Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
HIV-Positive Man Who Sued Atlanta Police Gets New Hearing
Feb 3 2012 // A federal appeals court this week granted a new hearing to a 40-year-old man who claimed the Atlanta Police Department rejected his job application because he has HIV. The ruling was a victory for gay rights advocates and...
UCSB Police Seek Arsonist After Campus Fire
Jan 31 2012 // Police at the University of California, Santa Barbara say they are looking for an arsonist after a fire that badly damaged a trailer, a water tender and other heavy equipment at a campus construction site. University...
Louisiana State Police Bust Staged Crash Ring
Jan 27 2012 // Louisiana State Police have arrested four people for allegedly staging traffic accidents in Ouachita Parish. Detectives tell The News-Star they looked into six of 20 crashes where individuals filed false bodily injury...
Judges Weigh HIV-Positive Man’s Job Bias Claim Against Atlanta Police
Jan 27 2012 // A panel of federal judges appeared skeptical Wednesday of the Atlanta police department’s decision to reject a job application from an HIV-infected man. The 40-year-old man sued the city in 2010, claiming he was...
Freeway Crash Kills Honolulu Police Officer
Jan 23 2012 // Police say a Honolulu, Hawaii officer died following a three-vehicle crash on the H-1 freeway in Aiea. The crash occurred Saturday night as the officer’s car was on the side of the freeway behind another pickup...
News Corp. Admits Guilt, Settles Hacking Claims
Jan 19 2012 // The British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. looks set to settle at great expense a string of legal claims after admitting wide-scale phone hacking that was both known about and concealed by senior...
Police in Colorado Warn Of Automobile Converter Thefts
Jan 18 2012 // Boulder, Colo. police are warning car owners that thieves are targeting catalytic converters. Police say the small boxes attached to the underside of most vehicles have precious metals that can fetch hundreds of...
Drunk Driving Arrests Increased in West Virginia in 2011
Jan 12 2012 // The director of the West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program says arrests for driving under the influence increased in the past year, contradicting earlier reports. The Charleston Gazette reported that Highway...
Report: Police in Illinois Stop Fewer People
Jan 11 2012 // The number of traffic stops across Illinois has dropped by nearly 6 percent and the number of ticketed motorists has dipped about 11 percent, according to a published report. The Chicago Tribune analyzed state data on...
Former Idaho Police Officer Awarded $717,000
Jan 9 2012 // A former Idaho officer with the Fort Hall Police Department injured when his patrol vehicle was hit by another vehicle has been awarded $717,000 by a Pocatello jury. But Nicolas Garcia says he’d rather continue...
Louisiana State Police Continuing Left-Lane Enforcement Efforts
Jan 6 2012 // Louisiana State Police troopers are continuing a crackdown on drivers on the state highways who refuse to move from the left lane and allow other traffic to pass. In a recent left-lane enforcement detail on Interstate 10...
Wyoming Officials Say Mandatory Drunk Driving Law Gaining Acceptance
Jan 4 2012 // After a bit of a rocky start, law enforcement officials and prosecutors around the state say they’re now running into few problems with Wyoming’s new mandatory DUI (driving under the influence) testing...
New Orleans Settles Claims Police Ignored Threats
Jan 4 2012 // The city of New Orleans has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that accused police of ignoring a woman’s complaint that her ex-husband threatened her two weeks before he killed her and a friend, a...
Former Idaho Police Officer Awarded $717,000
Dec 27 2011 // A former Idaho officer with the Fort Hall Police Department injured when his patrol vehicle was hit by another vehicle has been awarded $717,000 by a Pocatello jury. But Nicolas Garcia says he’d rather continue...
Claims Against Fort Lauderdale Police Top $1 Million
Dec 27 2011 // Records show that more than a $1 million has been paid out since 2005 in claims against a South Florida police department. The city of Fort Lauderdale released a list of claims and payouts in response to a public records...
Montana Man Gets DUI Driving Wrong Way by Police Station
Dec 21 2011 // A Helena, Mont. man really picked the wrong place to drive the wrong direction with an open container of alcohol in his car. The Independent Record reports 32-year-old Lacen T. Stern was arrested on suspicion of felony...
New Indiana Texting-Driving Ban Yields Few Citations
Dec 20 2011 // In its first five months on the books, Indiana’s texting-while-driving ban has led to only a few dozen citations by state troopers — a trend police blame on restrictions in the law that make it difficult for them...
Anchorage Police Nab 148 Drivers Exceeding 100 Mph
Dec 19 2011 // Anchorage police enforcing traffic laws in the past year issued nearly 150 citations to drivers exceeding 100 mph. KTVA-TV reports officers issued 148 citation for drivers who cracked the 100 mph limit. The high mark was a...
Rhode Island Police Step Up Patrols to Crack Down on Drunk Driving
Dec 19 2011 // The Rhode Island State Police are stepping up patrols through the end of the year to crack down on drivers who are under the influence of alcohol. Police Superintendent Col. Steven O’Donnell says authorities will...
South Carolina Police Say Woman Had Insurance on 4 Slain Family Members
Dec 14 2011 // A woman charged with killing four members of her family had $700,000 worth of life insurance policies taken out on the victims, a detective testified in court Monday. After hearing the Pickens County investigator’s...
