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The rate of other things stolen from cars has dropped 11% over the last 10 years, even as the rate of gun thefts from cars grew 200%, an analysis of FBI data shows
The survey looks at three key areas: opportunity and competition, law enforcement training requirements, and job hazards and protections
The drop comes after the department stationed 1,000 more officers in the subway system to combat crime and fare evasion
Cabell County medics were inside a house treating a patient when the man jumped into their rig and drove off
CHP officers have been in Bakersfield for six weeks, focusing on reducing car theft, tamping down retail crime and bolstering traffic enforcement
An off-duty CPD officer working security at the bank arrested the suspect after he gave a teller a lengthy note which demanded up to $2,000 while also informing her he did not have a gun
Deputies were searching for the thief when they saw a person, who appeared to be a blond woman wearing oversized sunglasses, leaving a home; that person turned out to be the man suspected of the theft
The Democratic congressman had his luggage swiped from his car while it was parked in a downtown garage
Between March and June 2023, police said, three people they came to name the “Punch Crew” burglarized several restaurants, stealing about $80,000 from various businesses and causing about $160,000 in damage
The man ran into a crowded room and pointed a gun in the direction of deputies and multiple bystanders before the shooting occurred
Paramedics were still in the ambulance when it was stolen and had to bail out of the vehicle as the suspect fled
The gun crime intelligence center at Chicago’s ATF office brings together federal agents, police and prosecutors to share and analyze firearm intelligence to identify traffickers and shooters
Money from the theft, orchestrated by an Air Canada employee and former manager, was used to fund illegal U.S. weapons purchases for distribution across the border
The majority of the burglaries have been committed by groups of Chilean suspects who overstayed a 90-day visa; Detroit police say the burglars stake out homes for days in order to break in while they are unoccupied
The Erie County Sheriff’s Office’s helicopter team tracked a group of teenagers fleeing from Buffalo police officers in a stolen vehicle
Thieves stole pallets of beer using forklifts, recruiting others into the scheme via social media, according to a West Haven Police Department warrant
The legislation, which followed the death of a man crossing a street turned pitch black by the theft of copper wiring in streetlights, would require anyone selling copper metal to have a state-issued license
The suspects hit stores in search of limited-edition box sets of the toys, part of a trend of “Lego larceny”
The victim and an officer who was standing nearby ran after the thief; the victim fell, but the officer continued to pursue the perpetrator on foot, video shows
Sgt. Thomas Fry faces felony charges after admitting to taking three duty firearms from the Dallas Police Department
The bill would provide for information sharing and dissemination, emulating the New Jersey State Police real-time crime center; there, agecies are tied into a real-time computer chat to report car thefts and information
‘I don’t play no games with them’: Mother turns in her 2 sons suspected of shooting at Miss. officer
“If you want to do the crime, you gotta do the time — plain and simple,” the mother said
Nearly 200 homicides occurred in 2023, up from 151 in 2019; the new plan will utilize police and community collaboration, a larger volume of social services and a concept called “focused deterrence” to reduce crime
One officer was injured after being hit by a car speeding away from the scene
Police recorded 51 fewer felony crimes than the 217 recorded in March 2023; the NYPD also saw a 51% drop in robberies, a 10% drop in felony assaults and a 15% drop in pickpocketing and theft
“My policy is always [that] we don’t go home until we have someone in handcuffs or a name and someone we can sign a warrant on,” Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch stated
L.A. moves to hire private security for ‘graffiti towers,’ other hazardous buildings to relieve LAPD
“[The] LAPD is a trained, professional police force,” L.A. Councilmember Kevin de Leon said. “They are there to protect and serve the city of LA, not to protect and babysit buildings”
The officer was in uniform serving an off-duty assignment when he was shot by armed robbery suspects
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The new law rolls back a 2020 voter-approved measure by making so-called personal use possession a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail
The network of cameras will provide real-time crime alerts, alerting authorities when a suspected crime-linked vehicle is spotted
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