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A soldier deployed in Iraq helped policemen stop two alleged burglars after he saw them outside his home in Park Ridge, Illinois, on Friday.

The chairman of the Police Federation has said that officers are too frightened to arrest Extinction Rebellion vandals for fear of facing lawsuits, the remarks coming after widespread criticism of law enforcement allowing eco-extremists to rip up turf in London and Cambridge, at times under the watch of police.

A man in Peachtree City, Georgia, stepped in to assist an officer who was chasing an alleged shoplifter through a parking lot recently. 

St. Louis County, Missouri, agreed to pay out a $10.25 million settlement to a police lieutenant who said he was ordered to “tone down” his “gayness” and was passed over for a promotion 23 times.

Anti-police activists are planning to “fuck shit up” in protests against the New York City Police Department, demanding free public transportation on the city’s subway system. 

A policeman in Lexington, Kentucky, became a wildlife rescuer Wednesday when he got a call about a deer stuck in a neighbor’s pool. 

A police officer died after she was dragged by a suspect’s car following a traffic stop in Newport News, Virginia, on Thursday. 

Project Veritas released an undercover video on Tuesday claiming a field organizer for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) warns that Milwaukee, host of this year’s Democratic National Convention, will “burn” and police will be “beaten” if Sanders loses the nomination.

Police “did nothing” as a mostly Kurdish alleged rape gang sexually exploited and “forcibly raped” a girl from the age of 14 in Sheffield, according to prosecutors.

16 mostly Asian-origin men including a serving police constable have appeared in Bradford Magistrates’ Court on charges related to drugs and child sexual exploitation in Halifax, England.

Police shot a knifeman in the leg on Sunday, one of three police shootings in response to allegedly “Allahu Akbar” knifemen in three days.

A parrot caused quite a stir when a neighbor called police after hearing someone screaming for help in Palm Beach County, Florida, December 29. 

Police rescued a woman who was reportedly kidnapped at knifepoint by a suspect in Brookside, Alabama, on Sunday.

Police in Lancaster City, Ohio, have released video of the moment they shot a man as he was allegedly holding a pizza store manager hostage.

Firefighters across the Belgian capital of Brussels are expected to be escorted by police officers during New Year’s Eve celebrations due to the high level of danger involved when operating in the city.

Police were on hand to deliver a very special gift in time for Christmas on Interstate 93 near Concord, New Hampshire.

Boise, Idaho, law enforcement spend a couple of weeks each December handing out treats instead of fines for minor violations.

Massachusetts police officers surprised four-year-old Jaiden “JJ” Clifford with gifts in a special visit to his home on Sunday.

Officer Carlos Carmo saved a group of unaware teenagers from being struck by an out of control SUV with quick thinking and adrenaline-fueled strength.

A police K-9 literally flew into action Friday night when he took down a stalking suspect in Fontana, California.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) is searching for a man who randomly sucker-punched a woman in the face while she was looking at her cellphone on Monday.

Starbucks Coffee Company has apologized after two sheriff’s deputies in Riverside County, California, said they were refused service.

The New York Times reports that one officer was killed in addition to an officer who was wounded.

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo is calling for more gun control after a known criminal allegedly shot and killed an officer Saturday.

A Hong Kong police official announced on Monday that 6,022 people have been arrested since protests began six months ago – 2,393 of them students and 340 under the age of 16, the youngest just 11 years old.

An anonymous donor couple in Big Lake, Minnesota, is making sure their neighbors enjoy the Christmas season this year.

Left-wing activists who blocked traffic and marched Friday in Washington, DC, against the banks and financial institutions they say profit from “the climate crisis and immigrant detention” were met with loud noises from local construction workers.

A group of youths aged between 19 and 24 were handed sentences between 10 and 20 years for attempting to burn two police officers alive in their patrol vehicle in 2016.

Two armed robbers and two innocents are dead after a UPS truck was hijacked and involved in a police chase from Miami to Miramar, Florida.

Chicago’s recently elected mayor, Lori Lightfoot, has fired the Windy City’s top cop, Superintendent Eddie Johnson, over the “intolerable lies” she says he told her about what caused him to be found asleep at the wheel in October.

A local council in Dorset, England, shut down a charity group that handed out hot meals to the homeless because they didn’t have a licence, threatening the group with prosecution.

Croatian police say a migrant has been shot and slightly wounded near the border while resisting police officers.

At least 58 anti-police demonstrators were arrested Friday evening after they flooded the streets of Harlem in New York City to protest an increase in police officers patrolling the subways to crack down on fare evasion.

The shooting death of a Detroit police officer on Wednesday night became the ninth officer killed in the line of duty in the city since 2010.

China’s State Council in Beijing on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Chris Tang Ping-keung as police commissioner for Hong Kong. Tang, nominated to the position by Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam, was hailed in Chinese media as a “more decisive” top cop than outgoing Police Commissioner Stephen Lo Wai-chung, who has held the position since 2015.

A McDonald’s employee was arrested Friday after she allegedly tampered with a police officer’s food order in Bakersfield, California.