Afghan Police Chief Is Killed as He Tries to Turn Tide Against Taliban

Afghan Police Chief Is Killed as He Tries to Turn Tide Against Taliban

A hard-charging Afghan police chief with deep experience in Afghanistan’s long conflict with the Taliban was killed in a blast on Sunday in the country’s eastern Nangarhar Province, which has been under threat from the Taliban and affiliates of the Islamic State. The police chief, Gen. Zarawar Zahid, was visiting an outpost in the Hisarak district when explosives […]

What do police officers think about your concealed carry?

What do police officers think about your concealed carry?

Every concealed-carry permit holder has more than likely wondered how the law enforcement community feels about the “average Joe” carrying a concealed weapon. So did I. Fortunately, I have friends who are police officers in my area—some who trained me in the police academy, some who were a classmates—and could ask the questions that many of […]

IED attack, Philippines declared a ‘State of Lawlessness’

IED attack, Philippines declared a ‘State of Lawlessness’

Investigators have discovered mortar round shrapnel and the remnants of an IED in the preliminary findings of the post-blast analysis from the scene of the explosion. Bunching munitions together, such as mortar round, and tying them together, most typically on an electrical circuit/initiation system, and in conjunction with land mines, artillery shells, and/or homemade explosives (HME), such as pentaerythritol tetranitrate, more commonly referred to as PETN.

Stingray documents offer rare insight into police and FBI surveillance

Stingray documents offer rare insight into police and FBI surveillance

Court documents ordered released by a judge in Oakland, California, have revealed rare insights into how local police and the FBI use a sophisticated surveillance device known as Stingray. Stingray, manufactured by the Delaware-based Harris Corporation, is one of a class of devices known as “cell site simulators” or “IMSI-catchers”. About the size of a […]

Knife-Wielding Woman Wounds 3 in Brussels

Knife-Wielding Woman Wounds 3 in Brussels

A knife-wielding woman stabbed three people in Brussels on Monday and was later shot by police when she refused to obey their orders, prosecutors said. Police cars and officers converged on the area near a bus stop where the attack happened in the Uccle neighborhood of the Belgian capital, while a police helicopter flew overhead. […]

Islamic State claims Belgium machete attack that wounded 2 policewomen

Islamic State claims Belgium machete attack that wounded 2 policewomen

The Islamic State group on Sunday claimed responsibility for a weekend machete attack that wounded two policewomen in the Belgian city of Charleroi, calling it an act of reprisal carried out by one of its “soldiers.” Belgian prosecutors identified the machete-wielding assailant as a 33-year-old Algerian known to police for criminal offenses, but not for […]

‘Several killed’ as Ethiopia police and protesters clash

‘Several killed’ as Ethiopia police and protesters clash

Several people are feared dead in clashes in north-western Ethiopia between police and anti-government protesters, amid a wave of unrest. On Friday police arrested dozens of demonstrators during massive rallies in the capital, Addis Ababa. Since last November the government has been facing protests from the two largest ethnic communities over alleged human rights abuses […]