Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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Maryland Officials Say Autopsies Misclassified Deaths in Police Custody
May 20 2025 // An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 deaths in police custody that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a comprehensive review of such cases spurred by...
Idaho Police Release Names of 6 Killed in Yellowstone Tour Crash Amid Investigation
May 20 2025 // Idaho police released the names of six people from China, Italy and California killed when a pickup truck collided with their tour van in a fiery crash near Yellowstone National Park earlier this month. Idaho State Police...
Alabama Lawmakers Approve Additional Legal Protections for Police Officers
May 16 2025 // Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday approved enhanced legal protections for police officers, changes that Republicans said show support for law enforcement but Democrats called “a green light to kill Black...
Miami Linebacker Adarius Hayes Was Driver in Crash That Killed Three, Police Say
May 14 2025 // Miami Hurricanes linebacker Adarius Hayes was one of the drivers in a two-vehicle crash that left three people dead and at least two others injured, police said. The three who died as a result of the crash were all in a...
Police: Truck Crossed Center Line in Crash With Tour Van That Killed 7 Near Yellowstone
May 13 2025 // A pickup truck that collided with a tour van near Yellowstone National Park last week, killing seven people, crossed the highway’s center line and hit the van, according to Idaho State Police. Investigating troopers...
Ex-State Trooper Found Guilty of Taking Bribes to Pass Commercial Drivers
May 6 2025 // A former Massachusetts state police sergeant was found guilty Friday of taking part in a scheme to take bribes, including a new snowblower and a driveway, in exchange for giving passing scores on commercial driving...
Judge Says Local Police Must Halt Enforcement of Florida Immigration Law
May 1 2025 // MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge told attorneys for the state of Florida on Tuesday that an order freezing the enforcement of a new state immigration law absolutely applies to all of the state’s local law enforcement...
Alabama House Advances Bill to Let Police Enforce Immigration Laws
Apr 25 2025 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation last week that would allow local law enforcement to enforce immigration law, as conservative legislators push for increased alignment with the federal...
Ohio Attorney General to Certify Proposed Ban on Police Immunity
Apr 24 2025 // Prompted by a stinging defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court, Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Tuesday said he was putting aside his objections and allowing a proposed constitutional amendment that would end...
Ex-State Trooper to Plead Guilty to Falsifying Commercial Driver’s License Scores
Apr 16 2025 // A former Massachusetts State Police trooper has agreed to plead guilty to his role in an alleged conspiracy to falsify records by giving passing scores to certain commercial driver’s license (CDL) applicants even if...
Fort Myers City Council Does About-Face, Agrees to Let ICE Train Police on Deports
Mar 25 2025 // (AP) — City officials in Fort Myers, Florida, unanimously agreed to pass a memorandum on Friday allowing local authorities to receive training from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and assist with deportations....
AI Is Turbocharging Organized Crime, EU Police Agency Warns
Mar 20 2025 // The European Union’s law enforcement agency cautioned Tuesday that artificial intelligence is turbocharging organized crime that is eroding the foundations of societies across the 27-nation bloc as it becomes...
In Miss. Case, Federal Appeals Court Shakes Up Qualified Immunity for Police Officers
Mar 11 2025 // Judges for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals raised questions this week about the high court’s qualified-immunity doctrine, which critics say has long protected bad law enforcement officers. The 5th Circuit panel...
Ex-Ohio Police Officer Sentenced for Starting Arson Fires
Mar 10 2025 // A former Ohio fire department administrator and police officer was sentenced in federal court here to 18 months in prison for starting dozens of arson fires in Wayne National Forest. James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande,...
Alabama Lawmakers Advance Bill Making it Harder to Sue Police for Excess Force
Feb 28 2025 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Divisive legislation that would expand legal immunity for police officers who use excessive force or kill someone in the line of duty advanced in the Alabama legislature on Wednesday, sparking...
Ohio Ex-Police Officer Sentenced for Starting 26 Arson Fires in Wayne National Forest
Feb 21 2025 // A former Ohio fire department administrator and police officer was sentenced in federal court here to 18 months in prison for starting dozens of arson fires in Wayne National Forest. James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande,...
Police Scramble to Learn Who Stole 100,000 Eggs Worth $40K From Farm Trailer
Feb 10 2025 // Police are trying to crack a whodunit over the heist of 100,000 eggs from the back of a trailer in Antrim Township, Pennsylvania. Regarding the theft that law enforcement officials say could be tied to the sky-high cost of...
Family of Alabama Man Killed by Police Will Get $750,000 Settlement
Jan 16 2025 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama city will pay $750,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit against a police officer who fatally shot one person and wounded another in 2019, after defendants appealed the original...
Minneapolis to Overhaul Police Training After George Floyd’s Murder
Jan 14 2025 // The Minneapolis City Council this month approved an agreement with the federal government to overhaul the city’s police training and use-of-force policies in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. The deal...
Mississippi Police Officer Suspended After Chase That Ended in Three Deaths
Jan 13 2025 // BYHALIA, Miss. (AP) — A north Mississippi police officer whose pursuit ended in a crash that killed three people has been suspended from duty without pay. Byhalia aldermen voted on Wednesday to suspend William Langham,...
