Officers

BURNSVILLE, Minn. —  A call for help from a home in suburban Minneapolis early Sunday turned deadly for two police officers and a first responder who were shot and killed, according to officials. A suspect in the shooting also died, officials said.The deaths in Burnsville, Minn., were confirmed by the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Assn.Negotiations with a suspect went on for four hours before a SWAT team entered the home, where seven children were inside, the association said. It wasn’t immediately known if any of…

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that he’s sending 120 Highway Patrol officers to Oakland under a new state law enforcement campaign targeting an uptick in violent crime and theft that has placed political pressure on politicians, divided Democrats and bolstered criticism of California’s criminal justice policies. Newsom’s decision to bolster police presence in Oakland comes amid a barrage of recent headlines on the city’s crime rates, business closures and campaigns to oust the city’s mayor and Alameda County’s…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Can scientific methods be used to identify who is best suited for physically and mentally demanding missions? In his doctoral thesis, Peter Tedeholm explores the individual characteristics of Swedish operational police officers. Peter Tedeholm has worked for 20 years as a police officer in the National Task Force and…

Companies have backed away from the once-hot digital realm, leaving metaverse leaders in the lurch. And yes, artificial intelligence is in.Advertising giant Publicis Groupe SA made an unusual executive hire in mid-2022 – a lion-headed digital avatar named Leon who would serve as “chief metaverse officer,” guiding clients through the virtual realm that had seized real-world attention. His moment in the spotlight didn't last long. Five months later, ChatGPT debuted, and the buzz that had surrounded the metaverse ever since…

A cheeky owl was captured by the police for breaking and entering into a home.Animal rescuers and police in Connecticut, USA, were called to a West Hartford home to arrest a rogue bird, identified as an Eastern Screech Owl.The West Hartford Police Department said in a Facebook post that an officer responded alongside an animal control officer and personnel from the A Place Called Hope rehabilitation center when the owl managed to sneak into the house.A photo shared by the department shows the owl perched on a shelf…

Surveillance video from the night of Chris Young’s arrest at a Nashville bar appears to contradict a Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission agent’s claims that the country star assaulted the officer during the incident Monday night. In a pair of surveillance videos posted Tuesday to Facebook by Nashville’s Newschannel 5 reporter Nick Beres, Young — wearing the leather jacket in the video — is seen approaching the plainclothes TABC agents, non-aggressively touching one of the agents on the arm. The agent responded…

To tackle the increasing incidents of spies from other countries honey-potting officers and engineers of the Indian Armed forces and DRDO, the Indian Army has developed AI-based WhatsApp Chatbots. These AI bots will be used to assess soldiers' susceptibility to such traps…

Lava Storm 5G comes with a MediaTek Dimensity 6080 SoC, 33W fast charging, a 6.78-inch full-HD+ 120Hz IPS display, and a 50MP dual rear camera array Lava International has officially launched the Lava Storm 5G in India,…

Hours into a standoff with a barricaded suspect in northeast Los Angeles earlier this year, a Black officer said he was cornered by a white lieutenant who berated him for sporting a beard that was longer than permitted by LAPD regulations.“This department is accepting anything now,” the lieutenant said, according to a complaint filed in the case. The officer who reported the incident declined to comment and asked that his name be withheld, citing fear of retaliation within the department.The officer explained in his…

What’s more adorable than a puppy? A puppy in a uniform, of course! And it's not for Halloween that the cute puppers on this list dressed up for. These are serious officers-in-training. Sure, their attempts to look cool and tough now might only come across as adorable, but one day they will look and be authoritative.For now, let's "aww" and "ooh" at these cute good boys and girls. And while you admire these tiny paw-ficers, read on to find out more about the types of working police and military dogs. For example, did…