Police News Reports

Police News Reports
Reserve, police plan job partnership - 07/15/2008
	Lt. General Jack C. Stultz and Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier shake hands at a signing ceremony launching a partnership that allows both organizations to recruit, train and employ those interested ... Full story
Witnesses describe events of Vt. shootings - 07/15/2008
	Burlington Police Cpl. Mike Hemond shows a handgun used in the Essex Elementary School shootings during the Christopher Williams trial in Vermont District Court. (AP Photo) ... Full story
9/11 dogs suffered few health effects - 07/14/2008
	SCHAUMBURG, Ill. � A new study in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association reveals that New York Police Department dogs deployed to the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks ... Full story
Indy officer shot serving warrant - 07/11/2008
	INDIANAPOLIS � A 29-year-old Indianapolis police officer was shot in the head and clinging to life late Thursday after a gunbattle on the Eastside that also wounded the suspect -- a man police believe ... Full story
Md. to make emergncy workers' radios compatible - 07/11/2008
	DAYTON, Md. � Gov. Martin O'Malley today announced a plan to make sure all radios used by fire, police and other emergency workers in the state are compatible. The new system, which officials ... Full story
DNA technology clears JonBenet's family - 07/10/2008
	BOULDER, Colo. � Prosecutors cleared JonBenet Ramsey's parents and brother Wednesday in the 1996 killing of the 6-year-old beauty queen, saying they were "deeply sorry" for putting the family under a cloud ... Full story
Prisons cracking down on wrong types of cells - 07/10/2008
	JESSUP, Md. � Prison officials say there are too many of the wrong kind of cells in prisons, and they're using dogs and tougher legislation to crack down on the contraband phones.... Full story
L.A. gang sweep targets Bloods clique - 07/09/2008
	LOS ANGELES � About 450 state and local police officers swept through Compton, Lynwood and other parts of Los Angeles County early Tuesday, arresting 16 people and serving more than a dozen search warrants ... Full story
Calif. man leads cops to wife's body - 07/09/2008
	OAKLAND, Calif. � A body was removed from a remote area of the Oakland hills after a prominent computer programmer about to be sentenced for killing his missing wife led investigators to the site, authorities ... Full story
African smuggling rings possible US terror threat - 07/08/2008
	WASHINGTON � The intercepted e-mail was alarmingly matter-of-fact for anyone worried about a new terror attack: "getting into U.S is no problem at all. thats what i do best." The Ghanaian man ... Full story
NYPD now has own scholar to help review threats - 07/08/2008
	NEW YORK � He was a flight surgeon with the Navy and a CIA officer in Pakistan. He has also earned a doctorate in sociology and written two books. Now Marc Sageman can add a new entry to his resume: ... Full story
Grief leads father to create bomb-defusing robot - 07/07/2008
	TYNGSBOROUGH, Mass. � Brian Hart founded a company that has developed rugged, relatively inexpensive robotic vehicles, resembling small dune buggies, to disable car bombs and roadside explosives before ... Full story
ATF, local police enforce fireworks laws - 07/05/2008
	The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) last week issued a press release encouraging the public across the nation to be safe and responsible during Fourth of July celebrations. Meanwhile, ... Full story
Fugitive hedge-fund swindler surrenders in Mass. - 07/03/2008
	NEW YORK � A hedge fund swindler who set off a national manhunt when he faked his suicide to avoid reporting to prison surrendered Wednesday to small-town police in Massachusetts. U.S. Marshals ... Full story
Ex-con suspected in deaths of 8 captured in Ill. - 07/02/2008
	GRANITE CITY, Ill. � An exhaustive, two-state manhunt for an ex-convict suspected in eight grisly slayings has ended with the man quietly arrested outside a bar known as a police hangout. Nicholas ... Full story
Jail guards investigated in Md. inmate death - 07/02/2008
	UPPER MARLBORO, Md. � A man arrested in the hit-and-run death of a police officer was found strangled in his cell, and investigators focused Tuesday on guards at the suburban Maryland jail, which has a ... Full story
2 hostages at Maine state prison released unharmed - 07/01/2008
	WARREN, Maine � Two hostages held by a knife-wielding prisoner were released Monday night without serious injury and the hostage taker was back in custody following an hours-long drama at the Maine State ... Full story
Santa Cruz officers become 'It guys' on ATVs - 07/01/2008
	SANTA CRUZ, Calif. � If that police officer riding past you seems better looking than before, stop and ask yourself: Is it the officer or the ATV? Santa Cruz police say they have become more ... Full story
Search continues for missing Vt. girl - 06/30/2008
	BETHEL, Vt. � Additional state troopers and FBI agents were brought Sunday onto the case of a 12-year-old girl who disappeared Wednesday, but authorities reported no major breaks in the investigation. Brooke ... Full story
Officers test laser speed guns to bolster cases - 06/27/2008
	BLACKSTONE, Va. � Police officers took aim this week at vehicles zipping down a runway in tests meant to convince judges that laser speed guns - increasingly popular among law enforcement - are as accurate ... Full story