Following a string of deaths caused by police pursuits, Milwaukee police are once again revising the department's policy. Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman introduced new restrictions on pursuits ...
DEATH FOLLOWS ANOTHER ONE INVOLVING INDEPENDENCE POLICE. AN INNOCENT DRIVER WAS KILLED ON NEW YEAR’S EVE AFTER GETTING HIT BY A SUSPECT TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM OFFICERS. KMBC9 ANDY ALCOCK IS GETTING ...
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The Prince George's County Council passed a law Monday named after a 3-year-old girl who was killed by a driver allegedly fleeing a traffic stop. Zoey's Law requires county police to report all ...
Columbus police officers were on patrol in South Linden on the evening of Aug. 14, 2024, when they saw a Chevrolet Impala driven by Justin Moore, who was wanted for assaulting his girlfriend. The ...
The policy recognizes that pursuits “expose citizens, law enforcement officers and fleeing violators to the risk of serious injury or death,” and says that “deputies must not forget that the immediate ...
EVERETT — Vehicle thefts declined after Washington loosened restrictions on police pursuits, but critics say less regulations may jeopardize public safety. Police pursuits have been under scrutiny ...
Police chases are some of the most dramatic, dangerous, and divisive moments in law enforcement. They make for gripping television, but behind the flashing lights, the screaming sirens, and the high ...
With the deaths of three people involved in police pursuits in the last month, Milwaukee police's decision to conduct a chase is a 'balancing act', the city's police chief said. Milwaukee Police Chief ...
Standing at the podium of my old high school, looking out at 300 graduating seniors, I realized something profound: Most of these kids were about to chase all the wrong things. I'd been invited back ...
Police should only chase suspects’ vehicles in very narrow circumstances and should be mandated to publish data on chases in an effort to decrease the number of potentially deadly police pursuits, New ...
The 171 pursuits recorded this year through May marked an approximately 22% decrease from the 219 reported by the end of May 2024, a year in which troopers engaged in 553 pursuits total, and about a ...