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The Minot Police Department laid out three proposals for reorganizing its headquarters during a presentation for Minot City Council members Thursday. A one year plan, two to five year plan and a five year plan were explained prior to a tour of the legacy city hall building that serves as the police station.
Portland Police leaders and Mayor Keith Wilson said they were still evaluating city council’s decision to move money proposed to go to PPB and give it to parks.
A Tempe police commander is alleging racial discrimination and retaliation against his police department after he was asked to investigate claims of a racially motivated arrest.
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An Indiana man convicted in the fatal shooting of a police officer in 2000 was executed Tuesday by lethal injection in the state’s second execution in 15 years.
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A Michigan police officer who fatally shot a Black man in the back of the head after a tumultuous traffic stop will not face a second murder trial.
Connie Weeden, 59, is charged with aiding escape from Orleans Parish jail. Authorities continue search for fugitives, warning public of armed and dangerous individuals.
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNThese Trailblazing Black Paramedics Are the Reason You Don't Have to Ride a Hearse or a Police Van to the HospitalIt was mid-1975 when paramedic John Moon performed his first intubation in the field. A former orderly, he’d decided to become a paramedic after encountering several in the Pennsylvania hospital where he’d worked a few years prior.
Captain Maurice Aguiler was sworn in Wednesday as the new police chief in Lawrence, the first person to fill the role in a permanent capacity since 2023. Mayor Brian A. DePeña called Aguiler “a key figure in the future of our department.”