
Nov 6 - By The Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. - One person was killed and at least seven were critically wounded in a shooting inside a downtown Orlando high-rise building Friday morning, authorities said. The suspect was described as on the loose and extremely dangerous.
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Nov 5 - By Associated Press
A judge has ordered a mental health evaluation for an Idaho man accused of intentionally driving his pickup truck into a pair of Idaho State Police motorcycle troopers parked along an interstate median.
Nov 5 - By Michael Inbar, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Pamela Fowler will never forget the nightmare of being sexually assaulted by the brutal and elusive “Ether Man” — but she takes heart in knowing police may finally have him in custody after an 18-year crime spree in which he preyed on attractive, athletic college girls.
Oct 30 - By Catherine E. Shoichet, Associated Press Writer
Mexico's top security official on Friday proposed disbanding Mexico's 2,022 municipal police forces and combining them with state law enforcement agencies to better combat corruption and crime.

Oct 30 - By Mike Celizic, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
After 32 years, Katie Callaway Hall thought she had put away the horrible things that Phillip Garrido did to her during eight hours of terror long ago. But when the man accused of kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard for 18 years locked eyes with Hall in a California courtroom, it all came rushing back.
Oct 29 - By Thomas Watkins, Associated Press Writer
A respected Los Angeles Police Department veteran credited with cleaning up a devastating corruption scandal was picked by the mayor Tuesday to become the next police chief of the nation's second-largest city.

Oct 27 - By Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press Writer
Gunmen on a motorcycle fired on a suburban Athens police station with automatic weapons late Tuesday, wounding six police officers, authorities said.
Oct 26 - By Tim Klass, Associated Press Writer
A police officer was charged Monday with manslaughter in the shooting of a man after his car was boxed in by police responding to reports of a drunken driver in a restaurant parking lot.

Oct 26 - By Mike Celizic, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
The parents of a 20-year-old college student who disappeared at a Metallica concert aren’t kidding themselves: Even as they cling to hope that she’ll return to them unharmed, they admit that the most likely explanation of why she’s missing involves foul play.

Oct 26 - By Mike Celizic, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
It was the ultimate rude awakening: A 4 a.m. wake-up call delivered by an automobile in a cascade of noise, debris and hot, leaking engine fluids.
Oct 24 - By Associated Press
The attorney for a police officer shown on video striking an unarmed San Jose State University student with a baton says the student was to blame for the incident.
Oct 24 - By Associated Press
The Los Angeles Police Department has been handed the keys to its new headquarters.
Oct 23 - By Associated Press
Prosecutors say an Idaho man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia was traveling at high speed when he intentionally smashed his pickup truck into a pair of Idaho State Police motorcycle troopers parked along an interstate median.

Oct 23 - By Michael Inbar, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Justin Little was a fun-loving young college student with a sense of adventure. Now his grieving family is left to wonder whether that adventuresome spirit may have led to his bludgeoning death.
Oct 23 - By David Stringer, Associated Press Writer
Wielding submachine guns and pistols, British police are making rare armed patrols in crime-blighted London neighborhoods — a change in law enforcement tactics that may prompt calls for the wider use of weapons by the country's traditionally unarmed Bobbies.
Oct 22 - By Associated Press
The Seattle Fire Department says several police vehicles were set aflame by an arsonist at a city maintenance and storage yard.
Oct 20 - By Heather Clark, Associated Press Writer
The Albuquerque Police Department plans to reinstate about 25 reserve officers after reports that a volunteer officer went undercover to nab suspected prostitutes prompted new department rules forbidding volunteers from making arrests and signing complaints.
Oct 16 - By Associated Press
Two police officers were legally justified when they fatally shot a 26-year-old Sudanese immigrant in an incident that sparked anger and unrest in the Sudanese community in Maine's largest city, the state's top prosecutor ruled Friday.
Oct 16 - By Don Babwin, Associated Press Writer
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.

Oct 13 - By Ed White, Associated Press Writer
An 88-year-old retired auto engineer told a judge Tuesday that he never shot Jews while serving in a Nazi-controlled police force during World War II, during an initial hearing over whether the government can deport him.
Oct 13 - By Associated Press
A newspaper says Detroit police have little to show for at least $18.5 million spent since 2001 to equip patrol cars with video cameras.

Oct 11 - By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Susan remained convinced that Danny Bolen was Julie's attacker, and she all but led an angry mob against his family, at one point nearly squishing him beneath his friend's car. Then came word from the police that surveillance tape showed Danny drinking in a liquor-store parking lot for an hour during the time Julie was attacked, clearing him. Susan felt awful, but she couldn't take back what she'd done, and Angie's family is paying the price. Not only is the family receiving threatening phone calls, but someone spray-painted "LEAVE" on their house and threw garbage all over the lawn.
Oct 8 - By Associated Press
Two separate attacks on police in Guatemala have killed one officer and wounded six more.
Oct 6 - By Associated Press
A southern California city agreed Tuesday to settle a lawsuit brought by current and former police officers who said they were discriminated against and harassed because of their connection to two local Hispanic leaders.
Oct 6 - By Associated Press
City officials in Mexico's Baja California state are drafting plans for a bilingual police force that caters to American tourists headed south of the border.