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COLUMBUS, OH - Two Columbus police officers, a civilian and a man wanted by police were injured tonight after two crashes and a shooting on the East Side. [widget:news__ohio] According to Sgt. Jim Gilbert, president of the local Fraternal Order of Police, the two officers were in a cruiser that was following a man wanted on several felony warrants when the ...

Gerard Massaro, a Pittsburgh police psychologist, had the reputation of being a straight shooter when counseling or briefing a police officer. "My father was there for them if they were experiencing concerns following a shooting or an altercation, problems at home or with other police officers," said Kristen Kress of Fombell in Butler County. "The police officers admired him because he ...

WASHINGTON - A Washington, D.C., police detective alleges that former police chief Charles Ramsey, despite past denials, ordered mass arrests of hundreds of demonstrators who were protesting annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in 2002. Ramsey, now the commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department, has given inconsistent statements over the years on the arrests, saying repeatedly, including ...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A North Carolina man has admitted to kidnapping a 5-year-old girl, authorities said Friday, but investigators still have not found the child more than three days after she disappeared from a mobile home park. But the attorney for Mario Andrette McNeill, 29, said Friday that his client would plead not guilty to kidnapping Shaniya Davis. Fayetteville Police Department ...

NEW YORK — A police car working ahead of Vice President Joe Biden's motorcade was involved in a minor traffic accident Tuesday evening, but it wasn't part of the procession and the vice president was unhurt. Three unmarked police vehicles, with their lights and sirens on, were traveling 5 to 10 minutes ahead of the motorcade on Manhattan's West Side and ...

FOND DU LAC, Wis. — Police said a highly intoxicated man who survived when multiple freight train cars rolled over him is "the luckiest guy alive." Police Major Kevin Lemke said Canadian National Railway employees reported they ran over someone lying between the tracks and did an emergency stop about 10:30 p.m. Thursday. [widget:news__off_beat] Officers found a 42-year-old local man in ...

SAN DIEGO -FBI officials say an elderly, thin, gray-haired man nicknamed the "Geezer Bandit" is responsible for holding up five San Diego-area banks since summer. [widget:news__fbi] Investigators say the man appears to be in his 70s. Officials say that in the most recent robbery Monday, he approached a Bank of America teller in La Jolla, displayed a handgun and asked for ...

TAMPA, Fla. - A Tampa police officer shot a pit bull with a Taser stun gun while trying to keep it from killing a chicken. [widget:news__tasers] The officer was reporting to a domestic dispute Saturday night when he saw the dog chase a chicken into a 19-year-old woman's home. The woman told the officer that the dog didn't belong to her ...

FARGO, N.D. — Fargo police said a man ran over a light pole and punched a police officer in the mouth when the officer tried to arrest him. Police Sgt. Mark Lykken said police got a report about 2 a.m. [widget:news__facebook] Thursday that a pickup hit a light pole and pulled into a nearby parking lot. Lykken said the driver allegedly ...

PITTSTON TOWNSHIP, PA - A fugitive wanted by authorities in Louisiana bolted from a traffic stop Tuesday night and led police on a foot pursuit that ended when he and three officers got stuck at the bottom of a 30-foot ravine. [widget:news__career_profiles] [widget:366] The officers detained and handcuffed Marc Keating, 33, at the bottom of the embankment off Tedrick Street and ...

KILLEEN, Texas -- Police Sgt. Kimberly Munley is a hero. And lucky to be alive. The diminutive officer was shot in both legs Thursday during her gunbattle with Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the man accused of killing 13 fellow Soldiers during a shooting rampage at Fort Hood. One of the shots severed her femoral artery. Dr. Kelly Matlock, an anesthesiologist at ...

Al Sharprton has backed off his comments and will stay out of the dispute between his daughter and police. “I met with them and the attorney after the rally yesterday [Saturday] and was told to stay out of it,” he tweeted. “Dominique is grown and certainly can handle herself.” A spokeswoman for Sharpton said he wants to show that his daughter ...

RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia inmate Larry Bill Elliott is scheduled to become the first Virginia inmate to die by electrocution since 2006. Here is some basic information about electrocutions in Virginia and nationwide. -Of the 35 death penalty states, Virginia and six other Southern states still offer electrocution. [widget:news__virginia] -Elliott would be the first inmate electrocuted in Virginia since 2006 and ...

Police are investigating a deadly shooting at a Doraville restaurant

e city looms large from the Atlanta Police Department’s Zone 1, which comprises 19 square miles west of downtown and north of I-20. Sometimes you turn a corner and, suddenly, catch a dramatic view of the gleaming skyline. It’s a breathtaking sight, especially at night when the city lights contrast so starkly to the darkness of a neighborhood known as the ...

A North Salt Lake man was arrested after allegedly killing a man with his car after a Saturday fight at a party in Eagle Mountain. Police believe it was an accident

City council members in Marietta, Ga., will consider changing the oath of office that the city's police officers take so that recruits can swear to uphold the law without saying the phrase "so help me God."

I wanted to take the time to tell everyone of the new uniform wearing video cameras now available from Zapper International Jacksonville, Florida. These cameras are durable and high quality,  are worn on the uniform. The cameras record all events up to 8 hours as they occur, in high resolution, color, and have audio and infared total darkness recording built in ...