Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Report: Law Enforcement Claims Cost South Carolina $17M in 2014
Sep 23 2015 // South Carolina taxpayers are spending millions of dollars a year addressing alleged misdeeds by law officers or detention officials including excessive force and civil rights violations. The Greenville News reports the...
Florida Police Arrest 37 Teens After Vehicle Burglary Spree
Sep 21 2015 // Polices in Pensacola Florida recently arrested 37 teenagers for vehicle burglaries. Assistant police chief Tommi Lyter told the Pensacola News-Journal there were no overarching affiliations among the teens even though...
Violating Swedish Nuclear Drone Ban Will Land You in Jail, Void Insurance Cover
Sep 18 2015 // If you’re planning a drone fly-by at any of Sweden’s reactors, think again. The Nordic region’s biggest producer of atomic energy will from Oct. 15 add nuclear plants to a list of sites including airports...
Kentucky Student Charged After Drone Crashes into Stadium
Sep 14 2015 // University of Kentucky campus police have charged law student Peyton Wilson with second degree wanton endangerment for operating a drone that crashed into a section of Commonwealth Stadium before the Wildcats’...
Tennessee Supreme Court to Decide Police Power During Traffic Stops
Sep 11 2015 // The Tennessee Supreme Court is hearing two cases that could have justices deciding how many times drivers have to cross a painted line on the road before officers can pull them over. The two driving under the influence...
Freddie Gray’s Family Reaches $6.4M Settlement With City of Baltimore
Sep 9 2015 // The family of Freddie Gray, who died after being critically injured in police custody, reached a tentative $6.4 million wrongful death settlement with the city of Baltimore, resolving civil claims about a week after the...
Officials Eye Sky Security After Drone Crashes Into Empty Seats at U.S. Open
Sep 8 2015 // A drone crash during a U.S. Open match has tennis officials thinking about whether they can do more to safeguard the sprawling National Tennis Center from such hazards, a spokesman said. “Obviously, it’s...
Florida High Court to Decide on $3.3 Million Award to Man Mistaken for Bank Robber
Sep 3 2015 // Rodolfo Valladares wore the wrong hat to the wrong Miami bank while trying to cash a $100 check in a case of mistaken identity that’s led to a court battle over $3.3 million. A bank teller mistook Valladares for a...
Driver’s ‘Selfie’ Attempt Causes Crash, Maine Police Say
Sep 1 2015 // Maine State Police have issued a distracted driving summons to a man who they say crashed into a tree while taking a “selfie” with his passengers, injuring several of them. State police say Jordan Toner was...
Taser Not Liable in Death of Teenager, Court Rules
Aug 24 2015 // Taser International Inc. is not liable for the death of a 16-year-old Michigan boy soon after he was struck in the chest by two taser darts shot by a police officer, resulting in cardiac arrest, a federal appeals court...
Appeals Court: Indiana Police Department Can Be Held Liable
Aug 17 2015 // A federal appeals court has ruled the Evansville Police Department in Indiana committed too many mistakes” to be shielded from liability in a lawsuit filed over a SWAT raid on her home in 2012. The 7th U.S. Circuit...
Mass. Faces Legal, Logistical Obstacles in Introducing Police Body Cameras
Aug 11 2015 // In light of recent events nationwide involving police and the use of force, everyone seems to have fallen in love with the idea of fitting police with body-worn cameras to record activity. But in all likelihood, it will be...
Family of Woman Who Died in Texas Jail Sues Trooper, DPS
Aug 6 2015 // The family of a black woman found dead in a Texas jail three days after a confrontation with a white state trooper filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on Aug. 4 against the officer and other officials, saying it was a last...
Appeals Court: Indiana Police Department Can Be Held Liable
Aug 3 2015 // A federal appeals court has ruled the Evansville Police Department in Indiana committed too many mistakes” to be shielded from liability in a lawsuit filed over a SWAT raid on her home in 2012. The Evansville Courier...
Driver in Deadly Indiana Bus Crash Had Suspended License: Police
Jul 30 2015 // A 6-year-old boy died and 11 others were hurt this week when their church bus overturned near Indianapolis in an accident that police said appeared to be the result of an error by a driver with a suspended license. The boy...
Multi-State Cargo Theft Ring Busted in Indiana; 8 Charged
Jul 29 2015 // Eight individuals have been charged in a 23-count indictment in an organized scheme to steal tens of millions of dollars in merchandise from shipments of cargo moving through the state of Indiana and elsewhere, United...
Alabama Police Department Granted Access to 2,000 Surveillance Cameras
Jul 29 2015 // Mobile, Ala., officials have unveiled a new public safety initiative that will allow police access to more than 2,000 surveillance cameras. AL.com reports that as of July 23, the Mobile Police Department had access to over...
New Mass. Police Policy Questioned by Transparency Advocates
Jul 28 2015 // Kelly Young was driving down Route 28 in Milton, Massachusetts, when a sedan traveling in the other direction rear ended another car and veered into Young’s lane, hitting his car head on, police say. Young, 56, a...
Indiana Now Requires Scooter Registration; Thousands Comply
Jul 27 2015 // Thousands of motor-driven cycles, the vast majority mopeds and scooters, have been registered with the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles since a new law went into effect in January that placed more stringent requirements on...
New Mexico Police Use Software to Stop Distracted Driving
Jul 21 2015 // Farmington police may be the first in New Mexico to crack down on distracted officers who try to use a patrol computer while driving. New software to prevent distracted driving has been installed in most of the...
