Monitor local police and fire department radio traffic on our scanner page.... Read more»
With the high costs of maintaining and potential legal ramifications of arming an autonomous militia to combat threats that are at best nebulous, lawmakers and the governor could find themselves in deep drama for something resembling reality TV – until, that is, reality itself steps forward.... Read more»1
The mayor of East Haven, Conn., Joseph Maturo Jr., has apologized for his flippant response to a reporter’s question about what he was doing for the Latino community in his city.... Read more»2
Mexican police in violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez tortured suspects to force confessions that they killed two agents and participated in a car-bomb attack, Mexico’s human rights commission said.... Read more»
Locking up your car is not enough to keep the vehicle from being stolen, Tucson police said. VIN etching, which can make thieves think twice, will be offered free by TPD detectives on Friday morning.... Read more»
At a time when Honduras urgently needs a functional law enforcement presence capable of lowering the country’s staggering homicide rate — the highest in the world in 2010, according to a new U.N. report — its police force has hit a low point.... Read more»1
Old and unused prescription drugs piling up in your medicine cabinet can tempt children bent on abusing them, officials say. Federal and state officials are urging Arizonans to bring their unused, unwanted and expired prescription medicines to collection sites Saturday as part of the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.... Read more»
If the First Amendment guarantees the right to peaceable assembly, why do peaceful protesters keep getting arrested — and sometimes pepper-sprayed and beaten up? We take a closer look at the laws governing protests and how the government can limit them.... Read more»11
Some Occupy Boston protesters are keen on comparing their movement to the Arab Spring, and though the situation in Boston is very different from the brutal police crackdowns in Egypt, the arrests by riot police is likely only to escalate animosity on both sides.... Read more»
In Arizona, 13 percent of vehicle fatalities involve motorcycle riders, but those riders only account for 2 percent of registered vehicles. ... Read more»
On Monday the FBI announced that the estimated number of violent crimes reported to police in 2010 dropped by 6 percent over 2009, its fourth consecutive year of decline. Reported property crimes decreased, for the eighth straight year, by 2.7 percent.... Read more»
Weeks after taking office in January, the mayor of the Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo sought advice from the sheriff of Webb County, just across the Texas border, asking what assistance he and his colleagues could provide.... Read more»
Coming on the heels of glitches in a new 911 emergency call system, Tucson is shifting the management of the city’s 911 center to the Fire Department.... Read more»
A 64-year-old man who suffers from dementia and anxiety was located after going missing, the Tucson Police Department said.... Read more»1
Got questions for Tucson’s chief of police? Let us know. We’ll be interviewing TPD Chief Roberto Villaseñor on the Buckmaster Show at noon on Friday.... Read more»
Scotland Yard Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson resigned Sunday as the News of the World phone hacking scandal continued to unfold.... Read more»
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