Archive for January, 2012

Senegal police fire tear gas to break up anti-Wade rally

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Senegalese riot police fired tear gas to break up a tense, thousands-strong rally Tuesday in Dakar demanding that President Abdoulaye Wade drop plans to seek a third term in office.

London police make arrest in Olympics scam

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
London police said Tuesday they have arrested a man on suspicion of fraud after he allegedly duped an American woman into handing over tens of thousands of dollars for an investment related to the upcoming ...

London police make arrest in Olympics scam

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
London police said Tuesday they have arrested a man on suspicion of fraud after he allegedly duped an American woman into handing over tens of thousands of dollars for an investment related to the upcoming Olympics.

Conn. panel to discuss embattled police chief

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Police commissioners will be voting Tuesday on whether to urge the mayor to fire the police chief instead of letting him retire amid allegations that local officers abused Latinos

Afghan police: Wife killed for having girl

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Police in the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz are looking for a man they say strangled his wife after she bore him a third child that was not a son.

UN poll: Afghan police weak, but ready by 2014

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Less than 25 percent of Afghans say their national police are strong enough to handle security without international forces' help, but three-quarters believe they will be ready by the 2014 NATO handover, according to a U.N. survey released Tuesday.

UN poll: Afghan police weak, can be ready for 2014

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Less than 25 percent of Afghans say the national police are now strong enough to handle security without international forces' help, but three-quarters believe they will be ready by the 2014 NATO handover, according to a U.N. survey released Tuesday.

Police Eye Adults Who Last Saw Missing Ayla Reynolds

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Police investigating the disappearance of Maine toddler Ayla Reynolds have turned their focus to the three adults who were in the at home with the girl the night she vanished, saying that they don't believe enough evidence exists to point to an abduction of the 20-month-old tot.

Ayla Reynolds Missing: Police Say Adults Know More Than They're Telling

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Police say They Don't Believe Enough Evidence Exists to Point to an Abduction

Police Log January 26

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Abington Public drunkenness … Menzi Mkhize, 28, of Arline Avenue, Roslyn, was charged with public drunkenness Jan. 13 at 9:51 p.m., police said. Police said they saw Mkhize staggering down the 800 block of Edge Hill Road.