NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the New York Police Department over its surveillance of Muslim communities, accusing the police of trampling on religious freedoms and constitutional guarantees...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New York City Police Department announced an award on Tuesday of up to $65,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of the suspect or suspects behind the unsolved 2008 bombing of the U.S. Army Forces Recruiting Station in Times Square. Also released were videos of the [...]
(WASHINGTON) — Civil rights lawyers urged a federal judge to declare the New York Police Department’s widespread spying programs directed at Muslims to be unconstitutional, order police to stop their surveillance and destroy any records in police files. Show More Summary
A woman faked her own kidnapping because she was “intoxicated by fear” of getting caught driving under the influence, police told ABC News. The Beverly Police Department in Massachusetts charged Maria Brayfield, 24, with filling a false police report on Monday. “She maintained that she...
The ACLU, together with the NYCLU and CUNY's CLEAR Project, filed a lawsuit today challenging the New York Police Department's unconstitutional policy and practice of targeting entire Muslim communities for discriminatory and suspicionless surveillance. Show More Summary
The FBI and the New York City Police Department are offering a reward of up to $65,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the suspect or suspects involved in the unsolved March 6, 2008 bombing of the United States Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Times Square. Show More Summary
Metropolitan Police Department officers are investigating a grisly shooting that happened early this morning at a home in the Petworth neighborhood leaving one man hospitalized and the shooter dead. [ more › ]
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance released a report last Tuesday that analyzed the work of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department during last year's Democratic National Convention. The 67-page report is titled,...Show More Summary
The city of San Leandro, California and the San Leandro police department are being sued in federal court by two men who were arrested in June 2012 during an undercover sex sting that targeted gay men cruising a public bathroom...
Debra Milke Phoenix, AZ—So far there was little activity since U.S. District Court Judge Robert C. Broomfield entered an order requiring the Phoenix Police Department to turn over all records involving the rogue former police detective, Armando Saldate. Show More Summary
Anyone with any information about the events of last night is urged to call 312-745-4521, the Hit and Run Division of the Chicago Police Department. [ more › ]
by Ben Johnson BOSTON, June 13, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Criminals just got more rights in the city of Boston – at least, those who identify as transgender. According to new regulations, officers of the Boston Police Department must use a transgender suspect's preferred first name, find out whether…
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal judge to appoint an independent monitor to oversee the New York Police Department if the rules of the department's stop-and-frisk policy are unconstitutiona...
If a federal district court finds New York City’s controversial stop-and-frisk program unconstitutional, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder wants his agency to monitor the city police department. In a last-minute motion that left the city with little opportunity to respond, the Department of Justice disputes the city’s argument that a federal monitor is excessive, noting [...]
The chief of police of Clinton, La., says he knows everyone in his small town, and that’s why he wants to keep it safe with an 11 p.m. curfew for all its residents. After 13 years with the Clinton police department, Chief Fred Dunn said he knows when crimes are going to oc …
The Bardstown police dept. received a threat that "there are more to come," a reference to last month's ambush slaying of an officer
OUYA, a successful Kickstarter-funded gaming startup recently faced the heat at E3 2012 Expo. Apparently, Entertainment Software Association (ESA) called the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) in order to shut down Ouya’s public presence at the E3 event. Being a … Continue reading ?
A police standoff in Manhattan produced an embarrassing result on Wednesday. The New York City Police Department reportedly went to a fourth-floor apartment in lower Manhattan to serve an arrest warrant for a suspect in the 2010 murder of a Pace University student. The unidentified 31-year-old’s mother, who is in a wheelchair, held off the [...]Show More Summary
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department notified New York City officials on Wednesday that it plans to ask a federal judge for oversight of the city's police department if she determines its controversial stop-and-frisk policy is unconstitutio...
NASCAR driver Jason Leffler died Wednesday evening after a crash during a sprint car race at Bridgeport Speedway in New Jersey. The New Jersey State Police department confirmed the news: Leffler was 37. Upon hearing of Leffler's passing,...Show More Summary