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LVMPD Expands Fusion Watch Center, Launches Drone Skyports for Real-Time Response

By MES Dispatch staff The Briefing • The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department unveiled an expanded Fusion Watch and Drone Operations Center at its headquarters. • The...

ICE Officer Fatally Shoots Driver During Minneapolis Immigration Enforcement Operation

By MES Dispatch staff The Briefing A 37-year-old woman was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis during a federal immigration enforcement operation, the Department...

Uxbridge Police Officer Killed While Helping Motorist on Route 146

By MES Dispatch staff The Briefing An Uxbridge, Massachusetts, police officer was struck and killed early Wednesday while assisting a motorist on Route 146. Boston 25...

DHS Deploys 2,000 Officers in Minnesota for Largest Immigration Enforcement Operation Ever

By MES Dispatch staff The Briefing The Department of Homeland Security is deploying about 2,000 federal agents and officers to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in what...

DOJ: Shooter in Brown, MIT Killings Planned Attack for Years

By MES Dispatch staff The Briefing The U.S. Department of Justice said the shooter who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor planned the...

51-Year-Old California Officer Completes Firefighter Academy to Meet Dual-Role Requirements

By MES Dispatch staff The Briefing Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety Officer Dack Thompson, 51, completed the Santa Rosa Junior College Firefighter Academy’s 585-hour program,...

After 99 Years, Pa. Police Department to Cease Operations; County, State Agencies to Take Over

By MES Dispatch staff The Briefing Phoenixville, Pa. — The Phoenixville Police Department will shut down operations after 99 years due to staffing shortages and financial strains, transferring law enforcement duties to Chester County and...

N.H. Governor Signs Laws Banning Sanctuary Cities; Measures Curb Local Limits on Federal Cooperation

By MES Dispatch staff The Briefing Concord, N.H. — Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed laws banning sanctuary city policies; the measures took effect as 2026 began. Police1 What the laws do: H.B. 511 prohibits cities/towns...

Minn. Hospital Security Officer Killed in Christmas Day Attack; Patient Charged with Murder

By MES Dispatch staff The Briefing Wyoming, Minn. — Hospital security officer Andrea Merrell, 43, died after a Christmas Day assault outside M Health Fairview Lakes Medical Center; a patient fleeing...

Oklahoma City Officers Shoot Armed Suspect After He Tries to Carjack Drivers on I-240; Video Shows Him Hit by 2 Vehicles

By MES Dispatch staff The Briefing Oklahoma City, Okla. — Newly released bodycam/Air 1 video shows officers fatally shooting a suspect who, after a multi-location crime spree, ran along I-240 pointing a...

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