Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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Kentucky Police Say Texting While Driving Law Tough to Enforce
Jul 7 2011 // Kentucky police agencies say the commonwealth’s texting-while-driving statute is well intended, but difficult to enforce. The law took effect a year ago, but officers issued only verbal warnings for the first six...
Suspect in Insurance-Scheme Shooting Killed by Police in Pennsylvania
Jul 6 2011 // A career criminal suspected of shooting five people, two of them fatally, inside a suburban home over an alleged insurance-fraud scheme was killed by SWAT team members after a six-hour standoff Monday, authorities in...
Strauss-Kahn: Going From Defendant to Plaintiff Could Be Risky
Jul 6 2011 // After spending six weeks as a defendant in a criminal sexual assault case that now appears to be falling apart, Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have a seat waiting for him at the plaintiffs’ table, but taking it comes...
Maine Police Brutality Case Settled
Jun 29 2011 // A Maine man is going to get $725,000 as part of a police brutality settlement that was reached as the case was set to go to trial in federal court. Ronald Eaton of Deer Isle had sued several Hancock County and Ellsworth...
MIssissippi Judge Orders Tear Gas Maker Pay $1 Million in Mom’s Death
Jun 28 2011 // A judge has ruled that the maker of tear gas used in a 2006 Jackson police raid must pay $1.1 million to five children of a woman who died after inhaling the fumes. Hinds County Circuit Judge Winston Kidd ruled that...
LulzSec Hackers Say Disbanding After Last Data Dump
Jun 27 2011 // The Lulz Security group of rogue hackers announced it was disbanding Saturday with one last data dump, which included internal AOL Inc. and AT&T documents. LulzSec, which gained wide recognition for breaching the...
New York City Police Officer’s Horse Suit Dismissed
Jun 24 2011 // A judge has reined in a New York City’s police officer’s lawsuit against the city over a mishap on horseback in 2004. A Manhattan judge dismissed William Rozakis’ case this week. Rozakis says the horse...
Portland Audit Suggests Moving Public Safety Employees to Workers’ Comp
Jun 24 2011 // A Portland, Ore., audit is recommending the city move firefighters and police officers currently covered by the City of Portland Fire and Police Disability and Retirement (FDPR) system into the city’s workers’...
Hackers Bring Down British Police Web Site
Jun 20 2011 // Hackers temporarily knocked offline a Website run by the British police Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA), which targets organized crime in Britain and overseas. Lulz Security, a loosely aligned hacker group which said...
North Carolina Police Ticket 12,000 Motorists in 2 Weeks
Jun 16 2011 // North Carolina’s transportation secretary said more than 12,000 drivers and passengers were cited for seat belt and child passenger safety violations during a two-week campaign in North Carolina. Transportation...
New York City Police Pay More in Liability Claims Than Hospitals
Jun 16 2011 // New York City paid nearly $521 million in personal injury and property damage claims in 2010 — marking the first time in 30 years the police department’s liabilities topped those of public hospitals, according...
Louisiana Insurance Fraud Investigators May Carry Guns in Future
Jun 10 2011 // A day after two unarmed Louisiana insurance fraud investigators were gunned down while looking into a case, the state insurance commissioner said that his department may have their agents carry weapons. Kim Sledge and...
Tennesseean Sues, Says Police Mistook Medical Condition for Drunkenness
Jun 8 2011 // A Lenoir City, Tenn., man has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Loudon County sheriff after he said he was mistakenly arrested when deputies mistook his cerebral palsy symptoms for drunkenness. According to...
Philly Police Kill Man Who Allegedly Stabbed Insurance Agent
May 25 2011 // Authorities have identified the fatal stabbing suspect fatally shot by Philadelphia police over the weekend. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports officers shot and killed 22-year-old Eric Radcliff because he lunged at them...
New Jersey Police Rule Out Arson in School Bus Yard Fire
May 24 2011 // Investigators say they’ve ruled out arson as the possible cause of a fire that damaged 11 vehicles parked in a southern New Jersey school bus yard. But the cause of Thursday’s fire in Bordentown Township still...
Lawsuit Alleges Biloxi Police Harassment in Pornography Search
May 13 2011 // A man awaiting trial in a federal child-pornography case has filed a lawsuit alleging he was harassed by the police department in Biloxi, Mississippi. A lawsuit filed this week for 49-year-old Harry Gonsoulin Jr., of...
Boys Drive Excavator at Pennsylvania Mine, Smash Bulldozer
Apr 27 2011 // Pennsylvania State police say two boys, ages 12 and 9, drove a large excavator at a southwestern Pennsylvania strip mine, smashing a bulldozer in the process. Police say the 12-year-old will be charged with felony criminal...
Michigan Couple Sues Applebee’s for Giving Infant Booze
Apr 15 2011 // The Applebee’s restaurant chain publicly apologized Wednesday after a 15-month-old boy was served alcohol mislabeled as apple juice when his family dined at one of its Detroit-area restaurants, but it questioned...
Judge Allows Harassment Suit Against Delaware Police
Apr 14 2011 // A Superior Court judge has ruled that a sexual harassment case against Delaware State Police may proceed. State officials wanted to quash the lawsuit by state police secretary Diana L. Miller but Judge Jerome O. Herlihy...
Crackdown on Distracted Drivers Under Way in Connecticut
Mar 30 2011 // Police in Connecticut are bolstering patrols this week to look for distracted drivers as part of a federal pilot program. Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman and police officials announced the fourth and final enforcement wave of the...
