Firstly, yes, I am currently receiving a pension and have been receiving it since August 2013, and I am on 55% of my base salary at the time of my arrest. Unaware of this aspect of the law, I believed I had lost my right to retirement when I was arrested. The thought that I … Read more
The suspects in the shooting were taken into custody. The deceased officer is a 29-year-old woman. She is the first Chicago officer in almost two years to be fatally shot while on duty. A Chicago police officer was dead and another fought for his life after a shooting at a traffic stop on Sunday, authorities … Read more
MONTREAL – For some Canadians, the 90-second video brought back memories of George Floyd: a white police officer appears to be kneeling on the neck of a black teenager lying face down on the floor on a Montreal street. Police said Saturday that they are investigating what happened after a video of the encounter sparked … Read more
Police in Billings, Montana, confirmed Tuesday that on May 16, officers were sent to a room at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in the state’s largest city to report that a 23-year-old woman had been assaulted. Silver Little Eagle, the victim and a councilor of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, was taken to a medical facility in … Read more
The handcuffed man lies prone on the ground. Police officers crowd around, at one point kneeling on the man’s shoulder blade. A video is being filmed. He cries out, “Please don’t kill me, please don’t kill me.” He is later taken away by officers to a hospital where he is pronounced dead. Those are not the … Read more
Two years ago, reports revealed that Amazon was making facial recognition software available for use by law enforcement agencies, despite questions about bias, privacy, and potentially life-destroying errors that could arise from it. A year ago Amazon announced a year-long moratorium on the use of its Rekognition platform, and now Reuters reports that Amazon has … Read more
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Justice has not formally announced whether they will review the Columbus Division of Police for racial bias as requested late last month by Mayor Andrew J. Ginther and City Attorney Zach Klein. The move has been criticized by Jeff Simpson, executive vice president with the Fraternal Order of … Read more
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Several bank employees are held hostage in a Wells Fargo bank and police are trying to negotiate their release with the help of the FBI. The negotiators worked late into the evening – six hours after the stalemate – to free all of the hostages. At least three of the detainees … Read more
A Chicago man was charged with attempted murder after allegedly driving his car to a picnic, according to police. Witnesses said the man also made anti-Asian comments during the incident, according to local news outlets. Timothy Nielsen, 57, was arrested Saturday and charged with four attempted murders after “deliberately jumping the curb in his vehicle … Read more
Migrants crossing the Rio Grande to the US near McAllen, Texas are likely to be met by US border guards in their white and green SUVs. Or police officers from nearby Mission, Texas, a border town of 84,000 people. Or MPs from the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office. Or soldiers from the Texas Department of Public … Read more