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Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy wants lawmakers to overturn a 2010 Illinois law known as the Eavesdropping Act, which made it a Class 1 felony to record police officers performing their duties.
Read More →Michigan's top law enforcement official said he'd take $70 million for each of the next two years from the state's unexpected budget surplus and use it to hire 1,000 police officers.
Read More →A man convicted of killing a Chicago Police officer in 2008 faces a life sentence for the crime, following his conviction Thursday. Lamar Cooper was convicted of fatally shooting Chicago PD's Officer Nathaniel Taylor.
Read More →IBM's i2 crime analytics software will enable LVMPD officers to accelerate their investigations by enabling them to make non-obvious connections based on information that was previously spread across the department.
Read More →Eight officers who were laid off by the Minneapolis Police Department in 2009 while still in the Field Training program will return to work this week.
Read More →A school resource officer with the Kernersville (N.C.) PD used a TASER to subdue a student when two students began swinging at each other Monday at East Forsyth High School.
Read More →Augustin Zambrano, the highest ranking member of the Latin Kings, has received 60 years in federal prison for racketeering, narcotics trafficking, and other violent crimes. Zambrano, a "corona" of the Almighty Latin King Nation, was responsible for overseeing the illegal activities of all factions of the powerful street gang that counts about 10,000 members in Illinois.
Read More →Starting Monday, Phoenix Police officers will begin testing extended shifts for its officers, the department has announced. Under a six-month pilot program, officers from the Cactus Park Precinct will work three days of shifts of 13 hours and 20 minutes followed by four days off.
Read More →The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation is now offering $20,000 to anyone who helps identify those responsible for fatally shooting Officer Clifton Lewis during a convenience store robbery a week ago, according to the foundation.
Read More →An Arizona sheriff who has been a vocal critic of the Obama Administration's border-security policies is running for Congress.
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