Crime
Using AI and facial recognition software for real-time crime reporting is the next logical progression in how police are already using existing technology
Because crime is politicized and reported in its extremes, it is hard to convince the general public that Americans are in one of the safest eras in human history
Gang investigators need to think globally, but act locally when handling gang cases with subsets
Comments from the prosecution led an appeal panel to overturn a murder conviction
23-year-old Evan Casey Bennett murdered 2 security guards before killing his stepfather and shooting an officer 3 times outside a police headquarters
The shootings Tuesday afternoon took place in two homes in a middle class neighborhood
A man who authorities are now calling a serial killer opened fire on Los Angeles-area streets for five straight days until he was finally arrested
The buggy was carrying three people early Monday morning when a white minivan pulled into its path and forced it to stop
$12.7M program will parachute reformed members onto the streets to quell beefs and into hospitals to implore shooting victims not to retaliate
The rise in arrests dovetails with Police Commissioner William Bratton’s embrace of the “broken windows” theory of policing
Outside review found more than 1,000 violent offenses during a one-year period were classified incorrectly
“It started not to click,” said police Chief Michael Moore. “My frustration level was very high. We are a cash-strapped city ... and this cost us quite a bit of money”
A drive-by shooting killed a man and an 18-year-old woman and wounded five other people, three of them children
Police are investigating a homicide that occurred Sunday night that involved the suspect shooting the victim, then driving away in his car
As a result, incidents did not appear in the LAPD’s published statistics on serious crime that officials use to judge the department’s performance
Increase in population has Rio Rancho Police Chief Michael Geier worried about the amount of ground the department’s 70 patrol officers can cover
The man is all smiles until APD remotely shuts the car off
The force of the impact was so great the vehicle’s engine was launched from the car
Two Tulsa police officers who are married have been arrested in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man who was walking with their daughter
Man says he merely scratched his stomach and didn’t pull a gun when a grocery store clerk handed him cash
Violent rap lyrics written by a man accused of shooting a fellow drug dealer in 2005 should not have been admitted as evidence at his trial, court has ruled
When a man’s female roommate ate three Chips Ahoy cookies, it apparently sent him into a frenzy, which almost resulted in her death
Police later shot and killed Cody David Winters and arrested his accomplice, Natasha Galenn Jackson, on suspicion of murder, attempted murder, burglary, kidnapping and other charges
23-year-old Cornelius Crawford and 19-year-old Johnathan Rosa were arraigned early Tuesday on charges including murder, kidnapping, conspiracy, robbery, aggravated assault and sexual assault
A crowd came with .22-caliber rifles wrapped in trash bags, Saturday night special handguns, rusted shotguns handed down from grandparents
Daniel Bryan chased two burglary suspects he saw exiting his Phoenix home last week and subdued one until officers arrived
49-year-old Richard Plotts was arraigned late Saturday at his hospital bedside after emerging from sedation
An 80-year-old man who came home to find two burglars said he shot and killed one of them despite her pleas that she was pregnant
Police say the men broke in early Sunday and left a trail of red peppers on the beach
The tactic is under renewed scrutiny, with some lawmakers and experts saying the decades-old theory no longer applies to a city with far less crime
Desperate to curb the gun violence wracking their city, Chicago lawmakers are leading the way toward a counterintuitive idea — fighting crime by making it easier for young people to wipe away minor arrest records
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