Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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Lack of Liability Insurance Leads to Shut Down of Michigan Police Department
Sep 11 2014 // Officials in a small Saginaw County village have shut down their police department until it gets liability insurance. The Saginaw News reports the Oakley Board of Trustees voted 5-1 on Sept. 9 to disband the force of about...
Infamous Florida ‘Speed Trap’ Town Accused of Profiting from Tickets
Sep 3 2014 // The north Florida town of Waldo has long had a reputation as a speed trap, and it’s no wonder. A small segment of highway that runs through Waldo requires drivers to speed up and slow down six times: 65 mph becomes...
‘Cops’ Film Crew Member Killed by Omaha Police Bullet
Aug 29 2014 // When the call came from an officer who needed help facing an armed robber at a fast-food restaurant, two members of a reality television show riding along with Omaha police hustled to record the confrontation. In the...
Los Angeles to Settle Police-Death Suit for $5 Million
Aug 21 2014 // The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to pay $5 million to the family of an unarmed, disabled man who was killed by police in a shooting captured on live television. The council voted 12-2 in closed session to...
Louisiana State Police Now Selling Crash Photographs Online
Aug 12 2014 // The Louisiana State Police (LSP) announced it is now possible to order crash photographs online at www.lsp.org. To order, the driver’s or pedestrian’s first and last name, parish of the crash, and date of the...
Police: Thieves Steal $100K Worth of Copper in Wichita, Kansas
Aug 8 2014 // Wichita, Kan., police say thieves have stripped $100,000 worth of copper wire and piping from a former grocery store. Police said the theft was discovered Aug. 5 at a now-closed Dillons store in the southern part of the...
Texas Jury Enters $27M Verdict Against McDonald’s
Aug 4 2014 // McDonald’s Corp. lost a $27 million jury verdict in Texas over a claim that lax security at one of its restaurants led to the deaths of two teenagers, an award litigators say is unlikely to survive appeal. The...
Tennessee Tornado Victim Had Stolen Goods in Home: Police
Aug 4 2014 // When neighbors in Kingsport, Tennessee went to help a man whose home bore the brunt of a tornado, they made a discovery police say couldn’t have been caused by the wind. Police spokesman Thomas Patton told WBIR-TV in...
Mississippi Police Officer to Appeal Over Facebook Firing
Aug 4 2014 // A former Greenville, Mississippi police officer wants a federal appeals court to reinstate her wrongful firing lawsuit against city. Oral arguments are Sept 3 before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New...
Fired Oregon Police Chief Sues City Over Military Service
Aug 4 2014 // The recently fired police chief of a central Oregon town says he was undone by an ambitious deputy who had eyes for his job and a city government that resented the leave he took for military service. Former Prineville...
Vermont Transportation Boss Faces Insurance Fraud Charge
Jul 28 2014 // A Vermont Transportation Agency foreman is facing charges he lied to police and his insurance company after reporting damage to his personal truck was a hit-and-run accident, when it was hit by a new employee. Roger...
Austin Police Officers Sue for Discrimination After Reassignments
Jul 25 2014 // Some Austin, Texas, police officers are suing the city for what they say was race and age discrimination in job assignments. The Austin American-Statesman reports 18 officers filed the lawsuit Wednesday. The officers say...
Emergency Responder Mobile App Could Aid Communications During Disasters
Jul 25 2014 // A mobile app from a law enforcement technology firm could soon allow emergency responders from different agencies to communicate seamlessly with each other in a crisis for the first time, sharing files and conducting...
Fired Oregon Police Chief Sues City Over Military Service
Jul 22 2014 // The recently fired police chief of a central Oregon town says he was undone by an ambitious deputy who had eyes for his job and a city government that resented the leave he took for military service. Former Prineville...
After Ordeal, N.J. Legislator Pushes for Video Cameras in New Police Cars
Jul 22 2014 // For New Jersey Assemblyman Paul Moriarty, putting video cameras in new police cars became personal two years ago when he was arrested for drunken driving and video from a camera mounted on a cruiser helped get the charges...
Indiana Issues Few Tickets in 1st 3 Years of Texting Law
Jun 30 2014 // A three-year-old law barring Indiana drivers from texting while driving has generated more frustration than tickets from police officers, who say the law makes it hard to prove a driver is in violation. The 2011 law was a...
Kentucky School Faculty Learn ‘Stop the Shooter’ Survival Actions
Jun 22 2014 // In less than five seconds after hearing gunfire, almost 60 faculty and staff cleared the media room at Mason County Intermediate School in Mayside, Kentucky, through only two exits, or into locked rooms, away from where...
Indiana Police Using Water-Based Chemical to Fight Theft
Jun 13 2014 // A northwestern Indiana police department is one of the first law enforcement agencies in the country to distribute a theft-deterring chemical that leaves DNA-like “signatures” on property and those who attempt...
Wal-Mart Trucker Had Not Slept in 24 Hours Before N.J. Morgan Crash: Complaint
Jun 10 2014 // A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. truck driver went at least 24 hours without sleep before his tractor-trailer crashed into a limousine, critically injuring actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and killing another entertainer, according to a...
Louisiana Drivers Sans Insurance to Face Hefty Fines
Jun 9 2014 // In the final hours of Louisiana’s legislative session, lawmakers passed a $53 million fee hike on drivers who don’t maintain car insurance as required by law. Most of the money expected to be raised is slated...
