Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
1.4 Million Michigan Residents to Travel During Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov 21 2008 // Despite the economy, many will travel by car and air this holiday weekend. An estimated 1.4 million Michiganians said they will travel during the 2008 Thanksgiving holiday period, a 6-percent decrease from last year, says...
New York Police Departments Launch Statewide Seat Belt Checks
Nov 18 2008 // Law enforcement agencies across New York state are launching a seat belt eforcement campaign timed to the start of the Thanksgiving-Christmas holiday season. State police, sheriff’s departments and local police...
New Hampshire Police Chief-Lawmaker Wants Tougher Drunk Driving Law
Nov 3 2008 // A New Hampshire state lawmaker who also works as a police chief wants to make it illegal for suspected drunken drivers to refuse to take breath tests. Dalton Police Chief John Tholl, a Republican, believes the current...
Texas Insured Driver Database in Effect Statewide
Oct 20 2008 // TexasSure, the vehicle insurance verification database designed to reduce the number of uninsured motorists in Texas, is now available to law enforcement statewide, the Texas Department of Public Safety reported. The...
Texas Rolls Out Insured Driver Database Statewide
Oct 3 2008 // TexasSure, the vehicle insurance verification database designed to reduce the number of uninsured motorists in Texas, is now available to law enforcement statewide, the Texas Department of Public Safety reported. TexasSure...
Protestor at GOP Convention to File Brutality Lawsuit
Sep 29 2008 // An anti-war protester who claims he was shot with a police projectile at close range during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul announced on September 26 that he is planning to sue the city of St. Paul and...
Taxpayers ‘Off the Hook’ for Mishaps at Convention
Sep 22 2008 // Taxpayers should be off the hook for any damages stemming from claims of police misconduct related to the Republican National Convention under a first-of-its-kind agreement. The deal required the Republican Party’s...
Arizona Public Safety Personnel Costing Millions in Insurance Claims
Sep 11 2008 // Tucson and Pima County officials say injured police officers, firefighters and sheriff’s deputies are costing taxpayers millions in insurance claims. According to records from the city and county, injured...
Tennessee Police Dog not Dead; Insurance Fraud Alleged
Sep 8 2008 // A West Tennessee prosecutor will not say whether he intends to press charges in the case of an Oakland police dog whose death may have been faked to collect a $5,000 insurance benefit. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation...
Minn. GOP Convention Officials Bought Liability Coverage in First Time Deal
Sep 5 2008 // Taxpayers should be off the hook for any damages stemming from claims of police misconduct related to the Republican National Convention under a first-of-its-kind agreement. The deal required the Republican Party’s...
Aon Launches UK Extortion Consulting with Police Expert
Aug 19 2008 // Aon announced from its London office that its Crisis Management Unit has hired the former senior investigating officer for multinational extortion at the British police to head up a new extortion consulting team. The...
Another Chicago Police Officer Charged with Insurance Fraud
Aug 14 2008 // Another Chicago police officer has been indicted in connection with a scheme to have his car towed away and declared stolen for insurance money. The U.S. attorney’s office says Officer Scott Campbell was charged on...
Mass. Considering Traffic Flaggers Instead of Police at Construction Sites
Aug 14 2008 // Civilian flaggers dressed in orange safety vests could replace police officers at some roadside construction projects as early as October under regulations set to be unveiled by the Patrick administration Wednesday. Police...
Missouri City Residents Help Police in Speed Check
Aug 13 2008 // Police officers can’t be everywhere at once, so citizens’ groups in St. Joseph, Mo. are taking the matter of checking for speeders into their own hands. Armed with radar guns issued by the St. Joseph Police...
Delaware Police Issue 840 Speeding Tickets in 1 Month
Aug 7 2008 // Police in Delaware issued 840 speeding citations, including nearly 200 in one week, in the first month of a statewide crackdown on speeding. The state highway safety department is promoting the initiative, which also led...
Police Say Arson at Root of E. Idaho Fires
Aug 1 2008 // Authorities in eastern Idaho say a series of wildfires in recent years, including the largest so far this year, may be the work of arsonists. Power County Sheriff Jim Jeffries says he is now looking for help from the...
Rhode Island Police Arrest State’s Drunkest Person Ever Recorded
Jul 25 2008 // Rhode Island state police say they arrested a man this week whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent — the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn’t dead. Stanley Kobierowski was taken to...
Alabama Police Arrest 2 in Connection with Boat Thefts
Jul 21 2008 // Authorities say Alabama Marine Police arrested two people in connection with the theft of more than a dozen fishing boats along Mobile Bay. Marine Police Lieutenant Alex Smith says thieves are stripping the 18- to 24-foot...
Illinois Traffic Fatalities Lowest Since 1924, Seat Belt Usage Up to 90 %
Jul 17 2008 // Governor Rod R. Blagojevich announced on July 15 that Illinois’ number of motorists and front seat passengers who buckle up in the state edged upwards and exceeded 90 percent for the second straight year. In...
Mass. State Police Report 70% More Drunk Driving Arrests
Jun 30 2008 // State police are crediting an increased number of sobriety checkpoints for a 70 percent rise in drunk driving arrests since 2005. Last year, state police arrested 4,879 people for operating under the influence, compared to...
