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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2009

Birmingham Police Beating Video: Did Not Show Beating When First Given to DA

Video of five Birmingham police officers beating an unconscious suspect was edited before it was turned over as evidence to the Jefferson County district attorney's office to use in the suspect's prosecution, authorities said Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 7, 2009

Former L.A. County Deputy Charged with Attempted Drug Smuggling

A former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was charged Wednesday with attempting to smuggle narcotics into a county jail facility in Castaic where he worked as a jailer, authorities said.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 6, 2009

Accused Seattle Officer Answers "Made Up" Allegations

A veteran Seattle police officer accused of sexually harassing an 18-year-old police Explorer and lying about it has said he thinks top-level commanders trumped up the case to retaliate against him.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 6, 2009

North Carolina Agency Loses Investigative Authority

The Spring Lake Police Department, which policed a Cumberland County town with about 8,000 residents until this week, lost the last remnants of its investigative authority, following two years of scrutiny from higher agencies and consultants.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 1, 2009

Jury Convicts Deputy U.S. Marshal in Mob-Leak Case

A federal jury convicted Deputy U.S. Marshal John Ambrose on Tuesday of leaking that mob hit man Nicholas Calabrese was cooperating with authorities in Chicago and that Ambrose was part of his security detail.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 29, 2009

California AG: Maywood PD Faces Court-Ordered Reform

The small Southern California police department, which a veteran policing expert called "one of the worst" he had seen, could face court-ordered reform, California Atty. General Jerry Brown announced Tuesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 28, 2009

Former Orange County Sheriff Gets 66 Months in Federal Prison

Mike Carona's fall from "America's Sheriff"; to convicted felon reached bottom Monday as a federal judge gave Orange County, Calif.'s former top law enforcement officer a half-hour lecture about honesty before sentencing him to 5 1/2 years in prison for attempting to obstruct a grand jury investigation.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 2, 2009

LAPD Officer Accused of Torching His Car and Lying About His Shooting

A Los Angeles police officer who said he was shot in an off-duty incident early this year lied to investigators about the attack and, weeks earlier, intentionally set fire to his own luxury sports car in a scheme to collect an insurance payment, according to charges filed by prosecutors late Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 24, 2009

Flint, Mich., Police Chief Faces U.S. Fraud Charge

Chief David Dicks was indicted Wednesday on a charge of fraudulently receiving more than $1,000 from an organization that gets federal money. Dicks is accused of receiving nearly $47,000 through a no-show job at a security company run by his father.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 22, 2009

S.C. Trooper Told to Plead Guilty or Stand Trial

A federal judge has ordered a South Carolina state trooper caught on video trying to run down a suspect to either plead guilty or stand trial on the charges.

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