Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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California Woman Hit by Police Truck to Get $260,000
Aug 26 2019 // The Santa Rosa City Council has agreed to pay a settlement to a California woman hit by a police truck. The Press Democrat reported that 29-year-old Laure Friedell filed a lawsuit in March 2018 after her right foot and...
Off-Duty New York City Police Department Officer Indicted for Insurance Fraud
Aug 26 2019 // A New York City Police Department officer has been indicted for insurance fraud, falsifying business records and related charges for allegedly filing a false insurance claim stating his vehicle was stolen when the same car...
Hong Kong Protests Escalate as Police Fire Weapon, Use Water Cannons
Aug 26 2019 // Tensions flared in Hong Kong on a weekend that began with the formation of a peaceful human chain across the city and culminated two days later with police firing a weapon and using water cannons for the first time. In a...
South Carolina CBD Stores Face Uncertainty, Raids After AG Opinion on Hemp
Aug 26 2019 // Top Hat Tobacco and Cigar owner Todd Smith was on his way out of town July 13 for a rare day off when his phone rang. A friend manning the store for him was on the other end, and told him Anderson County deputies were in...
Bicycle Thefts Rise to 5-Year High in Minneapolis
Aug 15 2019 // Minneapolis, Minnesota, police say bicycle theft in the city is at a five-year high. Police department data obtained by the Star Tribune shows almost 4,300 bikes reported stolen since 2017. The rash of thefts frustrates...
Ohio Jury Awards $50M to Man Who Alleged Police Locked Him in Closet
Aug 13 2019 // A jury in Cleveland on Friday awarded $50 million to a man who claimed police beat him while he was handcuffed and locked him in a storage closet for four days with no toilet and nothing to eat or drink but a carton of...
North Carolina Criminal Investigations Reserve Unit Formed to Fight Insurance Fraud
Aug 13 2019 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has organized a Criminal Investigations Reserve Unit to combat the extensive number of insurance fraud cases in the state. Four veteran law enforcement personnel, were...
Police: Louisiana Woman Purposely Hurt Toddler to Get Insurance Money
Aug 12 2019 // A Shreveport, Louisiana, woman is suspected of injuring her toddler in an attempt to profit off a bus crash. Authorities say 38-year-old Diedra Michelle Lee is free on bond after having been booked last week into Caddo...
Experts Say Organizers Should Check Emergency Plans After California Festival Shooting
Jul 31 2019 // Experts say organizers should take another look at their emergency plans in the wake of the deadly shooting at a California food festival to see if they can make additional safety improvements. The shooting Sunday at the...
Lawsuit: Tennessee City Violated Civil Rights in Disbanding Police Department
Jul 30 2019 // A Tennessee city is accused of violating the civil rights of its police department when it abruptly disbanded the agency last month. The Tennessean reports Ridgetop police chief Bryan Morris and the department’s four...
S. Korea Balcony Collapse Kills 2, Injures 16, Including U.S., Other International Athletes
Jul 29 2019 // A balcony inside a nightclub in South Korea collapsed on Saturday, killing two people and injuring 16, including American and other athletes at the world swimming championships, officials said. Hundreds were at the...
Car Thefts Up 60% in Southwest Georgia City
Jul 29 2019 // Police in one southwest Georgia city say they’re seeing a spike in stolen cars. Albany police say vehicle thefts are up 60 percent so far over the same period a year ago. That’s 159 vehicles reported stolen so...
Police Looking into if Tesla Was Self-Driving During California Crash
Jul 24 2019 // A woman was arrested after running a red light in a rented Tesla in San Francisco and causing a crash that killed a tourist and left his wife critically injured, authorities said. Officers were investigating whether the...
Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Police Can Be Sued Over Deadly Car Chases
Jul 22 2019 // The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that police can be sued for damages when their car chases lead to the death or injury of third parties. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the court’s 6-1 ruling last month...
Nearly 25K Citations Issued in First Year of Georgia Hands-Free Law
Jul 18 2019 // Citations for distracted driving have jumped in the past year since Georgia made it illegal to drive while holding a cellphone. A state law that took effect July 1, 2018, prohibits drivers from holding a cellphone while...
‘Operation Southern Shield’ Speeding Crackdown Underway in 5 Southeast States
Jul 16 2019 // Law enforcement officers in five southern states are planning a crackdown on speeding motorists next week. State troopers and local officers in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee are participating in a...
Houston Police: Number of Drunken-Driving Arrests Up Sharply
Jul 8 2019 // The Houston police chief says a citywide crackdown has led to a 75% increase in the number of people arrested for drunken driving in the first six months of this year. Chief Art Acevedo said that Houston police logged more...
$6M Death Claim Filed in Arizona Police Shooting
Jul 2 2019 // A law firm says it has filed a $6 million claim against the city of Phoenix in the death of a man who was shot by police officers investigating a string of armed robberies. News media was sent a copy of the notice that the...
Georgia Police Chief King Appointed Insurance Commissioner During Beck Suspension
Jul 1 2019 // An Atlanta-area police chief was appointed by Georgia’s governor last month to head the state’s insurance commission after the previous commissioner was indicted on federal charges. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp...
Police Say Defects May Have Caused Balcony Collapse that Injured Utah Couple, 5 Kids
Jun 19 2019 // A Utah couple and five of their nine children are recovering from injuries after the balcony on their home collapsed. Spring City police say the accident occurred about 9:30 p.m. Sunday. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Adam...
