Push in California to prohibit law enforcement from masking – CBS News Watch CBS News In California, there is a renewed push to prevent law enforcement from using masks to conceal their identity during interactions with the public. It comes amid increased immigration raids that have been marked by masked officers. Elise Preston reports. Be…
A former Hong Kong probationary police inspector has been jailed for 10 weeks for molesting two female officers after a court rejected his assertion that his work equipment could have accidentally brushed the victims. Fanling Court on Wednesday convicted Tito Yeung Mang-hei of two counts of indecent assault for using his hand to swipe the…
Twenty-eight police officers and one soldier held hostage in southwest Colombia were released Saturday, according to an AFP team on the ground. Security forces taken hostage by Colombian guerillas released: AFP Around noon on Saturday, residents of the community of La Hacienda in the department of Cauca told the detainees that they were free to…
One person was killed and two police officers were seriously injured in what Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terror attack” in eastern France on Saturday. The Algerian suspect, who authorities said was on a terror prevention watchlist, was arrested in the city of Mulhouse, near the Swiss and German borders, following the knife attack, according…
A small Alabama city placed its entire police force on administrative leave a day after a grand jury recommended the department be disbanded, saying it has “operated as more of a criminal enterprise than a law enforcement agency.” Hanceville Mayor Jim Sawyer said Thursday in a statement that the Cullman County Sheriff’s Department will temporarily…
A grand jury recommended abolishing a small Alabama police department because of a “rampant culture of corruption” after charging five officers with a variety of crimes, officials announced Wednesday. Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker announced Wednesday that a grand jury had indicted Hanceville Police Chief Jason Marlin and four of his officers on a…
New Orleans’ Super Bowl gets heightened security in wake of New Year’s Day attack – CBS News Watch CBS News Following the truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day that killed 14 people, there is a heightened security presence for Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. Kati Weis…
The fatal shooting of a police officer responding to a shopping center in Georgia is under investigation, authorities said Saturday. A suspect, identified as 23-year-old Edward Espinoza, was taken into custody. The police officer, who has not been identified, responded to a report of a suspicious person in the parking lot of a pickleball club…
A Florida police officer has been fired after she accidentally shot a driver with his own gun during a traffic stop. Officer Shaun Lowry, of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, stopped driver Jason Arrington for running a red light around 5:10 p.m. on December 13, 2024, according to an internal affairs report shared by the sheriff’s…
Capitol Police chief says Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons send concerning message – CBS News Watch CBS News U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger says President Trump’s sweeping pardon of Jan. 6 defendants has upset a lot of officers and “has an impact on our communities nationwide.” He explains why in an exclusive interview with “CBS…