Russian policemen turn to YouTube

When a police officer posted a video on YouTube complaining of rampant abuse in Russian law enforcement, it seemed like a lonely voice in a sea of social media.

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Mexican city fires 25 percent of traffic police

Mexico's third-largest city has fired almost a quarter of its traffic police for failing tests designed to detect corruption and ineptitude.

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Cops lose 2-gram bag of cocaine used to train dogs

Police in Naples are on the lookout for cocaine. Somehow, they lost their stash. A 2-gram packet was discovered missing this summer from a narcotics kit used in training. Two officers lost it in April, but they're unsure where. It could've been the police parking lot or an airport rental car, but the likely spot was a hotel.

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Drop that taco! Mexico City puts cops on diet

Some Mexico City cops are taking a bite out of more than crime.

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Drop that taco! Mexico City puts cops on diet

Some Mexico City cops are taking too many bites out of more than crime.

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Mexico City puts 1,300 overweight police on a diet

Some Mexico City cops are taking a bite out of more than crime. The Mexican capital is putting its 1,300 of its heaviest police officers on a diet, concerned about rapidly expanding waistlines in the force.

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Police aid a 'blessing' — for those who get it

A $1 billion stimulus program to keep cops on the streets was praised Tuesday as a heavenly blessing in places like tiny Anguilla, Miss. — while New York City and other places that got nothing cursed their luck.

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Mystery substance sickens La. cops; 18 quarantined

A mystery substance found in a truck that authorities believe was hauling narcotics has sickened numerous law enforcement officers in Louisiana, and at least 18 have been quarantined as a precaution.

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AP IMPACT: Crooked Afghan police challenge Marines

Afghan villagers had complained to the U.S. Marines for days: The police are the problem, not the Taliban. They steal from villagers and beat them. Days later, the Marines learned firsthand what the villagers meant.

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Cops in Michigan protect — and serve doughnuts

"Cops & Doughnuts" is more than a punchline. It's now a bakery in Michigan — owned by nine full-time employees of the Clare Police Department.

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Portland's new chief loosens cop cap rule

Portland's new police chief is loosening a requirement that officers wear their caps at all times.

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Malaysian cops accused of moonlighting as robbers

An officer says Malaysian police rushed to a robbery scene only to find the suspects were fellow officers.

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2 former NYC cops sentenced to life for mob hits

Two former New York police detectives convicted of moonlighting as contract killers in eight mob hits were sentenced Friday to life in prison after telling a judge they were innocent.

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Accountant played key role to convict 'mafia cops'

Accountant Stephen Corso was in deep trouble. His clients, including longtime friends, told federal authorities in 2002 that he had stolen more than $5 million.

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Nearly half of Mexican cops fail police tests

Almost half of Mexican police officers examined this year have failed background and security tests, a figure that rises to nearly 9 of 10 cops in the border state of Baja California, the government reported Thursday.

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2 NYC police officers indicted on assault charges

Two police officers were indicted Monday on charges of assaulting another driver in a traffic dispute and a witness who tried to intervene.

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Mexican border city desperate to recruit police

The border city of Ciudad Juarez is sending police recruiters across the country and will keep 175 officers who have used drugs in the past as it tries to replace nearly half a police force gutted by firings and retirements.

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Police work in Caribbean not always fun in the sun

A lawsuit filed by Antigua's ousted police commissioner shows it's not always a tropical idyll when a veteran officer from Britain or Canada chooses to spend the twilight of his career working in the Caribbean.

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States make immigration arrests under fed program

State Patrol trooper Mike Jamison keeps an action figure of "The Thing" on his passenger seat — a nod to the Fantastic Four, which is what Jamison and three colleagues charged with enforcing immigration law on western Colorado's highways call themselves.

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Convictions reinstated against 2 NY 'Mafia cops'

A federal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated a jury verdict against two former police detectives who were convicted of moonlighting as gangsters and carrying out a series of hits for the mob.

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In Hamas' Gaza, policewomen have to cover up

In her year on the vice squad, Lt. Mariam al-Bursh has been on narcotics busts, interrogated male drug dealers and fought off a female assailant with her fists.

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2 NYPD officers accused of assaulting motorist

Two off-duty New York police officers were charged with gang assault after being accused of kicking, punching and pistol-whipping a man whose open car door was blocking their lane of traffic.

