It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Retired Champions Texas Fire Chief Hilland Hardy.

"Chief Hardy passed away today surrounded by his family. While we mourn the loss of a great man and fire service leader, we are also grateful for the years of service, leadership, and dedication he gave to our department and our community."

Rest Easy Brother. Prayers for his family of red and blood.🙏🏻

You have got to be kidding me. An MS-13 member known as "The Witch" has a 20-year homicide sentence waiting for him in El Salvador, but a federal judge just ORDERED ICE TO RELEASE HIM in California.

David Antonio Aviles Perez was convicted in absentia for his role in a 2014 gang execution. Salvadoran prosecutors say the victim was chased down, forced to his knees and then shot in the chest, back and face.

Aviles Perez later turned up in California, where authorities say he was arrested following a violent 2023 confrontation involving a machete.

ICE took him into custody this year while his removal case was proceeding.

Federal Judge Jinsook Ohta ruled that holding him for five months without an individualized custody determination violated due process and ordered him released.

So a man identified by Salvadoran prosecutors as an active MS-13 member, with a 20-year aggravated-homicide sentence waiting for him, is no longer being held by ICE while his immigration case proceeds.

How do these judges keep getting away with putting the public in danger?

POLICE OFFICER IS A BEAUTY PAGEANT WINNER.

Westborough Police Department Officer Ashlyn Mercier has made history as the first police officer named Miss Massachusetts, and now she’s competing for one of the nation’s most coveted titles: Miss America! The final competition takes place September 6 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Good luck, Officer Mercier! We are cheering you on! 💙🇺🇸

https://www.wcvb.com/article/westborough-officer-ashlyn-mercier-miss-massachusetts/71661941

I’m not surprised to see social media influencers coming forward to say they were offered money to push doomer messages about AI. These are well organized, well funded campaigns.

David Sacks

Again and again..

Chicago PD responded to a large crowd when several men appeared to climb onto a police vehicle. Someone also appeared to throw a bottle or similar object at the vehicle.

Goofies Of Chicago

🚨Pass "the Protect and Serve Act" mf's 🤬 https://buff.ly/R3ymdhQ

Please, praying for the Lake Forest Illinois police officer who fought for his life right now.🙏🏻

A Lake Forest police officer is in critical condition after being severely injured while on vacation and his family is working to raise money to have him brought home from Nicaragua by medical transport.

Lake Forest Police Officer Filip Czarnecki was on a personal vacation visiting family in Nicaragua.

Czarnecki suffered a “tragic fall” onto his head that caused a severe traumatic brain injury, according to Lake Forest resident Paul Daizovi, who is a friend and co-worker of Czarnecki’s wife.

Czarnecki was in critical condition in the intensive care unit of a hospital in León, Nicaragua, on a ventilator and in a coma. He has since been transferred to a better-equipped hospital in Managua.

More: https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/09/06/lake-forest-police-officer-in-critical-condition-after-accident-during-nicaragua-vacation-as-family-works-to-bring-him-home/

A Detroit police officer was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after accidentally discharging his gun in the locker room Saturday morning, Sept. 5, according to the Detroit Police Department.

At approximately 5 a.m. Saturday, an officer assigned to the 10th Precinct was handling his weapon in the precinct locker room when the firearm discharged and struck him in the foot, according to a statement from DPD.

DPD will launch an internal investigation into the incident in accordance with department policy regarding the discharge of a firearm, according to the statement.

Please join us in sending prayers and, or positive thoughts for the officer's recovery🙏🏻

Saturday's incident is at least the third time a DPD officer has accidentally injured himself with a firearm since December 2025, when an officer from the 6th Precinct struck himself in the foot while trying to shoot a dog. In April, an officer accidentally shot himself in the bathroom of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in downtown Detroit.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/crime/2026/09/05/detroit-police-department-officer-injured-gun-foot/91629150007/

COMPASSION IN ACTION 💙

On April 1, 2026, Denver Police Officer Borrego, who is assigned to District 2 was patrolling near E. Colfax Avenue and N. Verbena Street when he noticed a mother in clear distress, crying with her child beside her. She explained that she had accidentally left her cell phone on a bus, leaving her without her main source of communication. Officer Borrego immediately stepped in. After tracking down the bus route, he located the phone at the King Soopers on E. 14th Avenue and N. Krameria Street. He retrieved it and returned it to the grateful mother and child, ensuring they could continue their day without further concern.

