EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say an Oregon motorcycle officer has been fatally shot while chasing a fleeing driver. Police say Eugene police officer Chris Kilcullen tried to make a traffic stop on Interstate 105 but the driver sped off. The Eugene Register-Guard reports that the 43-year-old Kilcullen chased the motorist to an intersection in nearby Springfield, where gunfire erupted. Kilcullen ...

MASON, Ohio (AP) — A southwest Ohio man charged with teasing a police dog by barking at it says a city law violates free speech. TheCincinnati Enquirer reports the attorney for 25-year-old Ryan James Stephens says his client was not striking the animal in suburban Mason. Lawyer Jim Hardin says barking may not be seen as intelligent speech but is "still ...

The cramped confines of the old Tulsa Police Department Forensic Laboratory and Property Room now seem light years behind the state- of-the art facilities where criminal evidence is now stored and tested. In fact, the high-tech Tulsa Police Laboratory could receive an international accreditation. After months of work, lab examiners are waiting for word from the American Society of Crime Lab ...

Camden, N.J. -- Wherever Camden Mayor Dana L. Redd went, there was Cpl. Rhoda Thomas, in a loose-fitting suit and blouse, quietly blending in at City Council meetings or standing in the back at news conferences. The lipstick and earrings may have fooled a few. But Thomas, Camden's first African American female police officer, had tangled with some of the city's ...