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Articlesby Dave SmithJanuary 1, 2008

Voices From Above

The thing about being a good burglar is that you have to know when to move and when to stay still. One of the really bad times to move is when a K-9 officer is using the pay phone in front of the building you are burgling.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 3, 2006

Pimping Near Police Station a Bad Idea

A married couple pleaded no contest to charges they ran a brothel across the street from a police station in Concord, Calif., Contra Costa County authorities said.

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Articlesby Commander GilmoreAugust 1, 2005

All Wrapped Up

A hapless crook sorta brought his own handcuffs—and manacles, ankle-irons, and hood, though he didn’t mean to. Officers responding to a report of a home-invasion robbery in Georgetown, Guyana, arrived looking for two scumbag suspects. But all they saw was a merry mob of neighborhood residents dancing around a utility pole.

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Articlesby Commander GilmoreJune 1, 2005

Mile-a-Minute Mountie

When your constables can run at 50 kilometers per hour and catch speeding cars on foot, how does a lawbreaker stand a chance? That’s what was sluggishly percolating through Robert DuPort’s mind, we suspect, when he was arrested for driving under the influence.

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Articlesby Commander GilmoreApril 1, 2005

Cops Caught Off Guard

We've gotta believe that 46 Brazilian police officers now own the world's record for the most embarrassing cop moment in history. Nearly 50 officers from the state of Paraiba were on a bus heading for a big athletic competition in the city of Salvador when four armed dudes blocked the road and announced a holdup. None of the cops had brought their guns.

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Articlesby Commander GilmoreDecember 1, 2004

Bulletproof Potion Fails Test Trials...Tragedy Ensues

Not-so-bulletproof potions, illiterate crooks, and family drug squabbles.

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Articlesby Maury SchuhNovember 1, 2004

The Big Score

That's when I showed them one of the jugs. It was labeled in Latin "aqua distillas." That's right: Vernon and James had scored big with several brown glass jugs of distilled water.

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Articlesby Commander GilmoreOctober 1, 2004

Too Much Technology

Ineffective security, useless gun play, and bad hair days.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 23, 2004

Student Issues Fake Parking Tickets, Collects 'Fines'

A college student in Madison, Wis., is accused of placing fake parking tickets on cars parked near his fraternity and taking the money for them.

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Articlesby Commander GilmoreJune 1, 2004

Nice Try, But Not Good Enough

Transported signs, disappearing phones, and possessed appliances.

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