Bay Area transit police conducted militarized training exercises with TSA
Apparently the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police, infamous for having shot dead unarmed Oakland…
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Small Police Department in Guthrie, OK Gets Armored Vehicle
Lily Dane Activist Post The police department in Guthrie, Oklahoma, recently purchased an armored vehicle…
Manhunt leads to massive roadblock, warrantless car-to-car searches
Thousands of motorists were brought to a standstill when police conducted a massive roadblock to…
Philly cop charged after wrongfully arresting war vet
A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania police officer who has been investigated by internal affairs a dozen times…
Cops used cell phone surveillance tool 200 times without court’s permission
The American Civil Liberties Union wants to learn more about any secret surveillance gadgets used…
Supreme Court hands police more power to conduct warrantless house searches
The US Supreme Court has ruled that police may search a home without obtaining a…
13-year-old boy faces felony charge for hitting Chicago cop with snowball
A 13-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday and faces a felony charge for allegedly hitting a…
California company builds 5-foot android robocops to control crime-ridden areas
The local neighborhood watch may be beefing up its robotic arsenal if a new technology…
Record number of Americans exonerated in 2013
A record number of Americans were set free in 2013 after being wrongfully convicted of…
NJ Police Routinely Checking For Radioactive Material at Residences?
I found this interesting article in New Jersey: Police on a routine patrol here early…
EU police want ‘remote kill switch’ on every car
The EU is considering mandatorily equipping of all cars sold in the union with devices,…
Baltimore must return $2.8 mln after audit finds faulty speed cameras
A secret audit conducted for the City of Baltimore found that local speed cameras had…
Local police refuse to participate in ‘voluntary’ traffic checkpoints
The US government’s use of traffic checkpoints to gather drunk and drugged driving information from…
NYPD retirees claimed 9/11 trauma to defraud disability program of millions
Over 100 retirees, most of them former New York City Police Department employees, were charged…
LA Sheriff’s Department misconduct includes rape, drug smuggling, kidnapping
Recent misconduct investigations of deputies of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department included rape, smuggling heroin…
NYPD a ‘quasi-military organization,’ according to Ray Kelly
During the last few hours of a lengthy tenure atop the New York Police Department…
Court upholds laptop searches at border
By Julian Hattem A federal court has tossed out a lawsuit trying to prevent the…
LAPD deploys drug detection swab test at sobriety checkpoints
The Los Angeles Police Department has announced plans to ramp up use of a portable…
Texas judge: Search warrants can be obtained based on predictions of future crimes
Police in Texas may now obtain a search warrant based on “a prediction of a…
Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Laws on Gun Control
When Sheriff John Cooke of Weld County explains in speeches why he is not enforcing…