Follow Law Officer, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/law-officer Sun, 19 Sep 2021 09:12:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-FnxxxNmbn7S3FFO_xyF25 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Quotas imposed on the Cincinnati Police Department 40 years ago to address a lack of diversity have been lifted by a federal judge, agreeing with the U.S. Justice Department’s argument that the changes are no longer constitutional. U.S. District Judge Susan Dlott ruled on a consent decree put in place in 1981. At […]]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 17:34:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-FnxxxNmbn7S3FFO_xyF25 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-FnxxxNmbn7eGrEXdXG_66 LAS VEGAS — The expression “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” will not hold true in this case. Sadly, a New Haven, Connecticut, police officer was killed in a car crash in Sin City on Friday morning, officials said, and the driver, his colleague, was taken to jail. Joshua Castellano, 35, was identified as […]]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 15:24:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-FnxxxNmbn7eGrEXdXG_66 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-FnxxxNmbn7XCrAHWlao0B ARANSAS PASS, Texas — A Texas teen murdered three family members along with two dogs, posted graphic photos of his carnage on social media and then killed himself when police discovered his location and tried to get him to surrender, authorities said. William Quince Colburn III gunned down William Colburn Jr., 63, Janna Colburn, 53, […]]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 03:45:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-FnxxxNmbn7XCrAHWlao0B https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-FnxxxNmbn7f9M7fKGWt0o GLENDALE, Calif. — The California Highway Patrol arrested a woman for DUI as her Tesla was reportedly operating on autopilot, according to reports. A CHP incident log revealed the vehicle hit a roadside wall shortly after 11 p.m. on Thursday and kept traveling as the driver was reportedly unconscious. “AIR7 HD was over the end […]]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 01:12:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-FnxxxNmbn7f9M7fKGWt0o https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-FnxxxNmbn7bmyhX6zo8SW DUNN COUNTY, Wis. — Four adults from Minnesota were found dead inside an SUV in a Wisconsin cornfield over the weekend. They all died of gunshot wounds, Law Officer reported. Now a suspect from Minnesota has been arrested and a second man is being sought, police said. Darren Lee McWright, 56, of St. Paul, was […]]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 22:50:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-FnxxxNmbn7bmyhX6zo8SW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-FnxxxNmbn7bG7Iy_4u0x9 SAINT PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that voters in Minneapolis may decide on whether or not to abolish the police department as it’s currently configured in the upcoming municipal elections. “We’re incredibly thrilled that the people of Minneapolis have their democracy honored,” JaNaé Bates, a spokeswoman for Yes 4 Minneapolis, which wrote the proposal, told the […]]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 21:33:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-FnxxxNmbn7bG7Iy_4u0x9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-FnxxxNmbn7WnhpmeYcemU COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A man set to be deported in 2016 was convicted and sentenced by a jury for the shooting of a Colorado Springs police officer and leaving him brain-damaged in 2018. The Iraqi refugee was given a 45-year prison sentence on Thursday, according to reports. Officer Cem Duzel responded to a shots […]]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 18:10:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-FnxxxNmbn7WnhpmeYcemU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-FnxxxNmbn7VRpWVnEcNkS SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Mayor London Breed — a repeat offender — was seen partying and singing maskless in a nightclub with a Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, breaking her city’s mask mandate. “The orders require all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, to wear face coverings when indoors in public settings, with limited […]]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 17:04:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-FnxxxNmbn7VRpWVnEcNkS https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-FnxxxNmbn7cfGo0LrnZNO NORTH PORT, Fla. — People in North Port, Fla., are preparing to protest on Friday outside the home of Brian Laundrie – the boyfriend who is a person of interest in Gabby Petito’s disappearance – urging him to speak up and help investigators. The couple was traveling around the U.S. in a van when she […]]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:45:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-FnxxxNmbn7cfGo0LrnZNO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-1sC2pte8Q8BKeetMRuZbW WASHINGTON — Special Counsel John Durham sought a federal grand jury indictment against attorney Michael Sussmann and got it. The Democratic lawyer is accused of lying to the FBI during the Russia investigation. Specifically, the federal indictment accuses Sussmann of concealing the fact that he worked for the Clinton campaign while pushing for an investigation