Watch the dashcam video!SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Angered and bloody after being chased for speeding on Christmas Eve, an off-duty North Charleston police officer questioned why her pursuers hadn’t simply given a fellow officer a free pass.Officer Christine Phinney told a Dorchester County sheriff’s deputy that if she stopped another police officer for speeding, she would let them go and say “take it easy, see you later and have a good night.””You know, I pull people over for driving 100 mph – you know what they say? ‘I’m a narcotics officer in an unmarked vehicle.’ ‘Great, well slow it down, have a good night,’ ” Phinney …Read more […..]

Oakland police switched to heavier badges this year, and that might have saved an officer’s life early Christmas Eve.Officer Joshua Smith’s new badge protected him during an exchange of gunfire following a traffic stop about 1 a.m. Thursday, Oakland Police Chief Keith Hogwood said.Police were still looking Thursday night for two men who fled the scene.Hogwood said Smith was wearing a bullet-proof vest, but the badge, heavier than the ones Oakland officers wore earlier this year, stopped the bullet.”The chief said the officer was complaining about it being too heavy,” Oakland Mayor Bill Mullins said. “He said he wouldn’t be …Read more […..]

Written by Caitlin McGlade | | news@toledofreepress.com A female police officer shot a 62-year-old woman described by police as “schizophrenic” yesterday after she brandished a pair a sewing scissors and refused to cooperate, threatening to kill the officer.Officer Diane Chandler, a 33-year-old patrol officer certified with crisis intervention training, shot Linda Hicks multiple times, killing her instantly, said Chief of Police Michael Navarre at a press conference today.Four bullets were found in Hicks’ body, including two in her head. Navarre said he could not verify exactly how many times Chandler shot …Read more […..]

Sick F$%#s! Sick people in this world!PARKLAND, Wash. –A gunman burst into a coffeehouse Sunday and opened fire on four police officers as they sat working on their laptops, killing the three men and one woman in what an official described as a targeted ambush.Pierce County Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said officers were looking for one male suspect who fled the scene and haven’t ruled out an accomplice, possibly a getaway driver.Troyer said investigators had spoken to a person in nearby Tacoma, who gave information that led them to believe the gunman was on foot and still near the coffee shop. Troyer would not given any …Read more […..]

What the heck was he doing???ORANGE, Conn. (Nov. 18) – An arrest affidavit says a Milford police officer charged with manslaughter for a car crash that killed two teenagers was driving 94 miles per hour and was not on an emergency call. State police earlier this month charged Jason Anderson with two counts of second-degree manslaughter and one count of reckless driving. He was released on $250,000 bond. Anderson, who has been suspended with pay, is due to be arraigned Nov. 24.Police said 19-year-old David Servin and 19-year-old Ashlie Krakowski were killed in the June 13 crash.Police released a videotape of the crash Tuesday …Read more […..]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxu0xfyhxs4(Oct 4) — Hillsborough County, Florida, Deputy Kenneth Moon was alone at his station at a county jail facility near Tampa when an inmate attacked him with no warning.Moon, 64, was no match for Douglas Burden, 24, in custody on various drug charges. With Moon still in his chair, Burden put him in a choke hold and pulled tight.And then, surveillance video of the Monday attack showed, other inmates jumped into the fray.But the other inmates joined the fight on the guard’s side, pulling Burden away from Moon and punching him in the head. One inmate grabbed Moon’s radio and called for back-up. …Read more […..]