Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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Police: Artifacts Damaged as Vehicle Crashes into Oklahoma Museum
Sep 28 2016 // Police say a vehicle has crashed into an Enid, Oklahoma, museum and caused extensive damage to the building and irreplaceable artifacts inside. KOCO-TV reports that a driver lost control of his vehicle early Saturday...
Massachusetts Educators, Police to Discuss Campus Safety at Conference
Sep 27 2016 // Keeping students safe on college campuses is the focus of an upcoming conference in Massachusetts. The state Department of Higher Education says the gathering scheduled for Wednesday at the DCU Center in Worcester is...
Protests Over Police Shooting Shut Down Downtown Charlotte
Sep 23 2016 // Streets appeared calm early Thursday in downtown Charlotte after a second night of violent protests over the deadly police shooting of a black man, although at least three major businesses were asking their employees to...
Former California Rideshare Driver Charged with Assaulting Multiple Passengers
Sep 23 2016 // A former driver for Uber and Lyft has been charged with sexually assaulting several women while on the job, and Southern California investigators said that there are likely more victims. An 18-year-old college student...
Louisiana Police Jury Seeks to Recover Stolen Money, Sues Insurer
Sep 16 2016 // The Rapides Parish Police Jury has hired a law firm to try to recover money they say was stolen from the District Attorney’s Office by an employee. The police jury, which is the governing authority for the parish,...
Hartford Officials Refuse to Pay if Damages Awarded in Police Officer Lawsuit
Sep 13 2016 // Officials in the city of Hartford have reversed their position and now say they won’t pay damages that might be awarded against two city police officers in an upcoming trial over an illegal police search that ended...
Judge Orders Nashville Police to Improve Availability of Accident Reports
Sep 9 2016 // A judge has ordered that the Metropolitan Nashville Police make accident reports available to inspection within three days of the end of the shift of the officer who created the report. The Davidson County Chancery Court...
South Carolina High Court: Reimbursement Not Required When Police Damage Property
Sep 2 2016 // South Carolina isn’t required to reimburse private property owners for damage by law officers doing their jobs, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The 3-2 ruling involves the takeover of a Spartanburg...
Lubbock, Texas Settles Federal Police Hiring Discrimination Lawsuit
Aug 30 2016 // A West Texas city has settled a 2015 federal lawsuit that alleged police discriminated against Hispanics and women in hiring entry-level officers. Lubbock agreed to pay affected individuals to settle the Department of...
Honolulu Paid $9.7M to Settle Police Lawsuits, Report Shows
Aug 25 2016 // Honolulu taxpayers are reportedly responsible for paying nearly $10 million to settle dozens of misconduct allegations against police officers and the police department since 2005. City documents obtained by The Honolulu...
California School District Police Chief Sues over Alleged Retaliation
Aug 24 2016 // The police chief of a California school district has sued his employers, claiming he faced a hostile work environment after blowing the whistle on alleged misuse of a criminal database by district employees. KBAK-TV...
Connecticut Man Awarded $10K in Police Brutality Suit
Aug 23 2016 // A Connecticut man has been awarded $10,000 in damages after a federal judge ruled that he had been beaten by a police officer after a drug fueled car chase. Donato Rinaldi, of Watertown, Conn., filed the suit in 2014...
Florida Woman Killed by Officer During Citizens Academy
Aug 12 2016 // A police “shoot/don’t shoot” demonstration in Florida went shockingly awry when an officer shot and killed a 73-year-old former librarian with what police said was real ammunition used by mistake at an...
Houston Police: Men Used Laptop to Reprogram, Steal 100-Plus Vehicles
Aug 8 2016 // Two men jailed in Houston and accused of using pirated computer software to steal more than 100 vehicles may have exploited an electronic vulnerability to advance auto theft into high-tech crime. Michael Arce, 24, and...
Louisiana Judge Awards $50K in Sorrento Police Chief Sex Assault Case
Aug 3 2016 // A federal judge has awarded $50,000 in damages to a woman who accused a former Louisiana police chief of sexually assaulting her in his office while she was drunk and he was on duty. U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick ruled...
Boston Police Chief Disappointed Ridesharing Bill Lacks Driver Fingerprinting
Aug 3 2016 // Boston Police Commissioner William Evans is faulting Massachusetts lawmakers for failing to require the fingerprinting of drivers for ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft. The House and Senate approved regulations...
Louisiana State Police Arrest 8 for Insurance Fraud, Staged Accidents
Jul 28 2016 // Louisiana State Police say eight people have been arrested in connection with an alleged insurance fraud scheme involving staged traffic crashes in Jefferson Davis Parish. A state police news release says the investigation...
Vermont Police Say Drunken Driver Who Crashed Was Playing Pokemon Go
Jul 27 2016 // Vermont State Police say a drunken driver was playing “Pokemon Go” on his cellphone when he crashed his car. Officers responded to a report of a crash at an intersection in Rutland Town at around 8:15 a.m. last...
Western New York Man Hit by Police Cruiser Sues for $7 Million
Jul 26 2016 // A western New York man struck by a Rochester police cruiser earlier this year has filed a $7 million lawsuit against the department. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported that 24-year-old Brian Norford claims in...
Friend or Foe? Texas Open-Carry Law a Challenge for Police
Jul 25 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 on July 7 to protest police...
