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.
The agency released body footage of the arrest, which depicts the diaper-wearing monkey clinging desperately to his owner
There is never a “routine” day in law enforcement, and these videos prove it
Police said they arrested a soldier who stole an armored personnel carrier from a National Guard base and was pursued by police for more than 60 miles
A standoff with a hammer-wielding man ended after Maj. Jimmy Stanford snuck behind the suspect in a grocery aisle and hit him in the back with two cans of beans
Andrew Tornetta, accused of punching a police horse during a game, is suing police and the team, claiming assault, false imprisonment and defamation of character
Do the sounds of Bach and Vivaldi really have the power to combat loitering and other petty offenses?
Officer Robert Lagonera delivered the fawn after its mother was struck and killed on a road
A raccoon and her five cubs fell into a home’s living room and bit through the glove of a firefighter as they tried to remove the animals
The trooper caught the puppy, troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said
A Florida man was done in by his own dashboard camera
Police said a suspect “gouged his thumb” into the deputy’s eye at least four times while the LEO tried to arrest him
Ainsley Johnson gulped down the fingertip during a fight with a cop who was escorting him into a jail cell
When police questioned the woman about the drugs, she responded: “It’s a windy day. It must have flown through the window and into my purse”
The suspect can be heard singing on dash cam video, “Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do?”
Daniel Antonio Nolasco Cardona is accused of committing four burglaries, including taking the urn with the ashes of Officer Curtis “Buddy” Newsome
Police report she began to ride the carousel after making the comments
Police said the man became upset when the fast food restaurant refused to make him 30 double cheeseburgers
Cpl. Scott Martin said he created a wanted poster for Phil because he is sick of snow in the spring
Police are asking local residents to be on the lookout for “Tom”
Delaware state troopers say they arrested two shoplifting suspects the easy way
An Austrian man faces a 160-euro ($197) fine for describing police officers as “smurfs” in a warning about speed checks posted on Facebook
The uproar has forced police to step up security amid threats at Preston Junior High School and other schools in the district
Police initially discounted a report by Denise Huskins and her boyfriend that a masked intruder drugged them in their home and then kidnapped her
The #WeWantAPoliceCat movement took only eight days to reach the goal
A Boston police spokesman says the officers in the stuck vehicle “would like to thank the Elsa-impersonator for the assist”
After spending about 38 of the last 39 years in prison, police said Paul H. Borroni apparently wanted to go back
“Don’t drive impaired, till death do we part doesn’t need any help,” Sgt. Chriswell Scott said
Jacksonville PD said the man with a less-than-flattering nickname was described as wearing a black hoodie and black jeans
Lamarr Chambers’ lawyer said the suspect “would rather die” than go to the toilet
