Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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Vermont Family Seeks Wrongful Death Retrial Against State Police
Aug 16 2011 // The family of a mentally ill Vermont man shot to death by Vermont State Police troopers is asking a federal appeals court to order a wrongful death trial. The family of Robert Fortunati wants a new trial on their claims...
Virginia ‘Guns in Bars’ Study Finds Little Effect on Crime
Aug 16 2011 // The number of gun crimes at Virginia bars and restaurants declined slightly during the first year of a new state law that allows people with permits to carry concealed firearms into establishments that serve alcohol, a...
Port Smith Agency Owner Missing
Aug 15 2011 // Malcolm Tidwell, an insurance agent from Port Smith is reported missing. The exact date of his disappearance is unknown. Police were first alerted to his disappearance by one of his clients who said that he missed their...
Managing Agency, Company Relationships the Easy Way
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
UK Insurers Welcome PM’s Pledge on Compensation Scheme
Aug 12 2011 // The UK’s insurance industry “has welcomed Prime Minister David Cameron’s announcement that the Riot Act police compensation schemes will operate as normal and has promised to use its expertise to help the...
Minnesota Police Ticket 21 for Driving 100 MPH
Aug 11 2011 // The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said it ticketed 21 motorists for driving more than 100 mph and 72 drivers for going more than 90 mph during a stepped-up speeding enforcement campaign in July. State Patrol Lt....
ABI Explains UK Riot Coverage; Damages Estimated to Exceed $162 Million
Aug 10 2011 // The Association of British Insurers has issued a set of guidelines and an explanation of the insurance coverage incident to the recent riots in London and other UK cities. The ABI estimates that insured losses and damage...
Britain Burns: Riots Spread through UK Cities
Aug 10 2011 // A wave of violence and looting raged across London and spread to three other major British cities on Tuesday, as authorities struggled to contain the country’s worst unrest since race riots set the capital ablaze in...
New York Man Gets $90K for Police Dog Bite
Jul 22 2011 // The New York man who was bitten by a police dog will receive $90,000 from the city of Mount Vernon. Carlos Garcia filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city in 2008. According to court papers, police were searching for...
Utah Parents Sue Police, City Over Son’s Shooting Death
Jul 15 2011 // A West Valley City, Utah couple is suing police, claiming officers used excessive force in the 2010 shooting death of their son. Etta and Frank Chief filed the civil lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City this...
Murdoch’s Bow to Pressure; Will Attend UK Parliament’s Investigation
Jul 14 2011 // Rupert Murdoch on Thursday caved in to pressure from Britain’s parliament to answer questions over alleged crimes at one of his newspapers, setting up a showdown with lawmakers keen to break the media mogul’s...
Kentucky Police Say Texting While Driving Law Tough to Enforce
Jul 7 2011 // Kentucky police agencies say the commonwealth’s texting-while-driving statute is well intended, but difficult to enforce. The law took effect a year ago, but officers issued only verbal warnings for the first six...
Suspect in Insurance-Scheme Shooting Killed by Police in Pennsylvania
Jul 6 2011 // A career criminal suspected of shooting five people, two of them fatally, inside a suburban home over an alleged insurance-fraud scheme was killed by SWAT team members after a six-hour standoff Monday, authorities in...
Strauss-Kahn: Going From Defendant to Plaintiff Could Be Risky
Jul 6 2011 // After spending six weeks as a defendant in a criminal sexual assault case that now appears to be falling apart, Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have a seat waiting for him at the plaintiffs’ table, but taking it comes...
Maine Police Brutality Case Settled
Jun 29 2011 // A Maine man is going to get $725,000 as part of a police brutality settlement that was reached as the case was set to go to trial in federal court. Ronald Eaton of Deer Isle had sued several Hancock County and Ellsworth...
MIssissippi Judge Orders Tear Gas Maker Pay $1 Million in Mom’s Death
Jun 28 2011 // A judge has ruled that the maker of tear gas used in a 2006 Jackson police raid must pay $1.1 million to five children of a woman who died after inhaling the fumes. Hinds County Circuit Judge Winston Kidd ruled that...
LulzSec Hackers Say Disbanding After Last Data Dump
Jun 27 2011 // The Lulz Security group of rogue hackers announced it was disbanding Saturday with one last data dump, which included internal AOL Inc. and AT&T documents. LulzSec, which gained wide recognition for breaching the...
New York City Police Officer’s Horse Suit Dismissed
Jun 24 2011 // A judge has reined in a New York City’s police officer’s lawsuit against the city over a mishap on horseback in 2004. A Manhattan judge dismissed William Rozakis’ case this week. Rozakis says the horse...
Portland Audit Suggests Moving Public Safety Employees to Workers’ Comp
Jun 24 2011 // A Portland, Ore., audit is recommending the city move firefighters and police officers currently covered by the City of Portland Fire and Police Disability and Retirement (FDPR) system into the city’s workers’...
Hackers Bring Down British Police Web Site
Jun 20 2011 // Hackers temporarily knocked offline a Website run by the British police Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA), which targets organized crime in Britain and overseas. Lulz Security, a loosely aligned hacker group which said...
