By PoliceOne Staff CHEHALIS, Wash. — An officer died from complications in a surgery aimed at treating an injury he suffered while on duty, The Chronicle reports. According to the report, Rick Silva was responding to a theft in February when the suspect, who was concealing a knife, resisted arrest. During the struggle, Silva received […]

By Stephen Singer Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. — The bankruptcy being sought by Colt Defense was fueled by missteps with gun owners, a misreading of the police firearms market and a fall in gun sales to the public after an initial spike several years ago, analysts and industry observers say. But a major blow to […]

By Doug Donovan The Baltimore Sun BALTIMORE — More Baltimore police officers likely face arrest as the result of reforms in a scandal-ridden department that requires "wholesale change," Commissioner Anthony W. Batts wrote in a wide-ranging opinion piece published in The Baltimore Sun. "Our reform efforts will very likely see more police officers arrested," Batts […]