Read the original article at CliffviewPilot.com How times have changed. Remember 9/11? A mere 10 years ago, people were applauding cops and firemen as we went about our duties. Many of us were thanked for "being there." Now what's happening? I went to WTC the day of the attack. I returned during the recovery -- on my own time. Many of ...

3/11/11 Shoulder-to-Shoulder with our Japanese and Hawaiian LEO brothers and sisters A magnitude 8.9 earthquake — believed to be one of the most powerful quakes in more than a century — has rocked the northeastern part of Japan. The temblor, centered a relatively shallow 15 miles below the surface, caused a 23-foot tsunami that swept through coastal areas in Fukushima Prefecture, ...

ROME (AP) - He avoided Italian police for a decade on the run, but couldn't resist his wife's lasagna. Police say Giancarlo Sabatini went into hiding in 2000, shortly after being given a 3-year, 8-month prison sentence in a cocaine trafficking case. Acting on a tip, police staked out the homes of Sabatini's wife and daughter Tuesday in Rocca Priora, a ...

Update at 9:04 a.m. ET: TheKyodo news agency reports that 8,000 defense force troops have been dispatched for quake relief. In addition, one defense force team has been ordered to fly to Fukushima nuclear plant. Kyodo says Japan is asking the U.S.for assistance after the quake. Update at 8:57 a.m. ET: Japan's Kyodo news agency also reporting that police in Miyagi ...

STREAMWOOD, IL - A Streamwood cop videotaped beating a man as many as 15 times with his baton during a traffic stop broke department rules when he failed to use a microphone that would have also recorded audio of the incident, his deputy chief testified in court Thursday. Who said what and when during the ugly scene in the early hours ...

PHILADELPHIA - Two people, including a Philadelphia police sergeant, were charged with insurance fraud Thursday by the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office in an alleged scheme in which they reported cars stolen to avoid loan payments. [photo:595312] Dwayne Darby, 36, a sergeant with the Police Department since 1996, was charged with attempted theft by deception, perjury, and conspiracy. Kariem Mangum was charged ...

As the sun rose Monday, about 80 law officers gathered with “game day” enthusiasm, ready to fan out across metro Atlanta and round up bad guys. Or what Deputy U.S. Marshal Gavin Duffy called “guys with a paradigm for violent crime.” The marshals’ Southeastern Regional Fugitive Task Force had arrest warrants for 40 suspected gang members on charges ranging from minor ...