Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Baton Rouge Police Sued by ACLU, Other Groups over Protests
Jul 14 2016 // Civil rights groups and activists sued Baton Rouge law enforcement agencies over their treatment of protesters rallying against the police shooting death of a black man, saying officers used excessive force and physically...
Alabama Police Looking for Suspects in Gun Store Theft
Jul 14 2016 // Police in Tuscaloosa say several young men broke into a gun store and stole between 10 and 30 guns. Police Capt. Brad Mason tells the Tuscaloosa News the break-in happened early in the morning on July 12. Mason said the...
Philadelphia Obtains $5M Police Liability Insurance for Democratic Convention
Jul 12 2016 // In the wake of protests in various cities and the police shootings in Dallas, the city of Philadelphia has purchased a law enforcement liability policy in case it or its police officers are sued over their performance of...
Friend or Foe? Texas Open-Carry Law a Challenge for Police
Jul 12 2016 // Gun-rights activists, some of them wearing camouflage and military-style gear and openly toting rifles and handguns, marched alongside the hundreds of people who flocked to downtown Dallas last week to protest police...
Deleted Social Media Comments Trigger Suit Against Indianapolis Suburb
Jul 11 2016 // An Indianapolis suburb removed social media pages for the city and its police department after a lawsuit accused it of violating residents’ First Amendment rights by removing posted comments. The American Civil...
A Financial Army Moves in When a Police Officer Is Killed
Jul 11 2016 // As America absorbed the news of five murdered Dallas police officers, Frederick Frazier grimly signed $2,000 checks, one after another. They were for the families of the slain. “So many people are calling and want to...
Cities Explore Expanding Text-to-911 Services
Jul 6 2016 // With gunshots ringing out just feet away, Eddie Justice hid in a bathroom in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and frantically texted his mother for help. “Call police,” he wrote. “I’m gonna...
2 Maine Teens Who Stole 8 Cars Caught Breaking Into 9th, Police Say
Jul 1 2016 // State police say two 15-year-old boys stole eight cars and caused $50,000 in damage to some of the vehicles and the Litchfield Fairgrounds. The Kennebec Journal reported that police say the teenagers, of Farmingdale and...
Missouri Supreme Court Tosses Officer’s $7.5M Harassment Award on Technicality
Jun 30 2016 // The Missouri Supreme Court has thrown out a $7.5 million judgment to a former St. Louis police officer who claimed her supervisor sexually harassed her, and that her complaints about the harassment resulted in...
South Carolina State Trooper Uses Emojis to Curb Drunk Driving
Jun 29 2016 // South Carolina is starting a campaign against drinking and driving based on a trooper’s tweets using the little graphic icons called emojis on his smartphone. The Anderson Independent-Mail reports the Highway Patrol...
Police Searching for 2 Kentucky Men Accused of Stealing, Pawning Guitars
Jun 29 2016 // Police are looking for two Lexington, Ky., men charged with stealing guitars from music stores. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports arrest warrants have been issued for 37-year-old Jeremiah Hager and 35-year-old Jerason L....
Despite Losses, North Dakota Political Subdivision Insurance Fund Pays Off
Jun 17 2016 // A 30-year-old self-insurance pool has been paying off well for North Dakota political subdivisions, despite large claim losses in 2015. “It’s worked extremely well,” said Steve Spilde, chief executive...
Number of Vermont Road Deaths Doubled So Far This Year
Jun 10 2016 // Vermont State Police are launching a summer-long campaign to crack down on speeding and aggressive driving. The effort comes as traffic fatalities year-to-date have more than doubled over last year. State police say...
How Zoo Emergency Response Teams Handle Dangerous Animals
Jun 10 2016 // When a 400-pound gorilla grabbed a 3-year-old boy at the Cincinnati Zoo, the sharpshooter who killed the ape wasn’t from the police. Instead, the shooter was a specially trained zoo staffer on one of the many...
Judge Rules Against Ex-Louisiana Police Chief in Sex Assault Case; Town’s Liability Uncertain
Jun 8 2016 // A small community in Louisiana disbanded its troubled police force more than a year ago, but the town hasn’t shaken a scandal that fueled the department’s collapse and ousted its elected police chief. A federal...
Spike in Metal Theft Still Rattles Illinois Task Force
Jun 6 2016 // Illinois lawmakers have convened a task force to investigate a spike in the theft of recyclable metals. There was a spike in thefts a few years ago when the price of copper and other recyclable metals rose. Copper wiring...
Pennsylvania’s York County Sees Sharp Rise in Roadside Deaths
Jun 2 2016 // Nita Stout of York, Pennsylvania, was known in some parts of Lewisberry as “the walker.” It was what the Bangladeshi mother of four boys liked to do, usually in the mornings. She did it for exercise and as a...
Mississippi Stepping Up Police Patrols, Checkpoints Through June 5
Jun 2 2016 // Wherever you travel in South Mississippi throughout this week, chances are you will see safety checkpoints or officers pulling over motorists. Police, deputies and state troopers across the Coast are making a unified...
New York Police to Step Up Enforcement Over Memorial Day Weekend
May 27 2016 // The New York State Police and local law enforcement statewide will be stepping up patrols to combat drunk and impaired driving this Memorial Day weekend, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced. Memorial Day is one of the...
Massachusetts Emergency Workers Responding to More Opioid Overdoses
May 26 2016 // It all starts with a $20 to $30 purchase. That’s the average street price of heroin today, according to Framingham, Massachusetts, Police. But if that one purchase is a bad batch, too strong, or if the user injects...
