<h1 class="entry-title">Category: NEPBA Police Updates</h1>

Ohio cop fired for inappropriate comment about activist's suicide

Assocaited Press FAIRBORN, Ohio — An Ohio police officer accused of making an inappropriate comment about a Black Lives Matter activist who killed himself on the Statehouse steps has been fired. Fairborn police say officer Lee Cyr was fired after an investigation into a Facebook comment posted last month under Cyr's account. The comment stated […]

Niece of Ky. cop killer given probation

Associated Press EDDYVILLE, Ky. — An 18-year-old woman who admitted to being uncooperative during the investigation into the shooting death of a Kentucky state trooper will not have to serve prison time. News outlets report that Ambrea Shanks of Florissant, Missouri, was sentenced Monday to five years of probation after pleading guilty in a Lyon […]

Off-duty Ind. officer stabbed while working security at Chicago auto pound

By Megan Crepeau Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — An off-duty officer for the Indiana University Northwest Police Department was stabbed while working as a security guard at a Chicago auto pound early Monday, authorities said. The officer, 22, was taken in serious condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to police. The man […]