FRAMINGHAM, MA — A car possibly racing another vehicle on Route 30 in Framingham smashed into a cruiser carrying a veteran state trooper early yesterday, critically injuring the car’s driver but leaving the trooper nearly unscathed, State Police said. The trooper was at least the 11th involved in a serious crash in the past 15 months in which suspected erratic driving, ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- In emotional testimony Monday night, family members of four slain Lakewood police officers asked lawmakers to make changes to a system they say failed their loved ones. Lakewood police Sgt. Mark Renninger and Officers Ronald Owens, Tina Griswold and Greg Richards were shot to death in November at a coffee shop before the start of their Sunday morning ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced Tuesday the arrests of 678 gang members allegedly associated with drug trafficking organizations in Mexico, South & Central America, the Caribbean, and Asia. This roundup, named Project Southern Tempest, covered a three month period from December 2010 through February 2011, reports CBS News homeland security correspondent Bob Orr. ICE's larger anti-gang initiative, called Operation Community ...

Streamlining the upper management of the Los Angeles Police Department, Chief Charlie Beck said Tuesday he plans to take 130 officers off desk duty and return them to the streets. "This will be the first wave of officers as we move forward," Beck said, outlining the organizational changes he is making during his first months as chief. "This will be extremely ...

SHREVEPORT, LA - The 12-year-old Shreveport girl who went missing for several days is home safe after her father picked her up from a convenience store early Wednesday. After pushing for the public's help in finding Amber White, police are being tight-lipped about the facts of the case. However, they confirmed the girl's father picked her up and never contacted authorities. ...

OLDSMAR, Fla. (AP) - Deputies in Florida had to handcuff a rather unusual suspect: a 7-foot-long alligator. A crossing guard at a Tampa-area school spotted the gator lounging near an elementary school Monday morning around the time children would be walking to school. As she and three deputies waited for a trapper to arrive, the alligator started walking toward the children. ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco police shot and wounded a wanted parolee during a gunbattle Wednesday morning in the Western Addition, authorities said. The suspect, 38-year-old Roselyndo Nagayo Sicat, was being treated at San Francisco General Hospital after being shot near the corner of Gough and Ellis streets shortly before 8 a.m. Police said he was expected to survive. Officers had ...

MADISON, Wis. — Authorities say a Dane County sheriff's deputy won't face charges for fatally shooting a Madison man who attacked him last week. The sheriff's office said Monday that Deputy Keith Severson responded appropriately in a life-threatening situation. Sheriff Dave Mahoney says Severson fired seven shots, killing 25-year-old Eugene Walker. The shooting happened outside an apartment building in Town of ...

CAMDEN — A new budget, set to be considered by the city council Tuesday, proposes the rehiring of 47 Camden police officers and 13 firefighters following increased taxation, according to a report on CourierPostOnline.com. The budget, created by Camden Mayor Dana Redd, contains an additional $3.3 million for the police department and $2.2 million for the fire department, after the state ...

CONCORD - Concord police shot and killed a wanted man who fired at two officers, authorities said Thursday. Richard Renfandt II, 31, of Concord was killed in the carport of a building on the 3400 block of Hillsborough Drive just after 6 p.m. Wednesday, police Lt. Jim Lardieri said in a statement. Renfandt had two outstanding arrest warrants, police said - ...

BALTIMORE - Baltimore police Officer Gahiji Tshamba was found guilty of manslaughter Thursday in the shooting death one year ago of Tyrone Brown, a Marine veteran and father of two. "The defendant overreacted and in fact exacerbated this whole tragic" set of event, said Baltimore Circuit Judge Edward R.K. Hargadon. More than 21 witnesses appeared over six days, offering varied accounts ...

As a 20-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, George Gascón isn't exactly new to tough neighborhoods. During the late 1970s, he worked the Hollywood Division when the once-fabled neighborhood was known primarily for its transvestite streetwalkers and drug sales. In the late 1980s, he moved to Hollenbeck, a proud Chicano community in East L.A. with deep roots-and some of ...

TAMPA - It was only a flutter of the eyelids. But to Cheryl Law, waiting by her daughter's bedside at Tampa General Hospital that November day, it was a hopeful sign. "I said to her, 'Andrea, if you can hear me, move your foot.' And she wiggled her foot," Law said. "I said, 'Move your left foot,' and she moved her ...

LOS ANGELES -- Last year, days of angry protests followed the fatal police shooting of a Guatemalan immigrant. When a civilian oversight panel announced that the officer was justified in using lethal force in the case, calm prevailed amid the small crowds that protested the finding. Police had braced for the worse Tuesday as the Los Angeles Police Commission announced it ...

MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ - Sheriff Joe Arpaio's latest crime sweep, Operation Desert Sky, has led to the arrest of seven illegal immigrants in the north Valley, authorities say. On Tuesday night, deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Human Smuggling Unit stopped a late-model Chrysler for a speeding violation. Inside the vehicle, they found seven people, all illegal immigrants, apparently headed ...

SANTA CRUZ -- Ari, the brother of Sheriff's Office's other police dog, Tomi, officially joined the force Sunday. Ari is a 2-year-old, male German shepherd and Belgian malinois, and is trained for patrol and narcotics detection. "He really is beautiful, high energy, strong and very playful," said Sgt. Dan Campos, in a statement. "Their presence alone, oftentimes, put an end to ...

TULSA, OK - Tulsa police shot a man Monday who had been wanted for questioning in a burglary in which guns and police gear were stolen from a police detective's home. The two officers who shot Denny Edward Phillips, 32, were not identified Monday night, but Tulsa Police Capt. Rick Helberg said they were accompanying U.S. marshals and federal agents who ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia State Police chaplains can invoke Jesus during prayers again. State Police Superintendent Stephen Flaherty reinstated a policy allowing chaplains to use the name Jesus on Wednesday. Flaherty rescinded that policy after a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling two years ago. The court said prayers delivered on behalf of governments can't favor one religion over ...

LOS ANGELES - Opening Day is a sacred moment for those who bleed Dodger Blue, full of ritual and expectations. But outside the stadium, some have a ritual of their own: heavy drinking, sometimes from dawn to dusk and into the night. This year, the Los Angeles Police Department decided enough was enough. More than 150 officers spread out around the ...