Posts Tagged ‘officer safety & awareness’
SWAT arrests man suspected of robbing a Utah bank and sending threats to another
A man is accused of robbing a bank and stealing a dollar amount to reference the 9/11 attacks. On Thursday, Unified police and the FBI were called to a robbery that happened at a Chase Bank on 2855 E, 3300 South in Millcreek. Witnesses told investigators that a white man with a long beard left…
Read MoreAnniston man arrested after police find explosive devices, guns in vehicle
Jacksonville Police have arrested a man from Anniston for violating a protection order and possessing firearms and drugs. Police received a call Feb. 8 from a woman who said she was possibly being followed by 37-year-old Austin Heath Church who she had a protection from abuse order against. Officers arrested Church during a traffic stop…
Read MorePortland police arrest man reportedly threatening people with machete near Old Tow
After an hours-long police response near Old Town on Wednesday night, officers arrested a man at an apartment complex they said threatened people with a machete. A large police presence gathered in the 600 block of Northwest Naito Parkway in response to the incident at about 4 p.m. The Portland Police Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT)…
Read MoreIce cream truck left on Kelowna, B.C., bridge posed ‘significant’ public safety risk: RCMP
The bridge connecting the cities of Kelowna and West Kelowna in B.C.’s Okanagan was closed for nearly 12 hours Monday after someone left a truck containing materials that police said “present a significant risk to public safety” on the crossing. Kelowna RCMP closed the William R. Bennet Bridge around 3:45 a.m. after a “distraught” man…
Read MoreSuspects in killings of Vallejo witness, Vermont Border Patrol agent connected by marriage license, extreme ideology
Two young people who applied in November for a marriage license in Washington have each been charged by authorities in separate January killings that claimed the lives of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont and an 82-year-old landlord in Vallejo, according to police and court records obtained by Open Vallejo. Maximilian Snyder, a 22-year-old data…
Read More3 dead, 2 police officers injured in grocery store shooting in Indiana
Two people were shot and killed inside a grocery store in Indiana on Monday, officials told ABC News. The incident took place at about 5:30 p.m. at Martin’s Super Market in Elkhart, Indiana, according to the Elkhart Police Department. Upon arrival, officers and first responders were directed to two shooting victims inside the store,” according…
Read MorePolice seek ‘sovereign citizen’ after traffic stop with shots fired Thursday in west Tulsa
Police were still looking on Friday for a man who led officers on a pursuit following a traffic stop Thursday in west Tulsa. A warrant was issued Friday for 35-year-old Michael Spear, who got into a confrontation with officers in what police described as a “sovereign citizen type of situation.” Those who claim to be…
Read MoreCapitol riot defendant rearrested on firearm charge one day after Jan. 6 case dismissed
A Jan. 6 defendant has been rearrested on a firearm charge just one day after federal prosecutors moved to dismiss his Capitol riot case following President Donald Trump’s clemency order. Daniel Ball, of Florida, was arrested while still in custody at the D.C. Jail on Tuesday on one count of possession of a firearm by…
Read More7 San Antonio police officers shot by barricaded suspect, authorities say
Seven San Antonio, Texas police officers were shot by a barricaded suspect Wednesday night, the city’s police chief said. The suspect was found dead from a gunshot wound, he added. Chief William McManus told reporters the incident began when officers responded to a call from a family member of the suspect regarding a “suicide in…
Read MoreFire chief shot and killed after stopping to help driver who hit deer with their car
A fire chief in Alabama has been shot and killed after he stopped to help a driver who had hit a deer with their vehicle, police said. The incident occurred at approximately 5 p.m. on Sunday when Chambers County deputies in Alabama were dispatched to County Road 267 near U.S. 431 in the Stroud —…
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