Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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Nevada County Pays $75,000 To Settle Police Case
Jul 16 2013 // Washoe County in Nevada has paid $75,000 to settle a civil case involving a college student who claimed a sheriff’s deputy “manhandled” her and used excessive force during an arrest at Lake Tahoe. Lauren...
PSDA Expands Firearm Coverage for Retired Law Enforcement
Jul 11 2013 // The Public Servants Defense Agency (PSDA) has broadened coverage available to retirees allowed to carry firearms under the Law Enforcement Officer’s Safety Act (LEOSA). As a result of this product enhancement,...
Alabama Woman Sues Over Police Search Damage to Home
Jul 10 2013 // The owner of a Montgomery home that was badly damaged during the search for a shooting suspect is suing to make the city and the federal government pay for thousands of dollars in repairs. WSFA-TV reported that Yakemi Ward...
Connecticut State Police Charge 63 With DUI Over Weekend
Jul 9 2013 // Connecticut state police say they charged 63 people with driving under the influence and issued nearly 2,500 speeding tickets over the July 4 holiday weekend. Troopers also wrote more than 5,600 tickets for illegally using...
Five Dead, 40 Missing After Crude Oil Freight Train Explosion in Canada
Jul 7 2013 // At least five people died and 40 were missing on Sunday after a runaway train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in the center of a small Canadian town in a disaster that raised fresh questions about shipping oil by...
Port Authority Police Officer Accused of Insurance Fraud in New York
Jun 26 2013 // A Port Authority police officer has been charged with insurance fraud for claiming he was disabled while moonlighting in a rock band. Authorities say Christopher Inserra defrauded the AFLAC insurance company and the Port...
Car Thefts Up for First Time in Years
Jun 26 2013 // U.S. auto thefts probably rose in 2012 after eight straight years of declines as criminals took advantage of California’s budget cuts and reduced police forces, an insurance-industry group said. Thefts rose 1.3...
Virginia SIU Investigator Wins Award for Work on Staged Accident Case
Jun 21 2013 // A staged accident investigation in Roanoke, Va., led to an award for a Nationwide Insurance special investigator. Suzy Clingman-Taylor was named Investigator of the Year by the Virginia Chapter of the International...
Police Boost Presence in Sandy-Damaged Sections of New York
Jun 18 2013 // Police have increased their presence in New York City neighborhoods still struggling with the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. The Staten Island Advance says break-ins left some residents on the island so frustrated and...
N.J. to Offer Lifetime Benefits to Spouses of Police, Fire Personnel Killed on Duty
Jun 17 2013 // In New Jersey, a measure that would provide workers’ compensation benefits to spouses of certain deceased fire and police personnel for the entire period of survivorship was signed into law last Thursday. The newly...
Police: 1 Dead, 7 Hurt in 2nd Louisiana Plant Blast
Jun 17 2013 // A second blast in two days has killed a worker at a south Louisiana chemical plant, just miles from the site where two workers were killed a day earlier. The latest explosion also injured seven people, some severely, State...
Alaska Police Officer’s Distracted Driving Trial Begins
Jun 14 2013 // An Iraq veteran is suing the municipality of Anchorage for damages suffered when a police officer ran a red light and crashed into his pickup. The Anchorage Daily News reported the trial in Melvin Rush’s lawsuit...
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Utah Police Agency
Jun 14 2013 // The family of a young woman fatally shot by West Valley City police has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officers involved and the former police chief. Danielle Willard’s parents filed the lawsuit Wednesday...
Fired Florida State Trooper Deserves Job Back: Hearing Officer
Jun 12 2013 // A state hearing officer is recommending that a fired Florida Highway Patrol trooper be given his job back. The recommended order states that Trooper Charles Swindle should have been suspended without pay instead of losing...
No Guns for Some Pennsylvania Police, Radar Guns That Is
Jun 3 2013 // Jeff Streeter, chief of the Lone Tree Police Department in Colorado, was surprised to learn of a longtime tradition followed by local police in Pennsylvania. So were Brian Bossio, public information officer for the Stuart...
Mississippi Court Throws Out $700K Judgment Over Police Chase
May 31 2013 // The state Court of Appeals has thrown out a $700,000 judgment against the city of Jackson involving an accident during a police chase in 2001 in which two women were injured and a third killed. The Court of Appeals ruled...
Wisconsin Police Aggressive in Redacting Accident Reports
May 22 2013 // Brenda O’Malley figured she’d get the police accident report and file an insurance claim after her teenage daughter got into a car accident in Sheboygan Falls this past spring. But the report turned out to be...
Miami-Dade School Officers Settle Sex Abuse Claims Against Police Chief
May 22 2013 // Two female police officers with the Miami-Dade County school system have settled lawsuits accusing the former police chief of sexually harassing them. Cmdr. Deanna Fox-Williams and Officer Yewande Gibson claimed in the...
Mom, Daughter Charged With Arson, Insurance Fraud in Connecticut
May 21 2013 // A mother and daughter have been charged with setting a fire that heavily damaged the older woman’s home in Stratford, Conn. Police tell the Connecticut Post they became suspicious after finding valuables and all the...
Tennessee City Debates Red Light Cameras
May 21 2013 // A group in Murfreesboro has started a petition to end the use of red-light cameras, but police say the traffic enforcement measure has improve safety. Middle Tennessee State University student Axl David, who heads Citizens...
