Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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Mass. Police Must Reinstate 7 Who Refused to be Vaccinated, Arbitrator Says
Aug 8 2023 // Massachusetts State Police must reinstate seven troopers who refused to be vaccinated for COVID-19, an independent arbitrator has ruled. The troopers have been on unpaid leave, but the arbitrator`s decision means they can...
St. Louis Police Protesters Being Receiving Shares of $4.9 million Settlement
Aug 7 2023 // ST. LOUIS (AP) – Some of the people who were arrested during a 2017 protest over the acquittal of a white police officer in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith have started receiving their share of a $4.9 million...
AM Best Downgrades Alabama Muni Insurance Pool, Citing Law Enforcement Liability
Aug 7 2023 // The A.M. Best financial rating firm has downgraded the financial strength rating of the Alabama Municipal Insurance Corp., citing weather losses as well as law enforcement liability costs. “AMIC’s law...
SC Police Officer and Recruit Agree to Avoid Cop Work After False Insurance Claim
Aug 2 2023 // A South Carolina police officer and his roommate, a police department recruit, will face only misdemeanor penalties after agreeing to avoid law enforcement work for the rest of their lives. The plea agreement came after...
Wisconsin Woman Dies After Police Car Accidentally Runs Over Her, Authorities Say
Jul 31 2023 // GREENFIELD, Wis. (AP) – A woman died after a patrol car accidentally ran over her while she lay in a roadway, suburban Milwaukee police said Friday. Officers were called Thursday for a welfare check on the 42-year-old...
Protester Sues Police for Over Arrest Near Maine Home of Federalist Society’s Leo
Jul 24 2023 // A demonstrator arrested outside the home of conservative legal activist Leonard Leo contends police violated his First Amendment rights. Eli Durand-McDonnell, 24, of Bar Harbor, contends in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday...
Northern Illinois Police Seize Carnival Ride After Boy Was Thrown From Ride and Seriously Injured
Jul 21 2023 // ANTIOCH, Ill. (AP) – Northern Illinois police have seized a carnival ride as they continue investigating a Sunday incident in which a 10-year-old boy was seriously injured when he was thrown from his seat. After the...
Connecticut Man Wrongly Convicted in 1984 Shooting of Baby Sues New Haven and Police
Jul 21 2023 // A Connecticut man who was exonerated after serving 28 years in prison for killing a baby in 1994 has filed a lawsuit against the city of New Haven and six now-former police officers involved in his arrest. Adam Carmon, 51,...
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Police by Mississippi Woman Hit by Stray Bullet
Jul 19 2023 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Mississippi woman who says she was hit by a stray police bullet while lying in bed. Latasha Smith, 49, was in bed on Dec. 11 when an officer from the state-run Capitol...
California Man Paralyzed from Police Run-In Gets $20M Settlement
Jul 13 2023 // A Northern California man who was left paralyzed after he was slammed to the ground during a traffic stop won a $20 million settlement, one of the largest in the state`s history, officials announced. Gregory Gross, an Army...
Audit Finds Connecticut State Police Falsified Traffic Stop Data
Jul 3 2023 // Hundreds of Connecticut state police troopers falsified information on at least 26,000 traffic stops from 2014 to 2021, skewing reports on the race and ethnicity of pulled-over motorists, according to an audit released...
Atlanta Police Motorcycles Burned in Arson Attack
Jul 3 2023 // Atlanta Police Department motorcycles were damaged in an intentional fire caused by devices set inside a training facility early Saturday, officials said. The Atlanta Fire and Rescue Department responded to reports of a...
Family of Ohio Black Man Killed by Police Allege Excessive Force
Jul 3 2023 // The eight police officers who shot Jayland Walker last summer used excessive force when they fired 94 bullets at him during a foot chase and participated in a “culture of violence and racism” within...
Florida Police: Theft Ring Targeted Luxury Cars Using Fake VINs, Phony Insurance
Jun 29 2023 // Florida law enforcement pushed back this week against a nationwide surge in auto thefts, announcing that 23 people were arrested for their alleged participation in a crime ring that forged vehicle identification numbers...
High Court: Police in California Aren’t Immune From Certain Misconduct Suits
Jun 26 2023 // Police in California are not immune from civil lawsuits for misconduct that happens while they investigate crimes, the state Supreme Court ruled, overruling a precedent made by lower courts that had helped protect law...
TransUnion: Police Gave Out Fewer Tickets as Highway Death Rate Climbed
Jun 26 2023 // At the same time as traffic fatalities increased and motorists’ driving habits deteriorated, law enforcement officers were issuing fewer citations for traffic violations, data analytics company TransUnion says in a...
7th Circuit: Insurer Must Defend Firm Sued for Selling Facial Recognition Program to Chicago Police
Jun 20 2023 // An ambiguous coverage exclusion prevents a liability insurer from dodging the cost of defending a data broker that was sued after selling the Chicago Police Department access to a facial recognition database that...
Justice Department Accuses Minneapolis Police of Systematic Discrimination After George Floyd’s Killing
Jun 19 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Justice Department alleged Friday that Minneapolis police have systematically discriminated against Black and Native American people for years and often violated constitutional rights following...
Family of Ohio Black Man Killed by Police Sue Officers, City, Alleging Excessive Force
Jun 19 2023 // AKRON, Ohio (AP) – The eight police officers who shot Jayland Walker last summer used excessive force when they fired 94 bullets at him during a foot chase and participated in a “culture of violence and...
Insurer Must Defend Firm Sued for Selling Facial Recognition Program to Police
Jun 16 2023 // An ambiguous coverage exclusion prevents a liability insurer from dodging the cost of defending a data broker that was sued after selling the Chicago Police Department access to a facial recognition database that...
