Tag: Law enforcement agencies
Nebraska patrol officials defend mission to Mexican border
LINCOLN, Neb. — Officials from the Nebraska State Patrol defended their state-funded mission to the U.S.-Mexican border on Thursday, arguing that they were answering...
Capitol Police have new chief after Jan. 6 insurrection
WASHINGTON — A former police chief in Maryland and Virginia, J. Thomas Manger, is the new chief of the U.S. Capitol Police, congressional officials...
Suburban Indianapolis police ID man shot by police officer
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — Police have identified a man who was shot and wounded early Wednesday by a suburban Indianapolis police officer responding to a...
50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans
Landscaping was hardly his lifelong dream.
As a teenager, Alton Lucas...
Ex-Detroit chief Craig launches Michigan governor campaign
LANSING, Mich. — Republican ex-Detroit police chief James Craig launched his campaign for governor on Wednesday, seeking to become Michigan's first Black governor with...
Suburban Indianapolis cop shoots, wounds person outside home
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — A suburban Indianapolis police officer shot and wounded a “male subject" early Wednesday after officers responded to a call for assistance...
Man wounded in 4th police shooting in Aurora this month
AURORA, Colo. — A man believed to be a suspect in a domestic violence incident was wounded by police in Aurora on Tuesday in...
Suit says police held wrong woman at gunpoint, damaged car
WILMINGTON, Del. — A woman is suing Delaware State Police alleging that plainclothes officers in unmarked cars blockaded her in her car and held...
Chicago City Council approves new layer of police oversight
CHICAGO — After years of protests over law enforcement misconduct, the Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved a panel giving citizens more input on...
New prosecutor appointed in shooting of Rayshard Brooks
ATLANTA — Georgia's attorney general announced Wednesday that he has appointed the head of a prosecutors' group to oversee the criminal case against the...