Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pandemic Brought Surge in Illegal Street Racing Across U.S.
Feb 24 2022 // Jaye Sanford, a 52-year-old mother of two, was driving home in suburban Atlanta on Nov. 21 when a man in a Dodge Challenger muscle car who was allegedly street racing crashed into her head-on, killing her. She is one of...
2 of 19 Austin Officers Charged Were Involved in Settled Cases
Feb 24 2022 // Two of the 19 Austin police officers indicted for their actions during 2020 protests over racial injustice were involved in cases that the city paid millions of dollars to settle, according to documents made public Feb....
Mechanical Issues Reported Before California Police Helicopter Crash
Feb 22 2022 // A pilot reported mechanical issues shortly before a police helicopter crashed nose first along the Southern California coast, killing one officer, authorities said Sunday. A Huntington Beach officer who was injured in the...
Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Oregon Police Killing of Man
Feb 17 2022 // The estate of a man shot and killed in June by Portland police after he called 911 for help has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports Michael Townsend called 911 while experiencing suicidal...
Six Years After Deadly Police Chase, Georgia High Court Limits Insurer’s Obligation
Feb 17 2022 // The headlines in 2016 provoked an outcry across Georgia: A man stole a car near the Atlanta airport, fled from police in a high-speed chase, then crashed into another vehicle, killing a woman and her two grandchildren. Six...
Vermont Town Officials Seek Opinions on Police Review Board
Feb 15 2022 // A Bennington, Vermont task force is seeking opinions from the public about a recommendation for a police department review board in the southwestern Vermont community. Bennington’s 10-member Safety and Equity Task...
Man Found With Severed Arm Injured Himself, Maine Police Conclude
Feb 11 2022 // A man discovered stumbling downtown in Lewiston with a severed arm is believed to have inflicted the injury himself, police said. The victim was injured with a band saw used to cut meat, but didn’t work at the market...
Appeals Court Allows Dallas Police Excessive Force Lawsuit to Proceed
Feb 10 2022 // The family of a Dallas man who died in police custody five years ago can proceed with their lawsuit against four officers, a federal appeals court ruled in an opinion filed last week that overturned a lower court’s...
Massachusetts Town’s Former Police Officer Alleges Sexual Orientation Discrimination
Feb 10 2022 // A former Brimfield, Mass. police officer has filed a lawsuit claiming the town’s board members discriminated against him when they chose not to reappoint him as the town’s only patrolman because of his sexual...
Bipartisan Report Calls for New Strategy, Cabinet Post to Fight Opioid Epidemic
Feb 9 2022 // The U.S. needs a nimble, multipronged strategy and Cabinet-level leadership to counter its festering overdose epidemic, a bipartisan congressional commission advises. With vastly powerful synthetic drugs like fentanyl...
Six Charged in North Carolina Package-Delivery Theft Ring
Feb 4 2022 // Six people have been arrested in North Carolina for their roles in a theft ring in which package delivery drivers traded packages for drugs, police said. WGHP -TV reported that Eden police launched an investigation after...
Pennsylvania Township Reported to Settle Police Shooting Lawsuit for $950K
Feb 4 2022 // ALLENTOWN, Pa. —The family of a New Jersey man shot and killed by a police officer near an eastern Pennsylvania amusement park in 2018 will reportedly receive part of a $950,000 settlement of a federal civil rights...
Town Not Liable in Drowning of Handcuffed Teen, Says Delaware Court
Feb 3 2022 // A federal appeals court has upheld a judge’s ruling that police in a small southern Delaware town had no constitutional duty to rescue a teenager who drowned after he was handcuffed and tried to escape. The court on...
Family’s Wrongful Death Suit Alleges Disability, Rights Violations by Delaware City, Police
Feb 2 2022 // The family of a Delaware man who was fatally shot by local police two years ago while he was armed with a knife has sued the city and officers that fired at him, seeking monetary damages. The wrongful death lawsuit, filed...
Vermont State Police Releases List of 11 Internal Investigations
Feb 1 2022 // The latest summary of internal investigations against Vermont State Police troopers listed 11 cases that led to the resignation of two troopers, the retirement of a third, and in other cases found that no violations took...
Twitter Files Lawsuit Against German Rule for Online Reporting
Feb 1 2022 // Twitter has taken legal action against a rule, coming into force in Germany from Tuesday, that obliges social media firms to block or delete criminal content quickly and report particularly serious criminal offenses to the...
Police Officer’s Immunity Does Not Extend to New York County Employer: U.S. Court
Jan 27 2022 // A municipality in New York may be held liable for wrongful action by an employee even though the employee was granted individual immunity. A police detective found liable by a jury for a false arrest was entitled to...
Las Vegas Police Paying $2.35M in Jail Restraint Death
Jan 26 2022 // The family of a tourist who died in Las Vegas after being strapped to a restraint chair in jail following his arrest on a trespassing charge has agreed to a $2.35 million settlement with the police department, their...
Doctors, Police Officer Among 13 Indicted in Alleged $100M Auto Insurance Scam
Jan 19 2022 // Federal prosecutors have charged 13 people—including a New York City police officer, an attorney and four physicians—in two indictments that allege they schemed to defraud auto insurers out of $100 million by bribing...
Lawsuit by California Man Says Police Run-In Police Left Him Paralyzed
Jan 7 2022 // A 65-year-old Northern California man was paralyzed after being slammed to the ground during a traffic stop where police officers used “pain compliance” techniques and expressed disbelief when he repeatedly...
