Tag: Drug Enforcement: Page 28

Gangs

Gang Task Forces Take Down Mexican Mafia 'Carnals'

Two recent investigations show us the value of gang task forces that combine resources from law enforcement, prosecutors, and corrections to take down Mexican Mafia "carnals" in Southern California.

March 13, 2013

Training

Philly Top Cop Vows To Rotate Narco Cops

Amid an FBI probe into the Philadelphia Police Department's narcotics unit, Commissioner Charles Ramsey said he would push to rotate officers out of the unit.

March 12, 2013

Patrol

Okla. Drug Suspect Shot, Killed at Gas Station

An undercover Oklahoma City Police officer shot and killed a suspect who struck him with a vehicle during a drug bust Friday at a gas station. The officer suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene.

March 3, 2013

Special Units

Mexican Police Seize Drug Cannon at Border

Police in the border city of Mexicali say they have recovered a powerful improvised cannon used to hurl packets of marijuana across a border fence into California.

February 25, 2013

Patrol

NYPD Sgt. Suffers Heart Attack During Drug Bust

A New York City police sergeant collapsed during a narcotics operation Friday morning and could not be revived by medical personnel, the agency announced.

February 3, 2013

Training

N.H. Attorney General Revamps Drug Raid Protocol

New Hampshire's drug task force has received a new commander and revamped operating procedures as a result of a fatal April raid that claimed the life of Greenland's police chief.

December 19, 2012

Patrol

Memphis Cop Killed In Drug Raid

Officers Martoiya Lang, 32, and William Vrooman were struck by gunfire after they entered the home at 7:58 a.m. Friday. Officer Lang died after she was transported to the regional medical center.

December 13, 2012

Special Units

Smugglers Launched Drugs from Cannon

U.S. Border Patrol agents say smugglers have come up with yet another creative way to get drugs in the country—a cannon.

December 11, 2012

Patrol

Prosecutors: Former Ark. Cop Escorted Traffickers

Prosecutors on Monday said a former police officer took money from a drug trafficker and escorted him from an east Arkansas town to a bridge linking the state to Mississippi.

December 10, 2012

Editor's Notes

Give Us Your Best 'Cop Slang' for Marijuana

With the marijuana legalization debate now in the spotlight, let's take a look at all the slang terms for marijuana. There are plenty out there, and we'd like your best one.

December 6, 2012

Patrol

Seattle PD Now Issues Verbal Warnings for Public Marijuana

The Seattle Police Department advised its officers to issue verbal warnings to subjects who use marijuana in public, ahead of Washington's marijuana legalization measure going into affect today.

December 5, 2012

Special Units

Two Mexican Nationals Charged In Coast Guardsman's Death

Two Mexican nationals — Jose Meija Leyva and Manuel Beltran Higuera — were charged Monday in Los Angeles with killing a federal officer while the officer was on duty.

December 4, 2012