Vall Iliev's company ShotStop Ballistics LLC was accused of selling bogus armor to the Akron Police Department to outfit its ...

Officers arrived, assisted by members of the Akron Police Department’s Anti-Violence Bureau and U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force. SWAT was called soon after the man ...

Federal authorities have charged a Stow man with smuggling body armor plates made in China, then selling them to law ...

Tim the Crash-Test Dummy survived 16 bullets that thudded into ballistic glass inches from his head. The shots were fired in ...

Akron police said a shot was fired at a car leaving a parking lot and a man barricaded himself inside a Cromwell Drive apartment.

Following a lawsuit alleging excessive force during the 2023 Jayland Walker protests, the City of Akron is taking steps to revamp its police crowd management policy.

the City of Akron is taking steps to revamp its police crowd management policy. The city has hired Spencer Fomby, a retired police captain and SWAT commander with expertise in crowd control ...

Akron Deputy Chief Charles Twigg ... “Chief Hiltbrand helped create the EMS Tactical Unit, where our paramedics work with SWAT teams on specialized training to make sure they are prepared for those ...

A 39-year-old man was shot and killed Monday morning after opening fire on Akron police in Summit Lake, according to police officials. Police responding to reports of a stolen Toyota Camry at ...

It’s rare for SWAT teams to enter the wrong location, said Thor Eells, a former SWAT member and commander for the Colorado Springs Police Department and the executive director of the National ...