The New York State Senate is moving forward legislation to classify certain crimes against first responders like law enforcement, firefighters and emergency medical services as hate crimes.
Oneida County Sheriff Rob Maciol can now add another role to his resume. Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced his appointment of Maciol to the New York State Law Enforcement Accreditation Council.
Area law enforcement officials are being warned to be on the lookout for a synthetic opioid that could pose a deadly risk to them if they come in contact with it.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — A retired New Jersey police officer has died following a bicycle crash at an event to raise awareness about law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty.
CHEVERLY, Md. (AP) — Police say they may never be able to satisfactorily explain why a man with a death wish shot at drivers and officers outside a police station in suburban Maryland while his brothers filmed the firefight on their cellphones.
BRANDON, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida sheriff's deputy who worked as a traffic crash investigator was killed after his car was hit head-on by a wrong-way driver, who also died in the accident.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 200 law enforcement leaders are considering new rules to change how officers use force that they say could significantly remake how policing in the United States has been done for decades.
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A former Wisconsin police officer has pleaded guilty to killing an Oregon woman and ditching her body in a suitcase along a highway.