Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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Insurer Analyzes Top 10 Driving Distractions Involved in Fatal Car Crashes
Apr 4 2013 // Of the more than 65,000 people in the U.S. killed in car crashes over the past two years, one in 10 were in crashes where at least one of the drivers was distracted, according to an analysis by Erie Insurance. The Erie,...
Indiana Plan Would Require Armed Staffers at Schools
Apr 4 2013 // Indiana’s public and charter schools would be required to have an employee carry a loaded gun during school in order to respond quickly to attacks under a proposal an Indiana House committee approved April...
Ex-New Orleans Policeman Pleads Guilty to Criminal Mischief in Car Crash
Mar 29 2013 // A former New Orleans police officer accused last fall of falsifying a police report to cover up an alleged hit-and-run accident in his personal car has pleaded to a lesser charge. The Times-Picayune reports 39-year-old...
Few Wisconsin Communities Have Sober Bartender Laws
Mar 28 2013 // The eastern Wisconsin city of Neenah is considering an ordinance that would require bartenders to show up for work sober – and ban them from drinking on the job. The ordinance would let police hold bartenders accountable...
DUI Case Puts Spotlight on Kentucky State Police Lab Tests
Mar 22 2013 // The Jefferson County Attorney’s Office says a judge’s decision to acquit a Louisville woman of an impaired driving charge shows the shortcomings of Kentucky State Police lab tests. The Courier-Journal reported...
Lock, Take and Hide Signs Working in Mesquite, Texas
Mar 19 2013 // The Mesquite Police Department reports the simple message from the Lock, Take and Hide crime prevention signs have had a tremendous impact on reducing auto thefts and burglaries in their city. The police department...
South Carolina Judge Throws Out DUI Over Police ‘Blow Hard’ Order
Mar 15 2013 // A defense lawyer says a ruling by a Columbia city judge could affect driving under the influence cases across South Carolina. The judge threw out breath test results because the police officer told the suspect to blow hard...
Kentucky Judges Dismiss Texting While Driving Charges
Mar 12 2013 // Jefferson County, Kentucky judges have dismissed nearly 40 percent of the texting while driving charges brought under the state’s two-year-old ban while police and prosecutors say the ban is nearly impossible to...
Arkansas Gun Maker Limits Law Enforcement Sales as Protest
Mar 11 2013 // Wilson Combat, an Arkansas-based maker of custom firearms, is joining other small manufacturers across the county in adopting no sale policies to law-enforcement agencies in states that adopt strict laws on gun...
Virginia Police: 383 Arrests Made for Insurance Fraud, Related Offenses in 2012
Feb 28 2013 // The Virginia State Police Insurance Fraud Program announced it is continuing to make inroads in the fight against the crime of insurance fraud as indicated by the statistics in the just released 2012 annual report. In...
Family Of Man Shot By Police in Hawaii Files Lawsuit
Feb 27 2013 // The family of a man shot to death by Kauai police a year ago in Hawaii has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the department, Kauai County and the officer involved in the shooting. The suit was filed by the family of...
St. Louis County Police Commend Missouri Insurance Fraud Investigator
Feb 21 2013 // The St. Louis County Board of Police Commissioners has awarded a commendation to an investigator at the Missouri Department of Insurance for his efforts in uncovering a widespread insurance fraud operation against...
Bill Would Stop Oklahoma Insurance Department Use of Police Cars
Feb 20 2013 // A Senate panel has passed a bill that would prohibit the Oklahoma Insurance Department’s anti-fraud investigators from using police vehicles. The Senate General Government Committee voted unanimously for the bill by...
Police Blame Missouri Law for Rise in Vanishing Cars
Feb 20 2013 // Why are thefts of older vehicles climbing in Missouri? And why are so many of them never seen again? St. Louis-area police who pondered what seemed like an improbable trend say they believe they have found the culprit...
Nebraska Lawmakers Pushing Traffic-Safety Measures
Feb 12 2013 // Motorists and passengers who ride without a seat belt could face a $100 fine in Nebraska, and might even see their insurance rates increase if a bill in the Legislature becomes law. Nebraska lawmakers are proposing a...
Northeast Blizzard Hit Like a Hurricane
Feb 10 2013 // A blizzard packing hurricane-force winds hammered the northeastern United States on Saturday, cutting power to 700,000 homes and businesses, shutting down travel and leaving at least nine people dead. The mammoth storm...
ACLU Settles Bias Lawsuit Filed By Southern California Latino Students
Feb 8 2013 // A suburban Los Angeles County school district and police department have agreed to revise policies to settle a racial profiling lawsuit filed by a group of Latino students who said they were rounded up at school and...
South Dakota House Passes Bill on Arming Teachers
Feb 1 2013 // A bill that would allow school districts to arm teachers and other personnel with guns was approved by the South Dakota House after supporters said it could make would-be attackers think twice about entering a school...
Rural School Officials: Give Texas Teachers Guns
Jan 30 2013 // Superintendents of three small rural school districts that allow some teachers to carry guns told Texas lawmakers on Jan. 28 that the practice provides a critical measure of safety for students in the event of a campus...
Ex-Police Chief in Oregon Sues for Wrongful Termination
Jan 29 2013 // A federal judge in Oregon has partially dismissed a lawsuit alleging wrongful termination by former Sunriver police chief Michael Kennedy. But Kennedy’s attorney told the Bulletin that aspects of the case that were...
