Three Pittsylvania County, Virginia, deputies were injured Wednesday night while serving warrants in the town of Gretna after a suspect allegedly opened fire on them. The Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office said the deputies were not directly struck by bullets but were wounded by shrapnel during the exchange. All three sustained non-life-threatening injuries and are expected to recover.
On Tuesday’s Morning Joe on MSNBC, host Symone Sanders Townsend pushed back on the idea that more police automatically make streets safer, while discussing President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration placing Washington, D.C.’s police force under federal control. The move came as Trump cited what he called a crime emergency in the nation’s capital.
Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) will assume control of a high-profile investigation into allegations that former South Yorkshire Police officers were complicit in the Rotherham grooming gang scandal — including accusations that some officers personally raped victims.
Massachusetts officials included Moms for Liberty, a conservative parental rights group, alongside Antifa in a police training manual, designating it a "hate group."
Less than a week after Seattle leaders celebrated the soft opening of the city’s $750 million Downtown Waterfront revitalization, a broad daylight shooting near Pier 58 has reignited public safety concerns in the heart of the city’s tourist district.
Authorities arrested 28-year-old James Andrew McGann on Wednesday in connection with the brutal slayings of Clinton and Cristen Brink at Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas. The couple was murdered in front of their two young daughters while on a family hike Saturday, according to Arkansas State Police.
Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani faced intense scrutiny during his first public press conference after a deadly Midtown Manhattan mass shooting claimed four lives, including NYPD Officer Didarul Islam.
Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge lashed out at reporters and social media users following the release of viral footage showing a brutal mob attack over the weekend. The brawl, which left a woman unconscious and bloodied, has led to five arrests and national outrage, but Theetge appeared more frustrated with media coverage than with the violence itself.
An 18-year-old mother in Lake City, Florida, has been charged with felony child neglect after police say she left her 2-year-old daughter locked in a hot car while she returned to finish watching a movie. Authorities say Tipora Merriex placed the crying toddler inside a 2002 Cadillac Escalade and went back into the theater to continue watching the “Smurfs” movie with her siblings.
