Posts Tagged ‘officer safety & awareness’
Ex-midshipman charged with threat following Naval Academy active-shooter scare
An ex-midshipman from Indiana has been charged with making a threat across state lines related to the lockdown last week at the U.S. Naval Academy. Jackson Fleming, 23, of Chesterton, Indiana, was arrested on suspicion of sending an online threat through a social media app concerning the Naval Academy, the U.S. Attorneys Office for the…
Read MoreAttack at a police station in Colombia by FARC dissidents kills 1, injures 4
Dissidents of the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia attacked a police station in southwestern Colombia Sunday, killing a police officer and wounding four people, authorities said. The army said on X that troops entered the town of Carmelo, in the Cauca department, to restore order after “terrorist actions” that appeared to be in response…
Read More1 injured while U.S. Naval Academy building was cleared after reported threat
A U.S. Naval Academy midshipman was injured Thursday while security forces cleared a building during a campus lockdown, Naval Support Activity Annapolis. Maryland Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth said a midshipman was injured. The campus was on lockdown following reports of threats, the academy said. The NSA said the reports were of suspicious activity on the Naval…
Read MoreOfficials release video, plead for public’s help in tracking down person of interest in Charlie Kirk shooting
Officials released new video of the person of interest in conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s killing, showing the suspected gunman climbing down from the roof of a building on the campus of Utah Valley University where authorities believe he fired the fatal shot and walking away from the scene. The video was played during a news…
Read MoreSaskatchewan RCMP raid ‘Queen of Canada’ cult compound, arrest 16 adults
Saskatchewan RCMP arrested 16 adults, including cult leader Romana Didulo, in the village of Richmound on Wednesday after a firearms investigation. At a news conference on Wednesday afternoon in Regina, Insp. Ashley St. Germaine said RCMP executed a search warrant at a privately owned decommissioned school in Richmound at around 4:30 a.m CST. Didulo and…
Read MoreSpencer Co. [IN] man arrested for shooting at house, possession of multiple explosives
A man has been arrested for shooting at a house while inside his car. Officials say they got a call earlier Wednesday morning for a male sitting in a vehicle shooting at a home. The Santa Clause Police Department later identified and arrested 47-year-old Kody Curtsinger. They say there were two people home at the…
Read MoreFugitive wanted over Australia police killings being helped, police say
A fugitive who allegedly murdered two officers in a small rural Australian town in the state of Victoria is being helped by some members of the community, police have said. Dezi Freeman has been on the run since last Tuesday, when police arrived at his Porepunkah property to execute a search warrant, reportedly relating to…
Read MoreState of Nevada still digging out from under cyber attack
If Nevada state officials know what — or who — crashed the state government’s information technology systems and brought multiple state offices and services to a screeching stop, they’re not saying. “The State was targeted in a cyber attack, and the incident is under active state and federal investigation. To protect internal systems during an…
Read MoreLAPD video shows deadly encounter with man swinging machete outside Crypto.com Arena
Video released by the Los Angeles Police Department Wednesday captured a deadly encounter between officers and a man with a machete outside Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles. The July 13 confrontation unfolded after officers responded to reports of an armed man near Olympic Boulevard and Figueroa Street. The man stopped his car in the…
Read MoreManhunt underway in rugged Australian bush after gunman kills two policemen
Australian police on Wednesday identified a suspect who shot and killed two police officers and seriously wounded a third as the search for the shooter entered day two in a vast, remote rural area in the country’s southeast. Dezi Freeman, 56, was heavily armed and experienced in wilderness survival skills, Victoria’s Chief Commissioner of Police…
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