Tag: Law enforcement agencies
Poland plans pensions for dogs, horses in state employment
WARSAW, Poland — They locate survivors in collapsed buildings, track down fugitives, foil drugs and explosives smugglers and help control rowdy crowds. All in...
Turkey: ex-police heads jailed over 2007 journalist killing
ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish court on Friday sentenced two former police chiefs and a former military officer to life terms in prison over...
Kenosha police: 55 more charged for violence during protests
KENOSHA, Wis. — Fifty-five people are facing charges related to violent demonstrations in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the police shooting of Jacob Blake last summer,...
Reform-minded Los Angeles DA faces blowback in first months
LOS ANGELES — Minutes after George Gascón was sworn in as Los Angeles County district attorney, he fulfilled a promise to institute sweeping criminal...
Romanian police protest cutbacks, poor conditions
BUCHAREST — Hundreds of police protested Thursday in the Romanian capital of Bucharest over cutbacks and poor working conditions.
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Police, FBI on scene at University of Kentucky hospital
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Police and FBI agents were investigating an incident at the the University of Kentucky’s Chandler Hospital emergency room Thursday.
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Court upholds firing of NYPD officer in Eric Garner’s death
NEW YORK — A state appeals court on Thursday upheld the New York Police Department’s decision to fire an officer for the 2014 chokehold...
Minneapolis police investigate officer’s punch of Black teen
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis Police Department has launched an internal affairs investigation after an officer who appears to be white was caught on video...
Newsom taps lawmaker Bonta as California attorney general
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday nominated state Assemblyman Rob Bonta, who is known for pushing criminal justice reform, to be...
California bill aims to jumpstart ‘microstamps’ on handguns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gun control advocates are making a new attempt to force the gun industry to comply with California's unique law requiring individual...
