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China
Chinese cop poses as couple’s dead son for 11 years to bring them comfort
A police officer from Shanghai acted as the deceased son of a couple from Shanxi province for 11 years, bringing comfort to a mother who is ...
Bryan Ke
Crime
Watch: Japanese police pull off kawaii dance moves in anti-scam video
A video of police officers in Japan’s Hiroshima Prefecture dancing to an anti-scam children’s song has gone viral on X, garnering 10.7 milli...
Carl Samson
Government
Baltimore County PD promotes its first Asian American woman lieutenant
The Baltimore County Police Department celebrated a historic milestone on Tuesday evening, promoting former sergeant Rosa Park to the rank o...
Ryan General
Chicago
Trailblazing Chicago cop Malcolm Woo dies at 79
Malcolm Woo, a pioneering Chinese American police officer in Chicago, died on July 8 at the age of 79 from heart complications. Joining the ...
Bangladeshi teen in Queens shot dead by police during mental health crisis
Win Rozario, a 19-year-old Bangladeshi from Queens, was fatally shot by New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers during a mental heal...
Michelle De Pacina
Japan
Japan Airlines flight canceled after pilot gets drunk in Dallas
A Japan Airlines flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled after the captain reportedly became intoxicated at a hotel bar and was warned by p...
Feature
Bay Area city appoints its first Asian American police chief
The City of San Pablo, California, has appointed Brian Bubar, a 21-year veteran, as its first-ever Asian American police chief. Key points: ...
Animals
Meet Fuzai, China’s first corgi cop
A 6-month-old corgi named Fuzai has made a groundbreaking debut as China’s first police dog of this breed. Key points: ...
Controversy erupts in Virginia over Chinese signature on police academy’s graduation certificates
The graduation of 61 law enforcement trainees from Fairfax County’s Criminal Justice Training Academy last month stirred controversy due to ...
Twin Cities Hmong community call for change after cop who fatally shot war hero receives no charges
Members of the Twin Cities Hmong community are calling for changes after the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office decided not to charge a S...
Seattle cop who fatally struck Indian student gets traffic infraction, no charges
The Seattle Police Department officer who fatally struck an Indian woman while responding to an overdose call in January 2023 has received a...
Los Angeles police names first Asian American officer to lead department
The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners has unanimously appointed Dominic Choi as interim chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (...
News
Seattle cop who laughed at woman’s death reassigned to ‘non-operational’ post
The Seattle police officer who made national and global headlines for making callous remarks about the death of an Indian woman has been rea...
Culture
Hangzhou’s ‘Most Handsome Police Officer’: Meet the cop capturing hearts at the Asian Games
“When faced with difficulties, do look for a police officer. All of us are handsome,” he was quoted as saying ...
Seattle police watchdog demands leave for cop who laughed at woman’s death
A Seattle police oversight group has recommended that Daniel Auderer, the officer who was heard laughing and making insensitive remarks abou...
Seattle cop who laughed at woman’s death was subject of 29 oversight cases, part of $1.7M suit: reports
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to indicate that the recordings came from a phone call between Officer Daniel Auderer and...
Probe launched after Seattle cop laughed over woman’s death, said she had ‘limited value’
Alabama correctional officer arrested for Pokémon cards theft
“Hardy has been terminated… He has tarnished our agency and the image of all law enforcement,” said Calhoun County Sheriff...
Off-duty Garden Grove police officer killed in motorcycle crash in Anaheim
An off-duty police officer was killed in a motorcycle crash in Anaheim, California. What happened: Cpl. Han Cho was on his way home when the...
‘Blasian March’ unites Black, Asian and Blasian communities in Sacramento
A march that brought together Black, Asian and Blasian (Black and Asian) communities was held in Sacramento, California, on Saturday. What i...
Man in Japan arrested for throwing dog at police officer
A man in Japan was recently arrested for throwing a dog at a police officer mid-rant. A lost dog: On July 25, a passerby spotted a dog roami...
Editorial Staff
Delhi cop suspended for taking ‘fine’ money from Korean YouTuber without receipt
An Indian traffic officer has been suspended after he was caught on camera giving a Korean national driving through Delhi a fine and taking ...
Man with uniform fetish jailed for stealing police jacket, bag in Singapore
A Singaporean man with a “fetishistic interest” in service uniforms has been sentenced to two weeks in jail for stealing a police officer’s ...
Hong Kong
Hong Kong police offer $127,000 bounties for arrests of pro-democracy activists living abroad
Hong Kong police are offering a reward of 1 million Hong Kong dollars (approximately $127,600) for information leading to each arrest of eig...
Canada
Vietnamese commander becomes 1st non-white police chief in London, Ontario
“I believe in leading from the heart with kindness and compassion” ...
Entertainment
Hayley Kiyoko defies alleged Tennessee police threat by inviting drag queens to perform with her
Singer Hayley Kiyoko invited two drag queens to perform with her onstage despite purportedly receiving a legal action threat from an alleged...
Tou Thou, officer who contained crowd during George Floyd’s murder, is convicted
Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao was found guilty of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd...
Thai policeman’s wife accused of murdering at least 13 acquaintances with cyanide
Thai authorities have charged a woman with premeditated murder in connection with the deaths of at least 13 people, including her ex-boyfrie...
2 men arrested for operating Chinese ‘secret police station’ in NYC
Two Chinese men have been arrested for illegally opening and operating a police station in New York City as part of a provincial branch of t...
Man who stole $24 from gas station in China avoided cops by living in a cave for 14 years
A man who robbed a gas station of 156 yuan (approximately $24) in 2009 has allegedly been living like a hermit in a remote cave for around 1...
Issues & Racism
Missing Asian and Black people less likely to be found by police, says UK report
Missing persons from Asian and Black communities are less likely to be found by police than white people, according to a report by the U.K.-...
LA police union blasted for tweet that appears to paint Black men as transit crime perpetrators
The Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) labor union is facing online backlash for tweeting images that appear to imply Black perpet...
Protestors gather at Chinese ‘police station’ in NYC to demand CCP stop spying on Chinese diaspora
Dozens of protesters gathered outside an informal Chinese police station in Chinatown on Saturday to demand the Chinese Communist Party (CCP...
Family of Hmong war hero killed by Minnesota police demands charges
Family members and community protesters are demanding criminal charges against the St. Paul police officer who shot and killed Yia Xiong, a ...
Bangkok police apologize after officers charged with extorting Taiwanese actor
An investigation found that seven Bangkok police officers allegedly extorted Taiwanese actor Charlene An while she visited Thailand’s capita...
Indian graduate student killed by speeding police car in Seattle
An Indian graduate student was struck and killed by a Seattle police car while on a crosswalk in Washington. The speeding Seattle police car...
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