Tag: Law enforcement agencies
Alabama jury deliberates fate of officer charged with murder
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A jury began deliberations Thursday in the trial of an Alabama police officer charged with murder for fatally shooting a suicidal...
At funeral, fallen Watauga deputies remembered as ‘heroes’
RALEIGH, N.C. — The sheriff was already running late to the office when a woman pleaded for him to stop. She wanted to pay...
Report details police wounding of suspect in mass shooting
DENVER — A man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket surrendered after being shot by a police officer who waited for...
Louisiana cop who used stun gun on handcuffed man resigns
<p>PORT ALLEN, La. — An officer who used a stun gun <a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-news-arrests-louisiana-aa24e3f6304f90ffbe93488d2da4a851">twice</a> on a handcuffed, seated man has resigned from a Louisiana police...
Shooting highlights lack of body cams among Portland police
<p>PORTLAND, Ore. — Two police officers raised their weapons while sheltering behind a tree in a Portland park. They yelled at a homeless man...
States push back against use of facial recognition by police
<p>COLUMBUS, Ohio — Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. have used facial recognition technology to solve homicides and bust human traffickers, but concern about...
St. Louis police oversight board undermined, report says
<p>A civilian police oversight board established in St. Louis soon after <a href="https://apnews.com/article/shootings-police-us-news-st-louis-michael-brown-9aa32033692547699a3b61da8fd1fc62">Michael Brown’s death</a> in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, was shut out from reviewing...
Italians convicted of left-wing terrorism face French court
PARIS — After living in freedom for decades in France, nine Italians convicted of left-wing terrorism for attacks in the 1970s and 1980s are...
AP: Trooper charged in child rape hid checkered FBI past
<p>MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama state trooper arrested last week on charges he raped an 11-year-old girl had been kicked out of the FBI...
Firing of Atlanta officer who shot Rayshard Brooks reversed
ATLANTA — The firing of the former Atlanta police officer who's charged with murder in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks has been reversed.
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