Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Police Lieutenant Claims Reverse Discrimination
Sep 5 2012 // An Albuquerque police lieutenant is accusing the department and top city leaders of passing over him and others in order to promote lesser-qualified officers. The reverse-discrimination claim filed by Lt. Gregory Callaghan...
Delaware Police Seek Suspect in Armed Robbery of Local Agency
Sep 4 2012 // Delaware State Police are looking for a man who robbed an insurance agency in Wilmington at gunpoint. It happened about 4:30 p.m. last Thursday at Muncie Insurance on North Market Street. Troopers say a man entered the...
Police Prep for Labor Day Weekend Partiers
Aug 31 2012 // “A drunk driver killed someone I love,” reads a sign on the Interstate 80 East exit ramp onto Route 611 in Stroud Township. It’s the same area where Raymond Gelormini Jr., 49, of Hackettstown, N.J., was...
Deutsche Bank Exec Files $50M Claim Against LA
Aug 30 2012 // A senior executive at Deutsche Bank has filed a $50 million claim against the city of Los Angeles, alleging he was beaten by two officers during a bizarre incident after they dropped him off at a motel where they ordered...
Former Louisiana Law Enforcement Officers Sentenced for Scam
Aug 24 2012 // Two law enforcement officers form the New Orleans area have been sentenced for their roles in a plot to make a fraudulent insurance claim. U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance sentenced 43-year-old former New Orleans Police...
Settlement Reached in Atlanta Police HIV Employment Case
Aug 24 2012 // A man with HIV who said he was denied a position with the police force has reached a settlement with the city of Atlanta, his lawyers said. The city would pay $250,000 under terms of the agreement, Lambda Legal said. The...
Philippine Police Arrest 357 Foreigners for Online Fraud
Aug 24 2012 // Philippine police say they have rounded up 357 foreigners accused of duping Taiwanese and Chinese citizens in an online scam. National police investigation chief Samuel Pagdilao said the mostly Chinese and Taiwanese...
Mississippi Supreme Court Orders Damages Recalculation in Police Chase Case
Aug 22 2012 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has let stand a ruling that a Hinds County judge erred in determining how the much the city of Jackson was liable in a case involving a police chase. Last December, the state Court of Appeals...
Michigan Family Donating Settlement in Police Shooting
Aug 20 2012 // Money from a $2.2 million court settlement over the death of a 29-year-old man who was fatally shot by a Michigan police officer in 2010 will go to charities and police departments, including the one that employed the...
New Mexico Man Sues Security Firm Over Pepper Spraying
Aug 14 2012 // A man has sued a security company after one of its guards pepper-sprayed him last month on the sidewalk in downtown Santa Fe, N.M. The Albuquerque Journal reported that 26-year-old Justin LeVan filed a lawsuit on July 31...
Jury Sides with Man in Claims Against Mississippi Police Officers
Aug 13 2012 // A federal jury has awarded a Madison resident more than $93,000 in a lawsuit against three city police officers for excessive force and for violating his constitutional rights. The Clarion-Ledger reported that the verdict...
South Carolina Police Officer Sues Over Facebook-Related Firing
Aug 10 2012 // A former police officer claims in a lawsuit that Greenville, South Carolina officials violated her free speech rights by firing her over comments on a social networking site. The Delta Democrat Times reported that former...
10M Honolulu Police Suit Claims Excessive Force
Aug 9 2012 // A $10 million federal lawsuit claims Honolulu police used excessive force in restraining a man who suffocated. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Tuesday Tassa Torres filed a lawsuit on behalf of her brother Aaron Torres. The...
Overheated Food Trucks Raise Red Flags in Indiana
Aug 9 2012 // In recent weeks, “hot trucks” have made headlines as Indiana State Police found numerous food transport trucks driving with improper refrigeration for their loads. A new Indiana law that took effect in July...
N.Y. Man Pleads Not Guilty in Father’s Fake Death Plot
Aug 9 2012 // A New York man accused of helping his father try to fake his own death by falsely reporting that the elder man had disappeared while going for a swim was arraigned Tuesday on conspiracy to commit insurance fraud and other...
North Carolina Court Rules Wounded Passenger Can Sue Police
Aug 9 2012 // A North Carolina appeals court said a car passenger wounded during a police chase on Asheville roads five years ago can continue to seek damages against officers involved in the pursuit but not the city’s now-retired...
Crash Reconstructionists Sort Out Reality from What People Claim
Aug 9 2012 // Crashes happen every day. Most of the time, they are simple fender benders and those involved own up to their mistakes. Sometimes, there are witnesses who can fill in the blanks. Other times, however, drivers disagree...
UK Bank May Have Hidden $250 Billion in Iran Deals; May Lose U.S. License
Aug 7 2012 // New York’s top bank regulator threatened to strip Standard Chartered Plc of its state banking license, saying the British bank was a “rogue institution” that hid $250 billion in transactions tied to Iran,...
Idaho Police To Begin Crackdown On Aggressive Driving
Aug 2 2012 // Idaho law enforcement is getting ready to crack down on aggressive motorists. The Idaho Transportation Department is teaming up with 49 police agencies across the state on a two-week push aimed at drivers who are speeding,...
Alabama Bans Texting While Driving Aug. 1
Jul 30 2012 // Starting Wednesday, texting, emailing and instant messaging while driving will become illegal in Alabama, with violators facing fines and possibly higher insurance rates. That is, if they don’t have a wreck...
