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Hawaii State Law Enforcement Cites Pay Disparity With Local Police as Recruitment Challenge

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...

Minn. Governor Stages National Guard to Support Police After Minneapolis ICE Shooting

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...

New Orleans Police Announce Third Straight Year of Violent Crime Decline

By MES Dispatch staff The Briefing New Orleans Police Department leaders announced that violent crime declined in the city for a third consecutive year in 2025. The...

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...

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...

DOJ Sues D.C., Alleging Second Amendment Violations Over Semiautomatic Firearm Bans

By MES Dispatch staff The Briefing Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice sued the District, alleging its rules unconstitutionally ban AR-15s and other semiautomatic firearms protected under D.C. v. Heller...

Trump Signs Executive Order to Launch Federal Marijuana Rescheduling; What It Means for Law Enforcement

By MES Dispatch staff The Briefing Washington, D.C. — President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, beginning a process that...

Congress Sends ‘Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act’ to President, Recognizing Occupational Cancer as Line-of-Duty Death for Public Safety Officers

By MES Dispatch staff The Briefing Washington, D.C. — Congress passed the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, recognizing certain occupational cancers as line-of-duty deaths for public safety officers under the PSOB program; the bill...

Jeffery Carroll Named Interim D.C. Police Chief Amid Data-Scrutiny Turmoil

By MES Dispatch staff The Briefing Washington, D.C. — Mayor Muriel Bowser named Jeffery Carroll interim chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, succeeding Chief Pamela A. Smith, who is stepping down at year’s...

Officer critically injured during security motorcade for Vice President JD Vance identified

Maryville Police Officer FTO Justin Brown (Maryville Police Department)

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