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Kalamazoo-area police want closer ties with mental-health experts. Now they try to make that happen.
KALAMAZOO, MI — Police responding to a domestic dispute between mother and daughter find a distraught teenager who is cutting herself. A disruptive man in a parking lot appears to be experiencing psychotic delusions. A frantic 911 call comes from a woman worried her husband is suicidal or from someone whose family member has overdosed …
New technology introduced for police to train for active shooter situations
WARNING: The video above may be intense for some viewers. BELMONT, Calif. (KRON) – Using a virtual reality simulator, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office demonstrated to KRON4 a scenario in which an active shooter was inside a courthouse at the sheriff’s training facility in Belmont. Sheriff Carlos Bolanos talked about what he aims to …
Equity commission recommends ban on some police surveillance technologies • Long Beach Post News
In a draft letter released Tuesday, the Equity and Human Relations Commission said technologies currently being used by the Long Beach Police Department “pose significant civil liberties and racial justice concerns” and were “largely deployed without any public policy discussions.” They should be “banned from use” by the city, according to the draft letter, which …
Police improve response to rising number of mental health calls
News Mourning Fox, who was hired last fall as director of mental health programs for the Vermont Department of Public Safety, said Vermont police are getting special training to deal with an increasing number of people in mental health crisis. May 19, 2022 By John Flowers This story is only available for our subscribers. Go …
Aurora police roll out new technology to increase accountability
Aurora police roll out bodycams in push to increase accountability, transparency The department now has 150 new tasers that make a warning sound when activated, 315 body cams worn by all police officers and 150 dash cams in squad cars that are all tied together and can be monitored in real time at the Aurora …
Indian police officer accused of raping 13-year-old girl who went to his station to report she had been gang-raped
A police officer in India has been arrested after being accused of raping a 13-year-old girl who went to his station to report she had been gang-raped. The alleged incident is the latest to spotlight the high levels of sexual violence in the world’s largest democracy, where a woman is raped every 18 minutes on …
Phoenix pursuit: Police deploy unexpected technology to end chase in Arizona
PHOENIX (KABC) — Just when you think they’ll PIT a pursuit suspect, police deploy an unexpected technology to end the chase. It happened in and around Phoenix, Arizona Friday afternoon. Police looked like they were going in for a PIT maneuver – something that’s seen many times, only in this case, they deployed what appears …
DC shooting: Suspect in DC shooting that wounded 4 is dead, police say
“The suspect that we believe is responsible for this is now deceased,” said Contee, who declined to name the suspect pending notification of next of kin. “We believe that the suspect took his own life as MPD members were entering or breaching the apartment where the suspect was located.” Police are not looking for another …
Gwinnett police make multiple arrests while breaking up street racing – WSB-TV Channel 2
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Gwinnett County police announced that they have made five arrests in recent weeks while breaking up illegal street-racing groups. Police said that an officer’s patrol car was damaged by racers while breaking up a takeover at the intersection of Old Norcross Road and Britt Road on April 3. Alan Thomas Rodriquez, …
South Carolina mass shooting: 9 people shot at Furman lounge, police say
“SLED agents are leading an investigation into a shooting at Cara’s Lounge in Hampton County this morning where at least nine people were shot,” SLED said in a news release. “At this time there are no fatalities.” CNN affiliate WTOC-TV reported the lounge was hosting an Easter bash when the shots rang out. There were …