By Joe Marusak The Charlotte Observer CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The story of a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer who calmed an autistic and potentially suicidal high school student has gone viral with 700,000 likes on the department’s Facebook page. To build a connection with the student, Officer Tim Purdy sat next to him on the ground, talked […]
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Slain Kan. detective's handcuffs will be used on killer
By Tony Rizzo The Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY, Kan. — When Curtis Ayers is released from the hospital, police plan to bind him with the handcuffs of the man he allegedly killed. Curtis Ayers has been hospitalized since May 9 after he was shot by a Kansas City police officer several hours after Detective […]
Lengthy investigation into missing Minn. cruiser focuses on sheriff's office employee
By John Myers Duluth News Tribune DULUTH, Minn. — No criminal charges filed in case stemming from May 2015 incident When a locked St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office squad car was reported stolen in broad daylight in Superior one year ago, Sheriff Ross Litman called it a “brazen” act by a criminal intentionally trying to […]