On Monday, November 11, a new Trooper from the 90th Recruit Training Troop assigned to the Springfield Barracks was on patrol with his Trooper Coach during “break in,” a period for new troopers to gain experience in the field working alongside a veteran.

Shortly after 9 p.m., the pair stopped to enter information about a motor vehicle stop they completed in the moments before when a man in his late 30s approached the passenger side of their cruiser. Troopers observed the man carrying a hatchet in his right hand, several knifes, and a machete.

The man engaged the Troopers asking them why they wouldn’t exit the cruiser and arrest him for the aforementioned weapons in his hands. Troopers attempted to de-escalate the situation and told the man he was free to leave. The man remained at the cruiser shaking his head.

Recognizing the abnormal behavior and the serious threat posed by their proximity to the weapons, the Trooper Coach directed the new Trooper to de-escalate by putting the cruiser in reverse and creating distance from the man. As soon as the cruiser moved backwards, the man raised his hand and struck the car several times on the hood, right fender, and right head light. As the cruiser continued away, the man wound up and threw the hatchet at the passenger side of the windshield.

Troopers requested assistance as the man continued to follow them down the street, retrieved the hatchet, and began yelling. Together with additional Springfield and State Police, law enforcement drew their weapons and ordered the man to drop his.

The man eventually complied with the verbal commands, dropped his weapons, and surrendered. He continued acting erratically yelling that he wanted to kill corrections officers and later first responders broadly.

Colonel Noble said this about the encounter: “Despite the grave danger posed by an armed, volatile individual, these Troopers used their training and composure to achieve a safe resolution for the suspect, bystanders, and first responders. This event is one example of the excellent police services our members deliver to the people of Massachusetts. I thank these troopers for their example of de-escalation, which remains a core value of our approach to these situations."

We commend this team of state troopers and Springfield Police Department officers for using their training, skill, and restraint to end a potentially fatal situation without injury.

Mass State Police

NEW: US Coast Guard reports they interdicted a human smuggling vessel one mile off the coast of Newport Beach, CA yesterday, apprehending 21 illegal immigrants in the process. Two were from Uzbekistan, one was from Russia, and 18 from Mexico. All transferred to CBP custody.

Bill Melugin

USCG release: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3966726/coast-guard-interdicts-21-migrants-off-coast-of-newport-beach

"Most of America has seen that every single time the experts have tinkered with our health guidelines, or our health care system, they have made it worse."

Carl Higbie shows his support for President-elect Donald Trump, nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

NEW: The five communities hit hardest in 2018 wildfires are receiving $40.7M in new federal aid to help reach full economic recovery.

California will keep working to secure disaster relief and recovery for victims.

California Governor

A deadly gun battle that erupted in San Diego ended with a man and woman killed, the suspect dead and a San Diego Harbor Police officer seriously injured.

https://lawenforcementtoday.com/two-people-killed-trainee-officer-shot-and-wounded-suspect-dead-in-brutal-san-diego-shootout

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⚠️ A special weather statement has been issued for Orange Cove CA and  Minkler CA until 4:45 PM PST

"All we ask is that we be given a fair shake."

Joe Gamaldi

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NEW: Bay Area Council pushes for CHP deployment to reduce BART crimes.

After recent attacks on or near BART trains, there are calls to get crimes under control with a renewed effort to deploy highway patrol officers, even though BART leaders say they have a handle on it.

Prayers for the Richland County Sheriff’s deputy who was seriously injured in the line of duty last night. 🙏🏽

North Dakota: The state patrol will investigate a rollover where a Richland County Sheriff’s deputy suffered serious injuries north of Dwight.

Sheriff Gary Ruhl says deputy Steve Nelk has broken ribs, a fractured back and other injuries.

Ruhl says Nelk is hospitalized at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo and is expected to recover. Ruhl says Nelk was en route to Wahpeton for law enforcement training when he lost control of his personal pickup on Highway 81 at about 6:15 p.m. Thursday. He says Nelk overcorrected and lost control of the pickup, which rolled in the ditch.

Nelk has been with the sheriff’s department for about 12 years.

https://kfgo.com/2024/11/15/deputy-injured-in-rollover-near-wahpeton/

Alina Habba: Trump’s Team Will Deliver the Change America Voted for

https://lauraingraham.com/alina-habba-trumps-team-will-deliver-the-change-america-voted-for/

JUST IN: A 27-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Friday for the hate-crime killing of a gay former classmate in Foothill Ranch in 2018.

Samuel Lincoln Woodward was convicted in July of the Jan. 3, 2018, fatal stabbing of 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein.

More: https://abc7.la/4exCOCr

Asif William Rahman, a CIA official with Top Secret clearance, was arrested by FBI agents in Cambodia Tuesday on charges that he disclosed classified information on Israel's potential strategic plans for retaliation against Iran.

https://lawenforcementtoday.com/cia-official-arrested-in-cambodia-linked-to-leaked-israeli-strike-plans-against-iran

UPDATE: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's office said he plans to attend the funeral for fallen Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez on Monday despite the Fraternal Order of Police claiming Martinez's family does not want the mayor to be there.

Read more: https://abc7chicago.com/post/mayor-brandon-johnson-attend-funeral-chicago-police-officer-enrique-martinez-despite-claim-family-doesnt-want/15548598

Laura Ingraham: Democrats are starting to 'grapple' with what we predicted years ago.

Democrats can barely keep up with the fastballs thrown by the Trump transition team. 
The president-elect continues to fill out his Cabinet. He's opted for nominees that he believes can be trusted to carry out the MAGA agenda, which, of course, terrifies the keepers of the status quo. So, ricocheting across social media were photos and videos of Trump and all his friends partying the night away…

Read more: https://trib.al/QGqS7Rn

In other news: UC Berkeley researchers studying problem-solving abilities in urban raccoons.

UC researchers say the study isn't just about how quickly the raccoons learn, but the forces driving them to take on something new, unfamiliar, and potentially risky.

Read more: https://abc7ne.ws/3UWxUb9

DEVELOPING! Many Netflix users are reporting issues with the platform as millions prepare to watch the highly anticipated Paul and Tyson boxing match.

Compton: Man walks into @taqueria_el_poblano on Rosecrans and steals the cash register.

Prayers for the Pottstown police officer who was shot in the line of duty this afternoon. 🙏🏽

Pennsylvania: A police officer was rushed to the hospital after responding to a domestic incident in Pottstown Friday afternoon, the Montgomery County DA's office said. 

According to a news release from the DA's office, officers responded to a home on Chestnut Street in Pottstown for a domestic disturbance just after 4:30 p.m. Once investigators arrived at the home, officials said they found William Ciccoli Jr. and a woman arguing.

Authorities tried to intervene, but Ciccoli grew frustrated and tried to grab one of the police officer's guns from their holster. As they struggled, the gun was discharged and the police officer was hit in the right hip, according to the DA's office.

The officer was taken to Reading Hospital Trauma Center for non-life-threatening injuries.

More: https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/police-shooting-pottstown-pennsylvania/