Police: Man robs Mich. bank, then turns himself in

A man robbed a Michigan bank and got away — but didn't stay away. WOOD-TV reported that a 40-year-old Comstock Park resident later called 911 and confessed. According to the Kent County sheriff's department, the man simply said: "I'm the one that robbed the bank, and I wanted to turn myself in."

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Killing of US soldier casts light on Mosul police

A police investigation of two of their own in the killing of an American soldier and his interpreter is seen as a test of Mosul's police force — the weakest link among Iraqi security forces about to take the lead in protecting the country's most violent city.

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A volatile corner of Afghanistan gets policing

As a teenager is released to village elders, a U.S. commander warns him to stay away from the Taliban fighters with whom he was arrested. Then the American orders him to thank the district police chief for his freedom.

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NYPD, Port Authority agree on WTC security plan

Police and the World Trade Center site's owner sketched out a security agreement Thursday that settles a turf war over who will protect ground zero against terrorism as the Lower Manhattan site is rebuilt.

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Locals Crack Down on Illegal Immigration

Mayra Figueroa — a naturalized U.S. citizen, community organizer and licensed driver — had no reason to fear being arrested, no need to worry about deported.

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City Police Seek Ground Zero Security

Since Sept. 11, 2001, turf wars have flared up between city police and the state-run police force in charge of ground zero security. In recent weeks, the skirmish has heated up.

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Gun Shops Under Closer Scrutiny

When criminals need guns, they have plenty of options in a country with nearly 100,000 licensed gun stores. But drug dealers and other crooks don't shop just anywhere. They have their favorites.

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Police are less likely to believe a rape victim if she lives in a deprived area, according to a report. The report, "Rape: The Victim Experience Review", used interviews and focus groups with victims, police officers and prosecutors.

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We in law enforcement owe it to the public to hold ourselves accountable. And the public owes it to our officers to be mindful of those "split-second judgments."

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For millions of Americans, the housing crisis began well before last year's front-page collapse.

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Yet let's try to remember the last full-on riot in Britain that resulted from a political rally – ah yes, the Poll Tax riots almost 20 years ago. But the police are still authorised to use Tasers and firearm-trained TSG officers carry pistols or sub-machine guns.

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University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist said the cost of the technology is not the only problem with such a bill — it could possibly hurt an industry whose legitimate customers also rely on mobile devices. *** Geist said there needs to be a balance between people's r …

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A senior member of the Vancouver Police Department says he doesn't care if people don't pay their tickets for street disorder infractions in the Downtown Eastside.

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If spotting a cop in your rearview mirror tends to make you tremble now, just wait.

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Last Monday, the A.C.L.U.

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The story of Milly, an eight-year-old cat who disappeared out of window in Whitstable two weeks ago, has much to tell us about the petty-minded forces that have come to replace proper policing in this country.

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Los Gatos police sent the report to Hove and Recinos. It was while entering that information that Hove and Recinos connected suspects Nimai Gough and Andrew Valones to several cases in San Jose and Saratoga.

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Developing a new kind of counter-terrorist policing

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Asset forfeiture laws allow governments to seize citizens' private property, including real estate, vehicles and currency, if they are tied to illegal conduct.

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It is natural for advisers to feel aggrieved when their advice is not followed by those in power.

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A depressing account of the politicisation of the police is published today by the think tank, Civitas.

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British Columbia's Braidwood Inquiry into the general use of tasers in B.C. has continued all month, score Canadians 3 to Taser International and police 1, I think.

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It may well be possible to prevent shock-happy policing with tighter controls. Yet, despite repeated calls for stricter regulations for police, Taser International is racing to get its devices in the hands of civilians, marketing the product as not just safe but fun.

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Residents of crime-ridden communities have long had to balance their need for the police with their fear of the police -- a fear born of law enforcement officers acting way outside the law.

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Northern Ireland's policing board plans to question the PSNI Chief Constable about yesterday's report by the Police Ombudsman, Nuala O'Loan. The report said that senior special branch officers had colluded in murder with loyalist paramilitaries.

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Police colluded with loyalists behind several murders in north Belfast, a report by the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland has confirmed. The report said UVF members in the area committed murders and other serious crimes while working as informers for Special Branch.

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There are only so many times you can put your foot in your mouth and it appears that NSW Police Minister Scully has used up his allotment of bungles.

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Racial Profiling, Racism and Desensitization

An article I read by Chello prompted my writing of this article as I believe we have turned into a nation of buying the fact we're racist when the term has been misused and abused.

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A view from a French intellectual:Indeed, here is how one of the Madrid bombers described the psychological preparation to which he had been submitted: his leader "made us watch DVDs showing pictures of war in Iraq, mostly pictures of women and children killed by American and B …

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