Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jury Orders Massachusetts State Police to Pay $6.8M Over Discrimination Claims
Nov 21 2025 // A jury has ordered the Massachusetts State Police to pay $6.8 million after a finding that it discriminated against female and minority troopers. The verdict confirmed Tuesday by a Suffolk Superior Court clerk came in a...
Karen Read Claims ‘Gross Misconduct’ by State Police Shielded Real Killers
Nov 20 2025 // Karen Read, who was found not guilty of charges in the death of her boyfriend, has filed a lawsuit accusing members of the Massachusetts State Police and several others of targeting her and shielding the real killers. Read...
Tenn. Police Officer in Critical Condition After Crash in JD Vance’s Motorcade
Nov 17 2025 // Two law enforcement vehicles crashed in Tennessee on Friday night while supporting Vice President JD Vance’s motorcade, sending a police officer to the hospital in critical condition, authorities said. The crash in...
Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Mistreating Prisoner
Nov 14 2025 // A former Connecticut police officer accused of mistreating prisoner Richard “Randy” Cox after he was paralyzed in the back of a police van pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor Wednesday and received no jail time,...
Car Fleeing Police Slams Into a Florida Bar, Killing 4 and Injuring 11
Nov 12 2025 // A speeding car fleeing police slammed into a crowded bar early Saturday, killing four people and injuring 11 in a historic district of Tampa, Florida, that is known for its nightlife and tourists. An air patrol unit...
Nation’s Largest Fleet of Police Cybertrucks to Patrol Vegas
Nov 3 2025 // The nation’s largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November thanks to a donation from a U.S. tech billionaire, raising concerns about the blurring of lines...
California Police Pulled Over A Waymo for An Illegal U-Turn, But They Couldn’t Cite
Oct 20 2025 // Police in Northern California were understandably perplexed when they pulled over a Waymo taxi after it made an illegal U-turn, only to find no driver behind the wheel and therefore, no one to ticket. The San Bruno Police...
Louisiana Police Video Counters Claim That LSU Star Was Too Far From Fatal Wreck
Oct 10 2025 // Louisiana state police have released video evidence in a deadly 2024 car crash that authorities contend was caused by reckless driving by Kyren Lacy, a former Louisiana State University football star who took his own life...
SC Law Enforcement Says No Arson Evidence in Fire That Destroyed Judge’s Home
Oct 8 2025 // State agents have so far found no evidence that a fire that destroyed a judge’s home on a South Carolina island was intentionally set, the state’s top law enforcement official said Monday. The Saturday blaze...
California Police Pulled Over A Waymo for An Illegal U-Turn, But They Couldn’t Cite
Oct 3 2025 // Police in Northern California were understandably perplexed when they pulled over a Waymo taxi after it made an illegal U-turn, only to find no driver behind the wheel and therefore, no one to ticket. The San Bruno Police...
Suit Against Brown University Sparks Debate on Campus Police Secrecy
Oct 2 2025 // A new lawsuit against Brown University has renewed questions surrounding the secrecy afforded many law enforcement officers employed by private colleges and universities across the U.S. Unlike public campuses, private...
Former Police Officers Convicted in Arson and Fraud Conspiracy
Sep 29 2025 // A federal jury found two former Maryland police officers guilty of wire fraud, arson and insurance and bank fraud. Philip James Dupree, of Pikesville and Mark Ross Johnson, Jr., of Camp Springs were found to have conspired...
Meta Set to Face EU Finding it Failed to Police Illegal Posts
Sep 26 2025 // Meta Platforms Inc. is set to face a charge sheet from the European Union for failing to adequately police illegal content, risking fines for violating the bloc’s content moderation rulebook. The European Commission...
Lawsuit Dismissed Against Detroit Police in Facial Recognition Arrest
Sep 22 2025 // A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Detroit police in the wrongful arrest of a pregnant woman who was charged in a carjacking partly because of facial recognition technology. Porcha Woodruff, who was eight months...
State Police Shortage Stalls Vermont Program to Protect Highway Workers
Sep 12 2025 // Kellen Cloud’s line of work has always been dangerous. For the better part of the past two decades, Cloud has worked at Green Mountain Flagging, a company that stations traffic controllers at construction sites...
North Carolina Veterinary Hospital Explodes After Car Hits Gas Line, Police Say
Aug 21 2025 // A brand new veterinary hospital exploded Tuesday morning in North Carolina after a car crashed into a nearby gas meter, authorities said. About 20 minutes before the explosion in Wilmington, a car had run off the road and...
$3.75M to Estate of Unarmed Man Fatally Shot by Oregon Police
Aug 19 2025 // The city of Portland, Oregon, is set to pay $3.75 million to the estate of an unarmed man who was shot and killed by police in 2022 after being mistaken for an armed robbery suspect. The city settled with Immanueal...
Philadelphia Police Officer Wins Delayed Workers’ Compensation Claim for PTSD
Aug 15 2025 // A Philadelphia police officer who was severely beaten by a robbery suspect in 2017 has won his right to add a psychological injury to his already settled workers’ compensation claim for physical injuries suffered in...
CDC Shooter Believed COVID Vaccine Made Him Suicidal, Father Tells Police
Aug 12 2025 // A Georgia man who opened fire on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, shooting dozens of rounds into the sprawling complex and killing a police officer, had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for...
Louisiana to Pay $9M Settlement to Man Partially Paralyzed by State Trooper
Aug 11 2025 // Louisiana authorities have agreed to pay $9 million to a man who was partially paralyzed from the waist down after a trooper shot him in the back during a 2018 traffic stop in Baton Rouge and then falsely reported it as a...
