Because Flock Can’t Be Trusted, Cities Are Covering Cameras With Garbage Bags

Flock Safety doesn’t seem to care about anyone. Not its customers, not those captured by its cameras, not even the legislators trying to find a balance between safety and privacy. Flock started out by pitching its cameras — with built-in license plate readers — to the kind of people with money to blow on unproven […]

Law enforcement medal created, awarded to officer who shot FSU assailant

Cody Poppell, a Florida State University police officer, was honored Wednesday with a new law enforcement award for rapidly bringing a gunman’s campus attack to an end just three minutes after the April 2025 school shooting began. “Amid the chaos, Officer Poppell acted swiftly, rode his motorcycle over several curbs, sidewalks, into the heart of […]

Exclusive -- Mexican National Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Assaulting, Biting Law Enforcement Officials

A Mexican national, who is in the United States illegally, was sentenced to one year in prison after allegedly assaulting and biting law enforcement officials, Breitbart News has learned.

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People Are Calling 911 for Help—Only to End Up in ICE’s Clutches

Under President Donald Trump’s strict immigration policies, immigrants who call 911 are being detained, and those who are too afraid to call are dying as a result.

In December, Axel Sanchez Toledo was violently arrested by police officers after he called 911 to request a welfare check on his 4-year-old daughter after hearing she’d fallen sick while staying with his ex-girlfriend, The Marshall…

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Meta disables Instagram’s direct message end-to-end encryption feature ahead of legal deadline

Because privacy’s not always guaranteed to last forever. On Friday, end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messaging ended, with messages becoming visible by Meta, Instagram’s parent company. The firm can now view what’s in messages shared between users on Instagram, and that information can be shared with law enforcement agencies worldwide. The feature had been an […]

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Honoring the Frontline: National Police Week

During National Police Week (May 11-17, 2026), we honor the bravery and sacrifice of law enforcement. To help celebrate this important occasion, Government Book Talk highlights a vital tool that supports the justice system, the recently released U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines Manual 2025, available from the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Bookstore. This comprehensive and […]

James Talarico Said 'If Only George Floyd Was a Blonde Salon Owner' and Backed Austin Police Defunding

Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico, who posted during the 2020 unrest that “If only George Floyd was a blonde salon owner,” donated to a group that advocated cutting Austin police funding, campaigned against a ballot initiative to increase police staffing as homicides rose in the city, voted against Republican-backed law enforcement legislation, and called ICE a “secret police force” that…

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SSP’s son released after detention in Karachi incident

A late-night incident in Karachi involving the son of a senior police officer has drawn public attention after a video of the altercation circulated widely on social media. Police briefly detained the individual following allegations of misconduct during a routine checkpoint inspection in the city’s Defence area. Read More: Karachi ASI Abrar murder case key accused […]

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Tough on Crime? Trump Justice Department Purges Law Enforcement Jobs

President Donald Trump professes to be tough on crime, yet his administration has let go over 4,000 federal law enforcement employees.

Reuters, citing records it obtained from the Department of Justice’s management unit through the Freedom of Information Act, reports that several agencies have significantly cut their workforce. The FBI has lost 7 percent of its employees, 2,600 in all, since the…

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WATCH: Drivers Chased Down and Arrested in Wild Atlanta Street Takeover

Eighteen young people were taken into custody in Atlanta earlier this week — an exception to the often-fruitless task of trying to enforce traffic laws during dangerous “street takeovers” erupting in cities across the U.S. in recent years.

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The Idaho legislature isn’t governing. It’s hunting transgender people

New : Idaho governor signs law making transgender bathroom use a felony

I have been writing about the LGBTQ+ community for The Advocate for over seven years. In that time, I have spoken with transgender people across this country, some famous, most not, people who have opened their hearts to me and shared just how painful, how relentless, how exhausting it is to navigate a world that…

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New Jersey Becomes Third State to Ban ICE Agents From Wearing Masks

Amidst a rising number of unlawful kidnappings and deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, New Jersey has banned all law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from wearing masks.

New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill signed a bill Wednesday that prevents officers from concealing their identity while engaging with the public in any official capacity. It also…

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What We’re Reading: Lessons From the ‘Grandmother Cacao’

Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at info@reasonstobecheerful.world and we just might feature it here. Branching out On average, cacao trees live around 25 years. But at a regenerative farm in India, a 65-year-old tree is still...

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Trump Administration Moves to Allow Intelligence Agencies Easier Access to Law Enforcement Files

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The Trump administration is loosening restrictions on the sharing of law enforcement information with the CIA and other intelligence agencies, officials said, overriding controls that have been in place for decades to protect the privacy of U.S. citizens. Government officials said the changes could…

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