Archive for October, 2009

UN says police, NATO slow to respond to attack (AP via Yahoo! News)

Friday, October 30th, 2009
The United Nations demanded to know Friday why it took an hour for Afghan police and NATO troops to respond to a Taliban attack on a guest house filled with U.N. staff in Kabul.

Police release information in attempted Wyckoff bank robbery (The Record and Herald News)

Friday, October 30th, 2009
The police have released new information about the suspect in an attempted robbery of a Hudson City Savings Bank on Oct. 24.

Greek police change guard policy (UPI)

Friday, October 30th, 2009
ATHENS, Greece, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The Greek government will no longer place guards outside police stations following an attack this week on a station in suburban Athens, an official says.

47 police officers killed in north Congo fighting (AP via Yahoo! News)

Friday, October 30th, 2009
A U.N.-run radio station says 47 police officers have been killed amid fighting in northern Congo.

Police: Ariz. dad ran over ‘Westernized’ daughter (AP via Yahoo! News)

Friday, October 30th, 2009
Police in a Phoenix suburb say an Iraqi immigrant has been arrested in Georgia for allegedly running down his daughter because she was becoming "too Westernized."

Police: Marijuana growers getting deadly (UPI)

Friday, October 30th, 2009
TORONTO, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Marijuana growers in Canada are using increasingly deadly means to protect their outdoor crops, the Ontario Provincial Police reported.

Police ‘heavy-handed’ in dispute (BBC News)

Friday, October 30th, 2009
Lawyers defending an Edinburgh doctor and his wife on charges of breach of the peace accuse police of being heavy-handed.

Police seek shooter who wounded 2 at LA synagogue (AP via Yahoo! News)

Friday, October 30th, 2009
Police on Friday pressed forward with their hunt for a gunman, a day after he wounded two men in the parking garage of a Los Angeles synagogue.

Johnny the stolen giant tortoise is rescued in police raid (BBC News)

Friday, October 30th, 2009
A four-stone tortoise snatched from his enclosure is back with his owners after police find him in a house raid.

Police step up Halloween patrols (BBC News)

Friday, October 30th, 2009
Police and youth workers will be patrolling in Leicestershire to try to prevent crime and antisocial behaviour over Halloween weekend.