By Lanning Taliaferro Patch MOUNT VERNON — Mount Vernon Police are among eight local police departments receiving money to purchase new electronic fingerprinting equipment in a second round of funding announced Wednesday by New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. More than $453,000 in state grants will enable 39 police departments and sheriffs' offices to purchase […]

By PoliceOne Staff FORT WORTH, Texas — A hilarious new recruitment video captures the escalating tension between a cop and his ridealong, the one-and-only Batman. The humorous exchange between the officer and the caped crusader was posted to the Fort Worth Police Department’s Facebook page on Thursday. In the video, the Dark Knight one-ups the […]

By Raf Casert Associated Press BRUSSELS — The Brussels police chief was injured Tuesday during clashes at the end of a major anti-austerity demonstration attended by around 50,000 people in the center of the Belgian capital. Police chief Pierre Vandersmissen was treated for a head injury after he was hit with a stone in the […]