A small act of kindness can make a big difference, and Officer Borrego’s quick thinking and compassion did exactly that. 👏

"We are now in a different time."

President Donald Trump reflects on the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, during an interview with Gowdy on Gowdy America, saying he knew immediately that the world was never going to be the same.

The president also said New York City deserved more credit for how quickly the city was able to recover and rebuild after the devastating tragedy.

NEW: A St. Louis police officer was hospitalized with moderate to serious injuries Sunday after their SUV, with lights and siren on, was struck by another vehicle at the intersection of Chouteau and Jefferson Avenue. The officers were responding to a report of medics being held at gunpoint near South Grand and Magnolia Avenues. The other driver entered the intersection against stopped traffic. One officer was treated for minor injuries, and the other vehicle's occupants had non-life-threatening injuries. Please, praying for all involved🙏🏻

A 33-year-old suspect, Christopher Elliot Mills, who had initially fled the scene before returning, was charged with resisting arrest as the incident remains under investigation.

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_dce2bb33-1d30-4f9c-b880-6f8f4facedfb.html

The video shows a man appearing to fire a gun in the air in Chicago at 47th and California.

This is Brandon Johnson's "Safest, most affordable, big city in America."

BREAKING: Two national sheriffs’ groups are urging the Supreme Court to overturn Cook County’s assault weapon ban, saying it leaves victims vulnerable when cops are slow to respond to violent situations.

"A violent crime...can occur in seconds."

The National Sheriffs’ Association and Western States Sheriffs’ Association filed a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Cook County’s ban on AR-15s, arguing that the weapons are essential for self-defense when police response times are insufficient. In the case Viramontes v. Cook County, which was consolidated with a challenge to Connecticut’s similar ban, the groups contend that AR-15s are commonly owned (estimated at 44 million rifles in circulation) and operate similarly to other semiautomatic rifles. They assert that the ban primarily affects law-abiding citizens rather than criminals and relies on prior Supreme Court decisions protecting widely used firearms. The Seventh Circuit had previously upheld the Cook County ordinance, which has prohibited such "assault weapons" since 1993.

More: https://cwbchicago.com/2026/09/national-sheriffs-groups-say-cook-countys-gun-ban-leaves-people-defenseless-when-police-cant-respond-fast-enough.html

A Miami-Dade sheriff’s deputy was sent to the hospital after being struck by lightning while sitting in his parked cruiser Thursday.

The incident happened outside Miami-Dade Fire Rescue headquarters in Doral.

Officials said the deputy was working an off-duty assignment when lightning struck his vehicle during a major storm passing through the area.

A dispatcher was recorded saying, “Respond to officer’s vehicle possibly hit by lightning; officer not feeling well.”

The deputy is said to be recovering following the lightning strike.

Please join us in sending prayers and, or positive thoughts for his recovery🙏🏻

More: https://tinyurl.com/3ppnv9cb

Sheriff Chad Bianco says the real brokenness in California isn't just corrupt politicians, it's a corrupt Attorney General who isn't preventing corruption, crime, or constitutional rights violations.

That's exactly why he's backing me.

Vote Michael Gates for Attorney General. #Gates4AG

Vote Michael E. Gates for California Attorney Gen.

A two-vehicle, head-on crash involving a Polk County sheriff's deputy has shut down traffic on Cypress Parkway/Johnson Avenue between Haines City and Poinciana, the sheriff's office said.

The crash happened just before 6 a.m. on Johnson Avenue/Cypress Parkway near the intersection with Lake Marion Creek Road.

The deputy was on duty and in a patrol vehicle, sheriff's spokesperson Carrie Horstman said.

The sheriff's office said the deputy is stable and alert in the hospital with a hip and leg injury and laceration to his arm. The other driver was also taken to a hospital, but no information was immediately available on his injuries.

Praying for all involved🙏🏻

https://www.theledger.com/story/news/accident/2026/09/04/crash-shuts-down-cypress-parkway-east-of-haines-city-deputy-injured/91608401007/