COLORADO SPRINGS — Sales-tax revenue from medical marijuana could help pay for a new police unit to monitor the business, Colorado Springs officials say. Medical-marijuana sales taxes are bringing in about $50,000 a month for the city, The Gazette reported Sunday. The City Council is considering a proposal to set up a four-member team in 2011 to enforce medical-marijuana regulations and ...

NEW YORK -- As thousands of law enforcement officers meet in Washington for National Police Week, they confront new data showing a sharp rise in fatal shootings by criminals and other dangerous individuals who should have been barred by under current law from owning firearms. Last year's trend of increased fatal shootings of officers is continuing, and accelerating. From urban shootouts ...

MILFORD, CT — Police commissioners in Milford Monday night fired a town police officer charged with manslaughter in a crash that killed two teenagers in June. Commissioners agreed with Police Chief Keith Mello's recommendation to fire Officer Jason Anderson of Milford. The accident in Orange killed two 19-year-olds, David Servin and Ashlie Krakowski, both of Orange.Related: Conn. Officer Charged In Fatal ...

SAN JOSE - In the face of massive budget cuts and officer layoffs, San Jose police have mothballed the use of a helicopter they have flown for years to find fleeing criminals and missing people. The San Jose Police Department says it will suspend its flights for at least three months to evaluate cost savings and public safety impact. The chopper, ...

RALEIGH, N.C. – A prestigious North Carolina private college cannot have police officers with the power to arrest suspects and enforce state law because the school is a religious institution, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. A three-judge panel agreed that the state Attorney General's Office shouldn't have commissioned Davidson College officers as law enforcement with powers similar to city ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - No one was hurt when a train struck a Cedar Rapids police car that been chasing a vehicle early Wednesday morning. The movie-like sequence began when officers tried to make a traffic stop shortly before 3 a.m. It ended with the suspect getting away after the crash near the intersection of Otis Road and Cole Street SE. Lt. ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Investigations by police and the Army failed to find why a soldier from Arizona who served in Iraq and was absent without leave from a base in Washington state opened fire — wounding a police officer before being shot and killed in Salt Lake City. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Monday that 28-year-old Spc. Brandon Barrett ...

VALPARAISO, Ind. — Authorities say a reserve police officer accidentally shot himself in the leg while unloading his gun outside a northwestern Indiana church where he was picking up his son. Valparaiso police said 29-year-old Daniel Glickauf's femur was shattered in the shooting, but no one else was hurt. Glickauf is a reserve officer for the Hebron (HEE'-bruhn) Police Department. Hebron ...

Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- Jurors have decided a Los Angeles County sheriff's sergeant should get $211,700 for enduring years of sexual harassment by a lieutenant. Sgt. Tera White sued the county and Lt. Patrick Valdez for harassment, claiming a variety of incidents ranging from asking her out on dates to unwanted kisses. Valdez lawyers say criminal and internal investigations exonerated ...