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NEW ORLEANS -- Sometime on Monday, as Hurricane Gustav's winds whipped, New Orleans Police Superintendent Warren Riley climbed atop a stack of wooden pallets inside the darkened Ernest N. Morial ...

CHICAGO -- Chicago Police superintendents have been unable to fire most of the cops they have wanted out of the department for misconduct, a Sun-Times analysis has found.The Chicago Police ...

EL PASO - A new police policy preventing the questioning of officers who are the subjects of investigations such as into officer-involved shootings for 48 hours is prompting strong reactions ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Percussion grenades, tear gas and nearly 400 arrests marked the final anti-war march during the Republican National Convention. More than 800 arrests were reported during a ...

NEW YORK -- A judge has dismissed criminal charges against the bicyclist who was body-checked by a New York City policeman in a widely viewed YouTube video.Christopher Long was charged ...

SEATTLE -- Isaac Zamora's mother begged him to get help when he was released from jail a month ago. State and federal laws prevented her from doing much more for ...

ROCKLAND, Maine -- Knox County Administrator Andrew Hart has released documents concerning the discipline meted out to Knox County sheriff's deputies for their participation in a bachelor party on Labor ...

LOS ANGELES -- A decorated Los Angeles Police Department lieutenant once assigned to the internal affairs division testified in federal court this week that he was retaliated against by his ...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Four days after officers fatally shot a homeless man who had a toy gun in his waistband, Inglewood Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks broke her silence on the ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- As John McCain accepts his party's presidential nomination Thursday night, protesters calling for an end to the Iraq war plan to march outside the Xcel Energy ...