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Whether on the big screen or the rear-view mirror, the radio car is as much a part of the ubiquitous American landscape as the golden arches of McDonalds or the billboards offering "Color TV" to road-weary travelers. Though they represent different things to different people, and we don't always love the people inside, they're there and, in the true American ...

STOCKTON, UT - Stockton Police Chief Heinz Kopp is keeping his distance from what has become a pretty big dustup in this tiny Tooele County town. "It wasn't my decision to suspend [Officer Josh Rowell]," the chief said Monday. "That was the mayor's doing. I was left out of the loop on that one." The chief was referring to the fallout ...

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: ...

NEW YORK, NY - The Rev. Al Sharpton lashed out Sunday at the "unfair" treatment of his daughter and ex-wife by cops who arrested the duo for arguing over a traffic ticket in Harlem. "I cannot imagine how two unarmed women with no record, could be taken in cuffs from a traffic dispute with NO personal or property damage involved," Sharpton ...

Fort Hood, Texas (AP) - A civilian police officer who shot the Fort Hood gunman four times during his bloody rampage stopped the attacker cold, a U.S. Army official said Friday. Officer Kimberly Munley of the Fort Hood Police Department is a "trained, active first responder" who acted quickly after she "just happened to encounter the gunman," said Lt. Gen. Bob ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA - A former Philadelphia police officer convicted of robbing a drug dealer and participating in a home invasion was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison. The rogue officer, Malik Snell, was denounced by the judge, prosecutors, and city officials. The police commissioner sent a letter promising to melt Snell's badge "into a lump of metal." Snell, who spent four ...

CHICAGO-A city employee was awarded more $1 million by a jury Friday in a wrongful arrest and conspiracy case stemming from a 2006 arrest in which she refused to rescind a parking ticket issued on a police officer's car. On Friday a jury found in favor of Jacqueline Fegan and awarded her $1.553 million in damages, according to a release from ...

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 ...

Lights flashing and sirens blaring. Speeding past other cars and rushing through intersections. Someone needs help. A bad guy needs to be caught. Racing to a call as fast as possible has become an accepted part of being a cop. [widget:news__pursuits] But as deadly crashes involving speeding police cars mount, more agencies, including the Metropolitan Police Department, are considering speed limits ...

A man wielding a Samurai sword attacked an Upper Darby police officer who was attempting to take him into custody, after the man threatened to set his rowhouse apartment on fire and commit suicide, authorities said today. George Henry Rogers, 36, of the 4000 block of Dayton Road, called police just after midnight yesterday and said he was barricaded in his ...

The San Jose Police Department will be the first law enforcement agency in the nation to use new ear-mounted video and audio recorders on the streets. The goal of the new device is to provide more details into arrests and other situations. The department has ordered 72 of the cameras, which are built by Taser International, and plans to deploy them ...

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 ...

In honor of the return of the Chevy Caprice police car, and because it's one of the most ubiquitous film cop cars of the 1980s and 1990s, we've put together the ten best criminal-chasing, car-smashing Caprice police movie cars below. See The List! >>> [page] Movie #10: Nothing To Lose Year: 1997 Type: 1990 Chevrolet Caprice 9C1 Role: Oh man, ...

OXFORD, Ohio - An 18-year-old Ohio man decided to dress up as a breathalyzer for a Halloween party. What do you think happened next? James Miller was arrested after driving the wrong way down a one-way street. His car's headlights weren't on, and he had several different Ohio IDs on him.Police Video: The Dumbest Criminals Caught On TapePolice say he had ...

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 ...

November 10, 2009 9:34 PM   Tyrel Linkhorn Published Nov. 11, 2009 CAIRO — Cairo Village Council laid off all four members of the village’s part-time Police Department. After an earlier motion to disband the Police Department was withdrawn at Monday’s meeting, the council voted 5-0 to approve the lay-offs, which are effective immediately. Councilman Robert Douglas was not present for ...

PANAMA CITY, FL - A Panama City commissioner said Saturday the city might be able to save money by abolishing the Panama City Police Department and contracting with the Bay County Sheriff 's Office for law-enforcement services. Commissioner John Kady brought the issue up during a twoday workshop that began Friday and ended Saturday. "It might be smarter for us, from ...

STILLWATER, Minn. — Friends and family members of officer Brienne Heroux were asked to come say goodbye a week ago. Heroux, of the Stillwater Police Department, had suffered from complications due to a rare syndrome that affects pregnant women. She gave birth to her son, Leland Earl Heroux, at St. John's Hospital on Aug. 30 by emergency cesarean section and never ...

DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. said Friday it plans to sell a new police cruiser vehicle to replace its Crown Victoria "Police Interceptor" once the sedan is phased out of production in 2011. The automaker said the new vehicle will be more fuel efficient and offer lower ownership costs to municipalities than the existing Crown Victoria law enforcement vehicle. The ...