Police and Law Enforcement

Minneapolis is experiencing “self-inflicted wounds” as it pertains to the rise in crime, retired New York Police Department Detective Pat Brosnan told “America’s Newsroom” on Thursday as the city’s police department reportedly grapples with short-staffing.

The Seattle City Council has proposed reducing its police budget by 20%, which would make it one of several Democratic-run cities taking big chunks out of their law enforcement budget.

A Michigan police officer was placed on paid administrative leave Wednesday after a video circulated on social media showing police struggling with someone they described as a “resistive and combative” assault suspect, before eventually deploying a Taser and placing him under arrest.

A woman in California was caught on video assaulting an Air Force veteran who had allegedly tried to help her after he wouldn’t hand over money, police said Thursday.

A Minnesota man who told police he’s a supporter of President Trump was accused of assaulting an elderly couple with a golf club after spotting them holding a Joe Biden sign at a street corner, according to officials and court papers.

The Los Angeles Police Department is dissolving its sexual assault crimes unit as it grapples with a $150 million budget cut.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office shared Wednesday on Facebook that someone stole the Bigfoot statue from right in front of the Bigfoot Discovery Museum in Felton, located just north of Santa Cruz. 

A Utah man who was arrested Wednesday after a high-speed chase reportedly told law enforcement officers he was driving to Missouri to kill former Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill "if she wasn’t dead already.”

Minneapolis officials and the police commissioner are at odds over funding that would allow the city to enlist help from officers in other jurisdictions, while the department grapples with short-staffing, according to a recent report.

A 3-year-old girl was seriously injured when she was run over by a sightseeing tram in a Florida state park earlier this week, according to officials and reports.