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News•by Staff Writer•July 24, 2008

Philadelphia Police Radios Fail, Leaving Officers Without Communications

The main system and three backup systems went down for almost an hour when dozens of cops tried to get on the air at the same time and respond to an assist call from Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey, who was at the scene of a wild North Philly brawl.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 18, 2008

St. Louis PD Admits Officers Drove Impounded Cars

The daughter of St. Louis Police Chief Joe Mokwa and an untold number of police officers got free use of cars from a company with a lucrative police contract to tow and store cars, the department admitted on Friday. The officers and Aimie Mokwa for years have been able to take previously impounded cars from St. Louis Metropolitan Towing, 1325 North 10th Street, and drive them for weeks or months at a time with no strings attached.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 18, 2008

NYPD Suspends First Officer Caught in Random Steroid Testing

On the hunt for juiced-up cops, the NYPD bounced an officer with just two years on the job after he was the first to test positive in new random steroid tests, police said.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 17, 2008

Illinois Police to Crack Down on Unsafe Motorcyclists

Motorcyclists in Illinois soon will notice more surveillance by police aimed at making sure riders are following the rules of the road, local law-enforcement agencies announced Wednesday.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 17, 2008

Arpaio Crime Sweeps Targeted by Lawsuits that Allege Profiling

Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration and crime sweeps are being targeted in a lawsuit that alleges his deputies have racially profiled Hispanics.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 17, 2008

D.C. Gun Rights Plaintiff Denied Gun License

District of Columbia residents can start registering their guns today. But at least one very high profile application was already rejected. Dick Heller is the man who brought the lawsuit against the District's 32-year-old ban on handguns. He was among the first in line Thursday morning to apply for a handgun permit.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 11, 2008

Houston PD Arrests Suspects in Major Copper Theft that Knocked Out Local Phone Service

Houston police have arrested three men and are searching for a fourth accused of stealing copper telephone cables and temporarily knocking out phone service in parts of north Houston in recent months.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 10, 2008

19 LAPD Officers to Face Discipline Over Mayday Park Melee

Los Angeles police officials announced Tuesday that 17 officers and two sergeants from the department's elite Metropolitan Division should be punished for their roles in last year's May Day melee in MacArthur Park, which left scores of people injured.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 10, 2008

LEO Fatalities Plummet 41 Percent During First Six Months of 2008

After an unexpected surge in 2007, the number of law enforcement officers killed in the United States plummeted 41 percent during the first six months of this year, reaching the lowest level in more than four decades, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) and Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) have announced.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 9, 2008

L.A. County Police Officer Killed in Off-Duty Traffic Accident

A sport utility vehicle rammed into a stalled minivan on the 60 Freeway in Hacienda Heights early this morning and overturned, killing an off-duty Los Angeles County police officer and a young man, authorities said.

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