By Justin Pritchard and Martha Mendoza Associated Press Under pressure to prevent people from sneaking onto runways and planes at major U.S. airports, authorities are cracking down – not on the intruders who slip through perimeter gates or jump over fences, but on the release of information about the breaches. A year after an Associated […]

Associated Press FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. — A gunman armed with a rifle, body armor and extra ammunition opened fire at cars on a highway in the Phoenix outskirts, leaving at least two people injured before police captured him near a stolen car that crashed into a ditch, authorities said Wednesday. Before his arrest, the suspect […]

Author: Althea Olson and Mike WasilewskiAmid the current debate over recent and highly publicized police uses of force (UOF), law enforcement agencies policies, practices, and training related to the “how and when” of force are beginning to come under scrutiny. This is a natural and necessary — if often frustrating — byproduct of the debate […]