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Stolen Fla. Big Rig Found, But Mystery Remains
The case of the missing 75-foot tractor-trailer rig pulling a mammoth excavator remains a mystery, even though Miami-Dade police have now recovered the stolen rig.

Man Cited as DWI in N.C. Wreck With Officer's Mom Alleges Assault
A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer accused of assaulting another man who allegedly rear-ended the officer's mother last Wednesday in Matthews is due in court today.

Report Indicates Possible New Orleans PD Payroll Fraud
A New Orleans report calls for investigations into the New Orleans Police Department, high-ranking officers targeting payroll fraud as well as possible downgrading violent crimes to improve crime stats.

Three Cs for Loving an Officer
One morning, my LEO brought me doughnuts at work after I had just finished Third shift and was gearing up to do a double and work First. He came into dispatch in uniform carrying a box of doughnuts and wearing the Krispy Kreme hat. When he told me he...

Shirt-Buying Deputy Assists at Utah Fire
A Morgan County sheriff's deputy was in the right place at the right time when a fire broke out Tuesday morning at an Ogden duplex.

Police: Victims Related in Ga. Spa Shooting
A gunman who was asked to leave a Korean health spa in an Atlanta suburb earlier in the day came back and shot two of his sisters and their husbands and then killed himself, police said Wednesday.

Embattled Ariz. Sheriff Seeks Independent Probe
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu asked the Gila County sheriff's office and the Gila County attorney's office on Tuesday to "look into allegations of human rights violations, threatening and intimidating, misuse of public resources, theft of property...

Minn. K-9s Test Skills During 2-Day Training
About 15 regional law enforcement canines on Tuesday finished an intensive two-day training designed to test and sharpen their skills to find narcotics and people.

Burnsville PD Uses On-Officer Camera Technology
The Burnsville PD has equipped a number of its patrol officers with on-officer tactical head camera technology. These cameras record audio and video evidence from the perspective of the officer, and allow officers to securely transfer, store and manage...

Stun Gun Maker Announces New Tools
Taser has announced a camera that clips onto an officer's collar or sunglasses, and can record two hours of video to be stored in a cloud-computing system using Taser's online evidence management system.

Court Says Calif. Police Can't Be Sued Over Warrant
The Supreme Court said Wednesday that California police officers cannot be sued because they used a warrant that may have been defective to search a woman's house.

Elbeco Uniforms
OfficerStore.com has expanded the uniform choices with the addition of Elbecos T2 Uniform shirts along with the Tek2 Uniform Shirts and Tek2 Uniform, Cargo and EMT Trousers. These new garments have been engineered by Elbeco to meet the technical...

Legendary Lawmen Weapons 101
Of the innovations introduced during the Civil War perhaps none were as important as a rifled barrel. This, along with the advancement in the Mini Ball changed the face of modern warfare.

Cameras Help Austin Police Fight Crime
The Austin Police Department hopes the cameras not only catch crime as it's happening, but also help deter it.

Report: NYPD Built Secret Files on Mosques
Americans living and working in New Jersey's largest city were subjected to surveillance as part of the New York Police Department's effort to build databases of where Muslims work, shop and pray.

Informants Integral in FBI's War on Terror
Since the 9/11 attacks federal authorities have tapped into a vast network of informants -- many of them in the U.S. Muslim community -- who have assisted in the arrests of many suspects.

Report: Calif. PD Didn't Intend to Deceive Public
The report comes after community leaders and activists accused the Fullerton Police Department of going out of its way to portray Kelly Thomas as a violent street person with a history of run-ins with police.

ICE Agent Who Shot Gunman Fought Sex Crime
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Perry Woo earned praise for his courage and quick thinking after he fatally shot a colleague who opened fire on a supervisor last week.

Ind. Bill Would Protect Police Who Help Motorists
An Indianapolis lawmaker is hoping to make it easier for police to help out motorists in need without the threat of being held responsible for damages.

Ex-Playboy Playmate Gets $1.2M in Suit vs. NYPD
Playboy Playmate Stephanie Adams was awarded the sum after a Manhattan civil jury ruled she was the victim of excessive force.

Ariz. AG to Probe Sheriff Misconduct Claims
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu requested the investigation Tuesday.

Missouri Meth Lab Busts Increased Six-Fold in St. Louis in 2011
In all, Missouri finished 2011 with 2,096 lab seizures.

DOJ Probes Minority Hiring by Maryland Department
The U.S. Justice Departmenthas opened an investigation of possible racial discrimination in hiring at the Baltimore County police and fire departments.

Ohio Court: Law Can't Retroactively Affect Sex Offender
A Columbus man who pleaded guilty to sexual battery in 1995 does not have to tell authorities his whereabouts because he left prison before sex-offender registration laws took effect.

Police Search for Motive After Five Killed at Ga. Spa
Police were interviewing witnesses at a spa outside Atlanta where a gunman opened fire, killing five people in what authorities described as a murder-suicide.

Woman in Texas Struck by Bullet From Mexico
A woman shopping on a busy downtown El Paso street became the first victim of bullets flying across the border from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Georgia Suspect Says Angel Told Him to Kill
Prosecutors urged jurors Tuesday to dismiss a murder defendant's assertions that an angel who looked like Olivia Newton-John ordered him to fatally shoot a co-worker's husband outside a preschool.

Settlement Awards Wash. Officer Job, Back Pay
A Spokane police officer fired in 2009 after driving drunk while off duty, hitting a pickup with his truck and leaving the scene of the collision is likely to be rehired and get more than two years of back pay.

Pa. Fugitive Who Once Faked Suicide Found Again
Peter Michael Russell, convicted of two high-profile Erie burglaries decades ago, faked his suicide to avoid prosecution in 1984.