Author: Doug Wyllie, PoliceOne Editor in ChiefBy Scott Bauer Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — A white Wisconsin police officer was cleared Wednesday of wrongdoing by an internal investigation of his fatal shooting of an unarmed 19-year-old biracial man, a move that clears the way for him to get his job back and that follows prosecutors […]
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Drunk Pa. man runs fake DUI checkpoint, arrested
Author: Doug Wyllie, PoliceOne Editor in ChiefAssociated Press SOMERSET, Pa. — Police say a man who set up a drunken-driving checkpoint complete with road flares while pretending to be a Pennsylvania state trooper was drunk. Troopers say 19-year-old Logan Shaulis, of Somerset, parked his vehicle diagonally across state Route 601 and set up road flares […]
Balitmore police commissioner defends patrol strategy amid violence
Author: Doug Wyllie, PoliceOne Editor in ChiefBy Justin George The Baltimore Sun BALTIMORE — Baltimore police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts on Tuesday defended his patrol strategy amid record violence while also saying all prisoner transport drivers have been retrained to prevent injuries in the wake of Freddie Gray's death. The commissioner spoke to City Council […]