Newsom announces extension of CHP surge operation to combat Oakland crime, urges change to police pursuit policy
The California Highway Patrol will continue surge operations for another month to combat crime in Oakland and other Bay Area locations, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday morning while urging a change to a controversial police policy.
Gov. Newsom visits Oakland to pressure city to scale back pursuit policy, allow more police chases in town
Gov. Gavin Newsom held a news conference Friday to pressure Oakland officials to scale back a policy that only allows the cops to chase someone if there’s reasonable suspicion they have committed a violent crime.
Oakland business owner targeted by thieves backs Newsom's call for new police pursuit policy
Da Lin reports on Gov. Gavin Newsom saying Oakland police should revise their chase policy to continue to receive CHP enforcement support.
Newsom asks Oakland to allow more police pusuits
Gov. Gavin Newsom asked Oakland to expand the reasons law enforement is allowed to chase suspects to include theft.
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants Oakland to loosen police pursuit policy; extends CHP presence
Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging the city of Oakland to change its policies when it comes to police chases. In a Friday news conference, Newsom, alongside other advocates calling for change, said the city's current guidelines are too restrictive and encourage people to flee from law enforcement.
Gov. Newsom advocates loosening police pursuit policies, expands CHP operations
Gov. Gavin Newsom, the California Highway Patrol and some Oakland leaders on Friday strongly advocated for loosening up on police pursuit policies.
Police group praises bill to give public sector retirees full Social Security benefits: 'deserved and earned'
Law enforcement groups praised the passage of a bill that would restores Social Security benefits to former public sector ...
Fact Check: Video shows Berlin police operation unrelated to Magdeburg Christmas market attack
A video of a police operation in Berlin has been misleadingly linked online to the Dec. 20 car-ramming attack at a Christmas ...
From an owl in a mailbox to drones everywhere: Odd calls fill police logs
An owl is found in a mailbox, drone sightings abound, and other odd tales from local police and fire departments.
Dauphin County gunfight started after police responded to 911 calls from neighbors
Police initially were looking for Samantha Atherton's boyfriend. Then she started shooting at them, prosecutors wrote in ...
Shooters walk up to parked SUV in West Philadelphia, kill man and woman inside, police say
Two shooters walked up to a parked car in West Philadelphia and killed a man and woman inside Thursday night, police said.
Stabbing suspect muttered ‘I’m going to die’ before he stopped breathing in Portland police custody
Matthew G. Greer, 43, was lying on a Portland sidewalk in handcuffs when he became unresponsive, body camera footage shows.
Police identify victim in deadly Long Island Christmas Eve stabbing
Police are now identifying the woman who was fatally stabbed on Christmas Eve on Long Island. Josefina Ramirez Montero, 57, ...
Family dog shot dead on Christmas Eve after it charged at officer, Raleigh Police say
A Raleigh family lost its pet this Christmas after their dog was shot and killed by a police officer. It happened Tuesday in ...
29-year-old theft suspect tells police she’s 12. Story fools no one, authorities say
A woman in Sonoma County tried to get away with retail theft by pretending to be a 12-year-old girl, police say.
18-year-old wounded in NE Portland shooting; suspect at large, police say
An 18-year-old man was wounded in a shooting Thursday night in Northeast Portland, police said. Officers responded about ...
Applications open for new police authority members
New members are being sought for the organisation which monitors how States of Jersey Police operates. The Jersey Police ...