A New Mexico State Police officer was fatally shot on a highway Thursday and authorities chased the attacker, killing him in a shootout, officials said. The officer who was killed has been identified as 28-year-old Darian Jarrott, reported KVIA-TV El Paso. Authorities also released the name of the attacker who was killed, 39-year-old Omar Felix […]
The Portland Police Bureau now has the “lowest number of sworn employees” in more than 25 years, prompting the department to reassign certain personnel as a way to decrease overtime costs, officials announced. On Thursday, Portland police reassigned sergeants and officers from three precincts “in an effort to reduce overtime costs” – just one day […]
An unknown number of police officers in Rochester, New York, were suspended Monday, one day after the release of a video showing authorities pepper spraying a 9-year-old girl while responding to a report of “family trouble,” officials said. In a statement, a spokesman for Mayor Lovely Warren said the suspensions, which were immediate, were ordered […]
A Somerset, Mass., police officer bought groceries for two women accused of shoplifting five days before Christmas. Officer Matt Lima was dispatched to a local Stop & Shop grocery store, where two women with two small children were accused of not scanning all of their groceries in the self-checkout lane, according to the Somerset Police […]
Prosecutors handling the Minneapolis case involving four former police officers charged in the death of George Floyd have asked that the trial be delayed by three months, citing coronavirus concerns, according to a report. In a recently filed court motion, prosecutors cited the COVID-19 pandemic and the amount of time needed before enough people are […]
The NYPD has been on the alert for weeks for possible attacks similar to Friday’s deliberate RV explosion in Nashville, The Post has learned. An internal NYPD memo issued earlier this month warned that law enforcement were the “priority targets” for terror attacks involving homemade bombs and vehicle arson. The Dec. 14 memo, obtained by […]
A small North Carolina town is mourning after one of its police officers became the first to die in the line of duty. Mount Holly Officer Tyler Herndon, 25, was killed at a car wash Friday in a shootout with a burglary suspect. Mount Holly Mayor Bryan Hough sobbed as he asked for the community […]
New statistics released by the national Fraternal Order of Police show 283 law enforcement officers were shot – 44 of whom were killed – so far this year. The latest statistics represent the number of law enforcement officers shot nationwide from the beginning of the year to Nov. 30, 2020, said the FOP, the largest […]
A manhunt continued Wednesday for a second suspect who remained at large just two days after Houston Police Sgt. Sean Rios was fatally gunned down after entering a hotel parking lot on his way to work, leaving behind four children. The first suspect, Robert Soliz, 24, was arrested without incident at about 3:15 p.m. Tuesday […]
One New Orleans police officer is in serious but stable condition after being shot in the face and a second has minor injuries after they were “ambushed” by a shooter Friday, according to the New Orleans Police Department. The pair were on routine patrol in a marked SUV around 4:30 p.m. Friday in the French […]
Attorneys for Prince George’s County, Md., announced Monday that a settlement had been reached with the family of 43-year-old William Green, a Black man who was fatally shot while handcuffed in a police cruiser. Monday’s announcement stems from Green’s death in late January, after which a Prince George’s County police officer, Cpl. Michael A. Owen […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two police officers were shot Wednesday night during downtown protests that erupted after a grand jury’s decision not to charge the officers who shot and killed Breonna Taylor. Only one of the officers involved was charged, with wanton endangerment. About a half-hour before the city’s 9 p.m. curfew, two Louisville Metro police […]