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Denver police quietly stopped using no-knock warrants in 2020 amid a nationwide outcry against police brutality and push for criminal justice reform, police records show. Division Chief Joe Montoya told the Post that the change has not harmed DPD’s narcotics investigations and the agency probably would keep the current policy. “I can’t see going back,”…

Newly released video of an Onondaga County sheriff’s deputy shooting and killing two teens raises troubling questions that won’t be fully answered without further investigation, several law enforcement experts said. Experts contacted by Syracuse.com said they had concerns about the deputy’s actions. He fired at a moving vehicle, a move that is widely discouraged by…

Kenosha police released video showing a harrowing rescue along a rocky Lake Michigan shoreline on Friday. Posted to YouTube, the police department’s video shows officers trying to use rope to help the stranded woman out of the water. The video shows the choppy water pushing her against the rocks. She tries to keep herself off…

Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, 30, was “shot in his patrol car,” law enforcement officials said… Full story: Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy dies after being shot in patrol vehicle, office says – ABC News

The number of U.S. school shootings involving casualties hit a new record in the 2021-22 school year and reached a new high for the second school year in a row, according to new data from the National Center for Education Statistics… Full story: U.S. school shootings reach second year of record-highs

The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday plans to announce new limits on its use of artificial intelligence even as it highlights the agency’s success using the technology to aid in drug busts and catch criminals… Full story: US Homeland Security Department reveals new AI guardrails as it deploys technology across agency | Reuters

Chief Finner said there has been a 26% increase in police chases from last year. “In my opinion, that’s too many,” he said. Here are the changes coming when initiating pursuits… Full story: ‘Too many’: HPD Chief Finner reveals revised version of chase policy amid growing number of pursuits

After a nearly two-week manhunt, Danelo Cavalcante, a convicted murderer who escaped a Pennsylvania prison late last month, was taken into custody Wednesday morning. Cavalcante, 34, escaped from Chester County Prison on Aug. 31. Pennsylvania State Police conducted a search across the surrounding heavily wooded areas, but authorities did not capture him until they identified…

The dollars, cents and people required to remake policing in Minneapolis are coming into focus. On Monday, the City Council formally took up Mayor Jacob Frey’s proposed 2024 budget. It’s the first spending plan that pins taxpayer costs to the specific jobs required to comply with court orders to end racist and unconstitutional policing. Big…

Eight months after Los Angeles County probation officials attempted to auction off hundreds of guns they no longer needed, county supervisors have barred all their departments from ever trying that again. The supervisors unanimously approved a policy Tuesday that would require all departments to destroy firearms they no longer need rather than profit from selling…