Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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10 Injured When Police Motorcycle Officer Crashed into California Parade Bystanders
Dec 10 2024 // Ten people were injured after a police traffic officer on a motorcycle crashed into bystanders at a weekend holiday parade in Palm Springs, California, authorities said. All of the injured were taken to hospitals Saturday...
Justice Department Finds Pattern of Misconduct by Trenton Police
Nov 26 2024 // Police in New Jersey’s capital have shown a pattern of misconduct, including using excessive force and making unlawful stops, the Justice Department said last Thursday, in a report documenting arrests without legal...
$1M Settlement for Woman After Police Dog in California Bit into Her Scalp
Nov 20 2024 // A Northern California city has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle a lawsuit alleging police used excessive force after a K-9 dog bit into a woman’s scalp during her arrest, requiring her to get more than 200...
Massachusetts Police Charge Man With Intentionally Setting Brush Fires
Nov 19 2024 // A man was arrested on suspicion of intentionally setting brush fires in Massachusetts during a time of dry conditions that have led to blazes throughout the Northeast, police said Monday. Police said they arrested the...
Akron to Pay $4.8M to Family of Black Man Killed by Police
Nov 18 2024 // The family of Jayland Walker, a Black man killed when eight police officers fired 94 bullets at him after he shot at least one round out his car window, will receive a $4.8 million settlement from the city of Akron, the...
Michigan Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Police in 2020 Custody Death Lawsuit
Nov 15 2024 // The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of police and dismissed a lawsuit alleging negligence in the 2020 death of a woman who was in custody in suburban Detroit. There wasn’t enough evidence to let a jury...
Police Cruiser Strikes and Kills Bicyclist Pulling Trailer in Vermont
Nov 14 2024 // A bicyclist pulling a trailer in Vermont died after he was struck by a police cruiser, state police said. The crash happened just before 3 a.m. Monday on U.S. Highway 7 in South Burlington. The officer, a sergeant with the...
Disgruntled Fired Employee Kills 2 Workers at Chicago’s Navy Yard: Police
Nov 8 2024 // A man who was recently fired from his job at Navy Pier returned to the Chicago tourist attraction and killed two workers before fleeing, police said. The attack happened Tuesday afternoon after the fired worker gained...
Company Vows to Sue Over Damages After New Mexico Police Destroy Cannabis Crops
Nov 7 2024 // State police have destroyed tens of thousands of pounds of marijuana plants at greenhouses in northwestern New Mexico, marking what regulators say is the largest seizure and destruction of cannabis in New Mexico since new...
Police Summon Aviva India CEO in Discrimination Case, Company Denies Allegations
Oct 30 2024 // Indian police have summoned Asit Rath, the chief executive of British insurer Aviva in the country, as part of an inquiry into a former employee’s accusations of religious discrimination at work, documents seen by...
Akron to Pay $4.8M to Family of Black Man Killed by Police
Oct 23 2024 // The family of Jayland Walker, a Black man killed when eight police officers fired 94 bullets at him after he shot at least one round out his car window, will receive a $4.8 million settlement from the city of Akron, the...
Family of Black Man Killed by Ohio Police Agree to Settlement
Oct 18 2024 // AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A family is settling a wrongful death lawsuit against Ohio police who fired 94 bullets at a Black man during a chase two years ago. Jayland Walker’s family and the city of Akron reached an...
Former Texas Police Chief Convicted of Insurance Fraud
Oct 16 2024 // A federal jury convicted former Castroville Police Chief, Christopher Filline, for one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas announced. According to...
Maryland Approves $2.75 Million Settlement in State Police Discrimination Case
Oct 4 2024 // Maryland officials approved a $2.75 million settlement on Wednesday to resolve a federal investigation into discriminatory hiring practices affecting Black and female applicants to the Maryland State Police. The...
Lawsuit Filed Over Road Rage Shooting by Off-Duty Police Officer
Oct 4 2024 // The family of a man who was left permanently disabled after he was shot in the head during a road rage encounter in New Jersey, allegedly by an off-duty New York City police officer, has filed a lawsuit against the city...
New Orleans, DOJ Move to End Police Department’s Consent Decree
Sep 30 2024 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion Friday in federal court to take steps to end long-standing federal oversight of the city’s police department. The city and the...
Police Chase Ends with Driver Dead and 7 Officers, Civilian Taken to Hospital
Sep 23 2024 // MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — A police pursuit that began in New York City ended on Long Island with the shooting death of the driver, and seven police officers and a civilian taken to hospitals for treatment, police...
Police Have Increased Use of Maine’s ‘Yellow Flag’ Law Since Mass Shooting
Sep 11 2024 // There has been a huge jump in law enforcement requests for Maine courts to allow guns to be seized from people deemed a danger to themselves or others since the deadliest mass shooting in state history, the governor said...
Court Tosses Missouri Law That Banned Police From Enforcing Federal Gun Laws
Aug 29 2024 // COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Federal appellate judges overturned a Missouri law Monday that banned police from enforcing some federal gun laws. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the Missouri law violated a section of...
Police Officer’s Family Sues Girlfriend Accused of His Death and Bars That Served Her
Aug 27 2024 // Karen Read, whose recent high-profile trial for the death of a Boston police officer she was dating ended in a mistrial, is now facing a wrongful death suit brought by the late officer’s family that alleges she...
