MARIETTA, Ga. – A Marietta police officer is being hailed as a hero, after performing life-saving measures for three minutes to help a choking two-month-old baby breathe again. “It was a joyous experience, I’ll tell you that,” Officer Nick St. Onge said about the ordeal, as he applied chest compressions and back blows for several … Read more
10 APR 2016 Intense and dramatic footage of an Ohio policeman doing everything he can to not kill a man begging for ‘suicide by cop’ demonstrates the ability of law enforcement officers to arrest suspects without resorting to deadly force. In an interview with The Daily Beast, Glendale Police Chief Dave Warman commended Officer Josh … Read more
A Baltimore police officer is being praised by the department for de-escalating a situation in which a man with a knife appeared to be trying to provoke police into shooting him. Instead, Officer Angel Villaronga was able to talk to the man, build a rapport and convince him to hand over his knife without further … Read more
A whistleblower in the San Francisco Police Department has been targeted by her police union for publicly calling out the department for what she describes as a pattern of racism. She says she now fears for her safety, from other cops, while on patrol. Sgt. Yulanda Williams was was one of two African American police … Read more
Bastrop Police Cpl. Chris Chavez was in his patrol car outside the Chevron gas station on Texas 71 in Bastrop when he got the call: Sixty-six-year-old Cynthia Demeritt was trapped in her bedroom that was quickly filling with smoke and she could see flames. It was just after 4 p.m. on Jan. 4, and Chavez … Read more
A Thai police officer has used kindness to rapidly deescalate a dangerous situation involving a distressed knifeman. CCTV video taken inside Huay Kwang Police Station in Bangkok on Saturday night (local time) and published by Thai news service Sanook News shows a 45-year-old man entering the facility, with a knife in his hand. Directly opposite … Read more
Since 2015, the Salt Lake City Police Department in Utah has not killed a single person, according to a Fox 13 News report. Police Chief Mike Brown said The Salt Lake City Police Department is probably one of the leading agencies in the country as far as how we train and deploy and use these … Read more
“I am not going to shoot you, brother.” In what world do those words being said by a police officer result in that officer being fired? You don’t have to go down the rabbit hole in search of a place where up is down, left is right, and war is peace. All you need do … Read more
05/04/17 TOPEKA, KS — A viral video is making the rounds in which an officer can be seen rushing into a pond to save a child who was about to drown. Officer Aaron Bulmer is being praised nationwide for the decisive action he took. The situation began when Officer Bulmer was dispatched to find people … Read more
2017/03/17 March 17, 2017 It began when a sheriff’s deputy was trying to arrest a suspect. The suspect, Edward Strother, was being pursued by Deputty Bardes. At one point during the chase, Edward pulled over, exited his vehicle, and began attacking the Deputy. He managed to gain a full mount position on the Deputy and … Read more
Helen Christophi | Courthouse News Service OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) – A veteran police sergeant has sued Oakland, California, saying the police department covered up for a fellow officer who allegedly killed his own wife, and failed to investigate allegations that police were sexually exploiting a teenage girl after the officer revealed it in a suicide note. … Read more
Whitney Webb | True Activist Drug addiction in America is an ever-growing epidemic and a “war” that we are losing. Throwing addicts in jail has proven ineffective given the nature of drug addiction and so hundreds of police departments around the US have started using drug treatment as an alternative to imprisonment. For instance, the … Read more