By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
• A St. Louis judge sentenced 25-year-old Ramon Chavez-Rodriguez to 15 years in prison for a 2024 DUI crash that...
By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
• A 62-year-old former New York Police Department officer was fatally shot by police after brandishing a sharp edged weapon...
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,...
