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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 29, 2011

Video: Seattle Man Calls 911 on Officer

A Seattle man called 911 to tell dispatchers a traffic stop was spinning out of control after claiming he was the victim of an "illegal stop by an officer."

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 25, 2011

Ala. Deputy's Shooting Was 'Within Policy,' Sheriff Says

A Tuscaloosa County (Ala.) Sheriff's deputy struck by a bullet returned fire and killed an armed robbery suspect during a vehicle stop. Sheriff Ted Sexton said his deputy was "within policy."

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 19, 2011

Pa. Officer Killed at Traffic Stop, Backup Cop Wounded

A part-time East Washington (Pa.) Police officer was fatally shot and a second officer was wounded in a gunfight late Sunday following a traffic stop in Webster.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 9, 2011

Va. Tech Gunman Changed Clothes After Shooting Cop in Car

Va. Tech Officer Deriek Crouse had pulled over a car driven by a student and was stopped on a campus parking lot with that car in front of his cruiser when he was shot and killed. The student has been very helpful to investigators.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 9, 2011

Same Gun Killed Cop, Man at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech Police officer Deriek Crouse, 39, of Christiansburg, was killed during a daytime traffic stop, officials said. Crouse was making what should have been a routine traffic stop around 12:30 p.m. Thursday when a gunman, seemingly out of the blue, took his life.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 14, 2011

CHP Officer Shot at Traffic Stop, Suspect Killed

The gunman who wounded a California Highway Patrol officer during a traffic stop near Sacramento late Sunday was fatally shot after flipping over his vehicle.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 10, 2011

Video: Deputy Fired For Arresting Retired Cop Awarded $200K by Jury

A Jackson County (Ore.) Sheriff's deputy who was fired after arresting a retired deputy during an altercation captured on dash cam won a civil settlement of more than $200,000 from a federal jury.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 24, 2011

Tampa Woman Drags Patrolman for Half Mile

As the trooper tried to open the door of Veronica Elder's Toyota RAV 4, the 20-year-old stepped on the accelerator and pinned the trooper's arm in the window. Elder was arrested later after a second attempt to escape.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 15, 2011

Marshals Arrest Felon Who Shot New Orleans Cop

The suspect who shot a New Orleans Police officer during a traffic stop has been arrested, after sheriff's deputies and officers from the U.S. Marshals office. Troy Armstead, 24, was taken into custody late Tuesday, after he shot Officer Terrance Hilliard in the hand.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2011

Hawaii Officer Fatally Struck at Vehicle Stop

Officers Eric Fontes and Herman Scanlan were attending to a black SUV that was stopped along Farrington Highway near Ko Olina at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. A pickup truck struck one of the police vehicles at the scene.

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