Bizarre Police News: Strange, Funny & Unusual Law Enforcement Stories

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Year in Review

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December 12, 2024 12:49 PM

Year in Review

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December 21, 2023 10:56 AM

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Year in Review

Top 10 bizarre police news stories of 2023

These stories are a shoo-in to get your side aching from laughter

December 14, 2023 05:27 PM

Armed 85-year-old woman makes robber call cops

August 19, 2008 04:39 AM

Texas robber locks keys in getaway car

August 15, 2008 09:47 AM

Two men arrested after ‘dropping’ into deputies’ arms

August 13, 2008 10:24 AM

RI man finds cocaine in used police cruiser

August 08, 2008 09:56 AM

Chicago cop suspended for demanding free Starbucks

August 08, 2008 05:48 AM

Sheriffs: 2 tiger attacks show tougher laws needed

August 06, 2008 08:28 AM

Miami police handbook addresses animal sacifice

August 05, 2008 08:40 AM

Seattle cop hit by car, puppy to blame

July 30, 2008 08:45 AM

Minn. cops shoot bear with jar stuck on head

July 30, 2008 04:26 AM

R.I. police shoot man with bayonet

July 29, 2008 04:31 AM

Kidnap victim’s signals to Minn. cop ends ordeal

July 28, 2008 06:15 AM

Kalamazoo police nab suspect hiding in trash can

July 28, 2008 04:56 AM

Cops use text message to nab suspect

July 25, 2008 09:45 AM

Mass. cops quell highway dispute at 80mph

July 24, 2008 07:05 AM

Portland parking laws include police

July 24, 2008 04:40 AM

Suspected bomb turns out to be string cheese

July 22, 2008 12:00 PM

RI cops arrest man with .491 blood alcohol level

July 22, 2008 11:56 AM

Man tries to bike, swim and run away from police

July 16, 2008 11:33 AM

Ind. police find pot farm in Girl Scout camp

July 16, 2008 06:41 AM

Squad car wrecked after 29 minutes on force

July 15, 2008 08:46 AM

NYPD’s parking bust bags 1,000 cops

July 10, 2008 07:56 AM

4th prison term looms for serial sock-snatcher

July 10, 2008 06:40 AM

Retiring cop suspended for wrong uniform

July 09, 2008 08:22 AM

Ga. troopers have a ‘nose for pot’

July 09, 2008 04:59 AM

Naked man arrested after hijacking Las Vegas bus

July 09, 2008 04:42 AM

Police arrest man who threw wood at cop

July 08, 2008 10:51 AM

Ala. police nab Mercedes-climbing goat

July 07, 2008 01:45 PM

Stabbing suspect caught fleeing in wheelchair

July 07, 2008 04:55 AM

FedEx and Md. police deliver 200-pound pot bust

July 06, 2008 02:04 PM

Gas prices may put Austin officers on bicycles

July 04, 2008 11:36 AM

Bizarre Beat

The Bizarre Beat topic gives police officers a place to get news articles of the weird crime news and funny police reports, including the naked protesters, drunks in clown costumes, and all other oddball encounters cops have on the street on a daily basis.