Tag: Drug Enforcement: Page 25

Special Units

S.C. Police Don't Know How Suspect Drove onto House Roof

Columbia, S.C., officers have arrested a known gang member whose vehicle landed on the roof of a local home following a police chase early Saturday morning.

November 25, 2013

Special Units

Video: Pittsburgh School Shooting Likely Drug Related

The shooting likely occurred because suspected shooter Anjohnito Willet, 16, was seeking revenge for a drug-related robbery and assault that happened inside the school last month.

November 13, 2013

Patrol

New Orleans Program Helps Vets Who Commit Minor Crimes

The idea is to help veterans with substance-abuse and mental-health issues turn their lives around by taking advantage of the social services available to them through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

November 10, 2013

Patrol

Video: Ariz. Detective Accused of Sleeping with Drug Dealer, Endangering Officers

A Tempe, Ariz., undercover detective has resigned in lieu of termination amid accusations that she slept with a drug dealer, compromised an investigation, and endangered fellow officers by blowing their covers, KPHO TV reports.

November 6, 2013

Patrol

Video: N.M. Man Sues Officers, Agencies, Hospital Over Anal Probes

David Eckert was subjected to repeated and humiliating forced medical procedures, including X-rays, digital probes of his anus, three enemas, and a colonoscopy. No narcotics were found.

November 6, 2013

Patrol

Wishful Thinking

Common sense law enforcement. A 14-year old gets arrested and charged for streaking and faced with being expelled, prosecuted, and branded a sex offender he commits suicide.

October 26, 2013

Special Units

Fla. Deputy Finds $700K In Cocaine

A Broward (Fla.) Sheriff's Office marine patrol deputy spotted $700,000 worth of cocaine floating off the waters of Dania Beach on Wednesday while on routine patrol.

October 9, 2013

Patrol

Drug Suspect Rams Texas Officer, Punches Him

A drug suspect rammed an unmarked San Antonio Police vehicle and punched an undercover officer while attempting to flee a vehicle stop early Tuesday.

October 9, 2013

Gangs

Carcinogenic Cannabis

Federal, state and local police as well as other government officials have succumbed to the money involved in the cannabis cancer. Whether it's the legal medical marijuana trade or illegal drug-trafficking gangs, it originates from the same criminal sources.

September 29, 2013

Patrol

DOJ Won't Challenge State Marijuana Legalization

Attorney General Eric Holder informed the governors of Washington and Colorado Thursday that the Department of Justice would allow the states to create a regime that would regulate and implement the ballot initiatives that legalized the use of marijuana for adults.

August 29, 2013

Patrol

Seattle Police To Hand Out Doritos at Hempfest

The bags will include educational information affixed to them and a label with a link to the agency's "Marijwhatnow" FAQ explaining that adults can possess up to an ounce of marijuana.

August 14, 2013

Patrol

AG Holder Changes Drug-Sentencing Rules

Federal prosecutors will no longer seek mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders, part of a broad new effort to focus on violent crimes and national security while reducing the nation's gigantic prison population, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday.

August 11, 2013