into […]]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 01:19:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-1sC2pte8Q8BKeetMRuZbW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-1sC2pte8Q8LkdRKkm2PJP SAN MATEO COUNTY, Calif. — A man who is an alleged San Francisco Bay Area serial killer was convicted Tuesday of the murder of the daughter of former Stanford University athletic director Chuck Taylor nearly 50 years ago, according to reports. John Getreu, 77, of Hayward, was convicted in San Mateo County of strangling Janet […]]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:06:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-1sC2pte8Q8LkdRKkm2PJP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-1sC2pte8Q8ETXPGaG87AR INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating an officer-involved shooting that transpired in Independence on Wednesday. Police responded to a residence about 11:30 a.m. after receiving a tip that a person in the area was potentially wanted. Upon arrival officers received gunfire from a male suspect. One officer was struck while a second […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 22:27:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-1sC2pte8Q8ETXPGaG87AR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-1sC2pte8Q8Mqq6eZJzUh9 Retired Texas Police Officer Jimmy Meeks has met some interesting police officers in the last year. From his home in Ft. Worth, Texas he has logged over 10,000 miles on his car, traveling across the country, speaking at roll calls in Chicago, Minneapolis, Portland, and Denver, to name just a few. Meeks is convinced that […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 21:22:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz-1sC2pte8Q8Mqq6eZJzUh9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz87RlI_VM57c0QqW5gBv7mX HUDSON, Ohio — The mayor of Hudson, Ohio, is angry about curriculum being used in school and is calling for the resignation of the entire Board of Education after high school seniors were assigned a controversial book accompanied with writing assignments asking them to describe an X-rated Disney scenario, to pretend they were a serial […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 18:35:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz87RlI_VM57c0QqW5gBv7mX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz87RlI_VM57c-m6srrLMsqK MOAB, Utah — The Moab Police Department in Utah has released officer bodycam footage showing police interacting with Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito after a witness called 911 to report an altercation between the couple. The reporting party called 911 around 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 12 over “possible domestic violence” near Moonflower Community Cooperative in […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:25:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz87RlI_VM57c-m6srrLMsqK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz9etWAuglPMdbkdRKkm2PJP CLERMONT, Fla. — A mother was reunited with her daughter who was abducted nearly 14 years ago from their home at the age of 6, authorities in Florida said Monday. Angelica Vences-Salgado notified police Sep. 2 after receiving a social media message from an individual claiming to be her missing daughter, Jacqueline Hernandez, who was […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:09:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz9etWAuglPMdbkdRKkm2PJP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz9etWAuglPMdQp41t9tiERU “If you Pearl Harbor me, I’ll Nagasaki you…” — Ted Nugent “THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like […]]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 22:00:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz9etWAuglPMdQp41t9tiERU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz9etWAuglPMdQBC78OgjhDM FORT MYERS, Fla. — A naked woman was discovered and then rescued from a Florida storm drain after a bystander heard a faint call for help and spotted her trapped inside with her legs bound together, according to reports. The bizarre incident occurred last Friday when a man was departing a restaurant on South Cleveland […]]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 21:15:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz9etWAuglPMdQBC78OgjhDM https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz_A9NBXfikTQuifqJurszLU SAINT PAUL, Minn. — In a legal case with a major impact on Minnesota law enforcement, the State Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the third-degree murder conviction against former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor. The stunning decision rejected a February ruling by the Minnesota Court of Appeals that upheld the count against Noor, according to […]]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:57:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz_A9NBXfikTQuifqJurszLU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz_A9NBXfikTQpu9CxXrVx4c RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. — A West Coast sheriff in Riverside County, Calif. refuses to enforce state or federal vaccine mandates on employees of his department, citing the government having “no authority to mandate your health choices.” “Over the past couple of weeks, the idea of forced vaccination has caused much concern across the entire country,” […]]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:52:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/77wITmurZz_A9NBXfikTQpu9CxXrVx4c