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A highway patrol officer who became an internet sensation after he helped rescue a month-old fawn from a Northern California wildfire said Monday he didn’t expect the photos to go viral. On Saturday morning, California Highway Patrol Sgt. David Fawson of San Francisco helped Cal Fire officers rescue a fawn from fast-growing wildfire in Redding, about 230 miles (370 kilometers)...

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A man who died in custody after a pursuit and struggle with officers and Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies pursuing what they thought was a stolen vehicle last week was actually the registered owner of the car, Santa Rosa police said Monday.

Authorities on Sunday chased a driver across parts of San Francisco and the Peninsula before the pursuit came to an end near Ocean Beach in San Francisco. Pete Suratos reports.

Oakland police have arrested at least one person and detained several others following “sideshow” activity at at least two local intersections Saturday night, officers said on social media.

An Alameda County sheriff’s deputy is back on active duty after allegedly crashing his car into a Livermore home while driving drunk in May and punching the home’s owner – a retired Oakland police sergeant – in the face.

Sandeep Dhaliwal carried a badge and a gun while devoting his life to a faith that teaches love and peace. Dhaliwal, who was fatally shot from behind during a traffic stop Friday, was the first Sikh sheriff’s deputy on a force that covers an area including the nation’s fourth largest city of Houston. Four years ago he won an accommodation...

A police officer in Fremont was driving the department’s Tesla Model S patrol car Friday night when, according to a report from the East Bay Times, he became involved in a “felony vehicle” pursuit – and then received warning that he only had about six miles of battery life left.

Hundreds of newly-released documents reveal that former San Diego Police Officer Donald Moncrief was “deceptive and evasive” when questioned by sex crimes detectives about his alleged sexual battery of a female suspect.

A San Jose police officer was injured Sunday morning after a driver slammed into his patrol car, according to the police department.

Santa Clara County officials on Tuesday will honor the lives of the three people who were killed at the Gilroy Garlic Festival last month.

Santa Clara County officials on Tuesday honored the lives of the three people who were killed at the Gilroy Garlic Festival last month. Bob Redell reports.

The San Jose police chief says he is putting officers on the street every day to deal solely with active shooter scenarios.

The San Jose police chief says he is putting officers on the street every day to deal solely with active shooter scenarios. Damian Trujillo reports.

Two CHP officers suffered minor injuries in a crash during a pursuit Friday morning near I-280 at Interstate 880 in San Jose.

A shoplifting suspect was shot at least three times by a Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy Thursday evening, sheriff’s officials said.

Two men were caught on surveillance cameras boldly burglarizing a police officer’s cruiser in front of his home in northwest Miami-Dade.

A 250-pound tortoise that wandered away from its California home has been rescued after California Highway Patrol officers found it on the side of a road.

The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday released the name of a deputy who shot an assault suspect in Bodega Bay on the July 4 holiday.

Police in Baltimore say a reported rape may have involved a member of the department, so it has pulled 115 patrol cars out of service to scour them for evidence. Police spokesman Matt Jablow tells The Baltimore Sun that the investigation started Sunday. Jablow says the victim told police she wasn’t raped in the patrol car, but that she was...