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  • September 2007

    • Suspected Cop Killer Shot Dead

      newser  |  Miami Herald  |  Sep 14, 07 7:00 AM CDT

      Suspected Cop Killer Shot Dead

      Miami-Dade police last night cornered and shot dead the man suspected of killing one cop and wounding three others with an assault rifle yesterday morning. Officers tracked Shawn Sherwin LaBeet to a suburban apartment complex and fired when they saw he was heavily armed. "He's dead and you can quote me,'' one cop told the Miami Herald. More »

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      murder  • police  • cop killer  • Miami Dade

    • Miami Police Hunt Cop Killer

      newser  |  Miami Herald  |  Sep 13, 07 5:10 PM CDT

      Miami Police Hunt Cop Killer

      Miami-Dade police are searching for a suspect who killed one officer and wounded three today, possibly with an AK-47, after his car was stopped while driving erratically. The pursuit was complicated when police misidentified a man whose wallet had been stolen as the gunman, before naming Shawn Sherwin Labeet as the correct suspect, the Herald reports.  More »

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      Florida  • police  • shooting  • cop killer  • Miami Dade

    • Israel Cracks Neo-Nazi Gang

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Sep 9, 07 4:03 PM CDT

      Israel Cracks Neo-Nazi Gang

      Israelis are glued to the TV over news that police have busted a Neo-Nazi gang on Israeli soil, the Daily Telegraph reports. The Russian immigrant group allegedly filmed its attacks on gays and observant Jews and have vowed to "kill them all." A policeman said, "It is difficult to believe that Nazi ideology sympathizers can exist in Israel, but it is a fact." More »

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      Israel  • police  • Nazi  • immigrant  • Jews  • Adolf Hitler  • Soviet Union  • Neo-Nazi  • white supremacism

    • Gunman Faces Murder Charge as Cop Dies 41 Years Later

      newser  |  Philadelphia Inquirer  |  Sep 5, 07 4:29 AM CDT

      Gunman Faces Murder Charge as Cop Dies 41 Years Later

      A 71-year-old career criminal will now be tried for murdering a police officer who has died more than four decades after being shot. Gunman William Barnes has already served 15 years for shooting and paralyzing the Philadelphia cop in 1966. The 64-year-old officer died last month from complications of a urinary tract infection which prosecutors charge is linked to the shooting, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer . More »

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      murder  • police  • Philadelphia

  • August 2007

    • Dogs Have a Nose for Pirates

      newser  |  Wired  |  Aug 31, 07 7:05 PM CDT

      Dogs Have a Nose for Pirates

      The NYPD's two cutest agents busted what cops say was a counterfeit DVD operation this week, heralding a new era in anti-piracy enforcement. Lucky and Flo, two black Labs trained to sniff out chemicals in DVDs, are just back from Malaysia, where they led authorities to 26 arrests on 35 raids. The canine cops have been called "very talented crime fighters," Wired reports. More »

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      police  • dog  • piracy  • NYPD  • DVD piracy  • canine units

    • Single-Officer Police Force May Be Cut

      newser  |  Corsicana Daily Sun  |  Aug 14, 07 6:54 PM CDT

      Single-Officer Police Force May Be Cut

      Dawson, Texas, has one police officer, and that may be one too many. Almost a tenth of the town's 800 residents attended a meeting where eliminating the department altogether was discussed. In general, however, the crowd seemed to support Nicole McMahan—the single officer—although the department was attacked as too expensive. More »

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      Texas  • police  • police department

    • Search of Maddy Suspect's Home Strikes Out

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 6, 07 6:34 PM CDT

      Search of Maddy Suspect's Home Strikes Out

      Authorities turned up nothing this weekend while searching the home of the only suspect in 4-year-old Madeleine McCann’s disappearance. A dozen officials scoured Robert Murat’s Portuguese villa while Murat and a lawyer looked on, the Guardian reports. Named 10 days after the child went missing, the suspect is now “feeling fairly optimistic,” says a spokesman. More »

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      kidnapping  • police  • Madeleine McCann  • Portugal  • disappearance  • missing child  • Robert Murat

    • Misbehaving Thai Cops Say ‘Hello Kitty’

