All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 15 2013 // Vicksburg, Mississippi’s Public Transportation Board is working on 20 proposed changes to the city’s taxi ordinance.Board chairman Jim Stirgus Jr. told the Vicksburg Post that the plan is to bring all vehicles...
Jan 8 2013 // License plate scanners in widespread use by law enforcement agencies hold the potential for misuse by divorce lawyers or police who use information on a motorist’s whereabouts as fodder for an “interrogation...
Jan 3 2013 // Albuquerque, N.M. police say some motorists – including some planning to drive drunk – now use their smartphones to avoid sobriety checkpoints. Officer Robert Gibbs says smartphone applications, texting and social...
Jan 2 2013 // Kentucky’s highway death toll in 2012 was running slightly ahead of last year’s pace and the state’s top transportation official this week promised continued efforts in the next year to promote safe...
Dec 26 2012 // A former police officer in a southwestern Illinois village is accused of collecting nearly $190,000 in fraudulent benefits.A Madison County grand jury indicted 43-year-old Richard Turner of Glen Carbon on Thursday of two...
Dec 26 2012 // Federal authorities announced last week that a North Carolina farmer pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud on the federal crop insurance program for payments worth over $1 million.According to authorities, Harry...
Dec 18 2012 // A mentally disabled man who was shot by an Albuquerque, N.M. police officer has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city.The Albuquerque Journal reported that the lawsuit filed last week by Russell Tenorio alleges,...
Dec 17 2012 // The wife of a troubled Marine veteran who killed himself after being shot by a New Mexico state police officer near Santa Fe two years ago is suing and disputing the police version of the events. An officer stopped...
Dec 17 2012 // Authorities say a veteran Las Vegas traffic officer has been suspended without pay following his arrest on felony fraud charges in a workers’ compensation case that has now been turned over to the Nevada attorney...
Dec 14 2012 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department faced intense criticism after a report revealed it spent more than $180,000 on high-tech shotguns, bulletproof vests and seven police-package vehicles for its anti-fraud unit. Now, the...
Dec 11 2012 // Police charged Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent with intoxication manslaughter after he flipped his car in a pre-dawn accident that killed teammate Jerry Brown.Irving police spokesman John Argumaniz said the...
Dec 11 2012 // HSBC Holdings Plc has agreed to pay $1.92 billion to settle a multi-year U.S. criminal probe into money-laundering lapses at the British lender, the largest penalty ever paid by a bank.HSBC admitted to a breakdown of...
Dec 7 2012 // A deputy police chief in South Texas has asked legislators to consider setting up permanent DWI checkpoints to save lives.San Antonio police Deputy Chief Anthony Trevino appeared in Austin before the Texas House Criminal...
Dec 4 2012 // Defending his agency’s expenditures on weapons and police vehicles for use by its anti-fraud unit, Oklahoma’s top insurance regulator said the purchases help ensure the safety of investigators and are not paid...
Dec 3 2012 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department spent more than $180,000 on high-tech shotguns, bulletproof vests and seven police-package vehicles that agency officials say were needed as part of its expanded focus on criminal...
Dec 3 2012 // Flagstaff has agreed to a $225,000 settlement for the family of a 78-year-old Arizona man killed by police as he held his son at bay with a shotgun.Kenneth Mitchell was holding the gun to his son’s head after the son...
Nov 30 2012 // Gary, Ind., is the most “underpoliced” city in the nation, a new study released this month shows.“Over a quarter of people’s income is lost due to crime. It’s very big relative to other...
Nov 28 2012 // New Mexico state police have been sued by the father of a Glorieta man who was shot and killed at his home by officers last year as they responded to a report of road rage on an area highway.The Santa Fe New Mexican...
Nov 19 2012 // Flagstaff has agreed to a $225,000 settlement for the family of a 78-year-old Arizona man killed by police as he held his son at bay with a shotgun.Kenneth Mitchell was holding the gun to his son’s head after the son...
Nov 19 2012 // A Southern California insurance broker was arrested on allegations he overcharged Tom Hanks, musician ex-Police band member Andy Summers and others hundreds of thousands of dollars for insurance premiums. Broker Jerry B....