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Scott Laredo also allegedly brought the prostitutes to him home and gave them his wife's clothing and jewelry. He is said to have met the prostitutes as part of his community policing tactics.
Read More →The two bank robbers involved in the fatal shooting of Philadelphia PD Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski in 2008 avoided the death penalty, when a Common Pleas Court jury deadlocked on execution because they didn't pull the trigger.
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Tucson PD officers responding to a suspicious-activity call of armed men in a residential alley were met with two heavily armed former marines just home from Iraq. According to the initial investigation, one marine double-crossed his buddy on a drug deal, by bringing in a third crew to rob the "hydro weed." One was a skilled markesmen with a heavy duty arsenal determined to fight, when the high-powered rifle malfunctioned. Responding officers used airborne and K-9 units to search unpaved alleys and scrub brush between the homes, where the suspects were eventually apprehended by the home invasion unit. Crime scene photos courtesy of Tucson PD.
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A gunman reportedly set fire to a vehicle outside of the McKinney (Texas) PD station and then began firing as passing vehicles with a semiautomatic rifle.
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Denver PD has settled a lawsuit stemming from the rough arrest in April 2009 of a 24-year-old man outside a city nightclub. An independent monitor sided with the man's claim that officers used excessive force. The video is an ABC News report that includes interviews with the two men on Good Morning America.
Read More →A Pennsylvania trooper is being treated for a severe dog bite caused when a Wyomissing PD K-9 accidentally chased him down during the foot pursuit of a bank-robbery suspect.
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Rio Rancho (N.M.) PD purchased eight flashlight cameras from Digital Ally, Inc. that record details dash cameras can miss during a traffic stop, such as drivers fiddling with their keys or slurring their speech. Source: KOB-TV.
Read More →A pit bull that had been impounded and waited in the rear of a Prescott Valley (Ariz.) PD cruiser surprised an officer who opened the door of the vehicle at the station to find more than one dog.
Read More →The incident occurred while an officer was clearing a round from a .40-caliber handgun. The gun went off, sending the round into a concrete table. The bullet broke apart, sending fragments into a second officer's leg, hand, and face.
Read More →Oakland's police union said Monday that its members agreed to pay more into their pensions and accepted a later retirement for new hires, concessions that depend on voters passing a four-year, $360-a-year parcel tax in November.
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