By Salvador HernandezLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — In the annals of L.A. car chase lore, there were but a few ways for drivers to escape a police pursuit, especially one being broadcast live.A few have escaped into parking lots and abandoned their cars. In one...
By William LeeChicago TribuneCICERO, Ill. — Officials on Friday said a man being escorted out of Loretto Hospital in the Austin neighborhood stole an idle Cicero ambulance, leading Chicago police on a rush hour pursuit that ended in a crash.Security led the unidentified man out...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection is expanding an initiative launched earlier this year that allows retired Border Patrol agents and CBP officers to return to duty with full pay and retirement benefits.In July, CBP opened the reemployment program to agents who retired between...
By Randy KrehbielTulsa World, Okla.OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahomans will have to give law officers and other first responders a wider berth as the result of a law that became effective last week.House Bill 1597, by Rep. John George, R- Newalla, creates a new misdemeanor for...
By Janis MaraTimes-Herald, Vallejo, Calif.VALLEJO, Calif. — The Vallejo City Council extended a police staffing state of emergency Tuesday, with the mayor and one councilmember opposed.The motion to extend the emergency carried 5-2 with Mayor Andrea Sorce and Councilmember Alexander Matias opposed, and with one...
By Claire Rush and Gene Johnson Associated PressPORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration failed to meet the legal requirements for deploying the National Guard to Portland after the city and state sued in September to block...
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, Fla. — A man suspected of stealing a vehicle was taken into custody in dramatic fashion after falling through a ceiling and into the arms of waiting SWAT officers, NBC Miami reported.Body camera video released on Nov. 6 shows the moment a...
ALLIANCE, Ohio — A report of suspicious activity in a Walmart parking lot took an unexpected turn when an Alliance police officer found a man riding a bull near the store entrance, WFMJ reported.According to the Alliance Police Department, Officer Ronald Hook was dispatched to...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The city of Albuquerque has been ordered to pay more than $1 million in damages after a jury found that seven Albuquerque Police Department training officers were retaliated against for reporting misconduct involving a cadet with family ties to department leadership, KRQE...
By Jennifer Peltz and Darlene SupervilleAssociated PressNEW YORK — President Donald Trump granted a pardon Friday to a former New York police sergeant who was convicted of helping China try to scare an ex-official into going back to his homeland, a prominent case in U.S....
