By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
• Oxnard Police Department Commander Scott Aaron was found dead in his hotel room during a training assignment in Orange...
By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
• A U-Haul truck was driven into a crowd of protesters at an Iran-related demonstration in Los Angeles’ Westwood neighborhood...
By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
• Copperas Cove Police Officer Elijah Garretson, 27, was shot and killed by a suspect during an officer-involved incident in...
By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
• Hawaiʻi’s Department of Law Enforcement is struggling to recruit and retain deputy sheriffs because their pay lags significantly behind...
By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
• Port St. Lucie Police Sgt. Erik LeVasseur was released from the hospital Jan. 8, 2026, after spending 37 days...
By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
• A Gardena, California, police officer rescued a puppy from inside a self-compacting trash can after hearing whimpering outside a...
By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
• Detroit recorded 165 homicides in 2025, the fewest in the city since the mid-1960s, police officials said.
• The total...
By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
• Federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people during a targeted vehicle stop in Portland, Oregon, on Jan. 8,...
By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz authorized the Minnesota National Guard to be staged and ready to support law enforcement in Minneapolis...
By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
The Burbank Police Department released body-worn camera video showing the moments leading up to the fatal shooting of a police...