Archive for January, 2012

Police get to keep 'grab-a-grand'

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Police will get to keep a special payment dubbed "grab-a-grand" despite moves to slash bonuses and allowances by £150 million a year, Theresa May confirmed yesterday.

Glaciar theft: Chilean police recover stolen ice

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Police were investigating a criminal gang that allegedly stole blocks of ice from the Jorge Montt Glacier in southern Chile.

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.

Police: Some blood found in missing toddler's home was Ayla's

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Testing on blood found in the home of a missing Maine toddler has determined that some of it belonged to the girl, police said Sunday.

Police catch suspect in 75 drug cartel killings

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Police in northern Mexico have captured an alleged member of the Zetas drug gang who confessed to killing at least 75 people, including many who were pulled off buses, authorities said Monday.

New York police spokesman comes under fire

Monday, January 30th, 2012
When word leaked out last year that New York police were showing an inflammatory movie about Muslims to trainees, news reporters flipped open their notebooks, picked up their phones and hit the speed dial for a man named Paul Browne.

Mayor: East Haven, Connecticut, police chief to retire amid controversy

Monday, January 30th, 2012
East Haven, Connecticut, Police Chief Leonard Gallo will retire after the arrests of four police officers for their alleged role in the mistreatment of Latinos, Mayor Joseph Maturo said Monday.

Mayor: East Haven, Connecticut, police chief to retire amid controversy

Monday, January 30th, 2012
East Haven, Connecticut, Police Chief Leonard Gallo will retire after the arrests of four police officers for their alleged role in the mistreatment of Latinos, Mayor Joseph Maturo said Monday.

Police: Dad of missing Maine tot not telling all

Monday, January 30th, 2012
Unable to find any evidence missing toddler Ayla Reynolds was abducted, police on Monday pressed the three adults who were home with her on the night she disappeared to provide a full account of what happened.

Connecticut police chief resigns amid civil rights

Monday, January 30th, 2012
EAST HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - The police chief in this working class community abruptly resigned on Monday amid a police harassment scandal made worse by a bungling mayor who further enraged the Latino community with a quip about tacos. Police Chief Leonard Gallo, 64, oversaw the East Haven Police Department where four officers were charged with harassing and using excessive force against ...