CPD officer on administrative leave after indicted for exploiting vulnerable adult
A Columbus police officer was put on administrative leave with pay after being arrested for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from a vulnerable adult and served an indictment for multiple counts of exploitation of a vulnerable adult.
CPD officer arrested for burglary, domestic violence
A Columbus police officer is on administrative leave after he was arrested Sunday night for residential burglary and misdemeanor domestic violence.
CPD officer injured in collision with school bus
An off-duty Columbus police officer was injured in a collision with a school bus Thursday afternoon.
Columbus officer questioned for conduct with minor has only been on force 16 days
A Columbus police officer questioned for suspected criminal activity last week in West Point has been with the force for only 16 days.
Civil Service Commission denies officer’s appeal
The Columbus Civil Service Commission Thursday unanimously upheld the suspension of a Columbus Police Department patrol officer for violating the city’s social media policies.
Officer docked 60 days for fight
A Columbus Police Department officer will face a 60-day suspension without pay after her involvement in a fight at McDonald’s while she was on duty.
CPD officer involved in fight to go before city council
A Columbus police officer who allegedly got in an altercation with a citizen outside McDonald’s Wednesday will go before the city council on July 5.
CPD officer on paid leave after fight
A Columbus Police Department officer was involved in an altercation at the McDonald’s on Alabama Street at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Officer taken to hospital after punch from suspect
An officer with the Columbus Police Department was transported to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Saturday with minor injuries after a suspect punched him.
Lawmakers honor fallen officer killed in February standoff
The Mississippi Legislature is honoring the family of a fallen Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics officer and three state troopers whom Gov. Phil Bryant awarded the Medal of Valor.
Six-hour long standoff ends with Miss. officer dead
One law enforcement officer was killed and three were wounded early Saturday after a six-hour long standoff at a rural Mississippi house ended when authorities stormed the house and the gunman inside opened fire, authorities said.
Ex-Oklahoma officer gets 263 years for rapes, sex assaults
A former police officer convicted of raping and sexually victimizing women while on his beat in a low-income Oklahoma City neighborhood was ordered Thursday to spend the rest of his life in prison.
Starkville aldermen vote to fire SPD officer
Starkville aldermen on Monday unanimously rejected officer Jeremy Akins’ letter of resignation and fired the three-year Starkville Police Department veteran.
Aldermen expected to decide officer’s fate
The Starkville Board of Aldermen will hold closed-door discussions today on a police officer’s employment status 5:30 p.m. today at City Hall.
Officer suspended during probe of incident at Ole Miss game
A New Albany police officer has been suspended with pay during an investigation about whether he punched a spectator at Saturday’s Ole Miss-LSU football game.
Police officer’s slaying puts ‘drug courts’ under scrutiny
Arrested in a 19-person drug sweep, Tyrone Howard was one of only three who got sent to drug court, which offered him treatment instead of prison.
Black state official ‘overwhelmed’ by viral photo response
Amid angry demonstrations over the Confederate flag last weekend, a quiet gesture of human kindness unfolded on the steps to South Carolina’s Statehouse: A white man overcome by the sweltering heat and wearing a Nazi swastika on his T-shirt was escorted to rest and shelter by a black man wearing an officer’s uniform.
Bite out of crime: K-9 partner saves deputy under attack
As three men beat and cut a deputy checking on a car at a highway rest stop, his partner — on all four of legs — came to the rescue.
Man arrested for flashing badge at drive-thru
Officials say a 65-year-old Natchez man has been arrested for reportedly flashing a badge and impersonating an officer after he rear-ended a driver in October.
Man fatally shot at Fla. theater over texting
An argument over texting in a Florida movie theater ended with a retired Tampa police captain fatally shooting a man sitting in front of him, authorities said.