
More law enforcement departments are limiting risky police chases
CNN
The Cincinnati Police Department implemented a new policy limiting police chases to "violent felony offenses," the latest city to restrict the risky police tactic. The pursuits have fallen out of favor among police leadership and the mayors and city councils that oversee them.
The Atlanta Police Department updated its policy last summer, similarly limiting police to pursuits in cases where violence is suspected. Chicago police are forbidden from chasing for traffic or theft offenses and required to balance the police action against the risk to the public. The policy in Volusia County, Florida, updated last January, states that apprehending a suspect is "never more important than the safety of innocent motorists or (deputies)."

Oklahoma’s governor picks energy executive Alan Armstrong to fill US Senate seat through end of year
Oklahoma’s governor on Tuesday appointed energy executive Alan Armstrong to serve in the US Senate through the end of the year and finish the term of Republican Markwayne Mullin, the new homeland security secretary.












