Police News Reports

Police News Reports
P1 Exclusive: Operation FALCON: Getting results - 06/12/2008
	In the past week, hundreds of law enforcement agencies in a dozen districts have arrested more than 2,300 fugitives, cleared more than 3,000 warrants, and seized almost 50 weapons in Operation FALCON 2008, ... Full story
Wash. man arrested after hitting cop with stolen car - 06/10/2008
	TACOMA, Wash. � Tacoma police arrested a man today after he reportedly used a stolen car to run down a Tacoma police officer and then led authorities on a high-speed chase. Police Capt. Mike ... Full story
Suspect in Tenn. deputy's fatal shooting dies - 06/09/2008
	MONTEAGLE, Tenn. � Kermit Bryson, suspected of killing a sheriff's deputy and wounding another officer, died after authorities say he shot himself at the end of a daylong manhunt, a hospital supervisor ... Full story
Schleicher County sheriff disputes sect accusations - 06/06/2008
	EL DORADO, Texas � Schleicher County sheriff David Doran said he wants to balance what he feels has been a propaganda campaign undertaken by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ... Full story
Austin officers show support at killer's hearing - 06/04/2008
	NEW ORLEANS � The Austin police officers, each wearing suits and lapel pins replacing their badges, walked single file into the John Minor Wisdom U.S. Court of Appeals Building and took their seats, filling ... Full story
K-9 units to sniff without warrant - 06/03/2008
	GENESEE COUNTY, Mich, � Police, or at least K-9 units, now can go sniffing around outside your house even without a warrant. A recent court ruling said police don't need a search warrant to take drug-sniffing ... Full story
Slashed N.Y. officer shoots 1 dead, wounds 1 - 05/30/2008
	NEW YORK � An off-duty detective who had been chatting with a condominium building receptionist in the lobby shot and killed one of two men who slashed them with razor blades or broken glass during a robbery ... Full story
8 people shot on NYC street - 05/28/2008
	NEW YORK� A string of shootings in a New York City neighborhood sent eight people, including half a dozen teenagers, to nearby hospitals with gunshot wounds, police said Tuesday. ... Full story
High gas prices hit many departments hard - 05/23/2008
	NEWBERRY, S.C. � With gasoline climbing toward $4 a gallon, police officers around the country are losing the right to take their patrol cars home and are being forced to double up in cruisers and walk ... Full story
Police cutbacks rock Michigan - 05/21/2008
	DETROIT � Michigan's law enforcement agencies are fighting crime with about 1,800 fewer police officers than in 2001, and the consequences are showing up on city streets and country highways. Violent ... Full story
Man bragged about shooting Conn. cop - 05/14/2008
	HARTFORD, CT � Police say Frankie Vega was on the porch at about 5:20 a.m. when officers arrived to answer reports that shots were being fired from that address. Vega pulled a black semi-automatic handgun ... Full story
Final Philly cop killer caught - 05/09/2008
	PHILADELHPIA � Eric DeShawn Floyd, 33, the fugitive wanted in the slaying of police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski, was arrested. The suspect, who had been on the run since Saturday, was sleeping upstairs ... Full story
LAPD hires dietician to curb officer obesity - 05/07/2008
	LOS ANGELES � Rana Parker, LAPD's dietician, tells pudgy police they have the right to remain chubby, but it can and will be used against them on the streets of Los Angeles. "For the longest ... Full story
Details emerge about Philly cop killers - 05/06/2008
	PHILADELPHIA � Police charged a journeyman boxer with murder and issued a warrant yesterday for an accomplice in connection with the "assassination" of Philadelphia Police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski on Saturday ... Full story
N.H. officer's gun discharges, hits other officer - 05/02/2008
	CONCORD, N.H. � A Concord police officer was shot in the chest by another officer yesterday morning while on duty but suffered only minor injuries because he was wearing a bulletproof vest. Four ... Full story
Fla. deputy recovering from gunshot to head - 04/30/2008
	BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. � Maury Hernandez is returning to life after facing death. The undercover Broward Sheriff's deputy was shot in the head during a foot chase nine months ago. Now he has ... Full story
Wash. police have new target in drug chain supply - 04/28/2008
	TUKWILA, Wash. � First they noticed a spike in home-based marijuana growing operations. Seattle-area authorities shuttered 450 indoor pot farms in two years. They zeroed in on the supply chain, ... Full story
3 NYPD detectives cleared in shooting - 04/25/2008
	NEW YORK � Three detectives were acquitted of all charges Friday in the 50-shot killing of an unarmed groom-to-be on his wedding day, a case that put the NYPD at the center of another dispute involving ... Full story
Better defensive tactics and training helps curb police deaths - 04/23/2008
	WASHINGTON, D.C. � A new emphasis on defensive tactics and weapons training is contributing to a dramatic reduction in police officer fatalities across the country after one of the deadliest years in ... Full story
N.J. officer wounded in shooting spree - 04/21/2008
	IRVINGTON, N.J. � A gunman shot a driver stopped at a traffic light and killed a pedestrian before firing at and wounding a police sergeant in his squad Sunday. After shooting a driver, the ... Full story