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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.
A Washington suburb is naming the first black police chief in its 260-year history to replace a chief who resigned after he was charged with drunken driving.
Prosecutors charging Vergennes Police Chief Michael Lowe with embezzlement say he converted to his own use a pistol that was used in a suicide.
In the smallest city in a tiny state where participation in government is expected and faith in public officials runs deep, the charges of embezzlement and drug possession facing the police chief are forcing townsfolk to examine their capacity to forgive.
Alexandria Police Chief David Baker is resigning following his arrest on drunken driving charges.
In a July 3 story about Mayor Dave Bing firing Detroit's police chief, The Associated Press erroneously reported Chief James Barren's history in the department. Barren had been a deputy chief there, but was not when then-Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. hired him in September.
Mayor Dave Bing appointed a county sheriff as the city's third police chief in less than a year on Monday, saying his one-time political rival is just the person to help rein in Detroit's high crime rate and lead the department out from under federal oversight.
A former Indiana police chief has been sentenced to nearly 3 1/2 years in federal prison for using unreasonable force in kicking a handcuffed suspect he believed had robbed his house.
Oakland's police chief, facing criticism over chronic violent crime and turmoil in the department, resigned as city leaders prepared to call for a vote of no-confidence.
Police in southwestern Ohio say a police chief mistakenly shot himself in the thigh after giving his daughter a gun safety lesson.
Prosecutors have dropped the remaining charges against a former police chief acquitted last week of sexually assaulting one of his officers after a drunken party.
London's police chief had weathered controversy over terrorist attacks and the shooting death of an innocent man, but he quit Thursday, done in by a showdown with the city's new mayor.
Police Chief William Bratton said Thursday the city has had fewer problems with paparazzi since Britney Spears "started wearing clothes" and other celebrities changed their partying ways.
A jury has convicted a Kentucky man of fatally shooting the small-town police chief who was taking him to jail in his squad car.
A man charged with killing a small-town eastern Kentucky police chief was found competent to stand trial Wednesday, but a judge still must sort out whether the man intentionally failed IQ tests to avoid possibly facing a death penalty.
An Iowa police chief who was charged with sexually assaulting a woman at a county club bar has been fired, the mayor announced Tuesday.
A government-owned newspaper says Tehran's former police chief has been released from jail due to lack of evidence on "morality charges."
The police chief of an Iowa town and his assistant chief turned themselves in to authorities on Friday to face charges they sexually assaulted a woman in a country club bar.
The police chief who shot himself in the ankle was waving a loaded pistol and being careless, according to two students who were attending his class to qualify for a concealed-weapons permit. "We were told the gun is the chief's personal sidearm, but it looked to me like he didn't know anything about the gun," Lewis Walker said.
Mexico's military performed checks on all city police weapons in the border town of Reynosa on Friday after federal officials detained the police chief for questioning about possible links to drug traffickers.
Tehran's police chief, who was in charge of fighting vice, has been arrested, a spokesman for Iran's judiciary said Tuesday.
The police chief at Northern Illinois University replays the chaos over and over in his mind: sprinting, pistol in hand and reading glasses still on, through waves of screaming students at a lecture hall.
The police chief of a Mexican border town racked by smuggling-related violence fled to the U.S. seeking asylum after his deputies abandoned him, federal officials said Friday.
A small-town police chief has been fired after he was convicted of stealing beer from the fire department's refrigerator.
No one claims the police chief or his lieutenant fired a shot when officers gunned down a mentally unstable woman in the coastal Northern California city of Eureka last year.
Multiple arrests under review after detective arrestedMultiple arrests at an apartment complex and the subsequent arrest of a Daytona Beach detective by Holly Hill police the same night have prompted an internal review of the two cases, including the officers' actions, Police Chief Mark Barker said Friday.
Tampa, Fl names first female Police Chief Mayor Pam Iorio announced this morning that Police Chief Stephen Hogue is retiring and named Assistant Chief Jane Castor as the city's first female Police Chief.
Police chief blasts staffing cutsWednesday's shooting of a Tampa police officer motivated a strong email from Largo's police chief to the Largo city manager.
Mexican police chief attacked; three guards killed The Mexican government has deployed soldiers to patrol a city in the northern part of the country after an attack on a police chief there.
