Police Using Tourniquets Again July 3, 2014 By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI Rushing into a Houston home, police officer Austin Huckabee encountered a drunken, combative man bleeding profusely on the kitchen floor....
Idaho Man Sues Oregon Officer in Road Rage Case July 19, 2013 An Idaho man who reported a road rage encounter with a Portland, Ore., police captain is suing the officer and...
Nation’s Police Grapple With Response to Cybercrimes April 15, 2013 By EILEEN SULLIVAN If a purse with $900 is stolen, the victim probably would call the police. If a computer hacker steals $900...
Houston Suburb Charges Extra to Serve Accidents February 21, 2013 A suburban Houston council has decided to charge insurers extra when firefighters and police officers are summoned to accident scenes....
Vermont Lawmakers Introduce Stun Gun Bill February 14, 2013 A group of Vermont lawmakers and the heads of disability and civil rights groups are pushing legislation that would create...
Cellphone Scofflaws Cited in Montana Town October 22, 2012 Police in Butte, Mont., say officers in unmarked cars issued 30 citations in three days to motorists violating the city’s...
Arizona Police Investigate Multiple Car Fires September 14, 2012 By Denise Johnson Police in the Phoenix suburbs of Chandler and Mesa say they’re trying to track down an arsonist who torched five...
Police Want Cameras Throughout Louisiana Town February 6, 2012 Houma, La., police and Terrebonne Parish authorities are encouraging business owners to help out with an effort to protect all...
New Hampshire Police Leave a Year of Weird, Brazen Crimes January 4, 2012 By LYNNE TUOHY From thefts of maple syrup to grave markers, snowplow blades and sunglasses, police in New Hampshire dealt with an array...
19 Killed in Head-on Crash in South Africa December 28, 2011 South African police say 19 people were killed when an overtaking car smashed head-on into a minibus taxi as the...