Author: Richard FairburnBy Sharahn D. Boykin Dayton Daily News COLUMBUS — State proposed pre-certification uniform standards for police officer training academy applicants could have a chilling effect on enrollment, according to some commanders in the Miami Valley region. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine proposed the new standards earlier this month. If these uniform standards are […]
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Fla. deputy shoots, wounds armed carjacking suspect
Author: Richard FairburnAssociated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida sheriff's deputy shot and wounded a man suspected of carjacking following a brief, late-night police chase near Orlando. The Orlando Sentinel reports Orange County Sheriff's deputies spotted an orange Hummer on Sunday night than had apparently been stolen at gunpoint a short time earlier. Authorities say […]
Retired Mo. police captain dies in freak accident with firearm
Author: Richard FairburnBy Kim Bell St. Louis Post-Dispatch SWANSEA, Mo. — An East St. Louis police captain who retired after nearly 30 years patrolling the streets of one of the most dangerous cities in America has died in what authorities are calling a freak accident with a pistol at his home in Swansea. Sherman Jumper […]