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Toronto cop pleads guilty in threat of TASER use on genitals

February 11, 2011

A spokesperson has condemned the officer’s actions, calling them “disgraceful, completely unacceptable and shocking” By PoliceOne Staff TORONTO — A police officer in Toronto, Canada pl...

Video of McDonald’s robbery in which K-9 was killed released

February 10, 2011

Rosco, a German Shepherd who had been with the department since 2009, was shot and killed by the suspect By PoliceOne Staff FORT MYERS, Fla. — A robbery at a McDonalds in Florida last September resu...

Florida Cop-Killer Found Dead in Home

January 25, 2011

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Police say a gunman suspected of killing two Florida police officers and wounding a U.S. marshal during a shootout has been found dead. St. Petersburg Police spokesman Mich...

Detroit Police ID Gunman Who Shot Four Officers

January 24, 2011

Police today identified the man they say shot four officers in the Detroit Police Department’s Northwestern District Sunday as Lamar Deshea Moore.

Funeral Arrangements for Officer Killed in Walled Lake Shootout

January 19, 2011

Livonia -- Funeral arrangements have been made for Livonia Police Officer Larry Nehasil, who was killed in a shootout Monday night in Walled Lake. A public viewing will be from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday and ...

Grants give traffic cops technology

January 14, 2011

Sterling Heights police received two grants to pay for technology allowing officers to write electronic accident reports and tickets from their vehicles. The first grant, worth $73,502, will pay for t...

Medical Marijuana Stolen

January 12, 2011

by Diana Fairbanks Troopers from the Michigan State Police Mt Pleasant Post responded to a 9-11 call of a Home Invasion in progress on E. Deerfield Rd. in Isabella County Union Twp. The victim said th...

POAM’s Kenneth Grabowski Named to Law Enforcement Advisory Panel

December 23, 2010

Steudle to stay on at Department of Transportation, Etue promoted at State Police LANSING, MI – Governor-elect Rick Snyder today announced Michigan Department of Transportation Director Kirk Steudle...

Cop killer Belton sentenced to life in prison in 2008 shooting

December 21, 2010

Defiant to the end, convicted cop killer Jonathan Belton pledged to his family in a packed courtroom Tuesday that he would be free on appeal. “You all know this is not over,” he said short...

Writing Off Ticket Quotas

December 7, 2010

Last week, a bill passed the Legislature banning police departments from disciplining officers who don't write up enough moving violations.

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