tuesday after having an adverse reaction to an anti-infection medication prescribed to him after suffering the bite. According to the Amarillo Globe-News, Platt was …
