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“[The RTCC] reinforces our precision policing model: respond quickly, investigate thoroughly, identify correctly, arrest safely, prosecute successfully,” SPD Captain James Britt said
The Joliet Police Department intends to use the Axon Body 4 cams to improve communication with its community, more than 25% of which speaks a language other than English
The proposed legislation is named in honor of fallen Kansas City firefighter/paramedic Graham Hoffman, who was fatally stabbed by a patient
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The bill will help PDs adopt de-escalation training when encountering individuals with mental health issues in an effort to reduce officer-involved fatalities
25.1% of the drivers tested positive for THC, and nearly 20% had blood-alcohol levels beyond legal limits
The judge, who has until Friday to issue a ruling, didn’t rule on a motion to freeze a ban on gun magazines containing more than 10 rounds
With less than a month left in office, Gov. Kate Brown used executive clemency powers to change the death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole
A $10K bill for police expenses remains outstanding, the Sioux City finance director said
The agency will not receive its $1.27 million order for up to two years because of manufacturing delays
But House and Senate members may work together to alter the legislation prompted by a Cleveland firefighter’s death
The survivors have claims worth more than $10 million, attorneys for the families said
The new positions will be in the department’s aviation and rescue unit or at a station in the works
The “extraordinary expense” is meant to bring the site into compliance with a court order regarding inmate care