San Francisco police won't respond to non-criminal calls

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco officers will stop responding to non-criminal activities such as disputes between neighbors, reports about homeless people and school discipline interventions as part of a police reform plan the mayor announced Thursday.

San Francisco police won't respond to non-criminal calls

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco officers will stop responding to non-criminal activities such as disputes between neighbors, reports about homeless people and school discipline interventions as part of a police reform plan the mayor announced Thursday.

Thai mass shooting that killed 29 lasted 16 hours

BANGKOK (AP) — A soldier angry about a land dispute went on a 16-hour shooting rampage in northeastern Thailand,

San Francisco police won't respond to non-criminal calls

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco officers will stop responding to non-criminal activities such as disputes between neighbors, reports about homeless people and school discipline interventions as part of a police reform plan the mayor announced Thursday.

1 arrest after gunfire report near Portland protest site

PORTLAND, Ore (AP) — Police in Portland, Oregon, arrested one person after reports that a shot was fired Sunday night near where thousands of people have turned out nightly for protests in the city that has become the epicenter of national unrest over

Soap Lake man accused of helping escaped inmate

Allegedly gave escapee a ride from Soap Lake to Moses Lake

EPHRATA - A Soap Lake man is facing charges after allegedly giving Sunday's escaped inmate a ride to Moses Lake.

Kashmir journalists accuse Indian police of muzzling press

NEW DELHI (AP) — Journalists in disputed Kashmir urged the Indian government on Monday to allow them to report freely and expressed concern about alleged police harassment since the region’s semi-autonomy was rescinded in August amid an unprecedented lockdown.

Armed man seizes bus, holds 10 people hostage in Ukraine

LUTSK, Ukraine (AP) — An armed man seized a long-distance bus and took people in it hostage in northwestern Ukraine on Tuesday launching an hours-long standoff with police, Ukrainian authorities said.

City police respond to increased vandalism

Officials say window damage, graffiti above normal levels

Fake money reported in Moses Lake, Tri-Cities

MOSES LAKE - The Moses Lake Police Department has received numerous calls of fraud in January, including seven cases of counterfeit money allegedly being used in the past week.

July 18, 2016

Charges against former Ephrata police officer dropped

EPHRATA - A special deputy prosecutor dismissed charges against a former Ephrata police officer.

Reports detail man’s death months before son went missing

PHOENIX (AP) — Newly released police records show a man who was fatally shot last summer when picking up his son from his estranged wife in suburban Phoenix was confronted by his baseball bat-wielding stepdaughter, shortly before her uncle killed him during a dispute.

Reports detail man’s death months before son went missing

PHOENIX (AP) — Newly released police records show a man who was fatally shot last summer when picking up his son from his estranged wife in suburban Phoenix was confronted by his baseball bat-wielding stepdaughter, shortly before her uncle killed him during a dispute.

Police Reports for Sept. 15, 2022

Ephrata Police Department Sept. 7 Multiple reports of graffiti on Basin Street. Report of a vehicle prowl in the 1800 block of Basin Street Southwest. Unknown subject smashed the rear driver side window and took a bag full of items. Report of graffiti at Lions Park. Report of a two-vehicle non-injury collision at Second Avenue and K Street Northeast. Report of attempted shoplifting at a business in the 1300 block of Nat Washington Way. Suspect abandoned the stolen merchandise when confronted and fled. Sept. 8

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Senate OKs bill making police intervene to stop undue force

SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Senate on Tuesday approved a measure requiring police to intervene if they see a fellow officer using excessive force — one of several measures in the Legislature prompted by the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd and ensuing Black Lives Matter protests last year.

Kenya: Police kill 2 children, fetus trying to catch suspect

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two children and and an unborn child were killed in a Kenyan police operation aimed at detaining a family member, a human rights group said Saturday. Police confirmed the children’s deaths and asserted they were used as “human shields" by the man, whom they called a suspected Islamic extremist with an al-Qaida linked group.

DA: Oregon cop justified in fatally shooting Washington man

HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — A report says a man who was shot dead by a Hillsboro, Oregon officer in the police station’s parking lot had followed a stranger more than 30 miles (48 kilometers) from Camas, Washington and seemed fixated on the man for unknown reasons.

DA: Oregon cop justified in fatally shooting Washington man

HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — A report says a man who was shot dead by a Hillsboro, Oregon officer in the police station’s parking lot had followed a stranger more than 30 miles (48 kilometers) from Camas, Washington and seemed fixated on the man for unknown reasons.