Often the initial “optics” look bad when body-cam or citizen video footage shows deadly forced employed by...
Crime and Public Safety
Brandy Faulkner is the Gloria D. Smith Professor of Black Studies at Virginia Tech and an assistant...
HR 71-20 is the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Congress will take up that bill soon...
US ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE: ABINGDON, Va. – A Marion man pleaded guilty today to using force or...
State Police say four Alexandria residents are charged with leading troopers on a high-speed chase that started...
The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office says a sting operation led to an arrest for allegedly stealing a...
NEWS RELEASE: On Friday evening, April 16, 2021, deputies from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched...
NEWS RELEASE: On April 17, 2021, at approximately 8:42 pm, the Martinsville-Henry County Emergency 911 Center received...
State police say a familiar phone scam is back in the region — and back in big...
Federal prosecutors say a Danville man has been arrested after two years at large for embezzling more...
NEWS RELEASE: The Franklin County Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call at approximately 11:20amon April 12th,...
An army lieutenant has filed a lawsuit accusing officers in the town of Windsor of drawing their...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s governor is calling for an independent investigation into a traffic stop in...
(from Roanoke Fire-EMS) At 2:24 pm Roanoke Fire-EMS (on Saturday) was dispatched to the 2400 block of...
(from Roanoke PD 4/12) UPDATE: The victim of this incident has been identified as Timothy Gravely, 57...