French police in stand-off with shooting spree suspect
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012TOULOUSE, France — French police on Wednesday were in a stand-off with a suspect in the killings of seven…
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Wrong Man Arrested By Police
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 This is really funny… well.. if you’re not the guy who was arrested. Everyone makes mistakes but when you’re a cop the consequences can be a little more serious. While the police officer arrested the wrong person, wouldn’t it be great if we could verify prior to arrest that we were arresting the right [...]
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Police arrest 100 in Occupy Boston sweep
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011Defiant Occupy Boston protesters were arrested and charged with unlawful assembly and being in a public park…
Man in custody after Danvers police officer stabbed
Friday, August 19th, 2011DANVERS — Police have a suspect in custody after he allegedly stabbed a Danvers police officer in a restaurant…
State Budget Cuts Force Texas Town To Lay Off Entire Police Force
Monday, July 11th, 2011Texas is well known for its harsh handling of criminals given Texas has been the most active in carrying out executions, among the states where the death penalty is permitted. But, in one small Texas town the Mayor has warned residents to “Bolt Your Doors” as they are left to defend their own homes against criminals after State budget cuts passed by the 2011 Legislature forced Alto, Texas to lay off its entire police force:
Alto, Texas is preparing for a crime wave, after the small East Texas town put its entire police force on furlough…
In an effort to save money, the city has laid off its police chief and four police officers for six months — longer if Alto’s finances don’t improve.
Alto residents have every reason to fear a rise in crime will follow the police force’s departure. The town’s per-capita crime rate is already above the state average. There were 66 crimes in Alto last year, compared to 51 the previous year.
“Everybody’s talking about ‘bolt your doors, buy a gun,’ ” said Monty Collins, Alto’s mayor, who opposed the City Council vote to furlough police officers.
Kelly Curry, the manager of an off-road-vehicle park, now carries two guns for self-defense. “The thought that we could be 35 or 40 minutes from getting the sheriff’s deputy here, depending on where they are in the county, is scary,” she says.
To close a historic billion budget deficit, Gov. Rick Perry (R) and the Republican-controlled legislature have made draconian cuts to state services and have passed the buck to city governments across the state to make impossible decisions about which essential expenditures to cut. Alto, for instances, faces a 5,000 budget deficit.
The Wall Street Journal notes that the closure of small-town police forces “is part of a broader consolidation of services in communities across the U.S.” It’s a problem because like fire departments and other essential services, “keeping the peace is rarely a revenue-making operation.”
Maine police get dozens of tips about boy’s ID
Monday, May 16th, 2011SOUTH BERWICK, Maine – Police investigators seeking to identify a young boy whose body was left along a…