NEW YORK (AP) — An undercover police officer who touched off the fatal shooting of an unarmed man outside a rowdy strip club after his bachelor party should be fired, lawyers for the police department argued Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — An emotionally laden debate over the future resting place of thousands of unidentified remains of Sept. 11 victims is lingering as the attacks' 10th anniversary recedes, with several relatives saying they aren't satisfied with a recent...

ROCKPORT, Texas (AP) — Police are investigating an online video that the person who posted it claims it shows a Texas judge beating his teenage daughter. Rockport, Texas, Police Chief Tim Jayroe (JAY'-roh) said Wednesday that calls from people who...

MARTINEZ, Calif. -- Contra Costa County and its deputy sheriffs have reached a tentative contract. Neither side is releasing specific details but the pact very likely includes wage reductions and higher deputy benefit contributions for the county's 770 sworn and...

Editor's Note: With so many cases affecting policing, the question often arises regarding which are the most important. If a law enforcement professional could choose only 10 cases to examine, which would those be? Included in this series is a...

ATLANTA -- Cop shows may be all the rage in Hollywood, but they seldom reflect reality. So says Atlanta policeman Keith Roach, who knows all too well that being a peace officer can be very much like war --- and...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal prosecutors are seeking leniency for a former police lieutenant who will be sentenced Wednesday for his role in a plot to cover up deadly police shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina. Michael...

Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department (LASD)—the largest sheriffs department in the country with more than 9,000 sworn officers—announced the largest deployment of mobile data computers ever on November 2.  Nearly 2,500 patrol vehicles were updated. What was most impressive is...

Smithfield, N.C. --The police department in Smithfield, N.C., has said it would no longer respond to all 911 calls and would stop pursuing some misdemeanor crimes if the town didn’t approve a measure to  increase the department’s budget for gasoline,...

ATLANTA (AP) — Federal agents arrested four suspected members of a Georgia militia on charges of plotting attacks with toxins and explosives in Atlanta and against unnamed government officials. The four, who authorities arrested Tuesday, were expected to appear in...