All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 9 2012 // A North Carolina appeals court said a car passenger wounded during a police chase on Asheville roads five years ago can continue to seek damages against officers involved in the pursuit but not the city’s now-retired...
Aug 9 2012 // Crashes happen every day.Most of the time, they are simple fender benders and those involved own up to their mistakes. Sometimes, there are witnesses who can fill in the blanks. Other times, however, drivers disagree about...
Aug 7 2012 // New York’s top bank regulator threatened to strip Standard Chartered Plc of its state banking license, saying the British bank was a “rogue institution” that hid $250 billion in transactions tied to Iran,...
Aug 2 2012 // Idaho law enforcement is getting ready to crack down on aggressive motorists.The Idaho Transportation Department is teaming up with 49 police agencies across the state on a two-week push aimed at drivers who are speeding,...
Jul 30 2012 // Starting Wednesday, texting, emailing and instant messaging while driving will become illegal in Alabama, with violators facing fines and possibly higher insurance rates.That is, if they don’t have a wreck first....
Jul 24 2012 // A woman is accused of fatally shooting a co-worker on July 23 at an Arkansas plant after the two apparently had an earlier altercation, authorities said.Lillie Foots-Wilson was being held on a first-degree murder charge,...
Jul 24 2012 // A lawsuit claims a man suffered a traumatic gunshot wound to his buttock by Maui police officers.Anthony Lum-John claims officers used excessive force by shooting at a truck he was riding in two years ago. The Maui News...
Jul 20 2012 // A former inmate who was freed from prison has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Tulsa, Okla., and two convicted police investigators, claiming they fabricated a search warrant and staged “bogus and sham...
Jul 19 2012 // Police say a naked man crashed a pickup truck into a Dallas mall, then drove over a few kiosks before stopping to try on clothes.Dallas police were called to the Southwest Center Mall around 7:30 a.m. on July 13. Officers...
Jul 18 2012 // An Occupy Portland protester has filed a federal lawsuit accusing police of excessive force during a demonstration last fall in which he says his back was injured. Justin James Bridges says he was swept up in a crowd Nov....
Jul 17 2012 // Motorists across Vermont have been slowing down and following traffic laws since the state launched a summer traffic enforcement program designed to counter a rash of fatalities in the first half of the year, said the...
Jul 17 2012 // Bexar County in Central Texas has had the most reports of road rage crashes in the state over the last few years, according to a newspaper analysis.From 2007 to 2011, police officers and sheriff’s deputies in Bexar...
Jul 11 2012 // FBI divers and police officials in New York are working to retrieve a yacht that capsized and sank, killing three children. The 34-foot Kandi Won is about 60 feet below the surface, off the north shore of Long Island. It...
Jul 5 2012 // The Justice Department sued the city of Corpus Christi on Tuesday, alleging the Police Department discriminated in hiring women by using a physical ability test few female applicants have been able to pass.Federal...
Jul 2 2012 // A former state senator who resigned in January over a domestic violence incident involving his ex-girlfriend has filed a $10 million notice of claim against Phoenix police and city officials.Scott Bundgaard, 44, stepped...
Jun 28 2012 // A former Saginaw, Mich., police officer who claimed he was fired in 2006 and discriminated against because of his race is expected to get more than $1 million in a settlement. The Saginaw News reports City Council recently...
Jun 22 2012 // State police say an annual Michigan enforcement crackdown on motorists who fail to use seat belts and child safety seats led to 8,050 citations. That’s down about 1,000 from 2011.This year’s Click It or Ticket...
Jun 1 2012 // The mother of a troubled Gulf War veteran who was shot dead in his car during a standoff with Las Vegas police is seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages in a lawsuit claiming a lack of departmental training and...
May 31 2012 // A judge on Wednesday ordered a convicted New Jersey police chief to forfeit his job.A jury convicted Hackensack Police Chief Ken Zisa of official misconduct and insurance fraud two weeks ago. The Record newspaper reports...
May 30 2012 // The Minnesota Department of Commerce is encouraging local law enforcement, county prosecutors, and community organizations to apply for a third round of auto theft prevention grants.The Minnesota Auto Theft Prevention...