An Indianapolis officer was suspended and reassigned this week in the shooting death of Sean Reed, 21, on May 6.
The victim's family has asked that the Galveston Police Department release the footage of the August 3 arrest.
(Chicago Tribune) — At age 30, Eric Schofield has had his share of jobs: Army marksman, union electrician and martial arts instructor. The Warrenville resident and expectant father believes those experiences will aid him in his next career goal: Chicago police officer. Schofield doesn’t see his being nearly 10 years older than some recruits as […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Chicago Police are expanding a high school outreach program to prevent gang violence after the initial program appears to be making inroads, Police Supt. Jody Weis said at a news conference Sunday. The program, which started March 8 in high schools in the Police Department’s Area 1 — roughly from 2200 […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Hiring 200 more police officers next year may not be enough to keep pace with attrition, but it’s the best City Hall can do and still keep its hands out of taxpayers’ pockets, Mayor Daley said Tuesday. “I need a thousand. Make it 10,000. I mean — everything is not enough. […]
(NY Post) — The Department of Justice’s civil-rights division will investigate a white Oakland police officer who killed an unarmed black man on a crowded train platform, a case reminiscent of the racially charged 1992 police beating of Rodney King. The feds will step in after Officer Johannes Mehserle, 28, was convicted Thursday of a […]