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New Haven Police (NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — New Haven Chief of Police Karl Jacobson on Tuesday recommended the termination of four officers involved in an incident that left Richard “Randy” Cox paralyzed last June. Officers Luis Rivera, Jocelyn Lavandier, Oscar Diaz and Ronald Pressley as well as Sgt. Betsy Segui were placed on paid administrative leave […]

Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office (CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio) — Police killed a zebra in Ohio after it attacked and nearly bit off its owner’s arm. Officers from the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office were called Sunday to a rural property in Circleville, Ohio, around 5:36 p.m. They found Ronald Clifton on the ground in front of a herd […]

San Francisco Police Department (SAN FRANCISCO) — The San Francisco Police Department is urgently looking for an “at risk” radio DJ who hasn’t been seen or heard from since last Thursday, according to authorities. Jeffrey Vandergrift, a popular 54-year-old radio DJ for Wild 94.9 — a top 40 radio station that serves the San Francisco […]

Roman Forest Police Department/FaceBook (ROMAN FOREST, TEXAS) — A Texas mother is wanted for abandoning her two children for nearly two months late last year, according to police. Roman Forest, Texas, police said Thursday they have issued an arrest warrant for Raven Yates for two counts of abandoning/endangering a child without intent to return. The father […]

Detroit Police Dept. (DETROIT) — Detroit police are searching for three local rappers who went missing after they were expected to perform at an event almost two weeks ago. Police are looking for leads in the search for 38-year-old Armani Kelly, 31-year-old Dante Wicker and 31-year-old Montoya Givens, saying their phone records are very concerning. […]

Grants Pass Police Department (GRANTS PASS, Ore.) — A man who was accused of torturing a woman, and who evaded police for a week, also appears to be responsible for a double murder, Oregon police said Wednesday. The man was found dead late Tuesday following an hourslong standoff from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Benjamin Obadiah […]

ABC News (APEX, N.C.) — Following the death of Tyre Nichols after his encounter with Memphis police officers, law enforcement officials across the country have been reflecting on how officers’ tactics and policies can be improved. Apex, North Carolina, Police Chief Jason Armstrong, who took over as police chief in Ferguson, Missouri, following the 2014 […]

Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Philando Castile, Laquan McDonald, and now Tyre Nichols — all are part a growing list of people who have been killed by police. The latest disturbing death of Nichols at the hands of Memphis police officers has renewed calls for police reform. “The […]

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Police are investigating after a video appeared to show an Ohio police officer repeatedly hitting a woman in the head during a confrontation at a McDonald’s. The actions of two officers involved in the incident, identified by police as Sergeant Todd Stanley and Officer Tim Zellers, are under investigation, […]

Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office (LIMERICK TOWNSHIP, Pa.) — Police have had no credible sightings a week after a Pennsylvania woman who failed to pick up her son from the bus stop went missing, authorities said. Jennifer Brown, 43, of Limerick Township, was last seen at 2 p.m. on Jan. 3 by a “friend and […]