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News•by Staff Writer•July 11, 2008

Chicago's Top Cop Faces Tough Questions About Rising Violence

Citing last week's shootings following Taste of Chicago fireworks, rising gun violence across the city and low morale among police officers, a key alderman has called for Police Supt. Jody Weis to appear July 15 before a City Council panel to answer questions about his performance.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 10, 2008

Hit-and-Run on Anchorage Police Car Ends in Fatal Wreck

A short police chase downtown Tuesday afternoon ended when a fleeing pickup went airborne and landed upside down in the Anchorage jail parking lot, killing its driver.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 6, 2008

Minnesota Reports Sharp Drop in Meth Abuse

The Minnesota Health Department is reporting a dramatic decline in methamphetamine use in the state.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 5, 2008

NYPD Says Angry Brooklyn Man Sicced Pit Bull on Kids at Girlfriend's House, One Mauled

An enraged Brooklyn man tossed a pit bull into a basement full of terrified children Wednesday, using it as a "weapon" that chomped a 3-year-old boy, cops said.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 3, 2008

Conservative Christian Officer/Pastor Sues LAPD Claiming Religious Discrimination

The Los Angeles Police Department engaged in religious discrimination by disciplining an employee for off-duty remarks made about homosexual acts, an LAPD sergeant has alleged in a lawsuit filed against the city and the department.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 3, 2008

Veteran Chicago Officer Killed in Struggle with Reported EDP

Early Wednesday morning, while on a seemingly routine assignment on patrol alone, Chicago Police Officer Richard Francis was shot and killed in a struggle with a woman who had caused a disturbance with a CTA bus passenger less than a block from his police station, police said.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 3, 2008

Philadelphia Youth Pleads Guilty in Officers' Shooting

A 17-year-old pleaded guilty yesterday to attempted murder and related charges for shooting and wounding two Philadelphia narcotics officers trying to serve a search warrant at the East Frankford house in which he lived. In addition to two counts of attempted murder, Donyea Phillips pleaded guilty to 10 counts of recklessly endangering another person for 10 officers who were on the raid but not shot, as well as six counts involving drugs or guns.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 3, 2008

To Fight Terror, FBI May Begin Racial Profiling

The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing, relying instead on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic groups.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 3, 2008

South Carolina Boy Charged with Stealing Police Cruiser

A 13-year-old Dillon, S.C., boy has been arrested after officers say he did some patrolling of his own in a stolen police car.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 1, 2008

Peninsula Capital Partners Invests $6.5M of Growth Capital into WatchGuard Video

WatchGuard Video announced Monday that Peninsula Capital Partners, LLC, via its $335 million investment partnership The Peninsula Fund IV LP, completed a $6.5 million growth capital investment in WatchGuard Video.

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