Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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Dallas Settles Police Abuse Case for $1.1M
Mar 28 2014 // The Dallas City Council has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a lawsuit with a man who claimed he was unfairly beaten by a police officer and unjustly jailed for 15 months. The Dallas Morning News reports the city...
Workers’ Compensation Fraud and the Insurance Producer
Mar 24 2014 // There are essentially two types of workers’ compensation fraud — premium fraud and claimant fraud — and insurance producers can play a role in the discovery and resolution of both, according to one investigator...
Ex-St. Louis Officer Awarded $7.5M in Sexual Harassment Suit
Mar 24 2014 // A jury awarded a $7.5 million judgment to a former St. Louis police officer who claimed her supervising sergeant sexually harassed her and that she suffered retaliation for complaining. Tanisha Ross-Paige won $300,000 in...
2 Florida Police Officers Charged with Boat Arson, Insurance Fraud
Mar 20 2014 // Florida state law enforcement officials announced they arrested a police officer and another man for allegedly conspiring to defraud an insurer by purposely destroying a pleasure boat. The Florida Department of Law...
Virginia Police Responded to More Than 350 Wrecks After Latest Winter Storm
Mar 19 2014 // Virginia State Police say troopers have responded to more than 350 wrecks since a winter storm hit the state. State police spokeswoman Corinne Geller says troopers also responded to 228 disabled vehicles between 12:01 a.m....
Former Oklahoma Police Officer Sentenced in Auto Insurance Scam
Mar 17 2014 // A former police officer has been sentenced to serve 10 days of weekend imprisonment and three years of supervised probation in an auto insurance fraud case, according to Sanford C. Coats, U.S. Attorney for the Western...
Duke Lacrosse Players Trying to Settle Suit with Police
Mar 17 2014 // Three former Duke University lacrosse players falsely accused of raping a stripper eight years ago are trying to settle their lawsuit over how Durham police handled the case. The Herald-Sun of Durham reported that lawyers...
Conn. Legislators Propose Workers’ Comp Coverage for Mental Trauma
Mar 13 2014 // The Newtown, Conn., Police officer who has not yet returned to work since the 2012 school massacre because of post-traumatic stress disorder urged Connecticut lawmakers on Tuesday to expand the state’s workers’...
Malaysian Military Tracked Missing Jetliner Turn to Strait of Malacca
Mar 11 2014 // Malaysia’s military believes it tracked a missing jetliner by radar over the Strait of Malacca, far from where it last made contact with civilian air traffic control off the country’s east coast, a military...
Minority Bar Owners in Racine, Wisconsin Say City Leaders Discriminated
Feb 28 2014 // Eight former bar owners in Racine, Wis., filed a lawsuit accusing the mayor and other city officials of racially discriminating against them and forcing their businesses to close. The federal lawsuit filed against Mayor...
Tennessee Court Says Police May Still Arrest Drivers Who Pass Sobriety Test
Feb 25 2014 // Police may still have grounds to arrest people for DUI even if they pass field sobriety tests, the Tennessee Supreme Court said in a ruling. The decision involved a Sevier County man whose driving under the influence (DUI...
Officials Investigating Deadly Carbon Monoxide Leak at N.Y. Mall
Feb 24 2014 // Officials investigating a carbon monoxide leak at a New York mall are concentrating on the heating system of a restaurant there. A manager at Legal Sea Foods restaurant died and more than two dozen others were sent to...
Predicting Crime with Big Data Without Breaking the Bank
Feb 20 2014 // Researchers at Rutgers’ School of Criminal Justice have developed commercial technology that public safety practitioners and researchers worldwide are using to fight crime. Leslie Kennedy and Joel Caplan of Rutgers...
Chief of Uninsured Louisiana Police Department Retires Amid Federal Probe
Feb 12 2014 // The police chief of a Louisiana town that has been struggling to find liability insurance for its police department abruptly retired on Feb. 7 after federal charges were filed in a bill of information accusing him of lying...
Florida Trooper Case Raises Driver Data Privacy Issues
Feb 12 2014 // Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Donna Jane Watts was on routine patrol early one morning when a Miami police car whizzed past at speeds that would eventually top 120 mph. Even with her blue lights flashing and siren...
Wisconsin Police Recover Violin Thought to Be Stolen $5M Stradivarius
Feb 7 2014 // Police say they have recovered a violin that could be the rare Stradivarius stolen from a concertmaster following a performance last month at a Milwaukee, Wis., college. Milwaukee Police Lt. Jeffrey Norman said experts...
Still No Insurance for Police in Sorrento, Louisiana
Feb 6 2014 // The Sorrento Town Council in Louisiana tabled two insurance quote offers that would insure the police department. The police department was dissolved after it lost coverage in November. The chief and assistant are still...
Georgia Lawmakers Eye Regulations for Drones
Feb 5 2014 // Georgia would take the first steps to regulating the use of drones through legislation under consideration in the General Assembly. Rep. Harry Geisinger, R-Roswell, has sponsored a bill that would provide for the lawful...
Akron, Ohio Police: Security Alarm Verification Required for Response
Feb 2 2014 // Akron, Ohio, where 98 percent of security alarms turn out to be false, is beginning a new policy requiring confirmation of a possible crime. The Akron police department’s new policy will require prior verification of...
Tulsa, Oklahoma, Settles Police Corruption Case for $425K
Jan 31 2014 // A federal lawsuit filed against the city of Tulsa by a man who was freed from prison following an investigation into police corruption has been settled for $425,000. Larry Wayne Barnes Sr. was convicted in April 2008 of...
