Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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N.J. Police Chief on Trial for Official Misconduct, Insurance Fraud
Mar 27 2012 // A trial got underway on Monday for Hackensack, N.J., Police Chief Ken Zisa. Zisa was suspended without pay in 2010 after he was charged with official misconduct and insurance fraud. The chief is accused of removing his...
Texas Police Use DNA Technique to Solve Property Crime
Mar 26 2012 // A thief wearing gloves walks into a parking lot, perhaps using the cover of night, smashes a car window and takes what’s inside the vehicle, all in a matter of minutes. It’s the general technique for many car...
Stoned Driving Epidemic In Colorado, Washington Puts Wrinkle In Pot Debate
Mar 19 2012 // Angeline Chilton says she can’t drive unless she smokes pot. The suburban Denver woman uses medical marijuana to ease multiple sclerosis symptoms and says she’d never get behind the wheel right after smoking....
Commerce Department: 23 Cars Stolen Every Day in Minnesota
Mar 16 2012 // On average, 23 cars are stolen — or almost one car per hour — every day in Minnesota, state officials say. Nearly 8,400 vehicles were stolen in Minnesota in 2010 alone, totaling more than $21.3 million in stolen value,...
Boston Police Clamp Down on ‘Slam Dancing’
Mar 14 2012 // Police recently cited a city club for allowing violent mosh pit dancing and vowed a crackdown on what they called “dangerous behavior” and a “public safety hazard.” Credit: Wikimedia Commons The...
Minnesota Gov. Dayton Vetoes Deadly Force Bill
Mar 8 2012 // Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has vetoed a bill that would have expanded the cases in which people could use deadly force, siding with objections from law enforcement who said it could legalize murder in some cases. In his...
UK Singer Church Settles in Murdoch Hacking Case
Feb 28 2012 // Charlotte Church, who testified about being hounded by Rupert Murdoch’s journalists when she was a teen singing sensation, has received 600,000 pounds ($951,000) in a settlement from News International. Despite her...
Fargo, North Dakota Police Make Record DUI Arrests in 2011
Feb 27 2012 // Fargo, N.D., police made a record 1,127 drunken driving arrests last year. Police Chief Keith Ternes says the 29 percent increase in DUI arrests over the year has authorities considering changing their message. He says it...
Videofied Rebuilds Alarm/Police/Insurance Partnership With 70% Arrest Rates
Feb 21 2012 // Minneapolis, MN, 02/21/12 – The NICB (National Insurance Crime Bureau) and the National Sheriffs Assn. describe how Priority Response delivers value to insurers in a 6 minute webcast in Insurance Journal complete with...
Online Social Network Can’t Be Piracy Police: European Court
Feb 16 2012 // Online social networks cannot be forced to block users from downloading songs illegally, as this would push up their costs and infringe privacy, Europe’s highest court said on Thursday, adding to a worldwide debate...
Virginia Bill to Ban Unauthorized GPS Tracking Advances
Feb 10 2012 // The problem encountered by Del. Joe May’s constituent seemed simple enough to solve. The citizen had taken his car in for service and was shocked when the mechanic found a GPS device attached to the undercarriage....
Bogus Insurance Claims Help Spaniards Weather Tough Economic Times
Feb 10 2012 // Leather seats are disappearing from cars. Precious jewels are vanishing from drawers. TVs are spirited out of homes in the dead of night. These crimes are not what they seem. And the perpetrators are not the usual...
Rescuers Dig to Reach People Trapped by Philippines 6.9 Earthquake
Feb 7 2012 // Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by a strong earthquake Monday that shook a central Philippine island and set off landslides. At least 13 people were...
U.S. Authorities Looking Into Murdoch Foreign Payments
Feb 7 2012 // U.S. authorities are stepping up investigations, including an FBI criminal inquiry, into possible violations by employees of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire of a U.S. law banning corrupt payments to foreign officials...
HIV-Positive Man Who Sued Atlanta Police Gets New Hearing
Feb 3 2012 // A federal appeals court this week granted a new hearing to a 40-year-old man who claimed the Atlanta Police Department rejected his job application because he has HIV. The ruling was a victory for gay rights advocates and...
UCSB Police Seek Arsonist After Campus Fire
Jan 31 2012 // Police at the University of California, Santa Barbara say they are looking for an arsonist after a fire that badly damaged a trailer, a water tender and other heavy equipment at a campus construction site. University...
Louisiana State Police Bust Staged Crash Ring
Jan 27 2012 // Louisiana State Police have arrested four people for allegedly staging traffic accidents in Ouachita Parish. Detectives tell The News-Star they looked into six of 20 crashes where individuals filed false bodily injury...
Judges Weigh HIV-Positive Man’s Job Bias Claim Against Atlanta Police
Jan 27 2012 // A panel of federal judges appeared skeptical Wednesday of the Atlanta police department’s decision to reject a job application from an HIV-infected man. The 40-year-old man sued the city in 2010, claiming he was...
Freeway Crash Kills Honolulu Police Officer
Jan 23 2012 // Police say a Honolulu, Hawaii officer died following a three-vehicle crash on the H-1 freeway in Aiea. The crash occurred Saturday night as the officer’s car was on the side of the freeway behind another pickup...
News Corp. Admits Guilt, Settles Hacking Claims
Jan 19 2012 // The British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. looks set to settle at great expense a string of legal claims after admitting wide-scale phone hacking that was both known about and concealed by senior...
