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All the world’s a stage in the digital age
Videos shot by civilians can be a critical part of your investigation
Man arrested during a traffic stop was accused of cooking methamphetamine inside his apartment at the facility for seniors
A police officer was put on desk duty after video surfaced showing him punching a woman at the city’s gay pride parade and festival
Officer was patrolling for car prowlers and running license plates before he hit the man
Man who weighs about 450 pounds faces multiple charges after sheriff’s deputies say he hid cocaine and 23 grams of marijuana under his “stomach fat”
Officer came upon a shootout between two men Sunday afternoon and fired multiple shots, killing one while the other escaped
Court will consider the free speech rights of people who use violent or threatening language on Facebook and other electronic media where the speaker’s intent is not always clear
Pot’s growing acceptance is complicating the task of determining when kids are in danger
A 2-year-old Supreme Court decision has caused more confusion than clarity on how police may track the whereabouts of criminal suspects
In methamphetamine’s seedy underworld, traffickers are disguising the drug as a liquid to smuggle it into the United States from Mexico
Federal grand jury has indicted a Calif. social media expert who was the subject of an FBI manhunt on bomb and gun charges
New videos show negotiations with officers attempting to get James Boyd to leave his campground slowly deteriorated over the course of three hours
Off-duty officer was a 16-year veteran of the Detroit Police Department
November 2012 pursuit ended with 137 gunshots and the deaths of two people
Atlanta police officer John Chafee says the driver is being charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving and marijuana possession
Officers investigating allegations that a person may be a danger to himself or others would be required to first check a state database to determine whether the person owns firearms
Floyd County Sheriff Darrell Mills said proper procedure was taken to prevent woman from harming herself
The impoundments Tuesday came about a month after Police Chief William McManus announced that such enforcement could occur if ride-sharing companies didn’t cease operations
Police have arrested a 19-year-old woman after her aunt discovered the murder plot through a fake Facebook profile
In the last seconds of a call, Jerad Miller says, “If they come to arrest me for noncompliance or whatever, I’m just going to start shooting people”
15-year-old gunman had an assault rifle, handgun and several magazines of ammo hidden in a guitar case and duffel bag when he rode a school bus to the campus
Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said the move was the latest in a series intended to improve transparency and accountability
59-year-old Bobby Beck showed up at City Hall in Weaver on Tuesday with a badge and a pistol on his belt and said he wanted to talk to the mayor
Department became one of the first agencies in the country to distribute a theft-deterring chemical that leaves DNA-like “signatures” on property
Dispatcher has resigned after failing to relay key information to officers responding to a woman who was killed 12 minutes into a call
Investigators are studying videos and social media posts as they try to untangle what led Jerad Miller and his wife to kill 2 cops in Las Vegas
In April 2013, he committed the crime that got him the long federal sentence, shooting at federal agents in a helicopter when he was flushed from a home
The mother of an 11-year-old Connecticut boy has been arrested after police say her son brought a grenade to school
Attorney for officer who was placed on leave for refusing an assignment to work a gay pride parade last weekend said Monday that his client has been defamed
Department is asking the City Council to set aside $397K to double the amount of time helicopter can spend patrolling Oakland
Man was suspected in an armed robbery when he pulled his car into a bustling Walmart parking lot in March 2010