By Bill Carey Police1 CAMDEN, Ark. — Arkansas’ oldest police officer signed his retirement papers this week, ending an almost 65-year career. When L.C. “Buckshot” Smith started working at the Camden Police Department, he said he worked for free at first, KARK reported. Eventually, Smith went to the Ouachita County Sheriff’s Office, where he retired at […]
By Greg SmithThe Day NORWICH, Conn. — A Norwich police officer who was fired at by a man carrying an AR-15 style rifle in 2021 was justified in returning gunfire and trying to run the man over, the state Office of Inspector General concluded in a report released on Wednesday. The use of force report on the […]
64 officers were shot and killed in the line of duty in 2022, mirroring the 64 officers who were shot and killed in 2021. This continues a disturbing trend of an increase in firearms-related deaths compared to the average number of officers killed by gunfire each year in the prior decade. From 2010 through the […]
According to FOX 4 Now, “Authorities have arrested a 22-year-old driver on suspicion of attempted murder for allegedly plowing his vehicle into Los Angeles County sheriff’s academy recruits on a training run, injuring more than two dozen people.” Additional charges are pending. Don’t discount the radical leftist anti-cop vitriol spewing especially over the past few years. While the […]
Henry “Hollywood” Morris, the creator of Support Our Shields and the Critical Conversations podcast, joins Anthony on this episode. He shares his riveting story and how that led him to boldly support law enforcement. He openly talks about the level of violence and heartache in his home and neighborhood. He shares his journey, highlighted with […]
The family of slain Baltimore police officer Keona Holley is demanding that Holley’s name be removed from a crime bill meant to honor her, Fox News reported on Tuesday. Originally, the Keona Holley Public Safety Act included a provision that barred convicted cop killers from ever getting parole. That provision was later removed by the […]
An Oak Forest police officer was in serious but stable condition Monday following a shooting Sunday inside a Food 4 Less grocery store in that city in which police exchanged gunfire with a 21-year-old Calumet City woman who later died from her injuries. State police are investigating the shooting that happened at about noon in […]
CEDAR BLUFF, Ala. — Sgt. Christopher Vaughn died of medical complications while on duty Friday, Cedar Bluff Police announced in a Facebook post. Vaughn was a 13-year veteran of law enforcement and had been with the Cedar Bluff Police Department since 2015. “The hard work and dedication of Sgt. Vaughn will be greatly missed by his […]
A 70-year-old woman was hospitalized Wednesday morning after being rescued from underneath her car in Bear, according to the New Castle County Police Department. She marks one of two people in the last two days to experience injuries associated with their vehicles while not on the road. Police body camera footage recorded at 8:16 a.m. showed the woman’s left […]
Officers save the life of a woman who fell into Lake Michigan. With the assistance of officers on land and officers from the CPD Marine Unit the female victim was safely recovered and transported to a local hospital. Chicago police and marine unit officers worked together during the incident. After initially throwing the teenager a life ring, the marine unit […]
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