Posts Tagged ‘officer safety & awareness’
Rutherford County man arrested for FEMA threats; sheriff says ‘no armed militia’
Federal emergency response personnel working in Helene-devastated areas of Rutherford County were subject to threats over the weekend, resulting in a halt to some aid operations over a potential “armed militia” and the arrest of an armed Forest City man, officials said. Just before 1 p.m. on Oct. 12, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office received…
Read MoreGermany: Police shoot man in western city of Krefeld
Police officers in the western German city of Krefeld shot and wounded a man in a cinema foyer on Thursday night. The incident occurred after the man reportedly set three fires in the Cracau district of the city, police said.What we know so far The suspect is a 38-year-old Iranian citizen who lived in the…
Read MoreDutch Government Blames A ‘State Actor’ For Hacking A Police Network
A cyberattack that broke into a police account and accessed work-related contact details of all Dutch police officers was almost certainly carried out by hackers working for a foreign government, the justice minister told lawmakers. Dutch intelligence agencies “consider it highly likely that a state actor is responsible,” Justice and Security Minister David van Weel…
Read MoreTokyo police to set up specialist section for lone wolf terrorists
Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) plans to set up a section specializing in investigating lone wolves who carry out terrorist attacks independently without any ties to any organization, according to informed sources. This will be the first time for such a section to be established in a Japanese police department, the sources said. The MPD…
Read MoreJury reaches verdict, convicts David Linthicum on all counts
Jurors in the trial of David Linthicum reached a guilty verdict on all counts Thursday. The jury deliberated for a total of five hours across two days before finding Linthicum guilty of attempted first-degree murder of three Baltimore County police officers and a detective, as well as armed carjacking and firearms charges connected to the…
Read MoreMan Who Set Off Explosion At California Courthouse Had A Criminal Case There
A 20-year-old man tossed an explosive device into the California courthouse where he was about to be arraigned on a gun charge and the explosion left five people with minor injuries and shut down the court complex and other nearby city buildings, police said. The explosion occurred Wednesday morning in Santa Maria, a city of…
Read MoreSecret Service Failures Before Trump Rally Shooting Were ‘Preventable,’ Senate Panel Finds
Multiple Secret Service failures ahead of the July rally for former President Donald Trump where a gunman opened fire were “foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to the events resulting in the assassination attempt that day,” according to a bipartisan Senate investigation released Wednesday. Similar to the agency’s own internal investigation and an ongoing bipartisan House…
Read MoreSeveral People Are Detained In Switzerland In Connection With Suspected Death In A ‘Suicide Capsule’
Police in northern Switzerland said Tuesday that several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule.” The “Sarco” suicide capsule, which has never been used before, is designed to allow a person inside to push a button that injects nitrogen…
Read MoreUS violent crime decreased in 2023, hate crimes rose, FBI reports
Incidents of violent crime in the United States fell by 3% last year, while the number of hate crimes rose, the FBI said in an annual report released on Monday. The report collects crime data from more than 16,000 state and local law enforcement agencies who collectively represent about 85% of the FBI’s crime data…
Read MoreCapitol rioter who wanted to be ‘lone wolf killer’ taken back to jail for stalking DC activist
A Silver Spring man who spent four months in prison for his role in the Capitol riot was taken back to jail in handcuffs Monday for stalking a D.C. activist. Bryan Betancur Battisti, 26, pleaded guilty in D.C. Superior Court to two counts of contempt of an anti-stalking order. D.C. Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Wingo…
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