Archive for February, 2010

SF police, new chief tackle quality of life crimes (AP via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010
In the Tenderloin, not far from tourists at the historic cable car turnaround, the city's incoming police chief was shocked to see open drug dealing.

Police appeal to murder suspect (BBC News)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Police investigating the murder of a woman and her baby in Hampshire appeal to her partner to hand himself in.

On display for police: murder-scene photos with a twist (Los Angeles Times)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010
The chief who first sought funding for cameras was the first victim photographed. It's a grim irony tucked away in the files of the Los Angeles Police Department.

UK passport probe police in Israel (BBC News)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010
UK police are in Israel investigating the use of fake British passports by suspects in the killing of a Hamas leader.

Girl’s death not the result of hit-and-run, police say (Los Angeles Times)

Saturday, February 27th, 2010
A preliminary probe into the Brentwood case finds that Julia Siegler died in an accident, and both drivers remained on the scene. Neither has been charged. Initial reports had indicated hit-and-run. Two drivers who struck a 13-year-old girl who was crossing Sunset Boulevard on her way to catch her school bus have not been charged in her death, Los Angeles police announced.

Explosive device fired at N.Ireland police station (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Saturday, February 27th, 2010
An explosive device was fired at a police station in Northern Ireland on Saturday, but it did not hit the building and there were no reports of injuries, police said.

Grenade blast damages Thailand bank: police (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Saturday, February 27th, 2010
A grenade exploded in Bangkok outside a branch of Thailand's biggest bank Saturday, police said, a day after a court verdict against deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra sparked a security alert.

Bomber Kills 4 at Police Post in Pakistan (New York Times)

Saturday, February 27th, 2010
The attacker struck a police station in the country’s northwest, underscoring the continuing security threat to the nation despite army operations against militants.

Device ‘targets’ NI police station (BBC News)

Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Police investigate reports an explosive device was thrown at a police station in Craigavon, County Armagh.

SF police, new chief tackle quality of life crimes (AP via Yahoo! News)

Saturday, February 27th, 2010
In the Tenderloin, not far from tourists at the historic cable car turnaround, the city's incoming police chief was shocked to see open drug dealing.