Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Halliburton Probes Impact of Cyberattack With Law Enforcement
Aug 26 2024 // Top U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton said on Friday it was working with law enforcement to determine the extent of a computer systems breach and was yet to determine if the incident would have a material impact on...
Family of Man Fatally Shot Sues West Hartford Police, Seeks Federal Probe
Aug 22 2024 // The family of a man fatally shot by a Connecticut police officer as he tried to flee in a stolen car while being attacked by a police dog has filed a wrongful death lawsuit and called Wednesday for a federal civil rights...
Virginia County Police Report Some Success Against High-End Theft Rings
Aug 22 2024 // It took seven people, 15 seconds and a fire extinguisher. With that, a seven-person crew from Pennsylvania made off with more than $60,000 in luxury goods from the Chanel store in the posh Tysons Galleria mall in northern...
Maine Regulators Reject Letting Utility Report Suspect Marijuana Growers to Police
Aug 16 2024 // Maine utility regulators unanimously rejected on Tuesday an electric utility’s proposal to proactively report high consumption that signals a marijuana growing operation to law enforcement officials in an attempt to...
Judge Allows Vermont Suit Alleging Police Bias, Excessive Force Against Black Teen
Aug 9 2024 // A Vermont judge has denied the city of Burlington’s request to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that police used excessive force and discriminated against a Black teenager whose mother had called law enforcement to teach...
New Hampshire Supreme Court Reverses Police Chief’s Misconduct Verdict
Aug 9 2024 // The New Hampshire Supreme Court has reversed the conviction of a former police chief who was accused of violating sexual harassment policies following a call he made to a female employee, saying a judge misinterpreted the...
Ohio Supreme Court Orders City to Pay $30M Police Brutality Judgment
Aug 5 2024 // The Ohio city of East Cleveland must pay a $30 million jury verdict awarded to a man who police wrongly assaulted, arrested and detained, the state’s highest court has ordered. The victim, Arnold Black, went to court...
Florida Police Union Blasts Prosecutors Over Officer Charges in 2019 Shootout
Jul 31 2024 // FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police union leader blasted prosecutors Monday for bringing a criminal case against four officers over a 2019 shootout with two robbers that left a UPS driver and a passerby dead,...
Ohio Supreme Court Orders City to Pay $30 Million Police Brutality Judgment
Jul 18 2024 // The Ohio city of East Cleveland must pay a $30 million jury verdict awarded to a man who police wrongly assaulted, arrested and detained, the state’s highest court has ordered. The victim, Arnold Black, went to court...
Former Kansas Newspaper Reporter Settles Lawsuit Over Police Raid for $235K
Jul 8 2024 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former reporter for a weekly Kansas newspaper has agreed to accept $235,000 to settle part of her federal lawsuit over a police raid on the paper that made a small community the focus of a national...
Delaware Judge Allows Suit Over Police Fatal Shooting of Mentally Ill Woman
Jul 8 2024 // A Delaware judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit involving the death of a mentally ill woman who was killed by a state trooper in 2021 after she fired a shotgun at him. Raymond Rooks contends that state police used...
Jury Awards $700k to Seattle Protesters Jailed for Anti-Police Slogans on Barricade
Jun 27 2024 // Four protesters who were jailed for writing anti-police graffiti in chalk on a temporary barricade near a Seattle police precinct have been awarded nearly $700,000 after a federal court jury decided their civil rights were...
New York County to Pay $1.75 Million to Family of Man Killed by Police in 2011
Jun 25 2024 // A New York county has reached a $1.75 million settlement with the family of a man shot and killed by police in his home in 2011. Suffolk County, on Long Island, has agreed to pay the settlement to the family of Kevin...
Jersey Shore Police, Pols Weigh Holding Parents Responsible for Kids’ Rowdy Behavior
Jun 18 2024 // Parents should be held civilly or criminally responsible for the actions of their children that create disturbances or damage in public places, a group of New Jersey police chiefs and Republican lawmakers said Wednesday...
Family of Bystander Killed in Minneapolis Police Chase Sues City
Jun 17 2024 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a bystander killed during a 2021 police chase in Minneapolis is suing the city and alleging that dangerous pursuits are more common in areas of the city with predominantly Black...
Idaho Police Force Lost Millions in Gear and Vehicles in Fire
Jun 17 2024 // Police in northern Idaho lost millions of dollars worth of law enforcement equipment and vehicles in a fire that tore through a department building over the weekend, Coeur d’Alene police said. No one was injured in...
Police Say No Charges Will Be Filed in Lobster Monster Truck Crash
Jun 11 2024 // A police investigator concluded no criminal charges were warranted after a lobster-themed monster truck clipped a power line, causing some scary moments with live wires falling to the ground. Two people were taken to...
Colorado Woman Handcuffed in Police Car Hit by Train Receives $8.5M Settlement
Jun 7 2024 // A Colorado woman who was seriously injured when a freight train hit the parked police vehicle in which she sat handcuffed has reached an $8.5 million settlement, a lawyer representing two of the involved police officers...
Mississippi Judge Affirms Settlement After 62-year-old Died in Police Encounter
Jun 6 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge has ordered the enforcement of a lawsuit settlement between Mississippi’s capital city and the family of a man who died after police officers pulled him from a car while searching for...
Louisiana Law That Limits Filming of Police Violates First Amendment, Attorneys Say
Jun 3 2024 // A new Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of a police officer under certain circumstances is an affront to the movement for racial justice and violates the First Amendment, civil...
