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2 shot, 1 dead after shooting in Smoketown neighborhood, LMPD says

Courier Journal 20 Mar 2026
Spokesperson Adam Sears said officers from LMPD's Fourth Division responded to a reported shooting in the 700 block of Caldwell Street, which is located in Louisville's Smoketown neighborhood, around 5.36 a.m.
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No suspension for LMPD officer who improperly used force at protest

Courier Journal 17 Mar 2026
Bodycam shows LMPD firing pepper balls at TV crew, protesters in 2020. Body camera footage obtained by The Courier Journal showed LMPD officer Dusten Dean firing pepper balls at a TV news crew on May 29, 2020.
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LMPD, DHS investigate reported threat at Norton Audubon Hospital

Courier Journal 05 Mar 2026
LMPD spokesperson Adam Sears said Sixth Division officers, along with multiple other LMPD units, responded to a reported threat ...
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Report: LMPD needs more firearms instructors, new shooting ranges

Courier Journal 05 Mar 2026
LMPD showcases heat map of violent crimes in Louisville. LMPD Deputy Chief Emily McKinley on pretextual traffic stops ... The site is about 13 miles south of LMPD’s current indoor firing range on Algonquin Parkway, just west of Park DuValle.
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LMPD quietly halves ShotSpotter coverage, keeps devices only in West End

Courier Journal 02 Mar 2026
LMPD showcases heat map of violent crimes in Louisville. LMPD Deputy Chief Emily McKinley on pretextual traffic stops ... LMPD’s current one-year contract expires in June ... LMPD has used ShotSpotter since 2017.
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Louisville traffic stops are on the rise. Is LMPD back to its old ways?

Courier Journal 19 Feb 2026
LMPD Deputy Chief Emily McKinley explains community consent decree. LMPD Deputy Chief Emily McKinley explains how the language in the community commitment came about after the DOJ dropped the LMPD consent decree.
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Person in custody after shooting at Baptist Health in St. Matthews, LMPD says

Courier Journal 18 Feb 2026
LMPD spokesperson Matthew Sanders said the person reportedly fired a gun inside a hospital ...
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LMPD investigating fatal shooting of 18-year-old in Louisville park

Courier Journal 17 Feb 2026
Feb. 16, spokesperson Aaron Ellis said ... LMPD’s Homicide Unit is conducting a death investigation.
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LMPD officer uses TikTok to reassure Latino community about ICE presence

Courier Journal 17 Feb 2026
"There's a reason why we have policies that say 'don't put yourself in a bad position,'" LMPD Chief Paul Humphrey said after ICE shooting in Minneapolis ... LMPD declined to make Aguilera Perez available for an interview.
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LMPD gets help from unexpected source in search for missing child

Courier Journal 11 Feb 2026
Show Caption. Hide Caption. Watch dog lead police to missing boy ... After LMPD received a report of a missing 3-year-old boy in the 3900 block of Altair Lane in Okolona Jan. 7, officers received help from an unexpected source — a neighborhood dog ...
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Louisville police investigating after teenager dies from gunshot wound

Courier Journal 10 Feb 2026
LMPD officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 500 block of Bank Court around 7 p.m ... LMPD’s Homicide Unit is conducting a death ...
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LMPD bans officers from moonlighting for suburb after Courier Journal report

Courier Journal 09 Feb 2026
Walk though LMPD's Real Time Crime Center ... 2, 2025 memorandum to all LMPD personnel recently obtained by The Courier Journal under Kentucky’s open records law ... While LMPD officers are barred from working for Worthington Hills, Humphrey’s Sept.
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Hiring improves, but LMPD still down hundreds of officers in Louisville

Courier Journal 05 Feb 2026
LMPD Chief Paul Humphrey speaks at officer's retirement ceremony. LMPD Chief Paul Humphrey thanks Officer Nick Wilt during a retirement ceremony ... At the end of 2025, LMPD had 1,057 sworn officers and has struggled for years to climb back above 1,100.
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LMPD's Statement on recent ICE activity in Lower Merion Township (City of Lower Merion, PA)

Public Technologies 04 Feb 2026
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Local hero Nick Wilt takes medical retirement from LMPD

The Pioneer News 03 Feb 2026
Officer Nick Wilt takes a photo with his badge at his medical retirement from LMPD on Friday. Photo courtesy of LMPD ... 30 as he officially took medical retirement from LMPD ... Photo courtesy of LMPD ... Photo courtesy of LMPD.
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