Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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Taxpayers ‘Off the Hook’ for Mishaps at Convention
Sep 22 2008 // Taxpayers should be off the hook for any damages stemming from claims of police misconduct related to the Republican National Convention under a first-of-its-kind agreement. The deal required the Republican Party’s...
Arizona Public Safety Personnel Costing Millions in Insurance Claims
Sep 11 2008 // Tucson and Pima County officials say injured police officers, firefighters and sheriff’s deputies are costing taxpayers millions in insurance claims. According to records from the city and county, injured...
Tennessee Police Dog not Dead; Insurance Fraud Alleged
Sep 8 2008 // A West Tennessee prosecutor will not say whether he intends to press charges in the case of an Oakland police dog whose death may have been faked to collect a $5,000 insurance benefit. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation...
Minn. GOP Convention Officials Bought Liability Coverage in First Time Deal
Sep 5 2008 // Taxpayers should be off the hook for any damages stemming from claims of police misconduct related to the Republican National Convention under a first-of-its-kind agreement. The deal required the Republican Party’s...
Aon Launches UK Extortion Consulting with Police Expert
Aug 19 2008 // Aon announced from its London office that its Crisis Management Unit has hired the former senior investigating officer for multinational extortion at the British police to head up a new extortion consulting team. The...
Another Chicago Police Officer Charged with Insurance Fraud
Aug 14 2008 // Another Chicago police officer has been indicted in connection with a scheme to have his car towed away and declared stolen for insurance money. The U.S. attorney’s office says Officer Scott Campbell was charged on...
Mass. Considering Traffic Flaggers Instead of Police at Construction Sites
Aug 14 2008 // Civilian flaggers dressed in orange safety vests could replace police officers at some roadside construction projects as early as October under regulations set to be unveiled by the Patrick administration Wednesday. Police...
Missouri City Residents Help Police in Speed Check
Aug 13 2008 // Police officers can’t be everywhere at once, so citizens’ groups in St. Joseph, Mo. are taking the matter of checking for speeders into their own hands. Armed with radar guns issued by the St. Joseph Police...
Delaware Police Issue 840 Speeding Tickets in 1 Month
Aug 7 2008 // Police in Delaware issued 840 speeding citations, including nearly 200 in one week, in the first month of a statewide crackdown on speeding. The state highway safety department is promoting the initiative, which also led...
Police Say Arson at Root of E. Idaho Fires
Aug 1 2008 // Authorities in eastern Idaho say a series of wildfires in recent years, including the largest so far this year, may be the work of arsonists. Power County Sheriff Jim Jeffries says he is now looking for help from the...
Rhode Island Police Arrest State’s Drunkest Person Ever Recorded
Jul 25 2008 // Rhode Island state police say they arrested a man this week whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent — the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn’t dead. Stanley Kobierowski was taken to...
Alabama Police Arrest 2 in Connection with Boat Thefts
Jul 21 2008 // Authorities say Alabama Marine Police arrested two people in connection with the theft of more than a dozen fishing boats along Mobile Bay. Marine Police Lieutenant Alex Smith says thieves are stripping the 18- to 24-foot...
Illinois Traffic Fatalities Lowest Since 1924, Seat Belt Usage Up to 90 %
Jul 17 2008 // Governor Rod R. Blagojevich announced on July 15 that Illinois’ number of motorists and front seat passengers who buckle up in the state edged upwards and exceeded 90 percent for the second straight year. In...
Mass. State Police Report 70% More Drunk Driving Arrests
Jun 30 2008 // State police are crediting an increased number of sobriety checkpoints for a 70 percent rise in drunk driving arrests since 2005. Last year, state police arrested 4,879 people for operating under the influence, compared to...
Auto Thefts in Colorado Dip 40 Percent in 2 Years
Jun 30 2008 // Auto thefts reported to police in Colorado dipped 40 percent between 2005 and 2007, partly because of a stronger focus on preventing and solving those crimes and tougher penalties in at least one community. Auto thefts,...
New York Police Arrest 13 Suspects in Car Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jun 19 2008 // Police in New York say 13 people staged minor car accidents to get thousands of dollars’ worth of unnecessary medical treatment from four Bronx clinics. The 13 people were arrested Tuesday on insurance fraud and...
Chicago Cops Charged in Insurance Scam
Jun 16 2008 // A Chicago police officer working with a tow company owner and another policeman allegedly scammed an insurance company, authorities said. According to a news account in the Chicago Sun-Times, Officer Joseph A. Grillo was...
Missouri Attorney General Police Safety Group to Pay State $450,000
Jun 13 2008 // A nonprofit group that promotes police officer safety is to pay $450,000 to Missouri after allegations from the attorney general’s office that it continued to solicit money from residents who had asked it to...
Oahu Auto Thefts Drop More Than 40 Percent
Jun 11 2008 // Auto thefts on Oahu is down by more than 40 percent over a five-year period. Car thefts dropped from a record high of nearly 8,500 in 2002 — an average of more than 23 vehicles per day — to just under 5,000...
Chicago Cops Pull Off Insurance Scam, FBI Says More Charges Coming
Jun 6 2008 // A Chicago police officer working with a tow company owner and another policeman allegedly scammed an insurance company, authorities said yesterday. According to a news account in the Chicago Sun-Times, Officer Joseph A....
