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Abraham Shakespeare Missing: Florida Lottery Winner Disappears

AP | Posted 11.25.2009 | Home

Read More: Energy, Search, Polk County, Lottery, Jackpot, Missing, Police, Lottery Winner, Lakeland Florida, Florida, Lakeland, Abraham Shakespeare, Home News

LAKELAND, Fla. — Authorities are asking for the public's help in finding a man, who won the Florida lottery in 2006, and has now gone missing. T...

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Police Use Twitter To Tweet Arrests, Give Advice

BBC News | Posted 11.20.2009 | Technology

Read More: Twitter Defense, PC Ed Rogerson, Twitter, Police Twitter, Police Social Media, Police, MyPolice, PC Ed, Technology News

PC Ed Rogerson is on Twitter. He is one of about 20 or so police officers that have turned to the micro-blogging service....

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Cop Tasers 10-Year-Old Girl With Mom's Permission

AP | Posted 11.19.2009 | Home

OZARK, Ark. — A police officer who used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl after he said her mother gave him permission has been suspended –...

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Lack Of Sleep Increases Cops' Risk Of Disease

Los Angeles Times | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Stroke, High Blood Pressure, Police, Police Officers, Insomnia, New Study, Cardiovascular Disease, Night Shift, Fatigue, Sleep Disorders, Cops, Exhaustion, Sleep, Living News

A new study finds that their schedule may cause cops to develop such conditions such as stroke, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes....

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Survivors Of Accused Serial Killer Anthony Sowell Sought By Cleveland Police

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Rapist, Serial Killer, Rape, Police, Crime, Ohio, Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Felon, Sowell Survivors, Sexual Assault, Cleveland Police, Sausage Factory, Murder, Anthony Sowell, Cleveland, House of Horrors, Sowell, Convict, Cops, Home News

CLEVELAND — Now that most of the bodies found at the home of a suspected serial killer have been identified, Cleveland is turning its attention ...

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Stench Returns To Accused Serial Killer's Neighborhood As Police Search For More Bodies Next Door

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 11.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Anthony Sowell Home, Anthony Sowell Rapist, Cleveland, Ohio Home Stench, Ohio, Death Smell, Ohio Home Smell, Anthony Sowell Serial Killer, Serial Killer, Rape, Crime, Police, Smell of Death, Anthony Sowell, Sowell's Victims, Sausage Factory, Rotting, Murder, Home News

CLEVELAND — A stench around the home of a suspected serial killer returned stronger than ever Wednesday as police searched the house next door f...

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Charlie Beck Chosen By Villaragosa To Head LA Police

AP | THOMAS WATKINS | Posted 11.03.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Charlie Beck, Villaragosa, Charles Beck, Police Chief, Police, Lapd, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — A respected Los Angeles Police Department veteran credited with cleaning up a devastating corruption scandal was picked by the may...

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Anthony Sowell's Neighbor Says Police Knew About Cleveland Rapist's House

New York Times | IAN URBINA | Posted 11.02.2009 | Home

Read More: Phillip Garrido, Rape, Violence Against Women, Anthony Sowell, Jaycee Lee Dugard, Police, Cleveland, Ohio, Anthony Sowell Rapist, Bodies Found, Sex Offenders, Anthony Sowell Rape, Cops, Sex Offender Tracking, Home News

A neighbor of the convicted rapist in Cleveland who was arrested Saturday night after six decomposed bodies were found in his house said Monday that t...

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NYPD Probe Incident Between White Cop, Black Detectives

nydailynews.com | By John Marzulli | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Gravesend, Black Detectives, Hate Crimes, Shmira, Shomrim, Police, Brooklyn, Nypd, Stephon Garland, Gregory Wilson, New York News

The NYPD is investigating a confrontation between white uniformed cops and black hate-crime detectives who claim they were racially profiled, the Dail...

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Superfreakonomics On Drunk Driving vs. Drunk Walking: Relevant or Ridiculous? (VOTE)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books

Read More: Superfreakonomics, Freakonomics, Execution, Police, Waliking, Poll, Drunk Driving, Dubner, Levitt, Global Cooling, New York Times, Road Blocks, Global Warming, Scientists, Books News

A couple of weeks ago, before the publication of Superfreakonomics, the follow up to the bestselling Freakonomics by New York Times "Freakonomics" col...

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Teen With Amnesia Found In Times Square Is Identified

AOL News | Evan Buxbaum, CNN | Posted 10.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Lost Teen, Shelter, Robin Hobb, Maryland, Fool's Fate, Amber, Missing Teenager, New York, Amnesia, Covenant House, Times Square, Amnesia Teen, Washington State, Teen, Police, Rian, New York News

Authorities have identified a teenager believed to be suffering from amnesia who was found on the streets of New York two weeks ago. Police say a CNN...

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Media Decides Tasered Grandmother Was Asking for It

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Police Brutality, Taser, Tasers, Kathryn Winkfein, Police, Police Brutality Video, Politics News

The media is portraying Winkfein as an irrational hag, who somehow deserved to be shocked with 50,000 volts of electricity after getting mouthy with a police officer.

