All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 will...
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...
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 use...
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...
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 two...
Jan 24 2014 // The Sorrento Police Department in Louisiana is still without liability insurance but the town council has one insurance proposal to consider and a second proposal expected within the week.The Advocate reported that on Jan....
Jan 23 2014 // General Assembly members began learning more Tuesday about the emerging unmanned aircraft industry and are likely to debate soon what restrictions North Carolina could place on drones to protect people’s privacy.A...
Jan 22 2014 // Two Mexican citizens who were arrested at the border used account information stolen during the Target security breach to buy tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise, according to a South Texas police...
Jan 21 2014 // Police officers working the night shift are significantly more likely to suffer long-term on-the-job injuries than officers on day and afternoon shifts, according to new research conducted at the University at Buffalo.The...
Jan 15 2014 // A Newark, New Jersey, police officer who had his sport utility vehicle set on fire and then filed a false insurance claim has been spared a prison term. Essex County prosecutors in New Jersey say 41-year-old Johnathan...
Jan 15 2014 // Citing liability issues, the mayor of Sorrento, La., and four of five Town Council members are calling for Police Chief Earl Theriot Jr. to resign on the same day that Theriot and Assistant Chief Ricky Smith started...
Jan 14 2014 // Sorrento, La., Police Chief Earl Theriot Jr. and his assistant chief are going back on patrol, but without the special type of insurance coverages required for police patrols.The town’s police department has been...
Jan 8 2014 // A lawsuit alleging excessive force and other rights violations has been filed against Omaha, Neb., police over an incident that led to the firing of four officers.The ACLU of Nebraska said the lawsuit was filed in U.S....
Jan 5 2014 // As the new year begins, the law enforcement situation in Sorrento, which lost its Police Department insurance coverage in November, remains murky.The Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office will continue to provide law...