Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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Gun-Selling Website Sued by Widow of Slain Chicago Police Commander
Feb 18 2020 // The widow of a slain Chicago Police Department commander has filed a lawsuit against the website used to sell the gun tied to her husband’s death. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Erin Bauer and the nonprofit gun...
Missouri Officer Told to ‘Tone Down’ Gayness Settles Lawsuit for $10.25M
Feb 12 2020 // Missouri’s St. Louis County has agreed to a $10.25 million settlement with a gay police lieutenant who says he was passed over for promotion 23 times and was told to “tone down” his...
EU Prepares for Coming of Facial Recognition– On Its Privacy Terms
Feb 3 2020 // The European Union has accepted there is no escape from facial recognition, but is seeking to ensure any roll-out that includes U.S. and Chinese players will abide by European values like strict personal privacy. Facial...
Father Sues Police in Oregon for Using Stun Gun on 14-Year-Old
Jan 24 2020 // A father is suing Redmond, Ore. police because he says they used excessive force when they used a Taser stun gun on his 14-year-old son nearly two years ago. Michael Francisco filed the civil rights lawsuit last week in...
Alabama Police Say ‘Batman’ Bandit Stealing from Churches
Jan 16 2020 // Police in Alabama are looking for a man who disguised himself as Batman while stealing musical instruments from churches. A burglary happened on Dec. 11 at King’s Way Church in Irondale, AL.Com reported. The caped...
Southern California Uber Driver Accused of Raping Passenger
Jan 15 2020 // An Uber driver was arrested on suspicion of raping a woman who said she fell asleep in his car after a night of drinking and woke up to him assaulting her, authorities said. The suspect, Alonso Calle, had contacted police...
Lawsuit Accuses Police in New Mexico of Wrongful Death
Jan 13 2020 // A lawsuit accuses Albuquerque police of wrongfully killing a pipe-wielding man during a 2018 encounter in a home after officers found him hiding in a closet. The lawsuit filed last week by 24-year-old Daniel...
UMass Student Newspaper Editor Cannot Be Held Liable in Defamation Suit
Jan 13 2020 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has ruled that a University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass) student newspaper editor cannot be held liable for defamation after republishing police blotter entries describing...
Police Report Multiple Injuries in 30-Car Maine Highway Pileup
Jan 9 2020 // Multiple people were injured in a major pileup involving about 30 vehicles during the Tuesday morning commute on a highway in Maine, state troopers said. There were no fatalities, but several ambulances and a medical...
Atlanta Police Chief Halts Police Chases after Deaths, Injuries
Jan 9 2020 // Atlanta’s police chief has ordered a halt to all police car chases after crashes that killed or injured people. “I don’t want to see us cost someone their life in pursuit of an auto theft person or...
Feds to Investigate Deadly Tesla Crash in California
Jan 3 2020 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the crash of a speeding Tesla that killed two people in a Los Angeles suburb, the agency announced Tuesday. Agency spokesman Sean Rushton wouldn’t...
California Man Choked Unconscious Can Sue Police, Court Rules
Dec 27 2019 // A California man can proceed to trial with a lawsuit against a police officer who choked him unconscious at a Las Vegas nightclub, a federal appeals court ruled this week. “It has long been clear that a police...
Former Oregon Officer Sues Officials Claiming Retaliation
Dec 27 2019 // A former Oregon police officer filed a lawsuit saying he faced retaliation within the department for reporting a former police chief struck him with his arm while holding a metal sign, court records said. Joseph Patnode is...
Police Say City Employee Targeted Co-Worker in Deadly North Carolina Shooting
Dec 24 2019 // A deadly shooting at a city building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was an act of “workplace violence” by one city employee who targeted a co-worker he’d disliked for a long time, police said...
Southern California Bride Tied up in Insurance Fraud Scheme
Dec 13 2019 // Vermyttya Miller, 37, of Santa Clarita, Calif., was sentenced this week to five years in county jail and ordered to pay $22,500 in restitution after pleading no contest to one count of felony insurance fraud for a wedding...
Law Enforcement Investigating Cyberattack on Florida City Where Navy Attack Occurred
Dec 11 2019 // Federal authorities are investigating a cyberattack on the city of Pensacola, Florida, home to the naval air station where a Saudi flight student killed three sailors and wounded eight others on Friday. Mayor Grover...
Tesla Crash in Connecticut Elicits New Warnings About Autopilot Shortcomings
Dec 10 2019 // Another Tesla Inc. vehicle operating on the carmaker’s driver-assistance system branded as Autopilot has crashed into a parked emergency vehicle, eliciting fresh warnings about the shortcomings of automated...
Tesla Driver Who Hit Two Cars in Connecticut Says He Used Autopilot
Dec 9 2019 // The driver of a Tesla says the car was on autopilot when it struck a police cruiser and a disabled vehicle on Saturday in Connecticut, according to State Police. State Police said troopers responded to Interstate 95...
5 Dead, Others Missing After Volcano Erupts in New Zealand
Dec 9 2019 // New Zealand police said early on Tuesday they did not expect to find any more survivors from a volcanic eruption that killed at least five people, injured up to 20 and left an unknown number unaccounted for. The volcano,...
Kansas County to Pay $37.5K to Officer Bitten by Police Dog
Dec 3 2019 // A Kansas county has agreed to pay $37,500 to a Wichita police officer who was bitten by a sheriff deputy’s K-9, years after the deputy received her own settlement for being bitten by a police department dog. The...
