Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Police: Woman Killed in Arkansas Workplace Shooting
Jul 24 2012 // A woman is accused of fatally shooting a co-worker on July 23 at an Arkansas plant after the two apparently had an earlier altercation, authorities said. Lillie Foots-Wilson was being held on a first-degree murder charge,...
Man Sues Maui Police For Buttock Gunshot Wound
Jul 24 2012 // A lawsuit claims a man suffered a traumatic gunshot wound to his buttock by Maui police officers. Anthony Lum-John claims officers used excessive force by shooting at a truck he was riding in two years ago. The Maui News...
Man Files Federal Lawsuit Against Oklahoma Town in Wake of Police Probe
Jul 20 2012 // A former inmate who was freed from prison has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Tulsa, Okla., and two convicted police investigators, claiming they fabricated a search warrant and staged “bogus and sham...
Police: Naked Man Crashes Through Texas Mall
Jul 19 2012 // Police say a naked man crashed a pickup truck into a Dallas mall, then drove over a few kiosks before stopping to try on clothes. Dallas police were called to the Southwest Center Mall around 7:30 a.m. on July 13. Officers...
Injured Occupy Protester Sues Portland Police
Jul 18 2012 // An Occupy Portland protester has filed a federal lawsuit accusing police of excessive force during a demonstration last fall in which he says his back was injured. Justin James Bridges says he was swept up in a crowd Nov....
Vermont Police Say Motorists Heeding Safety Push
Jul 17 2012 // Motorists across Vermont have been slowing down and following traffic laws since the state launched a summer traffic enforcement program designed to counter a rash of fatalities in the first half of the year, said the...
Bexar County Leads Texas in Road Rage Crashes
Jul 17 2012 // Bexar County in Central Texas has had the most reports of road rage crashes in the state over the last few years, according to a newspaper analysis. From 2007 to 2011, police officers and sheriff’s deputies in Bexar...
FBI, N.Y. Police Work to Retrieve Boat Where 3 Died
Jul 11 2012 // FBI divers and police officials in New York are working to retrieve a yacht that capsized and sank, killing three children. The 34-foot Kandi Won is about 60 feet below the surface, off the north shore of Long Island. It...
