BART officials said tonight that they would investigate the actions of one of the transit agency's police officers after a new video surfaced showing the officer striking a passenger - apparently Oscar Grant - minutes before the unarmed young man was fatally shot by another police officer early on New Year's Day.
*this story only gets worse* picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

Mark your calendars and get ready to buy tickets (and pay for them at $50 to much more). picked by indierockcafe 3 years ago

Fort Lauderdale Police have Dillard High School on lockdown after a shooting on campus, leaving one person injured late Wednesday morning. picked by bellybombers 1 year ago

A Detroit motorist was stopped and handcuffed by police on suspicion of stealing what turned out to be his own van. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

A man in custody shot a small-town police chief to death Wednesday from the back seat of the chief's cruiser in Eastern Kentucky, a county official said.

Powell County Judge-Executive Darren Farmer said Police Chief Randy Lacy was shot by a man he had arrested shortly after 11 a.m.


-If he were following procedure, wouldn't he have checked the guy for weapons before he put him in cruiser? picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

For the second year in a row, city officials are being asked how police officers responding to celebratory New Year's Eve gunfire ended up shooting innocent bystanders. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Rio de Janeiro police arrested two fellow officers on Thursday accused of extorting money from two American tourists who happened to be San Francisco cops on vacation. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

While filming an episode of the reality TV show
"COPS", An officer attempting to pull over a vehicle is shot at by the driver...All caught on the Police Officers Dash Camera.
Direct link
(warning: slightly graphic) picked by muppet 2 years ago

There have been several hysterical reports (some of them posted on Plime) about how new laws make it illegal to photograph the police. The main problem here is not the infringement of personal and civil freedoms, but that no-one seems to have bothered with the truth. The truth is there are no laws that prevent the photographing of the police providing the person with the camera isn't committing... read full post picked by pocksucket 9 months ago

A police officer who was terminated for brutally beating a woman in his custody has been reinstated because the polygrapher failed to make a recording of the polygraph examination. Wiley Willis' brutalization of Angela Garbarino became national news when video from the incident was released.
(GRAPHIC video in comments) picked by Bingo 3 months ago

A man dressed in a World War II-era German uniform who was fatally shot by Seattle police on New Year's Day was fascinated with history and enjoyed re-enacting war events, friends say.

Moral of the story: Don't point a rifle at cops when you're dressed in full nazi garb. picked by muppet 11 months ago

A spectacular and almost blindingly bright meteor sparked a flurry of emergency calls to the police after it lit up the skies over western Canada.

Onlookers across the province of Alberta watched in awe, describing a kaleidoscope of colours as the rock rapidly descended. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

When police responded to reports of an unidentified chemical spillage, they were determined to take no chances.
All they knew was that a projectile hurled through a car window had shattered, showering the scene in a pungent-smelling liquid. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Update to this story.
New York Police Department will take steps to help police know if they are responding to the home of someone who is mentally ill. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A Journey into the mad, mad world of the British underclass and the Public sector, where nothing is too insane for it to be written down and copied in triplicate. VIEWS EXPRESSED PROBABLY DON'T REFLECT OFFICIAL POLICY. "This blog will do more to put people off calling the police than anything, other than actually calling the police." picked by spocksmyhomeboy 3 years ago

Pam Fleming, a 45-year-old beat officer in Glasgow for Strathclyde Police, said that she thought all police officers "should be Jedis," when interviewed by Jane's Police Review. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

After the thieves made off with his stash, the dealer telephoned police. When police arrived, the dealer's story became progressively confused.

A confused pot-head? How can that be? picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

People love to hate the police but when you look at the stats (and common sense) the vast majority of police officers are good people. Of course the fact that the small percentage manage to stay on the job year after year, complaint after complaint speaks of a larger problem. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

A brazen burglar picked the wrong place to target: a police station. Police Chief Steve Scibelli said it was pretty embarrassing to have a thief hit his downtown station last week, stealing a radio, two stun guns and a Crown Victoria patrol car. The one saving grace is that police made a quick arrest. picked by suebe 3 months ago

Chicago's Police Department is investigating an officer's use of a Taser last month on an 82-year-old woman who police say was swinging a hammer when they arrived. picked by Proverb 2 years ago