All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 9 2020 // Massachusetts’ new hands-free driving law went into effect February 23rd.The law, signed by Governor Charlie Baker in November, is intended to reduce the number of distracted driving injuries and deaths in the state....
Mar 6 2020 // Two police officers in Georgia chose to resign last month instead of being terminated following their arrests last month for allegedly selling accident reports to third parties for profit. Nikko McClinton and Ronald...
Mar 2 2020 // A sergeant with the Tampa Police Department has been arrested on a charge of filing a false and fraudulent insurance claim to defraud his insurance company after his 23-foot boat sank, a statement from the Florida...
Feb 28 2020 // Some Florida law enforcement officers have been told they aren’t allowed to park their marked cars at home, but that’s about to change.One of the first bills in the 2020 legislative session signed into law will...
Feb 24 2020 // Jurors have awarded $3,500 to a woman who was shocked three times with a stun gun after a St. Louis, Mo., march protesting police misconduct. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that jurors found in favor of University...
Feb 24 2020 // A man was struck and killed by a Mardi Gras float during a raucous Saturday night street parade in New Orleans, becoming the second person in days killed along a parade route during this year’s Carnival season,...
Feb 21 2020 // Massachusetts’ new hands-free driving law takes effect this Sunday, February 23rd.The law, signed by Governor Charlie Baker in November, is intended to reduce the number of distracted driving injuries and deaths in...
Feb 18 2020 // The widow of a slain Chicago Police Department commander has filed a lawsuit against the website used to sell the gun tied to her husband’s death.The Chicago Sun-Times reports Erin Bauer and the nonprofit gun control...
Feb 12 2020 // Missouri’s St. Louis County has agreed to a $10.25 million settlement with a gay police lieutenant who says he was passed over for promotion 23 times and was told to “tone down” his...
Feb 3 2020 // The European Union has accepted there is no escape from facial recognition, but is seeking to ensure any roll-out that includes U.S. and Chinese players will abide by European values like strict personal privacy.Facial...
Jan 24 2020 // A father is suing Redmond, Ore. police because he says they used excessive force when they used a Taser stun gun on his 14-year-old son nearly two years ago.Michael Francisco filed the civil rights lawsuit last week in...
Jan 16 2020 // Police in Alabama are looking for a man who disguised himself as Batman while stealing musical instruments from churches.A burglary happened on Dec. 11 at King’s Way Church in Irondale, AL.Com reported. The caped...
Jan 15 2020 // An Uber driver was arrested on suspicion of raping a woman who said she fell asleep in his car after a night of drinking and woke up to him assaulting her, authorities said.The suspect, Alonso Calle, had contacted police...
Jan 13 2020 // A lawsuit accuses Albuquerque police of wrongfully killing a pipe-wielding man during a 2018 encounter in a home after officers found him hiding in a closet.The lawsuit filed last week by 24-year-old Daniel...
Jan 13 2020 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has ruled that a University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass) student newspaper editor cannot be held liable for defamation after republishing police blotter entries describing...
Jan 9 2020 // Multiple people were injured in a major pileup involving about 30 vehicles during the Tuesday morning commute on a highway in Maine, state troopers said.There were no fatalities, but several ambulances and a medical...
Jan 9 2020 // Atlanta’s police chief has ordered a halt to all police car chases after crashes that killed or injured people.“I don’t want to see us cost someone their life in pursuit of an auto theft person or burglar...
Jan 3 2020 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the crash of a speeding Tesla that killed two people in a Los Angeles suburb, the agency announced Tuesday.Agency spokesman Sean Rushton wouldn’t...
Dec 27 2019 // A California man can proceed to trial with a lawsuit against a police officer who choked him unconscious at a Las Vegas nightclub, a federal appeals court ruled this week.“It has long been clear that a police officer...
Dec 27 2019 // A former Oregon police officer filed a lawsuit saying he faced retaliation within the department for reporting a former police chief struck him with his arm while holding a metal sign, court records said.Joseph Patnode is...