Independence will conduct a nationwide search for a new top cop after Chief Adam Dustman resigned abruptly effective Friday.

Jenkins, 69, is officially retiring from the WSU Police Department on Aug. 29 after 15 years of service to the Pullman and WSU communities and over 50 years in law enforcement. Dawn Daniels, who has been with the department for 27 years, was sworn in Friday as the new university police chief.

The Marysville Police Department has named its next police chief following the retirement of Christian Sachs, which came weeks after an officer at the department was shot and killed while serving a search warrant.

The city’s Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit calling for an emergency restraining order to block the move, accusing the Trump Administration of implementing a “hostile takeover” of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) that would lead to “imminent, irreparable harm”.

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order rescinding sanctuary city policies in Washington, D.C. and naming an "emergency police commissioner."

A New Jersey township has enacted an ordinance holding parents accountable for their children's public misbehavior.

Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew and Mayor Phillip Jones discussed gun violence in the city during a Friday afternoon press conference, which focused on the number of gun-related crimes in the first half of this year following a significant drop in the city’s homicide rate in 2024.

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order Thursday that amounted to a reversal of "sanctuary" policies in D.C. The District sued over the order Friday.