APB American Police Beat

Any child of the 1980s was familiar with the telltale theme music accompanying video footage of a highly modified Pontiac Trans Am with a red “scanner” light flashing across its […]

A Sunday afternoon hike nearly turned tragic for two 11-year-old Indiana children who became lost in the dense woods of Hoosier National Forest. Around 6 p.m. on August 5, authorities […]

In Ohio, the quota has officially gone the way of the dinosaurs. The meteor that led this particular practice to extinction was a new law that took effect on September […]

CARFAX for Police announced on November 4 the launch of Driver Exchange 9-1-1, a digital self-service crash response solution that enables emergency communications centers to efficiently handle property-damage-only (PDO) crashes […]

A Wisconsin police officer’s quick response and recent training helped save a woman suffering a severe allergic reaction this summer. Wisconsin Rapids Police Officer Ryan Schumacher was recently on patrol […]

Police officers came to the rescue of a frightened dog that found itself in a “ruff” situation inside a Manhattan subway station on October 24. According to the NYPD, officers […]

A North Carolina police officer is being hailed as a hero after saving a choking 4-month-old baby. On October 28, around 9:07 p.m., Kinston Police Department’s D-Squad was dispatched to […]

New York Governor Kathy Hochul visited Rochester on October 24 to highlight New York State’s $24 million investment in modernizing law enforcement technology and equipment across Monroe County. The initiative, […]

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) on October 28 announced Corporals Lauren Pridgen, Christopher Terenyi, James Sears and Patrick Madera of the Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Police Department as their Officers of the Month for […]

Community engagement isn’t a buzzword or a box to check — it’s the foundation of trust, legitimacy and effectiveness in modern policing. While chiefs and command staff may set policy […]