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News Articles: law enforcement

Representatives of the Macon-Bibb County Fire Department salute fallen firefighters, including W.B. Norton who died in 1926.

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  • News

Century-old sacrifices now remembered in downtown Macon memorial

The names of a chain gang guard with a horse-drawn wagon, a fire inspector and a Prohibition-era police detective now are etched in three black granite monuments in Macon’s Public Safety Memorial Park. Each year around May 15 and Sept. 11, the community gathers at the memorial on Mulberry Street to remember local lives lost in service. 

May 10, 2024
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
FILE - The White House is visible through the fence at the North Lawn in Washington, on June 16, 2016. A driver died Saturday night, May 4, 2024 after crashing a vehicle into a gate at the White House, authorities said.

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  • National

Driver dies after crashing into White House perimeter gate, Secret Service says

A driver died after a vehicle crashed into a gate at the White House Saturday night, but the fatal collision is being investigated "only as a traffic crash", law enforcement authorities said.

May 05, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump attends a news conference with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., on April 12, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla.

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  • Politics

Trump may get another chance to be president. He's planning an aggressive second term

In a new interview with TIME Magazine, Trump promises to prosecute President Biden, unleash the National Guard on immigrants and says it's "irrelevant" if he's comfortable criminalizing abortions.

May 01, 2024
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Atlanta Police Department Officer Breana Banks drops off a fully assembled kit in the First Responders Kits4Kids program on April 30, 2024.

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  • News

'First responder kits' support children’s emotional health during emergencies

Atlanta law enforcement officers are working together to assemble kits that will help children deal with potentially traumatic situations.

April 01, 2024
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
A map showing the location of the cloud connected surveillance cameras belonging to Bibb County, as seen in the control room of the Bibb County Sheriff's Office. When their owners agree to add their private cameras, those will show up as tiny red dots.

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  • Law

Bibb County law enforcement wants residents to share their doorbell cameras

The Macon Bibb County Sheriff’s office is asking people who own doorbell cameras and other surveillance systems to join a new program giving officers easier access to the footage. 

March 28, 2024
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
The APD Narcotics Unit called the 580 pounds of marijuana and other drugs a ‘significant seizure.”

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‘Extremely large’ drug bust in Buckhead nets 580 pounds of pot valued at $2 million

The Atlanta Police Department Narcotics Unit made an “extremely large marijuana bust” with 580 pounds found inside a Buckhead apartment.

March 15, 2024
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By:
  • Collin Kelley
Henry County deputy Daniel D. Podsiadly pictured to the right of Democratic Senator Tonya Anderson and Henry County Sheriff Reginald Scandrett

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  • Politics

Georgia House to consider bills to toughen penalties for fentanyl distribution

The Georgia House is expected to consider criminal justice legislation designed to toughen penalties for people who sell fentanyl that causes an overdose and a bill that gives police officers more pay while recovering from severe injuries sustained on the job.

March 05, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Tulalip Tribes Police arrest a suspect from another tribe on drug charges. One charge — possession of drug paraphernalia — wouldn't apply to non-Native suspects in Washington state

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  • National

Tribal courts can't prosecute non-Native drug suspects. Tribes say it's a problem

As the fentanyl crisis ravages Native American communities, some of their leaders want tribal police and courts to go after non-tribal dealers. But they can't without getting permission from Congress.

February 20, 2024
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  • Martin Kaste
A Ring doorbell camera is seen outside a home in Wolcott, Conn., on July 16, 2019. Amazon-owned Ring said it will stop allowing police departments to request doorbell camera footage from users, marking an end to a feature that has drawn criticism from privacy advocates.

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  • National

Ring will no longer allow police to request users' doorbell camera footage

The update is the latest restriction Ring has made to police activity on its Neighbors app following concerns raised by privacy watchdogs about the company's relationship with police departments.

January 25, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Peter Antonacci to lead a new elections fraud office in July 2022, just a few months before Antonacci died inside the Capitol building.

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  • Politics

A Florida election fraud chief died last year in the hallway of Ron DeSantis' office

Peter Antonacci, the head of Florida's elections fraud office, had just left a heated meeting when he collapsed in the hallway of the governor's office, according to a newly released investigation.

November 28, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
States and counties nationwide are using opioid settlement funds for law enforcement efforts, including buying new squad cars. This draws criticism that the funds should be invested in treatment instead.

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  • Health

Law enforcement eyes opioid settlement cash for squad cars and body scanners

Some state and local governments have started tapping in to opioid settlement funds for law enforcement expenses. Many argue it should go toward treating addiction instead.

October 20, 2023
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  • Aneri Pattani
Robert Wayne Lee — known as "Boopac Shakur" — would pose as a teenage girl online to lure and expose alleged pedophiles. Lee was shot and killed Sept. 29 in the Pontiac, Mich. area. A GoFundMe has been created to help the family with funeral expenses.

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  • National

Police investigate the shooting death of man who often confronted alleged pedophiles

Robert Wayne Lee, known online as "Boopac Shakur," was killed during an argument in a Michigan restaurant. So far, there is no evidence the confrontation was a planned sting by Lee, police said.

October 07, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
The stretch of Deepstep Road in Washington County where Eurie Martin first encountered Washington County Sheriff's Deputies in 2017.

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  • Mental Health

Overwhelmed with mental health calls, six rural sheriffs make their own plan for better response

Despite limited state funding, sheriffs in central Georgia are planning a multi-county co-response program, the first of its kind in the region, to address what they call a crisis-level need.

September 13, 2023
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Drug busts like this one in Indianapolis in 2019 have been a standard strategy for law enforcement targeting dealers for decades. Research suggests the raids may be doing more harm than good.

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  • National

Politicians want cop crackdowns on drug dealers. Experts say tough tactics cost lives

As fentanyl deaths surge, lawmakers want more drug busts and arrests. But new research found tough police tactics might increase overdoses and drug deaths in communities.

July 07, 2023
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  • Brian Mann
Harlan Proveaux

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Protecting Georgia's No. 1 industry: New agriculture law enforcement division head explains his job

The Georgia Department of Agriculture has regained its status as a law enforcement agency. 

 

July 03, 2023
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  • Sarah Kallis
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