Author: Denise SchlegelThe COPS Hiring Program (CHP) is now accepting grant applications and is open to all state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies with primary law enforcement authority. The funding purpose is to hire and re-hire entry level career law enforcement officers to preserve jobs, increase community policing capacities, and support crime prevention efforts. […]

Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Investigators say a former chemist who tested drugs for Massachusetts police departments was high almost every day she went to work for eight years, potentially putting thousands of criminal convictions in jeopardy. Sonja Farak, who worked for an Amherst lab that tested drug samples for police, was high on methamphetamines, […]

The officer did not realize the wanted man had a long criminal history when he pulled him over. (APD Image) Source: Police Updates Video: Felon shoots Tenn. officer in chest during traffic stop