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Aug 6, 07 2:23 PM CDT

      Misbehaving Thai Cops Say &lsquo;Hello Kitty&rsquo;

      Police officers in Thailand caught breaking minor rules will be subjected to hot pink shame—“Hello Kitty” armbands. Attempting to stem more serious abuses of power, police brass intend to punish littering and tardiness with the cute accessories, the AP reports. The rule-breakers will not, however, be made to wear their new paraphernalia outside. More »

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      police  • Thailand  • Bangkok  • Hello Kitty  • punishment

    • Buckle Up, Britons, or Submit DNA

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 2, 07 11:09 AM CDT

      Buckle Up, Britons, or Submit DNA

      Britain may give police the authority to take DNA samples from anyone stopped for a minor crime, such as littering, speeding or not wearing a seat belt, the Guardian reports. And they'll be able to do so right on the street—without going to the police station, if the Home Office gets the new powers it has requested. More »

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      Great Britain  • crime  • DNA  • police  • genetics  • DNA database  • littering

  • July 2007
  • June 2007

    • In Anti-Drug Move, Mexico Purges Police

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 26, 07 3:47 PM CDT

      In Anti-Drug Move, Mexico Purges Police

      Mexico has dismissed all of its federal police chiefs in an effort to kick-start the country's stalled war on drugs. Corruption within law enforcement is a major factor in the failure of President Felipe Calderon's six-month drug crackdown, the LA Times reports. Six federal officers were arrested this month for allowing a cocaine shipment through the Mexicali airport. More »

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      Mexico  • drugs  • corruption  • police  • cocaine  • Felipe Calderon

    • Cop in Katrina Brutality Case Kills Himself

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Jun 12, 07 5:46 AM CDT

      Cop in Katrina Brutality Case Kills Himself

      Former New Orleans police officer Lance Schilling, set to be tried next month for the caught-on-camera beating of an unarmed man just after Hurricane Katrina, died yesterday of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the face. He and his partner were charged with beating a 64-year-old retired schoolteacher who had returned to the city to check on his home. More »

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      suicide  • police  • Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • battery

  • May 2007

    • LAPD Chief Orders Elite Officers Retrained

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  May 7, 07 8:42 AM CDT

      LAPD Chief Orders Elite Officers Retrained

      Citing "things that shouldn't have been done," LAPD Chief William Bratton apologized yesterday for the actions of an elite platoon that broke up a pro-immigration May Day rally and said the officers involved are off the streets and will be retrained. The officers' prestigious assignment is in jeopardy after police batons and projectiles injured both protesters and journalists. More »

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      Los Angeles  • immigration  • police  • LAPD  • police department  • rally  • William Bratton

  • April 2007

    • Cops Capture "Bishop" Bomber

      newser  |  Chicago Sun-Times  |  Apr 26, 07 8:25 AM CDT

      Cops Capture &quot;Bishop&quot; Bomber

      Police nabbed "The Bishop"—the bandit who's been sending unwired pipe bombs to Midwestern investment firms for the last two years—they announced yesterday. John P. Tomkins, a 42-year-old machinist in DuBuque, Iowa, was charged with one count each of mailing an extortion letter and possessing an unregistered explosive device. More »

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      stock market  • police  • bombing  • Denver  • Kansas City  • pipe bomb

    • Police Search for Answers at VT

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Apr 26, 07 6:14 AM CDT

      Police Search for Answers at VT

      The Post reports on the ongoing probe into the Virginia Tech shootings, with police reconstructing details of gunman Cho Seung-Hui's movements and searching for motives. Questions include whether Emily Hilscher, his first victim, was a random target, and the possibility that someone else mailed Cho's manifesto to NBC News. More »

    • Police Defeat Fans, 11-0

      newser  |  BBC  |  Apr 5, 07 9:13 PM CDT

      Police Defeat Fans, 11-0

      In Rome, a squad of determined Italian riot police prevailed over 11 Manchester United fans, sending them to the hospital. Over 5,000 Man U supporters crowded the stands at Rome's Stadio Olimpico; their team fell to Roma, 2-1, as they themselves lost by a greater margin to the disciplined onslaught of club- and shield-wielding police. More »

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      Italy  • sports  • police  • soccer  • Rome  • Manchester United  • riot  • soccer riots  • Uefa

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