Chicago police, federal agents and prosecutors are launching a new initiative Friday to stem the flow of illegal firearms in the city as part of efforts to curb rampant gun violence that President Donald Trump says is at “epidemic proportions.” Trump’s remark on Twitter came ahead of an announcement by Chicago police and the Bureau…
“A Miami-Dade Police officer and security officer were honored, Wednesday, for their response to a shooting at a library in May. Miami-Dade Police officer Saul Rodriguez was working extra off-duty hours at the main library in Downtown Miami, on West Flagler Street. Usually the library is calm, but on May 3, about 30 minutes after…
“School district police officers here completed a months-long drone training program at Sanchez Elementary on Friday. This spring, Drone Pilot Inc., a Central Texas training firm, taught four officers from the McAllen Independent School District Police Department on the usage of drones. The 100-hour training, which began in February, went through various real-life scenarios. Friday,…
Facebook is cutting police departments off from a vast trove of data that has been increasingly used to monitor protesters and activists. The move, which the social network announced Monday, comes in the wake of concerns over law enforcement’s tracking of protesters’ social media accounts in places such as Ferguson, Mo., and Baltimore. It also…
