PHILADELPHIA Police departments across the United States are reporting an increase in troop levels for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 killing of George Floyd led to a historic exodus of officers, a survey finds . More sworn officers were hired in 2023 than in the previous four years, […]
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Reported assault incidents against Minnesota police officers are up 160% from a decade ago, including everything from intimidation, biting and punching to an assault with a deadly.
NYPD officials no longer think a policy that leans toward engaging in as few pursuits as possible is viable, and they re trying a new approach of trapping suspects by blocking.
It’s a tactic New York City police officers are using more often in cases of violent criminal suspects fleeing in motor vehicles — blocking traffic in the suspects’ likely escape path in hope of forcing them to surrender. But in a case June 30, alleged car thief William Pichardo, 32, wasn’t of a mind to let police impede his flight. He hit the gas, crashed through a line of police vehicles .