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Boston police chief being honored by UMass-Lowell

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:35:29 -0400

LOWELL, Massachusetts - Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis is set to deliver the commencement address at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, a month after he became a national figure in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings.

Afghan police chief shot dead outside home

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:53:59 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan - Motorcycle-riding gunmen assassinated a police chief in front of his house after he led an anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan, an official said Saturday.

Man killed by Spokane police is identified

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:07:05 -0400

SPOKANE, Washington - Spokane police detectives say a man suspected in a fatal shooting refused to obey officers' commands and moved his hand toward his waistband. Police shot and killed the man.

Police ID man killed in Duluth bike crash

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:14:04 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - Duluth police have released the name of a 36-year-old man who died after crashing his bicycle into a pole.

4 hurt when sleepy driver's car hits deputy's car

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:40:56 -0400

GREENFIELD, Indiana - Authorities say four people were injured when a car veered into a cruiser belonging to a sheriff's deputy who stopped to help a motorist whose vehicle had broken down on a highway east of Indianapolis.

Colorado sheriffs sue over new gun restrictions

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:54:32 -0400

DENVER - Colorado sheriffs upset with gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year's mass shootings filed a federal lawsuit Friday, challenging the regulations as unconstitutional.

NC deputy shoots, kills blade-wielding woman

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:45:10 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - A North Carolina woman is dead after authorities say she charged sheriff's deputies with a knife.

ECSU head resigns amid probes of campus crimes

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:02:41 -0400

ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina - Elizabeth City State University's top administrator resigned Friday as investigators looked into the school's failure to report campus crimes as federal law requires and into alleged witness intimidation by the university's police department.

Editorial: March on Washington with guns? Fat chance

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:19:30 -0400

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters - Many members of Congress cannot restrain their love of the Second Amendment.

Testimony continues in Astoria motel shooting case

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:44:40 -0400

ASTORIA, Oregon - A trial is under way in Astoria for a Washington state man accused of trying to kill police officers.

Spokane police chief suffers burglary

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:39:27 -0400

SPOKANE, Washington - Even the property of Spokane police chief Frank Straub isn't safe.

Silent man with knife killed in Alhambra PD lobby

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:36:05 -0400

ALHAMBRA, California - A man investigators say was carrying a large knife and a backpack has been shot and killed by officers in the lobby of the Alhambra Police Department.

Egypt police close Gaza border to protest kidnap

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:32:19 -0400

CAIRO - Dozens of disgruntled border policemen forced the closure of Egypt's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the abduction of their colleagues by suspected militants, underscoring the lawlessness and crisis of authority in the country two years since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

Mo. bill would let sheriffs collect jail fees

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:41:35 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Missouri lawmakers have passed a measure that would allow county sheriffs to divert income tax refunds and lottery winnings to pay jail debts.

Texas sheriff pleads guilty to tampering, quits

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:49:14 -0400

CARTHAGE, Texas - An East Texas sheriff who took office in January has resigned after pleading guilty to tampering and being sentenced to three years of probation.

Ex-Bollinger County deputy settles suit

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:01:05 -0400

MARBLE HILL, Missouri - A former deputy sheriff in Bollinger County has settled his lawsuit against the county prosecutor, sheriff's department of former sheriff.

Sterlington asst. police chief indicted

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:58:15 -0400

MONROE, Louisiana - Sterlington Assistant Police Chief Todd Newton has been indicted by a Ouachita Parish grand jury in connection with an investigation into the sale of fake "moonshine" to minors.

Police chief recovering after being dragged by car

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:01:14 -0400

BEAVER MEADOWS, Pennsylvania - The police chief of a northeastern Pennsylvania borough is lucky to have escaped with only minor injuries after being dragged by a car.

Federal oversight of LAPD officially ends

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:59:16 -0400

LOS ANGELES - A judge has officially ended more than a decade of federal oversight of the Los Angeles Police Department that was triggered by a corruption scandal involving abusive officers.

Mo. bill would let sheriffs print gun permits

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:41:08 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Missouri's county sheriffs would become responsible for printing concealed weapons permits instead of the state Revenue Department under legislation sent to the governor Thursday.

String of Detroit shootings leaves 1 dead, 12 hurt

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:07:05 -0400

DETROIT - Detroit police say a 54-year-old woman was killed and four other people wounded in an argument and shooting on the city's west side.

Arpaio recall group faces fundraising difficulties

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:57:32 -0400

PHOENIX - A group trying to oust Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is again relying on only volunteers to gather signatures in a bid to force a recall election against the sheriff.

Ex-Pa. police chief's corruption sentence delayed

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:11:31 -0400

PITTSBURGH - The federal sentencing of a former southwestern Pennsylvania police chief who pleaded guilty to extortion charges was delayed indefinitely Thursday after the defense questioned whether the FBI paid an informant so much money that he didn't legally qualify to secretly tape conversations with the defendant.

RI state troopers honored for response to bombs

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:02:14 -0400

SCITUATE, Rhode Island - A Rhode Island state trooper who helped care for the injured in the immediate aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings was awarded the highest honor given by the state police during an annual memorial ceremony Thursday to mark national Police Week and to honor fallen officers.

Carroll County sheriff retiring in 2014

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:53:11 -0400

WESTMINSTER, Maryland - Carroll County Sheriff Ken Tregoning says he will not seek re-election to a fifth term next year.