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Estella Patterson, the former chief of the Raleigh Police Department, will take over as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police chief. Patterson, who started her career at CMPD in 1996 and worked at the ...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — The Fort Pierce Police Officers Union announced in a Wednesday Facebook post that they would like the city to select acting Deputy Chief Caleb Gillette to become the next chief of ...

MAN WHO TOOK IT. I AM DEB ANDRE. THAT VIDEO NOW HAS OVER 200,000 VIEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHOWING A BALTIMORE POLICE OFFICER CHASING DOWN A MAN IN HIS POLICE CRUISER. I ALSO SPOKE WITH THE MAN WHO WAS ...

A Baltimore police officer has been suspended after a video went viral that showed him driving aggressively and nearly running over a person with his cruiser in West Baltimore. The video shows a ...

WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A police officer who was talking to a firefighter outside a Georgia convenience store shot and killed a man who drove up to the store and began attacking the firefighter with ...

DANBURY — The Danury Police Department is mourning the recent death of one of its officers. Dominic Barthelemy, 39, “passed away unexpectedly” in New York the evening of Oct. 23, according to a post ...

A teenager has won a bravery award for saving the life of a man who had been stabbed in the neck. Ashton McCabe, then aged 17, used first aid to treat the victim's wounds and helped police officers to ...

BILLERICA — The Billerica Police Department has officially welcomed two new patrol officers to its ranks following their graduation from the Lowell Police Academy on Oct. 10. Jonah Varallo and Derek ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A dozen recruits officially became officers during a ceremony at the Richmond Police Department's Training Academy on Friday. The department said the group is comprised of individuals ...

ATLANTA — Witnesses are describing the chaotic moments where they said an officer had to be pulled from a fiery vehicle that crashed into a house Monday night. The Atlanta Police Department said the ...