Police News Reports

Police News Reports
Ruling in cop shooting sparks outrage - 03/26/2008
	PHILADELPHIA � A judge dismissed an attempted-murder charge in the shooting of a Philadelphia Housing Authority police officer last month, prompting outrage among police. PHA Police Officer ... Full story
Ohio police nab millions in cash, 1 ton of weed - 03/24/2008
	LICKING COUNTY, Ohio � Inside the drywall of a Licking County home, federal investigators pulled out $3.2 million in cash. From a trailer parked in the driveway, they carried out 2,100 pounds of marijuana. In ... Full story
Conn. officer fatally shot checking suspicious activity - 03/21/2008
	NORWALK, Conn. � Police blocked off city streets and searched with dogs for a suspect after an officer was gunned down early Friday. Officers responded within one minute of Officer Matthew ... Full story
Colo. sniper ends campus standoff - 03/19/2008
	BOULDER, Colo. � After a four-hour standoff, a Boulder SWAT officer shot a man who threatened to blow up a local hospital. Police first attempted to subdue the suspect by using a K-9 and a flash ... Full story
For L.A.'s killers, witness intimidation works - 03/17/2008
	LOS ANGELES � It was among the most brutal Southland homicides in recent memory: On a sunny Sunday afternoon last fall, two men jumped out of an SUV and set Marcial Sanchez on fire, in full view of ... Full story
Authorities hunt for fugitive who shot N.M. sergeant - 03/14/2008
	RUIDOSO DOWNS, N.M. � A Lincoln County sheriff's deputy was in critical condition Thursday night after being shot by a fugitive as he tried to make a traffic stop. The shooting happened at ... Full story
Wis. mandates psych tests for new officers - 03/12/2008
	MADISON, Wis. � Police agencies around the state would have to give all prospective full-time officers a psychological test before offering them a job under a bill the state Senate passed. The ... Full story
Controversial site raises officer safety concerns, infuriates cops - 03/10/2008
	SAN FRANCISCO � A controversial new Web site has surfaced that has officers fuming over privacy, fairness and officer safety concerns. According to the vice president of ratemycop.com, the ... Full story
Chicago's top cop wants force in better shape - 03/07/2008
	CHICAGO � Chicago's new top cop said he is considering a mandated physical fitness test for officers, one that could also take into account body fat, not only how much a cop weighs. "We need ... Full story
Jury acquits man who shot N.Y. officers with Uzi - 03/05/2008
	NEW YORK � A convicted gunman charged with firing an Uzi assault rifle at two police officers outside a nightclub was acquitted yesterday of first-degree attempted murder and assault and was instead ... Full story
Fla. doesn't extradite, cop is fatally shot - 03/03/2008
	CLEVELAND � Nine years ago, Detective Robert Clark was fatally shot by a fugitive who, hours earlier, had been in an Ohio jail. A fugitive who had to be let go, because Florida wouldn't pick ... Full story
Border agents increasingly targeted - 02/28/2008
	WASHINGTON � Violence against agents working along the U.S.-Mexican border is escalating in response to efforts to crack down on illegal drug and human smuggling rings. Since 2004, the number ... Full story
Is L.A.'s anti-gang program working? - 02/25/2008
	LOS ANGELES � A year after Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief William Bratton declared gangs public enemy No.1, crime has plummeted, homicides are at 30-year lows, and for the first time cops ... Full story
Trial in shooting opens for 2 Pa. troopers - 02/22/2008
	PITTSBURGH � Two Pennsylvania state police troopers were responding to a report of a stolen car on Christmas Eve 2002 when 12-year-old Michael Ellerbe was fatally shot. Attorneys for the teen ... Full story
Active shooter kills 5, wounds 15 at NIU - 02/15/2008
	Stephen Kazmierczak opened fire in a Northern Illinois University classroom Thursday, killing 5 and wounding 16 before turning the gun on himself. Kazmierczak brought four weapons � a shotgun ... Full story
Police increasingly being flimed by citizens - 02/13/2008
	Drive through some Baltimore neighborhoods at night and it quickly becomes obvious: The blinking blue-light cameras show the police are watching. But the police also are being watched. Citizens ... Full story
Mo. gunman fatally shoots 2 officers, 3 others during rampage - 02/08/2008
	KIRKWOOD, Mo. � A gunman with a history of acrimony against civic leaders stormed City Hall during a council meeting Thursday night, killing two police officers and three city officials before law enforcers ... Full story
Tragic historic milestone: Nearly 10,000 officers slain by gunfire - 02/06/2008
	Dating back to the first law enforcement fatality recorded in 1792, there have been a total of 9,929 federal, state and local law enforcement officers killed by gunfire. To put this figure ... Full story
One-pot recipe boosts meth use in Mich. - 02/04/2008
	DETROIT � A slew of tough new laws attacking the menace of meth seemed to be working: 451 meth-lab busts in Michigan in 2005 fell to 201 in 2007. But now it seems that lull may have been the ... Full story
Claim filed in off-duty Wis. officer rampage - 02/04/2008
	CRANDON, Wis. � In claims filed this week, a lawyer accuses Tyler Peterson�s superiors in Forest County law enforcement of knowing he was prone to violence before he killed six people and himself in ... Full story