Month: October 2023

A Denver police unit started investigating all shootings like homicides. Now other cities are taking notice…

Full story: Denver Police tackle gun violence by solving more nonfatal shootings

A woman was saved from a burning home on East 4th Street Monday morning. Hopkinsville Fire Department spokesman Payton Rogers says Police Chief Jason Newby tried to enter the home through the front door but was unable to go very far inside due to smoke but he was able to pull a woman out of a window on the side of the house.

Full story: Hopkinsville Police Chief Saves Woman From Burning Home

The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Monday appeared sympathetic to Alabama officials who defended a law that allowed police to seize and impound cars after drug arrests despite the owners having no direct ties to the alleged crime…

Full story: US Supreme Court leans toward Alabama in dispute over vehicles seized by police | Reuters

Barely four years before a gunman’s deadly rampage in Maine, the state’s governor signed a law to prevent mass shootings. It was called a “yellow flag” law, different from the “red flag” laws designed to seize guns from people viewed as threats…

Full story: Maine passed a law to try to prevent mass shootings. Some say more is needed after Lewiston killings

At least 14 officers in rural areas of Minnesota and western Wisconsin have been shot this year, with four killed. Observers say the dangers of rural policing are growing, with suspects more willing to pull the trigger, yet the reality is rarely examined or discussed…

Full story: Shootings spotlight ‘alarming’ jump in violence against rural Minnesota officers

The U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday that Cleveland’s new contract with police unions violates the consent decree, throwing the contract into unknown territory…

Full story: DOJ: Cleveland’s ‘historic’ contract with police union violates consent decree

Cleaning up crime is the goal of a new effort from the Albuquerque Police Department. The agency is working with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office and University of New Mexico police.

Some of that effort uses new technology, called warrant track, to help officers identify people with warrants faster.

The app includes a map that shows people with warrants. APD says has helped them track down people faster not only during everyday operations but will help with big events like Balloon Fiesta.

Full story: New technology supports Albuquerque warrant arrests

The program will pair police officers and mental health-focused responders on 911 calls…

Full story: New Seattle program will pair police, mental health specialists | king5.com

The U.S. Postal Service says law enforcement officials have charged more than 600 people with postal crimes since launching a crackdown in May. The so-called “Operation Safe Delivery” follows a surge in robberies…

Full story: USPS touts crackdown on postal crime, carrier robberies, with hundreds of arrests

The City of Durham is adding to its crisis response program.

For almost a year and a half, the holistic empathetic assistance response team or HEART program in Durham, has been working alongside 911 to find a different way to reach the kind of calls that don’t need an actual police officer to respond.

Starting Monday there will be more crews on the streets with about 30 new hires.

Full story: City of Durham adds to HEART crisis-response program – ABC11 Raleigh-Durham