All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 31 2015 // Police in Michigan are using an easy way to check whether a motor vehicle is properly insured.Starting last year, police got access to information on whether a vehicle is insured by running a license plate number through...
Mar 26 2015 // A Nevada Assembly member is attempting to create a regulatory framework for drones that would protect people’s privacy in the state.Democratic Assemblyman Elliot Anderson is sponsoring a bill that would limit how...
Mar 25 2015 // Utah’s Republican governor has signed a bill that that would allow police to pull over drivers for not wearing seatbelts.The measure signed by Gov. Gary Herbert on Monday makes it a primary offense for drivers older...
Mar 20 2015 // Dozens of drivers are being ticketed following January’s massive pileup on snowy Interstate 94 in southwestern Michigan that killed a 57-year-old trucker and closed a stretch of the roadway for two days, police...
Mar 11 2015 // Ohio’s emergency responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder could be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits even if they don’t have physical injuries under proposed legislation a state...
Mar 9 2015 // Three women who say they were sexually abused by a sixth-grade teacher 45 years ago have sued the Oregon school district that employed him.The federal lawsuit also lists the teacher as a defendant. The complaint says the...
Mar 6 2015 // Officials in the south-central Minnesota city of Gaylord have agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to a Mexican immigrant to settle a federal lawsuit that alleged racial profiling.Minnesota Public Radio News reports...
Mar 6 2015 // The crew of a truck carrying a load of gold bars had just pulled off the interstate in North Carolina when, the two men told police, a seemingly ordinary episode of carsickness turned into a multimillion-dollar heist.Three...
Mar 6 2015 // Carfax has created a new online source – Crashdocs.org – to instantly access automobile accident reports from police departments. Through one online spot, crash reports are available from police departments across the...
Mar 2 2015 // South Carolina law officers are hunting for the chicken killers who have sabotaged farmers several times over the past two weeks, leaving 300,000 birds dead at a cost of as much as $1.7 million. Multiple media reports say...
Feb 26 2015 // A dashboard video showing a state trooper narrowly avoiding a head-on collision with a driver who was using a cellphone wasn’t enough to sway an Arkansas House committee that tougher laws are needed.The Public...
Feb 25 2015 // The Oklahoma House has overwhelmingly approved restrictions on texting while driving, despite concerns among the measure’s strongest supporters that they don’t go far enough.House members voted 96-2 for the...
Feb 25 2015 // Twenty-eight people were injured when a Southern California commuter train collided with a truck stuck on the tracks on Tuesday, toppling three rail cars.There were no deaths reported in the crash, which occurred at about...
Feb 23 2015 // The city of Wilmington, N.C., is settling a lawsuit with a man who led police on a chase and was then bitten by a police dog that was pushed through his car window.Area media outlets report the city has agreed to settle...
Feb 17 2015 // A man from India who was slammed to the ground by a police officer had been singled out by police after a caller said a “skinny black guy” with a toboggan hat was walking in the neighborhood and peering into...
Feb 12 2015 // A federal lawsuit filed in April 2014 on behalf of 39 current or former Jackson, Miss. Police Department officers will be settled. That’s according to the attorney representing the plaintiffs. The Clarion-Ledger...
Feb 11 2015 // Snow-choked New England braced for more winter grief later in the week as people dug out from another 2 feet of snow Tuesday amid below-freezing temperatures and stranded Boston commuters scrambled to find other ways to...
Feb 6 2015 // Two years ago on Christmas Day, veteran Police Officer Roderick Doda and new Officer Eric Schnieder suffered head and neck injuries when their cruiser was rammed by a car involved in a chase in Bridgeport, Connecticut.It...
Feb 5 2015 // New Orleans’ tourism industry will put up $2.5 million to help fund extra Louisiana State Police patrols in the city beyond the Mardi Gras season.State police and other law enforcement agencies traditionally help the...
Feb 5 2015 // South Carolina’s insurance is paying $285,000 to an unarmed man who was shot during a traffic stop by a state trooper now facing a criminal charge.The state Insurance Reserve Fund says the settlement was reached in...