Editor Note: The following is an Opinion article meant to foster discussion. The statement is not an endorsement nor reflects the views and opinions of PoliceLink.com or our parent company Monster Worldwide. A mugshot just released of Jared Lee Loughner, the 22-year-old man accused of the attempted assassination of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the killing of six others in Tucson, has ...

ARIZONA - A war of words has erupted between radio commentator Rush Limbaugh and the sheriff investigating the Tucson shooting spree that killed six and wounded 14, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik told ABC News that Limbaugh is "irresponsible" in the rhetoric he uses against elected officials. "The kind of rhetoric that flows from Rush Limbaugh, ...

BOSTON -- A man convicted of shining a laser beam into a police helicopter escorting a gas tanker through Boston Harbor has been sentenced to three years in federal prison. Prosecutors say 52-year-old Medford, Mass., resident Gerard Sasso is the second person in the nation and first in his state to be convicted of pointing a laser at an aircraft. They ...

LOS ANGELES -- Dozens of anti-gang police officers across the city are quitting their assignments over a requirement to reveal personal financial information under strict anti-corruption rules, The Associated Press has learned. Gang units in some of the city's most violent neighborhoods are being left with multiple vacancies, with officers choosing instead to work regular patrol shifts, Assistant Chief Earl Paysinger ...

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department says former Police Superintendent Fred Rice has died at the age of 84. Family members say Rice, who was the first African-American to hold the post, died Monday afternoon after a long struggle against lung cancer. Rice's 32-year police career began in 1955 with the former Chicago Park Department Police, who have since been merged ...

CHICAGO - Police Supt. Jody Weis is forging ahead with plans to reallocate police resources to higher-crime districts — even though all four top mayoral contenders plan to dump him and one voiced opposition to crime-fighting solutions that “divide the city.” Ald. Anthony Beale (9th), chairman of the City Council’s Police Committee, said he talked to Weis on Monday and the ...

PALM SPRINGS, CA - Shirtless and squeezed into tight jeans, a hunky undercover Palm Springs police officer hovered in a shadowy parking lot and lured men cruising the Warm Sands neighborhood. The June 2009 gay sex sting netted 19 public indecent exposure arrests, and disbelief and outrage have festered in this desert haven ever since. This is Palm Springs, "the gayest ...

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD - A man was fatally stabbed in Prince George's County on Monday evening in the 10th homicide there in 10 days, while police stepped up efforts to curb the outbreak of deadly violence that has provoked concern and alarm in the suburban jurisdiction. In the most recent incident, the victim was stabbed during a fight in a ...

NEWARK — Mario Nodari, the 80-year-old farrier for the Newark Mounted Police, was getting Bold Ruler ready for transport. In his dusty work stall, with an anvil on the floor and a workboard of hammers both antique in age and ancient in design, Nodari gently bent back each of the horse’s legs, and pried off the shoes. "When they’re out of ...