All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 27 2023 // ST. LOUIS (AP) – A former St. Louis alderman indicted in a fraud case was charged with lying to police about getting carjacked last year, authorities said.Brandon Bosley was charged Wednesday with one misdemeanor count...
Nov 22 2023 // The Justice Department has opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into the city of Lexington, Mississippi, and the Lexington Police Department (LPD) seeking to determine whether there are systemic violations of...
Nov 22 2023 // Jeff Pena contacted his father as soon as he heard that police were passing out auto tracking devices to try to stem a sharp increase in carjackings, auto thefts and other crimes in the nation`s capital.“It`s just...
Nov 13 2023 // Louisiana State Police have opened a criminal investigation into efforts by McClenny Moseley & Associates and Apex Roofing to solicit customers after receiving a complaint by the state Insurance Department about...
Nov 7 2023 // McLEAN, Va. (AP) — An off-duty U.S. Park Police officer fatally shot another off- duty officer in a Virginia apartment in what local authorities are describing preliminarily as an unintentional shooting involving...
Nov 2 2023 // NASHVILLE (AP) — The wife of Grammy-winning sound engineer Mark Capps, who was killed by police in January, filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Nashville and police Officer Ashley Coon on Monday.Three police...
Oct 31 2023 // A man from Japan wrongly accused of drunken driving can sue a Michigan police officer who grossly misread a breath test and conceded during the stop that she had “no idea” what she was doing, a federal appeals...
Oct 24 2023 // ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) – Winnebago County officials will pay $3.3 million to the family of a Rockford woman killed in a police pursuit. Joy Lambert, 55, was killed when a driver fleeing a sheriff’s deputy at speeds...
Oct 18 2023 // The Justice Department (DOJ) announced it has has opened a civil rights practices investigation into the Trenton, New Jersey police department.Officials said the investigation will seek to determine “whether there...
Oct 17 2023 // A state commission has called for numerous changes to how Virginia and its communities respond to mass shootings, from establishing a victims` fund to teaching people how to slow bleeding before paramedics arrive.But the...
Oct 12 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta`s police chief on Tuesday fired an officer who shocked a 62-year-old Black church deacon with a stun gun during a dispute over a traffic ticket, leading to the man`s death.Police Chief Darin...
Oct 11 2023 // The top two leaders of Connecticut State Police will be stepping down in the middle of multiple investigations into whether troopers submitted bogus data on thousands of traffic stops that may have never happened, Gov. Ned...
Oct 10 2023 // DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — An attorney representing the family of a Black man who was fatally shot at his home by police said Friday that officers did not give the man time to respond before they opened fire.Steve Perkins,...
Oct 4 2023 // A U.S. Army lieutenant who was struck, pepper-sprayed and handcuffed during a traffic stop in Virginia asked a federal appeals court on Monday to overturn rulings by a trial judge after jurors found mostly in favor of the...
Sep 26 2023 // Tampa police are investigating after family members of former NFL wide receiver Mike Williams said someone may have slipped him unprescribed opioid medication while he was in the hospital after a construction accident.A...
Sep 22 2023 // The family of a man shot and killed by police in New Mexico after they responded to the wrong address is suing the city and three officers.The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court alleges Robert Dotson and his family were...
Sep 20 2023 // Three artworks believed stolen during the Holocaust from a Jewish art collector and entertainer have been seized from museums in three different states by New York law enforcement authorities.The artworks by Austrian...
Sep 18 2023 // Authorities detained some staff of the money management business of China Evergrande Group, a sign that the saga around the defaulted developer at the heart of the nation’s property crisis has entered a new phase...
Sep 15 2023 // A plaintiff seeking compensation for damages is entitled to submit the full amount on medical bills related to his injuries as evidence even though he did not pay the full amount of those bills.The U.S. district court for...
Sep 14 2023 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former Wilmington police official who accused the police department of engaging in racial discrimination and improperly collecting and using data from seized cellphones,...