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Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the site “the dominant marketplace for illicit commercial sex”
An automated license plate reader system helps police in a Miami suburb develop leads and close cases
Abuse can take many forms — from physical harm to emotional damage
Police arrested a 31-year-old Kansas City, Kan. man Sunday morning suspected of shooting a Pleasant Valley, Mo. officer in the face late Saturday
Aeman Lovel Presley is suspected of killing two homeless men as they slept in the streets of Atlanta
Authorities said they stopped the suspect’s vehicle around 1:30 a.m. and arrested a 22-year-old man
The town has begun reviewing ideas for a permanent memorial and the first construction work has begun on the new Sandy Hook Elementary School
Police say that at the home, the teen admitted he had killed his father
Dispatcher didn’t tell officers involved in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy last month that the gun might be a replica
A suspected gang member opened fire on a group outside an alternative high school Friday
While standing behind the officer, CHP officials also revealed they have created phony Twitter accounts and dressed like demonstrators to do surveillance
Officer maintains he played the song because he is a University of Alabama fan
Robbery suspect was killed Sunday after pulling a gun on officers during an arrest attempt
19-year-old Jessica Chambers was doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire Saturday
Website spurred controversy over mission statement that reported agency was established in 1963 out of a fear and distrust of civil rights advocates
Dash cam video has been released capturing a Texas officer getting shot in a drive-by while conducting an unrelated traffic stop
The 2014 calendar brought us five significant cases which impact officers’ understanding of Fourth Amendment limits, both in its extension and restrictions
Officials say a fan was “belligerent” and assaulted officers prior to encounter captured on video
Deputy contends he was the victim of retaliation following his 2006 arrest of Gibson
Police say an unemployed couple facing eviction admitted swiping a Salvation Army donation bucket so they could buy drugs
Man with a history of mental illness slipped into the headquarters of a major Jewish organization and stabbed an Israeli student in the head
Dash cam has been released of the fatal November 15 shooting of an armed man wanted in the stabbing death of a university student
A convicted con man who tried to pass himself off as an FBI agent to get perks in the North Dakota oil patch will plead guilty to an illegal weapons charge
Emotionally disturbed man who refused to drop his knife after stabbing an Israeli student in the head was shot and killed by an officer
Passenger accused of stabbing 4 on an Amtrak train told police he began the attack after seeing another man turn into a demon
Special agent suffered a head injury and a broken leg when he was hit by a suspect’s car
Off-duty Chicago police sergeant shot and killed a man who had just shot a fellow patron at a bar Sunday
Sunday’s protest began peacefully on the University of California, Berkeley, campus but eventually grew rowdy and spilled into Oakland
Police opened an investigation on Friday into a woman’s claims that Bill Cosby molested her when she was 15 years old
Officers used an ECD to subdue the suspect and take him into custody; all four victims were stable Saturday
History shows that jurors may have less sympathy for officers who are guilty of more than just poor judgment during a crisis
Suspect killed Tuesday by cop who mistook a pill bottle for a gun demonstrates the challenges agencies face at a time of unrest over police tactics
Two of the wounded were trying to rob a bar. The other victims — including the former officer, 65 — were customers