Read the original article at CliffviewPilot.com This is what a hero looks like: After rescuing a man in a wheelchair from a fire, Dean Brauch stopped by Fair Lawn police headquarters later in the day in case they needed a written statement from him. Otherwise, police might never have known who the good Samaritan was who saved a stranger’s life. “I ...

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA - A husband suspected of killing his wife stunned police chasing him when he threw himself off an 80ft cliff. David Viens, 47, incredibly survived the fall in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. He was rushed to hospital where he was today in a critical condition. Detectives believe he was trying to commit suicide when he took the ...

NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. — Authorities have charged a western New York woman with drunk driving after police say her 9-year-old daughter wrote a note pleading for help from passing motorists. Police in North Tonawanda say 38-year-old Bonnie Will of Tonawanda was intoxicated while driving her daughter and two other children, ages 8 and 12, when she suddenly stopped her car on ...

SAN JOSE - The biggest news at San Jose police Chief Chris Moore's swearing-in ceremony Thursday may have been who administered the oath of office. In a move heavy on symbolism, Moore was sworn in by former Judge LaDoris Cordell, the city's official police watchdog whose office had a rocky relationship with Moore's predecessor, Rob Davis. Moore asked Cordell to perform ...

HOUSTON - It was a bold move by the United States government: “You took out one of ours, we're coming after yours.” We saw evidence of that retaliation by the government in north Houston where local and federal agents went after suspects with alleged ties to Mexican drug cartels. Thomas Hinojosa, with the Drug Enforcement Agency, would not confirm the effort ...

DETROIT — Joelle Terry went to college in Detroit, sings alto in a church choir in the city and fights crime on its streets. But the 14-year Detroit police veteran isn't sure she's ready to live in the city again, despite an intriguing offer by the mayor to provide officers with large houses at very little cost in two once-elegant neighborhoods ...

BALTIMORE - To compensate for the arrest or suspension of more than two dozen officers in an alleged towing company scam, Baltimore Police will pull uniformed officers away from an initiative that contributed to a profound reduction in violent crime in the Southeastern District. A team of mostly rookies hired with stimulus funds last year, which had been used for foot ...