Chicago's Police Department is investigating an officer's use of a Taser last month on an 82-year-old woman who police say was swinging a hammer when they arrived. picked by Proverb 1 year ago

Rio de Janeiro police arrested two fellow officers on Thursday accused of extorting money from two American tourists who happened to be San Francisco cops on vacation. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Investigators in Florida arrested a 14-year-old boy who apparently dialed a really, really wrong number. Authorities said the boy offered to sell drugs to the person on the other end, who happened to be a police detective. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Narcotics detectives have arrested the wife of the Wendover police chief after she allegedly sold drugs at the club where she strips. Get this, her stage name is "Ecstasy." picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

POLICE COMMISSIONER Charles H. Ramsey yesterday asked Philadelphians not "to rush to judgment" when watching a video showing baton-wielding cops repeatedly striking, kicking and stomping three young men whom they had stopped after a triple shooting in Hunting Park. picked by mutil8or 7 months ago

A Chicago Tribune investigation of 200+ police shootings going back 10 years shows nearly every shooting in last decade 'justified', and investigations ignore witnesses, forensics. Shot-in-back findings raise questions. picked by 2manyusernames 12 months ago

Police say Bill Merit, 49, left the Chatham County jail and began walking by the side of the road, naked. Witnesses called police, who arrested him and jailed him again on a charge of public indecency. Merit told an officer that he didn't take the clothes jailers gave him because he thought they were stolen. picked by bevissimo 5 months ago

The police officer of the year in Council Bluffs, Iowa has been charged with drunken driving.


Some cops are such hypocrites.. picked by smarty1052 1 month ago

An elementary student in Marion County was ARRESTED Thursday after school officials found her cutting food during lunch with a knife that she brought from home, police said. picked by ashlesdc 12 months ago

Mark your calendars and get ready to buy tickets (and pay for them at $50 to much more). picked by indierockcafe 2 years ago

A man in custody shot a small-town police chief to death Wednesday from the back seat of the chief's cruiser in Eastern Kentucky, a county official said.

Powell County Judge-Executive Darren Farmer said Police Chief Randy Lacy was shot by a man he had arrested shortly after 11 a.m.


-If he were following procedure, wouldn't he have checked the guy for weapons before he put him in cruiser? picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

A Boise Police officer was cited for driving under the influence Saturday morning – but didn’t show up on the arrest list on the Ada County Sheriff’s Office website. The omission is leading some to ask if an officer is treated differently than the general public. picked by muppet 7 months ago

Lakeland, FLORIDA

Eight teenagers have been arrested on charges alleging they beat another teen in an "animalistic attack" so they could make a videotape to post on YouTube.

Because beating people up online... is the new cool. picked by ziggyguy 8 months ago

Luke Schreder thought the police officer looked like he just "needed a hug."
The police officer disagreed. picked by Nateebiinature 2 months ago

Four US police officers will be fired and four others disciplined after they were caught on video beating three suspects. picked by sandossu 7 months ago

The stocks of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade surged Tuesday. picked by robfouryqr 2 years ago

Mark Peacock started drinking when he was 13 years old. Sometime after that, he started beating women. Now 39, he has been arrested 43 times in more than a dozen states. Since 1989, he has victimized at least 10 women, mostly in misdemeanor assault and battery cases. picked by muppet 2 months ago

When police officer lies about interrogation in court the tables are suddenly turned. picked by coldbladed 12 months ago

A police officer shown on YouTube roughing up a skateboarder has been suspended. The officer got upset at being called "dude" in the video. "I'm not 'man.' I'm not 'dude,' I am Officer Rivieri," he told the teen. "The sooner you learn that, the longer you are going to live in this world.[] You go around doing this kind of stuff and somebody is going to kill you." picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

A motorist who refused to discuss his personal business with a St. George, Missouri police officer was threatened with arrest. Brett Darrow, no stranger to problems with police, caught a Police Sergeant stating that he had the power to invent charges that would put Darrow behind bars.
News Article and transcript. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago