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  • April 2008

    • Tampa Cops Tase Brawling Pitcher

      newser  |  St. Petersburg Times  |  Apr 11, 08 8:40 PM CDT

      Tampa Cops Tase Brawling Pitcher

      Police Tased Rays pitcher Al Reyes twice today in a Tampa, Fla. bar before arresting him for unlawful violence, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Cops say Reyes was celebrating his birthday when he picked a fight, took a punch, and "began to spit blood on the people in the area." Reyes expressed regret before tonight's game, saying, “I tried to have a good time on my birthday." More »

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      police  • Tampa Bay Rays  • Taser  • St. Petersburg  • birthday party  • pitcher  • Al Reyes

    • New Cell Service Warns of Speed Traps

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 4, 08 12:24 PM CDT

      New Cell Service Warns of Speed Traps

      Motorists intent on avoiding tickets can now rely on a mobile phone service designed to warn them about radar traps and red-light cameras, the AP reports. Called Trapster, the service uses wireless Internet or a phone’s GPS capabilities to determine location, and gives users an alert if they are approaching a speed trap or camera. More »

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      cell phones  • police  • driving  • speeding  • mobile services  • hidden camera  • radar gun

    • Should Cops Swipe DNA Without a Warrant?

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 3, 08 1:33 PM CDT

      Should Cops Swipe DNA Without a Warrant?

      Police didn’t need a search warrant to get a DNA sample from now-convicted murderer Altemio Sanchez—they just waited until he left a restaurant and confiscated his glass. That kind of sneaky DNA collection is going on across the country, and defense lawyers don’t like it, the New York Times reports. “The law cannot tolerate such back-door methods,” said one lawyer. More »

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      crime  • DNA  • police  • privacy  • DNA evidence  • search and seizure

    • Brit Cops Accused of Failing 'Honor Killing' Victim

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 3, 08 5:27 AM CDT

      Brit Cops Accused of Failing 'Honor Killing' Victim

      Two British police officers accused of failing to stop a young woman's "honor killing" are now facing a disciplinary hearing, the Guardian reports. After falling in love with a man not approved by her family, the Kurdish woman repeatedly told police of threats to her life and pleaded for help. Police dismissed her fears as melodramatic. She vanished soon after and her body was found stuffed in a suitcase. More »

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      murder  • London  • police  • honor killings

  • March 2008

    • Family Sues for $8M in NY Mom's Airport Death

      newser  |  CNN  |  Mar 27, 08 5:14 AM CDT

      Family Sues for $8M in NY Mom's Airport Death

      The family of a New York woman who died in a holding cell at a Phoenix airport is suing the police department and city for $8 million, CNN reports. Carol Gotbaum became agitated after missing a flight last September and cops put her alone in a cell where she accidentally strangled herself as she tried to escape her handcuffs. Gotbaum, the stepdaughter-in-law of a New York City official, had been traveling alone to Tucson to enter an alcohol rehabilitation center. More »

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      police  • Arizona  • airport  • rehab  • alcohol abuse  • accidental death  • Phoenix  • strangulation  • Carol Gotbaum

    • Miami Hopes to Patrol Streets With Flying Spy Drones

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 26, 08 11:44 AM CDT

      Miami Hopes to Patrol Streets With Flying Spy Drones

      A flying spy drone may soon join the ranks of Miami's finest, pending FAA approval of the 14-pound bot. "Our intentions are to use it only in tactical situations as an extra set of eyes," says a department spokesman. The US military has been using spy drones for years, reports Reuters, and police departments around the country are interested in pressing them into service. More »

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      Florida  • police  • Miami  • police department  • drones  • spy drones

    • Suicide Kills More LA Cops Than Criminals

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 26, 08 5:59 AM CDT

      Suicide Kills More LA Cops Than Criminals

      Cops in Los Angeles are more likely to die by their own hand than from a criminal's bullet, the Los Angeles Times reports. Psychologists trying to improve the LAPD's suicide prevention efforts found that 19 police officers in the city killed themselves between 1998 and 2007, while just seven died on the job. The police say the nature of the work is often to blame. More »

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      suicide  • police  • psychology  • LAPD  • suicide rate  • psychiatrist

    • Fla. Man Dead After Deputies Tase Him

      newser  |  South Florida Sun-Sentinel  |  Mar 22, 08 7:30 PM CDT

      Fla. Man Dead After Deputies Tase Him

      A Florida man died yesterday after Broward County deputies Tased him for being "naked and belligerent" in public, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. Paramedics said James Garland, 41, was too violent to treat after being zapped, so deputies drove him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Family members say they may file suit against the sheriff's office. More »

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      Florida  • police  • police brutality  • Taser  • nonlethal weapons  • Fort Lauderdale

    • Feds Probe SC Highway Cops for Bias

      newser  |  State (Columbia, SC)  |  Mar 21, 08 1:16 PM CDT

      Feds Probe SC Highway Cops for Bias

      Dash-cam videos that show the South Carolina Highway Patrol ramming black suspects with patrol cars and using racial slurs have triggered a federal probe, the State reports. In one of the five incidents, a trooper sent a suspect flying with his cruiser and then told a fellow officer, "Yeah, I hit him. I was trying to hit him." The state's US attorney is investigating.   More »

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      police  • South Carolina  • racism  • highways  • federal investigation  • police pursuits  • highway patrol

    • German Boars Run Wild

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Mar 17, 08 4:25 PM CDT

      German Boars Run Wild

      Wild boars wreaked havoc in a German town this weekend, attempting to shop for hardware, go to church, and do some gardening, Der Spiegel reports. One of the beasts, acting like "an elephant in a porcelain store," was eventually cornered at the checkout of the home-improvement center, police said. They shot that boar, and the others escaped to the wild. More »

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      Germany  • animal  • police  • wild boars  • property damage  • shootout

    • Cops Charge Brother in Mass Killing

      newser  |  Commercial Appeal (Memphis)  |  Mar 8, 08 5:56 PM CST

      Cops Charge Brother in Mass Killing

      Memphis police collared a man yesterday and charged him in a mass killing that shocked the city last weekend. Jessie Dotson, 33, allegedly shot his brother Cecil, 30, in an argument and then murdered five possible witnesses. “When Jessie left, he believed everyone in the home was dead,” a police director said. “But as we know, through the grace of God, three children survived.” More »

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      murder  • crime  • police  • arrest  • Memphis  • mass shootings  • Memphis killings

    • Feds Forge National Crime Dragnet

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Mar 6, 08 11:23 AM CST

      Feds Forge National Crime Dragnet

      Law enforcement agencies all over the country are building a new information "dragnet" that will dramatically boost data-sharing,  the Washington Post reports. This month the Justice Department will begin hooking up local and county police forces to the new federal National Data Exchange, creating a "one-stop-shop" that will let investigators search millions of records in seconds and make previously unsuspected connections. More »

  • February 2008

    • 'Video Vigilante' Boasts Tar and Feathering 2.0

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 23, 08 11:29 AM CST

      'Video Vigilante' Boasts Tar and Feathering 2.0

      Brian Bates captures unsuspecting people on candid camera, but his subjects don’t have reason to smile: He’s the self-proclaimed Video Vigilante of Oklahoma City, capturing men consorting with prostitutes and then posting the videos online. “If you get caught by the cops, you pay a fine,” Bates said. “If you get caught by me, you get a life sentence.” More »

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      YouTube  • police  • prostitution  • Oklahoma City  • prosecutors

    • French Police Storm Housing Projects

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 18, 08 5:03 AM CST

      French Police Storm Housing Projects

      More than 1,000 French police stormed housing projects in three largely immigrant communities outside of Paris early today and arrested 33 suspects believed linked to riots in November, AP reports. Police sources said two gang leaders in particular organized the street violence that included armed rioters in what they described as a "quasi-military operation." More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • police  • Paris  • immigrant  • riots  • suburbs

    • Cops Arrest Suspect in Shrink Slaying

      newser  |  New York Post  |  Feb 16, 08 4:20 PM CST

      Cops Arrest Suspect in Shrink Slaying

      Police arrested an "emotionally disturbed" patient today for brutally slaying a New York psychologist earlier this week, the New York Post reports. Suspect David Tarloff "made statements implicating himself in the homicide," police said, and was identified by four witnesses as the killer of psychologist Kathryn Faughey. Tarloff's palm prints were also found on a suitcase left at the scene. More »

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      murder  • New York City  • crime  • police  • psychology  • homicide  • NYPD  • suspect

    • 8 Killed in Street Race Crash

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Feb 16, 08 3:06 PM CST

      8 Killed in Street Race Crash

      A driver skidded into a crowd of street-race spectators in Maryland this morning and killed eight people, but later told police he was not part of the race, the Washington Post reports. The driver and at least four others were injured in the crash, which also killed the car's passenger. “It was a very horrific scene,” one policeman said. “There are a lot of questions we still need answers to.” More »

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      police  • car accident  • car crash  • Maryland  • street racing

    • Two Habs Find Trouble in Tampa

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 11, 08 10:18 PM CST

      Two Habs Find Trouble in Tampa

      Two Montreal Canadiens players, Ryan O' Byrne and Tom Kostopoulos, were arrested this morning outside a Tampa club and later released on bail, reports the AP. Montreal's players were out during the equivalent of a rookie hazing night when O'Byrne was accused of stealing a woman's purse, and Kostopoulos was detained for interfering with Tampa police after being instructed to back off. More »

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      NHL  • hockey  • police  • Montreal Canadiens  • Tampa

    • Cops Nab 9 for Selling Forged Bowl Tickets

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 3, 08 7:08 PM CST

      Cops Nab 9 for Selling Forged Bowl Tickets

      Cops in Scottsdale, Ariz. nabbed nine people today for selling forged Super Bowl tickets, the AP reports. Police cottoned onto the scam when a Massachusetts couple reported doling out $2,500 for the fake passes. Cops tracked suspects to a Motel 6, where they found dozens of forged tickets, marijuana, and one alleged conspirator trying to eat five fake tickets. More »

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      police  • Arizona  • arrest  • Super Bowl  • scam  • ticket  • forgeries  • forgery

    • Chicago Cops Seek Killer of 5

      newser  |  Chicago Sun-Times  |  Feb 2, 08 2:00 PM CST

      Chicago Cops Seek Killer of 5

      Police are searching for a stocky black man who reportedly shot five women dead in a Chicago mall burglary this morning, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Police surrounded the Tinley Park mall after shots were reported at a Lane Bryant store just before 11 a.m. “There is no question it was a horrific scene,’’ said a police source. More »

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      Chicago  • hostage  • police  • shooting  • Target  • mall shooting

  • January 2008

    • Cop Crisis Threatens Carnival

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jan 31, 08 12:04 PM CST

      Cop Crisis Threatens Carnival

      A wave of police resignations has hit Rio de Janeiro at the worst possible time, the BBC reports, with Brazil's famous Carnival parades set to begin tomorrow. Forty-three senior officers resigned in protest over the firing of their commander last week; though the city can ill-afford such a crisis, officials say they expect the festival to go off hitch-free. More »

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      police  • Brazil  • labor relations  • Rio de Janeiro  • Carnival

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