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Texas Jury Enters $27M Verdict Against McDonald’s
Aug 4 2014 // McDonald’s Corp. lost a $27 million jury verdict in Texas over a claim that lax security at one of its restaurants led to the deaths of two teenagers, an award litigators say is unlikely to survive appeal. The...
Tennessee Tornado Victim Had Stolen Goods in Home: Police
Aug 4 2014 // When neighbors in Kingsport, Tennessee went to help a man whose home bore the brunt of a tornado, they made a discovery police say couldn’t have been caused by the wind. Police spokesman Thomas Patton told WBIR-TV in...
Mississippi Police Officer to Appeal Over Facebook Firing
Aug 4 2014 // A former Greenville, Mississippi police officer wants a federal appeals court to reinstate her wrongful firing lawsuit against city. Oral arguments are Sept 3 before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New...
Fired Oregon Police Chief Sues City Over Military Service
Aug 4 2014 // The recently fired police chief of a central Oregon town says he was undone by an ambitious deputy who had eyes for his job and a city government that resented the leave he took for military service. Former Prineville...
Vermont Transportation Boss Faces Insurance Fraud Charge
Jul 28 2014 // A Vermont Transportation Agency foreman is facing charges he lied to police and his insurance company after reporting damage to his personal truck was a hit-and-run accident, when it was hit by a new employee. Roger...
Austin Police Officers Sue for Discrimination After Reassignments
Jul 25 2014 // Some Austin, Texas, police officers are suing the city for what they say was race and age discrimination in job assignments. The Austin American-Statesman reports 18 officers filed the lawsuit Wednesday. The officers say...
Emergency Responder Mobile App Could Aid Communications During Disasters
Jul 25 2014 // A mobile app from a law enforcement technology firm could soon allow emergency responders from different agencies to communicate seamlessly with each other in a crisis for the first time, sharing files and conducting...
Fired Oregon Police Chief Sues City Over Military Service
Jul 22 2014 // The recently fired police chief of a central Oregon town says he was undone by an ambitious deputy who had eyes for his job and a city government that resented the leave he took for military service. Former Prineville...
After Ordeal, N.J. Legislator Pushes for Video Cameras in New Police Cars
Jul 22 2014 // For New Jersey Assemblyman Paul Moriarty, putting video cameras in new police cars became personal two years ago when he was arrested for drunken driving and video from a camera mounted on a cruiser helped get the charges...
Indiana Issues Few Tickets in 1st 3 Years of Texting Law
Jun 30 2014 // A three-year-old law barring Indiana drivers from texting while driving has generated more frustration than tickets from police officers, who say the law makes it hard to prove a driver is in violation. The 2011 law was a...
Kentucky School Faculty Learn ‘Stop the Shooter’ Survival Actions
Jun 22 2014 // In less than five seconds after hearing gunfire, almost 60 faculty and staff cleared the media room at Mason County Intermediate School in Mayside, Kentucky, through only two exits, or into locked rooms, away from where...
Indiana Police Using Water-Based Chemical to Fight Theft
Jun 13 2014 // A northwestern Indiana police department is one of the first law enforcement agencies in the country to distribute a theft-deterring chemical that leaves DNA-like “signatures” on property and those who attempt...
Wal-Mart Trucker Had Not Slept in 24 Hours Before N.J. Morgan Crash: Complaint
Jun 10 2014 // A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. truck driver went at least 24 hours without sleep before his tractor-trailer crashed into a limousine, critically injuring actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and killing another entertainer, according to a...
Louisiana Drivers Sans Insurance to Face Hefty Fines
Jun 9 2014 // In the final hours of Louisiana’s legislative session, lawmakers passed a $53 million fee hike on drivers who don’t maintain car insurance as required by law. Most of the money expected to be raised is slated...
Study: Houston Police Failed to Investigate Over 20,000 Cases Last Year
Jun 6 2014 // More than 20,000 burglary, assault and other cases were not investigated last year by Houston, Texas, police because of a lack of personnel, according to a report released June 2. The findings recommend that at least 45...
Virginia Police to Enforce Seat-Belt Use as Part of ‘Click It or Ticket’ Campaign
May 19 2014 // Police officers across Virginia are planning an effort to enforce traffic laws, particularly seat-belt and child-restraint use. The enforcement efforts this month are part of the national Click It or Ticket enforcement...
Vietnam Protests Over China Oil Rig Damage Taiwan-Owned Factories
May 14 2014 // Anti-China rallies sparked by the placement of an oil rig in waters near Vietnam damaged factories owned by Taiwanese companies, with some plants closing as Vietnam detained hundreds of protesters. Vietnam’s...
Maryland State Police Issuing More Tickets for Distracted Driving
May 12 2014 // Maryland State Police troopers have issued more electronic tickets for distracted driving in the last seven months than they did in all of 2013, according to agency data reflecting enforcement of a new state law targeting...
Terre Haute, Indiana Sees Rise in Mo-Ped Thefts
May 6 2014 // With gas prices close to $4 per gallon, Terre Haute resident Russell Moffatt had been happy to park his gas-guzzling pickup truck in favor of a fuel efficient mo-ped that he could ride to work. That is, until someone stole...
New Funding Allows Crackdown on Texting While Driving in North Dakota
May 5 2014 // Motorists routinely may see fellow drivers texting and driving, but police rarely do, making enforcement of North Dakota’s distracted driving law difficult to enforce, authorities say. “When a squad car is in...
