Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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City of Charlotte, North Carolina Pays Family $950K in Pedestrian’s Death
Mar 20 2019 // A North Carolina city has paid the family of a man who was hit and killed by a speeding police car in 2017. The Charlotte Observer reports the city of Charlotte paid $950,000 in December to the family of James Michael...
Nevada Mulling ‘Textalyzer’ Tech That Scans Cellphones After Crashes
Mar 18 2019 // Most states ban texting behind the wheel, but a legislative proposal could make Nevada one of the first states to allow police to use a contentious technology to find out if a person was using a cellphone during a car...
Family Sues Nashville, Police Officer for $30M Over Fatal Shooting
Mar 14 2019 // The family of a black man killed by a Nashville police officer filed a federal lawsuit Monday, naming the city and the white officer who fatally shot the man from behind as he ran with a gun. Attorney Joy Kimbrough said...
North Carolina Insurance Fraud Round-Up: January, February
Mar 13 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the first two months of 2019. Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to...
Honolulu Paying $550K to Settle 2009 Police Suit
Mar 12 2019 // The Honolulu City Council has agreed to pay $550,000 to a retired police lieutenant who claimed that Police Chief Susan Ballard had tampered with recruits’ test scores when she was in charge of the training...
No Criminal Liability for Uber in Fatal 2018 Arizona Self-Driving Car Crash
Mar 6 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. is not criminally liable in a March 2018 crash in Tempe, Arizona, in which one of the company’s self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian, prosecutors said on Tuesday. The Yavapai County...
Police Say Intoxicated Driver Hit 41 Cars in Rhode Island
Mar 1 2019 // Rhode Island police have arrested a man they say was driving under the influence when he struck more than 40 other vehicles. Police say 45-year-old Christopher Paolissi, of Foster, was “zig-zagging” his pickup...
Police: 5 Hurt in Indiana Church Bus Crash; Driver Arrested, Charged with DWI
Feb 28 2019 // Authorities say an 82-year-old church bus driver is charged with driving while intoxicated after five people were injured when a bus returning from a Chicago Bulls game went off the road in northwestern Indiana. Indiana...
Police Say Two Killed in Plane Crash at Massachusetts Airport
Feb 26 2019 // Massachusetts State Police say two people have died after a small plane crashed and caught fire at Mansfield Municipal Airport. Saturday’s crash occurred at about 12:36 p.m., according to the state police...
How to Get Autonomous Cars to Pull Over for Police
Feb 25 2019 // It was still dark on a Friday morning in November when a California Highway Patrol officer started following a Tesla Model S on Route 101 between the San Francisco International Airport and Palo Alto. The gray sedan was...
Supreme Court Declines to Revive Wrongful Death Suit over Mississippi Police Shooting
Feb 22 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court will not revive a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a black man shot to death by a white police officer in Mississippi. Antwun “Ronnie” Shumpert was killed in June 2016 in...
Montana Lawsuit Over 2012 Police Tackling Injury Settled
Feb 19 2019 // The city of Billings has settled a lawsuit filed by a man whose rotator cuff was torn when a police officer tackled him, wrongly identifying him as a crime suspect. The Billings Gazette reports that Robert Bassett will...
CAUTION: Safety U-Turn for Truckers with Animals
Feb 4 2019 // Hours of Service, Other Safety Exemptions for Livestock Haulers Raise Concerns Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting It was sometime around 4 a.m. on a cool, spring morning when James McGilvray lost control of his...
Copters, Cops, Canines Patrol Atlanta; NFL Reports No Super Bowl Threats
Feb 1 2019 // The National Football League is not aware of any security threats against Sunday’s Super Bowl, the league’s top security officer said Wednesday. “We have no credible or specific threats that have been...
Family Wants $20M for Police Shooting of Black Man in California City
Jan 30 2019 // The family of a 22-year-old unarmed black man killed by police last year have filed a wrongful death lawsuit seeking more than $20 million from the city of Sacramento and the two officers who opened fire. The federal...
Police Say New Hampshire Fatal Crashes Highest in More Than a Decade
Jan 28 2019 // State police say New Hampshire saw more fatal crashes last year than in any year since 2004. WMUR-TV reports New Hampshire State Police said in a report released Friday that there were 145 fatal crashes in 2018. That...
Mass. SJC Says Police Can Make Drugged Driving Arrest Based on Observations
Jan 17 2019 // The Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that a state police officer was justified in arresting a suspect for driving under the influence of marijuana based on the officer’s observations of the driver’s...
Los Angeles to Pay $1.8M in Police Sexual Assault Suit
Jan 10 2019 // Los Angeles has agreed to pay $1.8 million to a woman who was sexually assaulted by two police officers. The Los Angeles Times reported the lawsuit settlement agreement was filed Monday in federal court, although it still...
Former New Jersey Police Officer Sentenced to Prison for Sandy Fraud
Jan 9 2019 // A former police officer has been sentenced to prison for his role in stealing $187,000 in federal Superstorm Sandy relief funds to repair a vacation home on the New Jersey shore. The Asbury Park Press reports 45-year-old...
Police Report Shows Speed a Factor in Fatal Arkansas Bus Crash
Jan 8 2019 // An initial police report indicates a charter bus carrying elementary school-age football players from Tennessee was going too fast when it rolled off an Arkansas interstate last month and overturned, killing a 9-year-old...
