BALTIMORE -- The man who escaped from a state prison van on his way to Baltimore Circuit Court on Tuesday didn't have a very difficult time of it. The corrections officer driving the van told a judge yesterday that she...

LOS ANGELES -- A man claiming to be a terrorist was arrested Wednesday after telling authorities that he had bomb hidden in a backpack at Los Angeles International Airport, causing flight delays and massive traffic jams. The man, whose name...

NEW YORK -- Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly welcomed 1,013 new police officers into the department's ranks at their graduation at Madison Square Garden yesterday. Mr. Bloomberg told the recruits that they would serve in the "world's greatest...

Whether one is a police officer, a victim specialist, or an advocate, a common question asked of these individuals is, "How do you do what you do?" On a daily basis, these professionals encounter the good, the bad, and, at...

West across the gray waters of Lake Champlain, the blue and green peaks of the Adirondacks reach to the sky. Ben and Jerry's Scoop Shops offer tastes of Chunky Monkey, Imagine Whirled Peace and Phish Food. SCUBA divers plunge to...

This month, our emphasis is on information technology, which has dramatically impacted policing over the past quarter century. Computers are commonplace in patrol cars, and there s a phenomenal amount of information available on virtually any person, place or thing....

Over the past several years, there s been an explosion of new medical treatment supplies and gear aimed at reducing mortality from combat-related injuries on the battlefield overseas and on the streets of our nation. One prime example of the...

Many agencies worry about under-trained recruits coming from academies to law enforcement departments for full-time employment. Charles Knoll, executive director of the National Association of Field Training Officers, agrees with this concern. “The quality of the candidate has changed in...

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. -- A man arrested in the hit-and-run death of a police officer was found strangled in his cell, and investigators focused Tuesday on guards at the suburban Maryland jail, which has a history of security lapses.As state...

GRANITE CITY, Ill. -- Police and FBI agents captured an ex-convict suspected of killing eight people in two states as he smoked a cigarette outside of a southwestern Illinois bar Tuesday night.Nicholas T. Sheley, who was the subject of a...