Posts Tagged ‘officer safety & awareness’
French driver, 46, detained in Italy after three Akeron missiles found in van
A routine check at the port of Bari turned into an investigation into a shipment of high-powered military equipment. Italian law enforcement officers stopped a 46-year-old French citizen, named as Regis Claude Albert Normand, after he disembarked from the Superfast II vessel after it arrived from Patras. In his van, which had French number plates,…
Read MorePolice arrest a California man after finding a guillotine near the US Capitol
United States Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested a California man with what they said was a guillotine in the bed of a pickup truck parked near the U.S. Capitol complex. Police detained 35-year-old Philan-Tam-Duy Le of Julian, California, shortly after 3 p.m., when the truck he was driving containing the device was illegally parked east…
Read MoreIowa man facing terrorism charges after threatening local police department, county attorney
A Northwest Iowa man is facing terrorism charges after he allegedly threatened to bomb the local police department, and threatened the life of a county official. On Tuesday, Aug. 18. officers say 28-year-old Christian Burford, of Sioux City, was taken into custody and charged with two counts of terrorism. On Monday, Aug. 17, at 7:27…
Read MoreUnsealed documents reveal details of RCMP’s response, investigation into Tumbler Ridge shooting
Documents unsealed through efforts by CBC News and a consortium of media outlets reveal new details of the RCMP’s response and investigation into the February 2026 mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. The documents, which include search warrants, production orders and sealing orders, provide a snapshot of a complex investigation, laying out for the first…
Read MoreBrazil orders suspension of Discord livestreams after teen suicide
Brazil’s data protection agency on Wednesday, August 12, ordered Discord to suspend livestreams, accusing the messaging platform of failing to protect children and adolescents after a teen girl was allegedly incited to commit suicide during a broadcast. In a case described by one police officer as a “real-life horror show,” a 13-year-old girl in a…
Read MoreBay County [FL] high schools resume classes following swatting attempts
Mosley High School and Rutherford High School are no longer on lockdown following a series of bomb threats directed at them Monday morning. In a news conference, Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford and Bay District Schools Superintendent Mark McQueen addressed the media about the chaotic start to the first day of school. Sheriff Tommy Ford…
Read MoreFBI Working With Pasadena [CA] Police on Huntington Hospital Bomb Threat Hoax
The FBI is working with Pasadena police to identify whoever called in a Friday morning bomb threat hoax at Huntington Hospital. The caller, who claimed to be a member of an online group known as 764, threatened Huntington Hospital with explosives and an armed attack, triggering a large police response that located no bombs and…
Read MoreHoax 911 call about weapon leads to lockdown of all Thomaston-Upson [GA] Schools
Classes have returned to normal at a West Georgia school district after authorities put all schools on lockdown while they investigated a possible threat. Officials with the Thomaston-Upson County School District say they activated the lockdown on Thursday morning after receiving reports of an incident at Upson-Lee High School. According to Upson County Sheriff Dan…
Read MoreTruck explodes outside Colombia police base, injuring 11 officers and killing a dog
Colombia’s government on Saturday blamed the nation’s largest remaining rebel group for an explosion outside a police base that injured 11 officers and killed a police dog. The attack took place early Saturday in Cucuta, a city along Colombia’s border with Venezuela, where drug gangs and rebel groups have long fought for the control of…
Read MoreSouthport killer charged with prison attacks and possessing weapon
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been charged with three attacks while in prison and possessing a weapon. Police say the offences took place at HMP Belmarsh over six months from May to October 2025. The 19-year-old murdered Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, and injured eight other children…
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