Associated Press CANTON, Ga. — Authorities say a former school police officer in north Georgia has been arrested in connection with the death of a police K-9 who was left in a patrol car for hours. Cherokee County Chief Marshal Ron Hunton told local news media on Wednesday that former Lt. Daniel Peabody is charged […]
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House squabbles over police transparency in NC body camera bill
By Anna Gronewold Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's first-ever regulations for access to police video footage won House approval Thursday over objections from some lawmakers who say the standards could cloak the recordings in secrecy. The House gave initial endorsement to the measure that would exempt from public records video recordings from body […]
Police: Would-be Dunkin' Donuts robber pulls knife on off-duty trooper
Associated Press LOWELL, Mass. — Authorities say a 22-year-old would-be robber pulled a knife on the wrong Dunkin' Donuts customer: an off-duty Massachusetts state trooper. The Sun reports Trooper William Hall told police he was at a Lowell Dunkin' Donuts on Wednesday when Reynaldo Tirado asked him for money. Prosecutors say Tirado followed him when […]