Police

404 Media reports: The Los Angeles Police Department obtained video footage from a Waymo driverless car as part of its investigation into a hit-and-run in which a separate, human-driven car hit a pedestrian. The LAPD published the footage, which has a note on it that reads “Waymo Confidential Commercial Information,” on its YouTube page to ask the public for help …

404 Media reports: American police departments near the United States-Mexico border are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for an unproven and secretive technology that uses AI-generated online personas designed to interact with and collect intelligence on “college protesters,” “radicalized” political activists, and suspected drug and human traffickers, according to internal documents, contracts, and communications 404 Media obtained via public …

Courthouse News reports: In a Supreme Court application docketed Tuesday, the group of four Seattle police officers explained that they had attended Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally in D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021. Just hours after Trump’s remarks at that event, a group of his supporters breached the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to halt the congressional certification of then-President-elect …

The Vermont Digger reports: A Shelburne police sergeant had a YouTube video playing on a computer tablet mounted in his cruiser when he struck and killed a cyclist in South Burlington, according to documents filed in support of a felony charge against him. Kyle Kapitanski, 41, is set to be arraigned Thursday in Chittenden County Superior criminal court in Burlington …

The Hill reports: The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) announced it had been gifted the country’s first fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks for law enforcement use. During an address, LVMPD said an unnamed donor gifted the department at least 10 Cybertrucks to use for patrol and SWAT teams. “By the way, we ordered these before the Trump Tower [explosion]” Sheriff …

Cincinnati Public Radio reports: The Evendale Police Department Tuesday released body camera footage of officers’ response to a Feb. 7 neo-Nazi demonstration and counter-protest on the Vision Way overpass near Lincoln Heights. The 16 hours of footage shows Evendale officers and Hamilton County Sheriff deputies pull up to the scene where roughly a dozen members of the hate group were …

Gothamist reports: Former NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban’s twin brother impersonated him on multiple occasions while visiting the 34th precinct as part of a scheme to influence nightlife enforcement in Washington Heights, according to a complaint filed with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The complaint alleges that James Caban, a former police officer, had a close relationship with Inspector Aneudy …

Gothamist reports: A state trooper staged his own shooting on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau County in October — firing into his own leg, state police and local prosecutors said. When Trooper Thomas Mascia reported that he’d been shot, it set off a dayslong, multi-state manhunt for a vehicle and driver that authorities have since said he made up …

Florida Politics reports: At least 15 civilian review boards across Florida, which review investigations of potential law enforcement misconduct after they’re completed, have dissolved or temporarily ceased operations after a new law targeting the panels took effect. The law assures that only law enforcement agencies will investigate reports of misconduct by law enforcement officers. Backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the …

The Guardian reports: At least eight deputies with the Los Angeles sheriff’s department have been dismissed for their roles in the arrest and beating of a transgender man in February 2023, the Los Angeles Times reports. An FBI investigation remains ongoing. Deputy Joseph Benza III, the main officer involved in the incident with then 23-year-old Emmett Brock, pleaded guilty in …

NBC News reports: Shane Lamond, the former head of the Metropolitan Police intelligence unit in Washington who was indicted last year for feeding information to a Proud Boys leader, was found guilty on Monday. Proud Boys chief Enrique Tarrio is serving 22 years after being convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. …

The New York Daily News reports: NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey resigned abruptly Friday night amid bombshell allegations from a female NYPD lieutenant who accused him of predatory sexual harassment, the Daily News has learned. In allegations that surfaced Saturday, Quathisha Epps claims that Maddrey repeatedly demanded sex from her and then paid her back by approving massive amounts …

San Diego’s NBC affiliate reports: San Diego police and paramedics were called out Friday afternoon after a fatal dog attack in a city park. Two people were attacked around noon, one man by his own three dogs in Mesa Viking Park just off Westonhill Drive, according to SDPD. A witness told NBC 7 that the man was being mauled when …

NBC News reports: As President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration solidifies its plan for mass deportations, local law enforcement agencies are preparing to ramp up a controversial program that allows them to partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The 287(g) program empowers state and local law enforcement officers to help enforce federal immigration law and will likely be one of the …

Dayton’s CBS affiliate reports: Clark County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant John Rodgers has worked at the Clark County Sheriff’s Office for more than 20 years and currently serves as the Road Patrol Supervisor, but recent posts have him, and the department, in hot water. Rodgers made posts that he would factor in a person’s voting record, in regard to the presidential …

Orlando’s Fox affiliate reports: While the Florida Gators lost to the Georgia Bulldogs, 20-34, on Saturday down on the field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, there appears to have been another situation happening up in the stands. A viral video posted to X shortly before 7 p.m. appears to show a fight between police officers and a pair of fans. …

Wired reports: According to emails shared exclusively with WIRED by the nonprofit group American Oversight, Michigan Sheriff Dar Leaf has run a militia training course advising “potential jurors, homeschoolers, ladies and gentlemen” to “get a standard AR-15 type military grade weapon” and “500 rounds of ammo.” The emails also show that, ahead of the most consequential election in a generation, …

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The Treasure Coast News reports: St. Lucie County Sheriff Keith Pearson didn’t have to go far to show residents an example of why they needed to stay indoors Wednesday afternoon. A suspected tornado ripped up a steel storage building right outside the sheriff’s headquarters in the 4700 block of Midway Road. Pearson posted a video on the office’s Facebook page, …

The Meidas Touch reports: Donald Trump says he always wanted to “win” the Purple Heart. Alas, his pesky bone spurs prevented him from being able to serve in the military. None of Trump’s children ever served nor did his father or grandfather – either in the military or in law enforcement. Eric Trump said that he always wanted to be …