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Slumdogs And Americans: Equal Opportunity Police Brutality in India

Mira Kamdar | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, New Delhi, Police Brutality, Maximum City, India, Police, Slumdog Millionaire, World News

Anyone who has seen Slumdog Millionaire, remembers the scenes of police torture. Last week, American journalist, Joel Elliott, got to experience that violence first-hand.

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Napolitano, Holder In Denver Stressing Vigilance, Cooperation Against Extremists

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 10.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security, Islamic Extremism, Janet Napolitano, Robert Mueller, Police Chief, Police, Najibullah Zazi, Justice Department, Terrorism, Eric Holder, Fbi, Al Qaeda, Denver News

DENVER — U.S. Attorney Eric Holder, FBI Director Robert Mueller, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Monday stressed the importa...

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1 In Custody At USF After Report Of Person With Bomb, Gun

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 10.05.2009 | Home

Read More: University of Southern Florida, Florida, Usf, USF Campus, USF Tampa, Tampa, Police, USF Gunman, Crime, Home News

TAMPA, Fla. — The University of South Florida was locked down for a time Monday after someone reported a man with a gun and a bomb near the libr...

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Garbage Men Trained To Fight Crime!

Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Garbage Men Fight Crime, Garbage Men Trained as Cops, Garbage Men, Trash Men Cops, Police, Trash Men Fight Crime, Business News

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office is training garbage collectors, electricians and other mobile professionals to help fight crime. The crime initia...

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From the G20 Talks: Pittsburgh Police Harassing Non-Violent Citizen Groups

Dave Cooper | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Seeds of Peace, Three River Climate Convergence, Pittsburgh, Police, Everybody's Kitchen, Harassment, g20, Politics News

This week Pittsburgh is trying to put on its best face for the International Coal Conference and the G20 Summit of world leaders. Yet Pittsburgh has shown itself to be an example of police harassment.

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Four Year Old Handed Out Cocaine At Newark Daycare, Thought It Was Candy

Joe Territo | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Daycare, Drugs, Newark, New Jersey, Police, Cops, Cocaine, New York News

Police said the boy's father, afraid of getting caught with cocaine, had hidden it in his son's pockets and told him it was candy.

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G-20 Diary: My Friendly Neighborhood Anarchists

Michelle Pilecki | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Protests, Anarchists, Pittsburgh, G-20, Police, Thomas Merton, Politics News

The anarchists in my neighborhood -- just about four straight, uphill miles from the site of the G-20 summit meeting -- have set up shop. And they have made many of us nervous.

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Despite Decriminalization Law Attendees Get Ticketed At Boston Pro-Pot Rally

The Boston Globe | September 19, 2009 06:19 PM | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marijuana Decriminalization, Boston, Pro-Pot Rally, Marijuana, Police, Protest, Decriminalization, Massachusetts, Legalize Marijuana, Politics News

The new law decriminalizes possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. But that did not stop police from handing out handfuls of $100 tickets when ...

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Racism, John McCain and Other Republicans

Norm Stamper | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

In 1976, 30 of my 31 police officers confessed to on-the-job use of the most vile, invective, racist language you can imagine. How do we confront the barefaced bigotry we see today?

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Newlyweds Escape From Man Who Stormed Kansas Home: Police

AP | JOHN HANNA | Posted 11.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Topeka, Police, Dover, Crime, Jesse Dennis Dimmick, Newlyweds, Hostage, Kansas, Home News

DOVER, Kan. — Two newlyweds held hostage in their eastern Kansas home on Saturday escaped unharmed when the man holding them captive fell asleep...

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Egyptian Police Arresting Those Who Publicly Breakfast During Ramadan: Frown or Jail?

Wael Nawara | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Religion, Secularism, Hosni Mubarak, Police, Separation of Church and State, Ramadan, World News

Living in a conservative society, I can understand that there would be quite a few people who would be offended by those publicly breakfasting during the days of Ramadan.

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Volunteers Taking On Patrol Duties Of Under-Staffed Police Forces

Wall Street Journal | JENNIFER LEVITZ | Posted 10.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Security, Police Forces, Police, Recession, Police Volunteers, Home News

The National Association of Citizens on Patrol, a Corona, Calif., nonprofit that promotes civilian volunteerism in law enforcement, says there are abo...

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Don Payne, Jericho Fire Chief, Shot By Cop In Arkansas Court Over Tickets

AP | JON GAMBRELL | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Corruption, Judge Tonya Alexander, Don Payne, Jericho Arkansas, Don Payne Fire Chief, Don Payne Traffic Ticket, Shot in Court, Police, Arkansas Court Shooting, Shooting Traffic Ticket, Don Payne Jericho Arkansas, Police Shooting, Crittenden County, Home News

JERICHO, Ark. — It was just too much, having to return to court twice on the same day to contest yet another traffic ticket, and Fire Chief Don ...

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