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OAKLAND, CA - Authorities say a transit police officer was hurt and a suspect is in custody after an incident at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Oakland over the weekend. A video of the incident, filmed by another passenger and later uploaded to YouTube, shows the officer removing the suspect from a train and pushing him toward a heavy-duty ...

The family of Officer Bryce Bezdek, who suffered serious injuries when a suspect crashed her SUV into a pickup truck, is suing the drivers of the two vehicles involved in the crash. The crash happened two years ago on Interstate 75, near Cincinnati. Officer Bezdek was laying out stop sticks to end the pursuit. He suffered major head trauma from the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - The troubles of the San Francisco Bay area's transit police went viral again as video hit the Internet showing what some claim was another use of excessive force. A cell phone video showing the arrest of a mentally ill passenger accused of being disruptive on a commuter train came less than a year after footage of an ...

LAS VEGAS, NV - Three people were arrested on suspicion of killing an off-duty Las Vegas police officer in a shootout in his garage, North Las Vegas police said Thursday. Police said that Prentice Marshall, 18, and Saul Williams Jr., 20, of North Las Vegas were in custody, suspected of killing Trevor Nettleton just after midnight. A 17-year-old male was arrested ...

It’s been more than a month since Clayton County inmates have had two hot meals a day – as required by Georgia law.

In April 2006, an irritated David Hackbart gave the finger to a driver who yelled at him -- only to discover that he had flipped off a cop. After Hackbart was ticketed, the ACLU sued on his behalf, arguing that the gesture is constitutionally protected free speech. Now the Pittsburgh City Council has tentatively approved a $50,000 settlement to Hackbart.   ...

A West Chester Twp. police officer remained in critical condition following an on-duty crash overnight. West Chester police officer Nicholas Gattermeyer, 24, was responding to a call of a burglary in progress just after 1:45 a.m. Tuesday in the 7700 block of Barret Road, according to West Chester Sgt. Joe Gutman. The officer’s cruiser went off the road and struck a ...

Jason Anderson, the police officer driving the vehicle involved in this crash, has been charged with manslaughter. He is still being paid though he is on leave from the police department. Neither Anderson, nor the trailing officer, Richard Pisani were responding to an emergency at the time. Parents of the two 19-year-old students killed in the crash were allowed to view ...

JONESBORO, Ga. - Many of the Clayton County badges that were improperly issued to more than 100 people have been returned, but the sheriff says quite a few are still in circulation. [widget:news__georgia] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported last week that at least 121 people had been issued badges by former Sheriff Victor Hill and that current Sheriff Kem Kimbrough was trying ...

The New Jersey attorney general yesterday approved the use of electronic stun guns by police officers under limited circumstances involving emotionally disturbed people. The stun guns -- which fire electronically-charged darts -- may be used by officers only when a person has a weapon, poses a serious threat to others, and refuses to be taken into custody. "This is the first ...

MERCER, Pa. - A western Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges she passed a drug-filled balloon to a state prison inmate while kissing him. [widget:news__corrections] State police said guards at the State Correctional Institution-Mercer became suspicious when an inmate appeared to swallow something after a prolonged kiss with a visitor on Oct. 19. When the inmate wouldn't ...

ORANGE, Conn. — An arrest affidavit says a Milford police officer charged with manslaughter for a car crash that killed two teenagers was driving 94 miles per hour and was not on an emergency call. State police earlier this month charged Jason Anderson with two counts of second-degree manslaughter and one count of reckless driving. He was released on $250,000 bond.WATCH: ...

A man convicted of murdering his girlfriend because she refused to dispose of his previous girlfriend's body has been sentenced to death. Calling the defendant "a savage beast" and "the face of evil," Superior Court Judge Joan Comparet-Cassani on Tuesday sentenced 28-year-old Santiago Martinez to die by lethal injection.

Police officers and firefighters, including those from the metro-east, will participate in boxing matches against each other to support families of those who have died in the line of duty. The 23rd annual Budweiser Guns 'N Hoses boxing event will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Scottrade Center. Granite City firefighter Brian Brinson will participate in the boxing match for ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A 19-year-old man was jailed on a drug charge after he allegedly went door-to-door trying to sell marijuana. A Brownsville police spokesman said Anthony Carrazco's alleged scheme went awry when he knocked on a police officer's apartment door. [widget:news__off_beat] Spokesman Jimmy Manrrique said the episode happened Thursday downtown near the University of Texas-Texas Southmost College campus. He said ...

She watched "The Silence of the Lambs" as a girl and so related to Jodie Foster's character that she wanted to become an FBI agent and go after psychopaths. Instead, Ally Jacobs became a police officer at UC Berkeley, handling mostly garden-variety cases until one day in August when she helped crack the case that ended the 18-year kidnapping nightmare of ...

TAYLOR, Texas — A black cat showed affection by crawling up and down a Texas police officer in a friendly display captured on the patrol car's dashcam. Taylor police Officer Keith Urban was seen being patient with the cat, whose image was captured during a recent traffic stop, then finally gently booting the kitty away. The Taylor Daily Press reported Urban ...

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. 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 ...

Extra cars on the road coupled with holiday parties mean more deadly crashes this Thanksgiving, police said. The Georgia State Patrol is predicting 3,570 traffic crashes with 1,398 injuries and 16 deaths this holiday period. The holiday extends from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday. “Thanksgiving is the most heavily traveled holiday of the year and that’s a recipe for disaster ...

A Biscayne Park police officer was attacked during a routine traffic stop Friday evening in North Miami-Dade, Biscayne Park Police spokesman Antonio Sanchez said. After the officer, whose name was not released, stopped a car near the intersection of NE 10th Ave. and 121st Street, the man driving the vehicle got out and attacked the officer, reaching for his radio ...