What to do if you are stopped by a police officer in the USA

To make your meeting with an American policeman as painless as possible, you should follow some rules. When a police officer stops a car, the driver may become nervous. However, in fact, officers have more reasons to be nervous, because they never know what to expect from a person for...

Russian hackers hacked Washington police website and threaten to transfer data to criminals

Hackers are demanding ransom and threatening to transfer stolen data to criminal groups, writes Voice of America. Russian hackers hacked into the Washington, D.C. Police Department's database and threatened to hand over the information to criminal groups unless they received a ransom. According to a police statement, a Russian-language ransomware syndicate said...

How to behave if a policeman stops you in the USA: advice from a Russian-speaking immigrant

The author of the “Russian American” channel on Yandex.Zen spoke about her own repeated experience of communicating with American police officers and gave advice in case you are stopped by the police on the road to the USA. Next - from the first person. I drive a car in America more...

'They don't even think about bribes here': how an immigrant from Ukraine became a sheriff's assistant in the USA

Approximately 700 police officers at various levels keep Americans safe. About 000% of them are women. At least one of them is Ukrainian. A native of the city of Slavutich, Olga Orlova, who became a deputy sheriff, has been serving in the state of Colorado for several months now, says “Voice...

'They brought dumplings, flowers, laid the table': how the Slavic diaspora supports the police in Portland

The local government decided to cut the police budget by 15 million. Protesters consider this measure insufficient. And representatives of the diaspora, in particular the Slavic Advisory Council, which works under the police, consider the decision to be hasty, says Voice of America. Reducing funding for the police means jeopardizing the quality...

The crisis of the American police: 4 options for replacing traditional law enforcement

A world with far fewer police is possible. VOX tells what the experts think about what this world might look like. On the night of Friday, June 12, a police officer shot and killed Reishard Brooks, a 27-year-old black man, near the drive-thru service of a fast food restaurant ...

Trump signed a police reform order: what's in the document

With protesters across the country pushing for police brutality and racism, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 16 to track law enforcement misconduct and create incentives to ...

What salaries do cops get in different states of the USA

America is largely redefining how it finances its police force. Last weekend, Minneapolis City Council voted to liquidate the existing police department in order to invest in a new public safety and emergency response model. Many large cities ...

How a Russian-speaking immigrant went through Iraq and Afghanistan and became a special forces police in the USA

Mikhail Venikov is a police officer in the city of San Mateo, near San Francisco. He serves in a special unit to combat money laundering and human trafficking. Mikhail also founded the organization Ranger Road, which helps veterans adapt to civilian life. "I think one of...

LAPD with special forces and armored vehicles saved a 'wounded' colleague: it turned out that he lied

Last Wednesday, American law enforcement officers launched a large-scale special operation in Los Angeles after one of the police officers reported that he had been shot by a sniper. It turned out that he had invented everything and even cut “bullet holes” into his shirt. “I was wounded in the right shoulder...

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