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Officers test laser speed guns to bolster cases

Police officers took aim this week at vehicles zipping down a runway in tests meant to convince judges that laser speed guns — increasingly popular among law enforcement — are as accurate as their radar cousins.

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Specialized NYPD unit tracks graffiti writers

Graffiti artists come to New York City from all over the world to make their mark on subway cars, buildings and billboards. They spend hours surveying and then spray-painting hard-to-reach spaces with remarkable precision.

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Drug lords go after Mexican police officers

Drug cartels are sending a brutal message to police and soldiers in cities across Mexico: Join us or die.

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The fruit — which was donated by the Edinburg Police Department — originally came from a produce truck from which officers had seized more than a half a ton of the drug, Police Chief Quirino Muñoz said.

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PESHAWAR: Fazal Raheem, the cop who stopped a suicide bomber at the entrance of the Judicial Complex on Thursday, is no longer in this world, but he has kept his words.

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Now we tase 10 year old girls...where do we draw the line? A father tasered his child and was charged with child abuse. What is the difference?

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A Kensington man was found guilty of criminal threatening for holding an open pocket knife at his side while asking two people who were walking behind him at midnight, "Why are you following me?"

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Virginia cops are extreme racists

It is almost like South Africa during apartheid. The men in uniform appear concerned over the rapid browning of the USA and are trying their best to scare away people of color from the commonwealth of Virginia. They follow people of color without any rhyme or reason, harrassing …

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A photographer who was taking pictures inside the Los Angeles subway system was detained for 25 minutes where he was accused of working for Al-Qaeda and threatened with having his name placed on a terrorist watch list. It was all caught on video.

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EAST CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) -" After the shocking crimes of the Cleveland Strangler were revealed, Investigator Carl Monday has an explosive report about a motel just down the street from where Anthony Sowell once lived.

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A teenage girl has learned a lesson about "tough love" after her father called police after discovering a marijuana plant sprouting in her bedroom closet.

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WTF?

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What seemed like a clever way to order food at a McDonald's drive-through ended up with four teenage boys pursued and cited by police.

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The Chicago Police Department is investigating several of its officers accused of forcing a college student they arrested during last month's G-20 summit in Pittsburgh to pose for a group photo with them.

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Mexico City - Some Mexico City cops are taking too many bites out of more than crime.

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An amorous couple have been fined for having sex in broad daylight - in a police station car park. Leanne Richardson, 26, and Ross Welsh, 30, had to be physically stopped mid sex act by officers from Portobello police station in Edinburgh.

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Members of a brazen Brooklyn crack gang raked in more than $500,000 in taxpayer money by repeatedly suing the city for civil rights violations, records show.

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NEW YORK - A teenager trying to get into his apartment after school is confronted by police. A man leaving his workplace chooses a different route back home to avoid officers who roam a particular street.

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BelleVille -- On Monday, The City Council increased the towing fee from $200 to $500 for those arrested for felonies and added some misdemeanors to the list of offenses punishable by the fee.

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34-year-old degenerate Kevin Salyers sexually assaulted a young girl at the local Wal-Mart, then tried to flee.

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A Portland police patrol car carrying two crew members from the television show "Cops" collided with another car Tuesday night, police said.

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Grady Wells threatened police officers with a martial arts sword twice before two of them shot him to death on Live Oak Avenue on Monday morning, police said.

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G20 security officials took responsibility Friday afternoon for a video that seemed to depict US troops "kidnapping" a protester.

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When Detroit homicide investigator Ed Williams killed himself yesterday, he became the face of a troubling trend: A recent study suggests police officers in Detroit kill themselves at a higher rate than in any other major city in the nation.

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Some central Florida police officers may be disciplined after surveillance video caught them playing a Wii video bowling game during a drug raid.

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Unbeknownst to the officers of the anti-drug task force, video surveillance had been set up in the home of convicted drug dealer Michael Difalco, who was already in custody.

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After spending six days in jail for resisting arrest, charges have been dropped against Greg Williams and there is currently an investigation into the incident where police tasered this double-amputee.

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Guns drawn, cops busted down the door of a suspected south Florida drug dealer, then proceeded to kick some *** - on Wii bowling. A security cam captured some playing video games while others searched for drugs and weapons.

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