All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 2 2022 // A 75-year-old driver likely won’t face criminal charges after crashing her Bentley into a busy Miami Beach sidewalk cafe, killing one man and injuring eight others, police said.There were no signs that the woman was...
Mar 2 2022 // Rochester’s ex-police chief La’Ron Singletary will receive $75,000 from the City of Rochester after he sued the city for wrongful termination last year, alleging former Mayor Lovely Warren fired him for...
Mar 1 2022 // The families of two Houston residents killed in a series of recent traffic accidents involving local law enforcement said Feb. 24 they believe their loved ones’ deaths are part of an ongoing problem with police...
Mar 1 2022 // A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by demonstrators who were tear-gassed by Richmond police during a protest in June 2020.Six people who were among a crowd protesting at the former Confederate Gen. Robert E....
Feb 25 2022 // The Alabama House of Representatives approved legislation Tuesday that would create a new definition of a riot and provide tougher penalties for people who participate in one.Republicans supporting the bill said it is...
Feb 25 2022 // A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against a northern Kentucky police department after two officers fatally shot an armed man during a traffic stop.The family of Randall Lockaby, 57, of Manchester filed suit last week...
Feb 24 2022 // Jaye Sanford, a 52-year-old mother of two, was driving home in suburban Atlanta on Nov. 21 when a man in a Dodge Challenger muscle car who was allegedly street racing crashed into her head-on, killing her.She is one of the...
Feb 24 2022 // Two of the 19 Austin police officers indicted for their actions during 2020 protests over racial injustice were involved in cases that the city paid millions of dollars to settle, according to documents made public Feb....
Feb 22 2022 // A pilot reported mechanical issues shortly before a police helicopter crashed nose first along the Southern California coast, killing one officer, authorities said Sunday.A Huntington Beach officer who was injured in the...
Feb 17 2022 // The estate of a man shot and killed in June by Portland police after he called 911 for help has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.Oregon Public Broadcasting reports Michael Townsend called 911 while experiencing suicidal...
Feb 17 2022 // The headlines in 2016 provoked an outcry across Georgia: A man stole a car near the Atlanta airport, fled from police in a high-speed chase, then crashed into another vehicle, killing a woman and her two grandchildren.Six...
Feb 15 2022 // A Bennington, Vermont task force is seeking opinions from the public about a recommendation for a police department review board in the southwestern Vermont community.Bennington’s 10-member Safety and Equity Task...
Feb 11 2022 // A man discovered stumbling downtown in Lewiston with a severed arm is believed to have inflicted the injury himself, police said.The victim was injured with a band saw used to cut meat, but didn’t work at the market...
Feb 10 2022 // The family of a Dallas man who died in police custody five years ago can proceed with their lawsuit against four officers, a federal appeals court ruled in an opinion filed last week that overturned a lower court’s...
Feb 10 2022 // A former Brimfield, Mass. police officer has filed a lawsuit claiming the town’s board members discriminated against him when they chose not to reappoint him as the town’s only patrolman because of his sexual...
Feb 9 2022 // The U.S. needs a nimble, multipronged strategy and Cabinet-level leadership to counter its festering overdose epidemic, a bipartisan congressional commission advises.With vastly powerful synthetic drugs like fentanyl...
Feb 4 2022 // Six people have been arrested in North Carolina for their roles in a theft ring in which package delivery drivers traded packages for drugs, police said.WGHP -TV reported that Eden police launched an investigation after...
Feb 4 2022 // ALLENTOWN, Pa. —The family of a New Jersey man shot and killed by a police officer near an eastern Pennsylvania amusement park in 2018 will reportedly receive part of a $950,000 settlement of a federal civil rights...
Feb 3 2022 // A federal appeals court has upheld a judge’s ruling that police in a small southern Delaware town had no constitutional duty to rescue a teenager who drowned after he was handcuffed and tried to escape.The court on...
Feb 2 2022 // The family of a Delaware man who was fatally shot by local police two years ago while he was armed with a knife has sued the city and officers that fired at him, seeking monetary damages.The wrongful death lawsuit, filed...