By Nathan BrownThe Santa Fe New MexicanALBUEQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico State Police officer who was shot and killed near Tucumcari early Friday died offering to help his suspected killer with a flat tire, authorities say.The suspect, a South Carolina man with a long...
By Shira MooltenSouth Florida Sun-SentinelFT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Spring Break revelers on Fort Lauderdale Beach observed a potentially nerve-wracking sight this week: Police officers patrolling the beach in an ATV, confronting throngs of bikini-clad partiers.But the officers, waving, blasting FloRida and handing out frisbees, were...
By Ron HurtibiseSouth Florida Sun SentinelWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Spero Georgedakis, founder and CEO of South Florida-based Good Greek Moving & Storage, says he realized the damage that crooked moving companies could create when he began his career as a police officer in the...
By Richard WintonLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — In the desert around Scottsdale, Arizona, on Monday, police officers hunted for a member of an international heist ring suspected of swiping jewels and luxury goods from homes across Los Angeles. Using helicopters and drones, they eventually found...
By Garrett CabezaThe Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane County Deputy Prosecutor Preston McCollam helped 23-year-old Ray Wynecoop with his neck tie before asking a judge Friday to sentence him to 65 years in prison for a series of drive-by shootings that wounded a Spokane...
By Mark PriceThe Charlotte ObserverST. JOHN’S COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida sheriff’s deputy is getting laughs on social media, after he was attacked by an “irritated” turkey during a traffic stop.It happened at 2 p.m. on Feb. 29 in the Vermont Heights community, about a...
By Riley BunchThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionATLANTA — The city of Atlanta launched a new public campaign this week titled “Make the Right Call,” in an effort to keep non-emergencies from tying up 911 dispatchers.According to the Atlanta Police Department, around 60% of calls made to 911...
By Todd RichmondAssociated PressMADISON, Wis. — A federal judge has dismissed two of three claims against a former Wisconsin police officer who fatally shot three people while on duty in five years.The families of Antonio Gonzales, Jay Anderson and Alvin Cole filed federal lawsuits in...
By Patrick Whittle, Steve LeBlanc and Nick PerryAssociated PressPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Law enforcement should have seized a man’s guns and put him in protective custody weeks before he committed Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, a report found Friday.An independent commission has been reviewing the events...
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