All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 14 2013 // The family of a young woman fatally shot by West Valley City police has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officers involved and the former police chief.Danielle Willard’s parents filed the lawsuit Wednesday...
Jun 12 2013 // A state hearing officer is recommending that a fired Florida Highway Patrol trooper be given his job back.The recommended order states that Trooper Charles Swindle should have been suspended without pay instead of losing...
Jun 3 2013 // Jeff Streeter, chief of the Lone Tree Police Department in Colorado, was surprised to learn of a longtime tradition followed by local police in Pennsylvania.So were Brian Bossio, public information officer for the Stuart...
May 31 2013 // The state Court of Appeals has thrown out a $700,000 judgment against the city of Jackson involving an accident during a police chase in 2001 in which two women were injured and a third killed.The Court of Appeals ruled...
May 22 2013 // Brenda O’Malley figured she’d get the police accident report and file an insurance claim after her teenage daughter got into a car accident in Sheboygan Falls this past spring.But the report turned out to be so...
May 22 2013 // Two female police officers with the Miami-Dade County school system have settled lawsuits accusing the former police chief of sexually harassing them.Cmdr. Deanna Fox-Williams and Officer Yewande Gibson claimed in the...
May 21 2013 // A mother and daughter have been charged with setting a fire that heavily damaged the older woman’s home in Stratford, Conn.Police tell the Connecticut Post they became suspicious after finding valuables and all the...
May 21 2013 // A group in Murfreesboro has started a petition to end the use of red-light cameras, but police say the traffic enforcement measure has improve safety.Middle Tennessee State University student Axl David, who heads Citizens...
May 10 2013 // A jury has awarded $8.8 million to the family of a robber who was shot and killed by a police officer east of Los Angeles in Culver City.The Los Angeles Times reported a federal jury issued the verdict on Wednesday....
May 9 2013 // Rhode Island lawmakers reviewed legislation Tuesday that would allow immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses regardless of their legal status — but the controversial idea has already run into opposition from law...
May 2 2013 // An Elko, Nev. police officer claims she was forced to resign after three months on the job because of a hostile work environment.Cassandra Sabo is suing the city, three supervisors and the police chief in a lawsuit filed...
May 2 2013 // Police in Delaware issued more than 2,000 tickets to drivers in a crackdown on using handheld cellphones behind the wheel. The Department of Highway Safety says the tickets were issued over two weeks in April in the second...
Apr 30 2013 // A suspended Indianapolis police officer awaiting trial on charges he caused a fatal 2010 collision had a blood-alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit when he crashed a pickup truck over the weekend, authorities...
Apr 29 2013 // Former Nevada Capitol Police Chief Tom Navin is suing the Nevada Department of Public Safety, claiming he was wrongfully terminated for failing a physical.Navin, in his district court suit filed this week, contends he was...
Apr 29 2013 // A police officer fired for driving drunk in an unmarked police car while off-duty has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the city of Gresham, Ore. the police chief and others, alleging his rights were violated under the...
Apr 23 2013 // James Dorsey led a full and active life, his final years spent helping care for his grandchildren and enjoying big family dinners.The 70-year-old died Sept. 12, 2011 at Complex Care of Idaho in Meridian. His family...
Apr 22 2013 // The police union that represents the officers who responded to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is still hoping to change Connecticut’s law and extend workers’ compensation benefits to first responders...
Apr 15 2013 // The FBI said the investigation of the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon is a “criminal investigation that is a potential terrorist investigation.”The FBI, with Special Agent Richard...
Apr 15 2013 // The death toll in the bombings at the Boston Marathon has risen to three. More than 140 people are being treated at area hospitals for injuries, some of them grave and involving amputations.There were two explosions around...
Apr 15 2013 // The highly touted package of school security bills that have passed the Oklahoma Legislature and now wait only for Gov. Mary Fallin’s likely signature won’t make schools much safer, at least in the short term,...