Thibodaux Police have already made 100 drunk-driving arrests this year, four times the number posted in all of 2010. Thibodaux’s new Police Chief Scott Silverii tells The Daily Comet of Thibodaux that the increase results from finding problem areas and …
San Diego police say a multi-pronged enforcement approach has led to a 65 percent decrease in auto thefts over the past five years in neighborhoods near the U.S.-Mexico border. The San Diego Union-Tribune says police identified known car thieves in …
The city of Antioch has agreed to pay $360,000 to settle a class action lawsuit alleging police formed a special unit to target and harass black residents who received subsidized rent. The City Council agreed to settle the three year-old …
Authorities say a 2-year-old boy wasn’t hurt when a man who may have been involved in a killing crashed his car during a police pursuit. Officers told KLRT-TV they were investigating an unrelated case on Monday when they heard a …
Police say a teenager was hospitalized with internal chest injuries after falling from a fire escape at a fraternity house on the University of Idaho campus. Moscow Police Chief David Duke says the 19-year-old was climbing a fire escape ladder …
Pittsburgh City Council has approved paying $6,000 to settle an excessive force lawsuit filed by a man serving 10 to 20 years in prison for a bank robbery and 20-mile, rush-hour police chase. Tuesday’s vote settles the lawsuit filed in …
Erie police say they’re rounding up 10 suspects who allegedly participated in a fraud ring that staged car accidents to collect insurance money. Lt. John McCall tells the Erie Times-News that police are not releasing details because arrests were ongoing …
A crash involving a Lexington, Kentucky police car and another vehicle could have been caused by an electrical malfunction in the officer’s cruiser. Police said two officers were responding to an incident under light and siren Sunday night. As one …
San Leandro police say a man who resisted arrest outside a fast-food restaurant died after officers shot him with a Taser stun gun. Sgt. Doug Calcagno says around 11:30 p.m. Sunday two officers responded to a call about a man …
Police in the Portland suburb of Beaverton have arrested a Vancouver, Wash., couple in a series of “smash and grab” thefts that ripped GPS units and other valuables from vehicles in hotel and motel parking lots. Officer Pam Yazzolino says …