Sacramento, California: State lawmakers have passed a California shock glove ban and sent it to Governor Gavin Newsom, who has until September 30th to sign or veto it. The measure would block officers from wearing devices capable of delivering an...

Comanche County, Oklahoma: A federal wildlife officer identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as David Taylor died on August 29 while evacuating residents ahead of the Railroad South Fire in Comanche County, the agency said. Officials said the...

San Antonio, Texas: An 18-year-old man was in critical condition Wednesday after a San Antonio police shooting that officers say began when a driver refused to stop and ended when a passenger reached for a firearm during a physical fight...

Warm Springs, Georgia -  A Warm Springs officer killed while sitting in his patrol car has been identified by his department as Chris Fisher, who was fatally shot late Tuesday night in the Meriwether County city. The Georgia Bureau of...

Shawnee, Oklahoma: An Oklahoma baseball coach knife confrontation ended with a suspect in custody and a team of teenage players unharmed after their coach stepped between them and an armed man at a hotel. Cameron High School coach Kevin Lomon,...

The best police recruiting strategies are not the ones that look good in a press release. They are the ones that put qualified bodies in academy seats. If your agency is still losing candidates to a slow, confusing hiring process,...

A new report from the St. Louis Police Department shows that 911 response times have spiked. The average police response times to lower-priority calls have more than doubled. This analysis from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch shows St. Louis police response...

When Covington County, Mississippi, Sheriff’s Deputy Yates Rodney was ambushed during what began as a routine traffic stop on June 8, 2026, the nation witnessed yet another stark reminder of the dangers America’s law enforcement officers face every day. Shot...

Epic recruiting failures rarely start with bad intentions. They start with a chief who genuinely wants to fix a staffing crisis and a vendor who promised to solve the problem. Six months later, the staffing problem remains and is sometimes...

Washington, D.C.: The Supreme Court has declined to hear a race based policing case, leaving in place a lower court ruling that critics say forces officers to weigh a suspect's race during street encounters. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas...