All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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....
Nov 15 2012 // San Diego in Southern California will pay $675,000 to a woman who claimed she was groped by a former police officer.U-T San Diego reported the City Council approved the payment on Tuesday. The woman claimed Anthony...
Nov 7 2012 // A Southern California insurance broker was arrested Wednesday on allegations he overcharged Tom Hanks, musician ex-Police band member Andy Summers and others hundreds of thousands of dollars for insurance premiums.Jerry B....
Nov 5 2012 // An insurance company that canceled the homeowner’s policy of a Nebraska sheriff’s deputy because of his K-9 unit dog said it’s looking to change its practices regarding police dogs.American Family...
Nov 1 2012 // With Oklahoma preparing for a much-debated new law that allows people to carry their previously concealed firearms out in the open, state officials say they’ve seen a big increase in the number of residents seeking a...
Oct 29 2012 // • Hurricane expected ashore Monday evening in New Jersey • Could be biggest to hit U.S. mainland • New York, Philadelphia and Washington in its path • New York Stock Exchange closed Monday and Tuesday • Early...
Oct 29 2012 // An insurance company that canceled the homeowner’s policy of a Nebraska sheriff’s deputy because of his K-9 unit dog said it’s looking to change its practices regarding police dogs.American Family...
Oct 24 2012 // Two Wisconsin lawmakers are pushing legislation to tighten the enforcement of gun rules in domestic violence cases, prompted by a fatal shooting rampage at a suburban Milwaukee spa.Radcliffe Haughton, 45, bought a handgun...
Oct 22 2012 // A former Minnesota police officer who accused other law enforcement of illegally accessing her driver’s license information to see her photo has reached tentative settlements with St. Paul and other cities worth...
Oct 17 2012 // Lines of drinkers recently waited on a weekend night to have their intoxication levels checked and it doesn’t have anything to do with a sobriety checkpoint. Kansas City, Mo., police allowed drinkers to measure their...
Oct 8 2012 // A new website launched last month by the Opelousas Police Department to help the rightful owners to recover their stolen property is producing results.Police Chief Perry Gallow told The Daily World he personally returned...
Oct 5 2012 // United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas Robert Pitman announced that the San Antonio Police Department and the Austin Police Department will each receive $200,000 in federal grant money to combat the...
Sep 21 2012 // A judge sentenced former Hackensack Police Chief Ken Zisa to five years in prison on Thursday.Zisa will remain free on bail while he appeals his conviction for improperly removing his then-girlfriend from the scene of an...