Calgary, CA -- Courtney Pickering recently had her car stolen, and luckily the police were actually able to recover it for her. However, the thieves left behind a few of their belongings, including guns and drugs. Pickering says that they must have done a terrible job searching the car because it was not difficult for her to find the items.
After the theft occurred, Pickering was called and told by police that she would be allowed to have her car back after the “forensics te... (more)
A DeKalb County cop was likely shot by a fellow police officer after responding to the wrong house Monday evening.
The incident happened around 7:35 p.m. when officers were responding to a call about a burglary-in-progress.
DeKalb County Public Safety Director Dr. Cedric Alexander said officers received a vague description of the location of a burglary-in-progress, and the officer entered the wrong residence. The officers walked around the house into ... (more)
In what appears to be an obvious show of favoritism between prosecutors and law enforcers, a South Carolina police chief charged with the murder of an unarmed man has accepted a plea deal sentencing him to only one year of house arrest.
38-year-old Richard Combs – former police chief of the small Columbia-area town of Eutawville – shot and killed Walter Bailey in May 2011 as he tried to arrest him for an obstruction of justice charge.
As a manhunt continues for the killers of an Illinois police officer, certain media outlets are using it to contrive disinformation in the faux political debate of MSM. Yesterday, Fox News stated "a rise in shootings of law enforcement officers" when reporting on the manhunt.
"War on police" is the new slogan, and no rhetoric is more... (more)
After Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, a veteran police officer in Fox Lake, Illinois, was shot and killed Tuesday, police instructed residents to stay in their homes.
As more than a hundred police with dogs and helicopters conducted a manhunt, schools were closed and a no-fly zone was imposed over Fox Lake, a town of 10,500. The city is between C... (more)
Atlanta GA – A Dekalb county officer was left in critical condition Monday evening after being shot in the leg while responding to a burglary call.
Around 7:35 pm, officers were responding to a ‘vague’ location for a burglary in progress call, when police entered the wrong home. Shortly after gunshots erupted, the officer and the homeowner, identified as Chris McKinley by a neighbor, were both injured in the melee. McKinley’s dog was also killed during ... (more)
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A DeKalb County cop was shot after responding to the wrong house Monday evening.
The incident happened around 7:35 p.m. when the officer was responding to a call about a burglary-in-progress.
The officer suffered a bullet wound to his thigh.
DeKalb County Public Safety Director Dr. Cedric Alexander said officers received a vague description of the location of a burglary-in-progress, and the officer enter... (more)
Many of you may be familiar with Attorney Warren Redlich out of Florida from the Fair DUI flyer that he came up with to hold up to your window when going through a DUI Checkpoint earlier this year. The story on the use of this flyer went viral and was even picked up by main stream media across the country.
Tampa Bay, FL -- A Florida family seeks justice after their son Jason Westcott, was killed by members of a SWAT team, during a "drug raid" on his house which yielded only $2.00 worth of marijuana.
An ‘internal investigation’ absolved officers of any wrongdoing though police only found .02 grams of marijuana in Westcott’s home.
“They have IA, they have internal investigations but when you police yourself, you have that veil of concern by ... (more)
Queensland, AU — A man was recently held in prison for over four months because police falsely identified salt as crystal meth. Tests on the substance reportedly took several months, and the man was left to sit in jail until the state finally got around to testing the substance that got him charged with a crime. Eventually, when the test results did come back, it was found that the substance he was in possession of was Epsom Salt, not crystal meth as the officers assumed.
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Peoria, IL — When a Peoria resident pulled out her cellphone to record police raiding a neighbor’s home, she never expected to what would happen next.
The woman filming, who wishes to remain anonymous out of fear of police retaliating against her, said she pulled out her phone after she heard police say, “I know you’re in there, come out with your hands up.”
A former Arizona police officer, who killed six people during his 12-year career before it ended after the latest shooting, is now selling firearm training simulators that jolt people who hesitate to shoot.
James Peters, former police officer with the Scottsdale PD, applied for “accidental disability retirement” in 2012 after he shot a 50-year-... (more)
New York, NY — Walking through a TSA checkpoint is a violating experience for everyone, but on some occasions it can get even worse. In one extreme case, a TSA agent was recently arrested for luring a traveler into a bathroom under the pretense of a security search, and molesting her.
40-year-old Maxie Oquendo of the Transportation Security Administration is accused of sexually assaulting a 22-year-old woman as she attempted to travel through New York’s... (more)
North Dakota state representative Rick Becker had a good idea with his House Bill 1328, which would forbid the use of drones by law enforcement in the state without a warrant. A few other states have been looking at similar proposals, after there have been growing concerns about police using drones for surveillance activities. Virginia, for example, recently passed a law that requi... (more)
A Hunt County, Texas sheriff’s deputy filmed by surveillance cameras punching a pregnant woman earlier this year has been cleared of any wrongdoing, police said Monday.
Deanna Robinson, who was 8-months pregnant at the time, said Hunt County deputies and state CPS workers came to her parents home on March 4 to remove her 18-month-old son after they received allegations from an older siblin... (more)
With the rise of digital technology, it has become easier and easier to document the transgressions of state enforcers like police – so it is no surprise that according to a social media analysis by drug treatment and awareness website drugabuse.com, almost half of Americans hate their local police department.
The study found that a little over 47 percent of Americans gave their police precinct a grade of D or F with states like Arkansas, Idaho, Missouri, Virginia,... (more)
Denver, CO — For the first time ever, the topic of jury nullification has become a trending national news story, thanks to the aggression of an overzealous police department.
Jury nullification activists have gathered near a Denver courthouse in recent weeks, hoping to inform jurors and other citizens about nullifying unjust laws.
When they were met with resistance from the police, a federal judge granted an injunction, stating that the activists had the r... (more)
More jail guards in trouble, a DEA agent gets popped for child porn, and a Mississippi cop gets fired after getting caught in a major marijuana deal. Let's get to it:
Thank God criminals follow laws – otherwise we might be in trouble. This has always been the traditional attitude of government in regards to gun restrictions.
It is important to note that everybody believes in gun rights. – It is just a question of who has those rights. So-called “gun-control supporters” don’t support the absence of guns in society, they support gun ownership being monopolized and centralized in the hands of the state and their enfor... (more)
Red light cameras are disappearing from California. Once the state had more than a hundred cities using automated ticketing machines, but by now a greater number of jurisdictions have canceled their programs than have functional cameras. On Monday, the Los Alamitos city council decided to keep its cameras despite a new report showing the devices have not improved safety.
Jay Beeber, Executive Director of Safer Streets LA, provided his analysis of the safety impact of photo enf... (more)