Police News Reports

Police News Reports
Ex-officer, teen arrested after Ga. standoff - 01/06/2009
	MADISON, Ga. — A 13-hour hostage standoff at a Georgia motel ended peacefully Monday when a former South Carolina police officer and a teenage girl surrendered, freeing his estranged wife and infant son. FBI ... Full story
LAPD recruiting to meet 10,000-officer force goal - 01/05/2009
	LOS ANGELES — Applications for Los Angeles police officer jobs surged last month as LAPD recruiters began advertising crime-fighting as one of the few recession-proof careers. The spike in interest, ... Full story
Colo. deputy fatally shoots man who killed manager in gun battle - 01/02/2009
	BOULDER, Colo. — What should have been a booming day at the height of Eldora Mountain Resort's ski season turned tragic Tuesday when an employee clad in black and armed with a semi-automatic handgun arrived ... Full story
Police officer deaths fell sharply in 2008 - 12/30/2008
	Washington, DC — 2008 is ending as one of the safest years for U.S. law enforcement in decades. The number of officers killed in the line of duty fell sharply this year when compared with 2007, and officers ... Full story
Calif. murder suspect holds boy hostage, killed in standoff - 12/25/2008
	LOS ANGELES — A former child actor killed by police after a two-hour standoff as he held his 7-year-old son hostage in a restaurant was a suspect wanted for the 2004 murder of his girlfriend, authorities ... Full story
Border Patrol's northern expansion causes friction - 12/23/2008
	SEATTLE — The note from U.S. Attorney Jeff Sullivan to the U.S. Border Patrol was short and to the point: Stop sending petty marijuana cases to his office. Sullivan's note is one in a string of ... Full story
High-tech crime fighter helps make arrests - 12/22/2008
	TACOMA, Wash. — The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department is testing computer software that checks surveillance photos from crime scenes against mug shots of potential suspects. So far deputies have made ... Full story
Cop killer gets first N.H. death sentence in 49 years - 12/19/2008
	MANCHESTER, N.H. — A jury has issued New Hampshire's first death sentence in nearly a half-century to a man who fatally shot a police officer two years ago. Twenty-eight year-old Michael Addison ... Full story
Mexican drug smugglers pose top crime threat - 12/17/2008
	WASHINGTON — Mexican drug traffickers who pair up with gangs and use a sophisticated network to smuggle drugs across the border have become the biggest organized crime threat to the United States, the ... Full story
More states put criminal records online - 12/16/2008
	Deputy Director Bruce Parizo of the Vermont Crime Information Center looks at the Web page for Vermont criminal conviction records at his office in Waterbury, Vt., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. The Web sites ... Full story
Is Mumbai a call to arms for police around the world? - 12/10/2008
	MUMBAI — The Taj Mahal hotel at dusk in Mumbai, India on Saturday, November 29, 2008. On November 26, 2008, terrorists launched a multi-faceted, well-coordinated, military-style attack against ten civilian ... Full story
L.A. sheriffs complete annual "Gifts for Guns" program - 12/09/2008
	LOS ANGELES — The annual Gifts for Guns program ended Sunday in Compton, a working class city south of Los Angeles that has long struggled with gun and gang violence. In a program similar to ones in New ... Full story
Supreme Court to reconsider search incident to arrest rule - 12/08/2008
	Two cases argued before the United States Supreme Court a few weeks ago hold strong potential for shaking up the rules of search and seizure now applied thousands of times each day. After discussion of ... Full story
U.S. releases first part of drug aid for Mexico - 12/05/2008
	MEXICO CITY — The U.S. government finally released the first part of a $400 million aid package Wednesday to support Mexico's police and soldiers in their fight against drug cartels. The money ... Full story
Police use Facebook to fight crime - 12/04/2008
	SYCAMORE, Ill. — Facebook and MySpace aren't just for connecting with friends. Police are using these Web sites to catch criminals. "I'm always amazed at what people put on [social Web sites]," ... Full story
Government seeks 45 years for would-be LAX bomber - 12/03/2008
	SEATTLE — Prosecutors want to nearly double the original prison sentence of would-be millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam, saying he has stopped cooperating with them and still poses a "serious threat." Ressam ... Full story
Armored truck guard dies in Miami mall shooting - 12/02/2008
	MIAMI — An armored truck guard was shot to death at a suburban Miami mall Monday, and police were searching for two gunmen. Police have not released a motive for the shooting inside the Express ... Full story
Serial rapist captured in Nev., ending 10-month manhunt - 12/01/2008
	Reno Police Chief Mike Poehlman listens to a question during a news conference on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. A local pipefitter, James Michael Biela, 27, of Sparks, Nev., was taken into custody and booked ... Full story
Man shoots three at N.J. church, flees - 11/25/2008
	ATLANTA — A California man accused of driving to New Jersey and fatally shooting his estranged wife and another man inside a church has been captured in Georgia. Joseph M. Pallipurath was arrested ... Full story
Ariz. governor favored for homeland security post - 11/24/2008
	WASHINGTON — Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to run the Homeland Security Department, is tough on illegal immigration, child abuse and Republicans. A ... Full story