Police Chief giving away $50 gift cards in exchange for gunsA police officer is shot in Orange City. A 13-year old is murdered in Daytona Beach. A murder-suicide by bullet in Deltona; and a rolling gunbattle in New Smyrna Beach leaves one dead.
Candidates for City's Police Chief talk of breaking barriers, ending racial profilingFive candidates for Gainesville chief of police faced questions Tuesday about how they would go about changing the culture in the department, breaking racial and gender barriers and addressing accusations of racial profiling.
UPDATE: Police Chief: ''It was a moronic decision'' Sarasota City Manager Robert Bartolotta said the Sarasota Police Department made several mistakes in the incident where an officer was seen kicking a man who was handcuffed.
FloriDUH: Drink up! County has no breathalyzer machineWas somebody drunk when this happened?
Moscow police chief 'kills two'An off-duty policeman in Russia has opened fire in a southern district of Moscow, killing at least two people. Russian media reported that the gunman was Major Denis Yevsyukov, the head of police in the Tsaritsyno district.
Three more arrests made in St. Pete murder | WFTS-TVThe three remaining suspects in the murder case of 8-year-old Paris Whitehead-Hamilton are now in custody.
Police Chief Rear-Ends Car While Using Phone Federal Way Police Chief Brian Wilson issued an apology Thursday after hitting a car in front of him while using a mobile device.
Gunman, 9 Others Killed in Alabama Rampage A gunman's rampage through southeastern Alabama left nine people dead Tuesday before the gunman fatally shot himself, the Alabama Department of Public Safety told FOX News.
Former Seattle police chief to Phelps' defenseNEW YORK - Former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper has joined legions of legalize-marijuana advocates who are slamming the Kellogg Co. for deciding to cut ties with Olympic hero Michael Phelps after he was photographed with a pot pipe.
Mexico detains Cancun police chief in probe of retired general's murderThe federal government detained Cancun's police chief Monday and brought him to the capital to ask him about the torture and killing of a retired army brigadier general near the resort city, Cancun's mayor said.
Police Chief Larry Blagg killed in accidentTrumann Police Chief Larry Blagg was killed Tuesday night after he was hit with a falling tree limb. Blagg was setting up reflective cones on West Main Street near the library to keep motorists away from downed limbs broken by an overnight ice storm when he was hit.
Town Of Victor Down To 1 Police OfficerA historic mining town on the west side of Pikes Peak now has only one police office to patrol the area that is home to 400 residents.
Doubts cloud Police Chief Nazi stabbing claimsInvestigators have found discrepancies in Passau police chief Alois Mannichl's claim that he was stabbed by a neo-Nazi in mid-December and leads point to a domestic dispute instead, the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on Friday.
Passau police chief stabbed by 'neo-Nazis'Passau's police chief is thought to have been stabbed and severely injured by a neo-Nazi after increasing pressure against far-right groups this year.
Argentine man kills himself on TVA former police chief in Argentina, wanted for alleged crimes against human rights, has shot himself dead in front of television cameras. Mario Ferreyra was giving an interview on top of a water tank at his home in the northern province of Tucuman.
Employee taints police chief's foodA cook at a Burnet restaurant was arrested Monday for tainting a hamburger he prepared for the Burnet Police Department chief Oct. 20.
(Video) Officer Fired After Tasering Teen for Fun at a Birthday PartyEustis Police Chief Fred Cobb told ABCNews.com, of the 40 to 50 people at NeSmith's home in the town of Leesburg, about 20 of them were younger than 21. The birthday boy was 19.
Another Controvery for Sarah PalinAfter taking over as Mayor of the small town of Wasilla, Palin fired the longtime local police chief. The former police chief, Irl Stambaugh says he was fired because he stepped on the toes of Palin's campaign contributors, including bar owners and the National Rifle Association.
Another Palin Controversy (ho hum?)There seems to be a lot more dirt under all that Alaskan ice than I ever thought.
Ex-diplomat argues sex with foreign teens OKAn ex-diplomat convicted of having sex with teenage girls in the Congo and Brazil and taping the encounters is asking a judge for leniency, claiming that cultural differences in those countries make sex with girls more acceptable. Gons G.
Texas Police Chief Accused of Sex With Underage GirlRIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — A Starr County grand jury has indicted the police chief of the small South Texas town of La Grulla on a charge of soliciting sex from a minor.
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