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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Just one pill can kill. That’s the warning from law enforcement after at least six deadly overdoses this month involving fake prescription pills. Three years ago, investigators took 1,500 counterfeit pills off the streets in Minnesota. That’s climbed to 7,400 this year, so far. READ MORE: Nikky Tierney started taking pain pills as high school student in Hudson, believing...

Law enforcement agencies across the Miami Valley are sending their condolences after hearing about the loss of Brian Aller. Aller, 47, died Wednesday morning. The lieutenant was the commander of the Springfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. A Facebook page and GoFundMe were made in support of Aller after he was hospitalized on Sept. 11 due to contracting COVID-19. His GoFundMe has ra...

WPMI - Alcohol delivery law goes into effect in Alabama MOBILE, AL. (WPMI) — Friday it will become legal in Alabama for alcohol to be delivered to your home, but the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board says it will likely be weeks before people actually start receiving those deliveries. The ABC Board says it's still processing applications so licenses can be issued, and it will likely be...

(Getty Images) Students and supporters of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) rally in downtown Los Angeles in November 2019. DACA was allowed to continue operating in the U.S. under a 2020 Supreme Court ruling. But it hinged on a technicality. More protection is crucial. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standar...

An Auditor General review of the Illinois State Police’s handling of Firearm Owner’s Identification Card and Concealed Carry License applications shows ISP is not following the law. The audit was for 2018 and 2019. Even before the pandemic, there were delays in applications being processed in the timeframe allowed by law. Delays impacted around 1 in 10 applicants in 2018 and increased to abou...

Audit: ISP not following law in processing ID for legal gun buyers  Colorado Springs Gazette

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Several new far-reaching laws aimed at increasing accountability in the investigations of police shootings and complaints against officers are taking effect this week in Maryland -- a response to mass protests against racial injustice in policing that swept the country last year. The ambitious police reform measures were approved by the Democrat-controlled Maryland General As...

Among the dozens of new state laws taking effect today are some of the landmark police reform measures the General Assembly passed this spring. The policing laws restrict the use of no-knock warrants; require the state Attorney General’s Office to investigate police-involved deaths; prohibit police departments from purchasing surplus military equipment; and make records of investigations into...

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is joining the vast majority of states in setting up a way to strip the badges of police officers who act criminally or with bias. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the law Thursday as one of several police reform efforts. The move comes 18 years after lawmakers stripped away that power from a state police standards commission. The...

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo, police hold their clubs as they form a line in front of supporters of President Donald Trump on Election Day in Beverly Hills, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a group of law enforcement reform bills, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, including a measure that sets up a way to strip bad police officers of their badges. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)...