Social workers and other non-police professionals like “transit ambassadors” should handle certain 911 calls to ease NYPD workloads and improve officer retention, New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani said Monday. Mamdani’s position on law enforcement and public safety took center stage following a mass shooting in Manhattan on …
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The chair of the D.C. Police Union threw his support behind President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of law enforcement in the nation’s capital but warned it is only a temporary remedy “President Donald Trump’s takeover this month of the D.C. police was a drastic but necessary step. On its own, …
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Sheriff Grady Judd, a no-nonsense Florida sheriff known for his tough talking and showmanship, announced the takedown of a drug-trafficking gang by donning the ringleader’s gold chain and bracelet during a press conference. The Polk County sheriff wore the jewelry to drive home what he called the deadly consequences of …
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In 1985, Sol Wachtler, the chief justice of New York’s Supreme Court, famously said, “Any good prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.” Perhaps—but indicting someone for throwing a ham sandwich may be tougher than it appears. A grand jury has reportedly refused to indict 37-year-old …
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Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser, once celebrated as a crime-busting hero and the inspiration behind the Hollywood hit movie “Walking Tall,” faces new accusations of pulling the trigger that killed his wife. A cold case review by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has concluded that there is probable cause that Pusser, …
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Phillip Todd, lying bloody on a public street, needed someone to pray for him. The then-26-year-old Senate staffer had just been attacked in a random act of violence, one of the many that were brutally etched in 2023 in Washington, D.C. At that moment, he was full of fear and …
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North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein broke his silence over the murder of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte train after facing heated criticism over the weekend for not speaking out earlier despite the release of a brutal video of the attack. “I am heartbroken for the family of Iryna …
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A 16-year-old student at Benjamin Cardozo High School in New York City was arrested Thursday after posting online threats about carrying out a school shooting, officials said. The Queens student was then found on campus with a loaded semiautomatic handgun, and the NYPD swept in, stopping a potential tragedy. The …
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A second man is in custody stemming from a San Antonio mass shooting that left a home riddled with bullets and a young girl dead. Bryan Salazar, 20, is now in custody and charged with capital murder, injury to a child, aggravated assault from a mass shooting and drug and …
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A witness who had picked a Miami football player’s alleged murderer out of a lineup multiple times was presumed dead. However, last month, reporters from ESPN found Paul Conner, 81, alive at his home in Louisville. Conner lived at the same apartment complex as Bryan Pata, a Miami football standout …
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