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30, May 2012 - More than 600 complaints over police corruption in Wales, finds report
More than 600 complaints about police corruption were made by members of the public to Welsh forces between 2008-09 and 2010-11, according to a new report.
30, May 2012 - IPCC Report: 8,500 Complaints of Police Corruption in Three Years
Police watchdog recorded more than 8,500 allegations of police coruption from 2008-11, though only 13 officers found guilty.
30, May 2012 - Police recorded 8,500 corruption allegations in three years
Watchdog says only 13 officers have been prosecuted and found guilty following the thousands of claims The police watchdog has revealed how more than 8,500 allegations about corruption have been recorded by forces in England and Wales in three years – but only 13 police officers have been prosecuted and found guilty. Calling for additional powers and resources to tackle police corruption linked ...
30, May 2012 - Warren Utah authorities step up search for mountain man - FOX 9 News
An arrest warrant issued by Kane County in January charges Knapp with ... the polygamous sect run by jailed leader Warren Jeffs. Authorities now have a name, but the suspect remains a ghost. "It's against all laws of human nature for a guy to go five ...
30, May 2012 - Supreme Court rejects bid to shield L.A. sheriff from lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to shield Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca from being sued for racial gang violence in the jails he supervises.
30, May 2012 - Sheriff Baca disappointed with lawsuit ruling
Sheriff Baca says he's disappointed with a Supreme Court ruling that a former inmate's lawsuit against him can go to trial.
30, May 2012 - News Summary: CEO says lawsuit could kill startup
State police in eastern Pennsylvania say two men have been charged in the death of another man allegedly left tied to a tree for almost a day. More >>
30, May 2012 - Waukegan Lake County OKs $7M for jail settlement - Chicago Sun-Times
... of Commissioners on Wednesday approved a $7 million bond issue to settle lawsuits stemming from overcrowding at the Lake County Jail. The vote was 2-1, with Commissioner Gerry Scheub, D-Crown Point, keeping his promise to vote against it if former ...
30, May 2012 - Utah Utah launches lawsuit to secure roads
SALT LAKE CITY-- Utah Attorney General's Office recently filed 13 lawsuits accusing the federal government of illegally taking control of nearly 4,000 state and county roads in 13 counties, in…
30, May 2012 - Douglasville Out with the old: ‘MIB’ returns with a twist - Cherokee Tribune
Boris The Animal — he hates “The Animal” part — has escaped from Lunar Max prison. Jemaine Clement portrays the one-armed felon who is plotting his revenge against Agent K. He looks like a cross between an evil crab and a falcon with claws and ...
30, May 2012 - Rushville Seat belt enforcement blitz underway
Rush County Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Duane Raab recently announced that the RCSD and Rushville Police Department are combining forces to enforce Indiana seat belt laws.
30, May 2012 - Rushville Seat belt enforcement blitz underway - Rushville Republican
RUSHVILLE — Rush County Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Duane Raab recently announced that the RCSD and Rushville Police Department are combining forces to enforce Indiana seat belt laws. "The 2012 Memorial Day Click it or Ticket campaign begins ...
30, May 2012 - Family of slain armored-car driver, victim file suit against state
Suit alleges Dept. of Corrections is to blame for failing to supervise ex-inmate who killed driver The family of a slain armored-car driver and a victim filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Pierce County Superior Court against the state for failing to supervise the killer in a June 2009 robbery at a Wal-Mart in Lakewood.
30, May 2012 - Lexington Love Family Files Civil Lawsuit Against UVA, Coaches & AD - NBC 29 News
Yeardley Love's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Virginia (refers to the University of ... He's the man who was convicted of murdering her daughter. Tuesday Sharon filed a $29.4 million civil lawsuit, accusing the ...
30, May 2012 - Romeoville Familiar names in Latin Kings lawsuit - Chicago Sun-Times
Gonzalez also was charged with the July 2005 fatal shooting in Aurora of 17-year-old Alejandro Ruiz, a Romeoville resident. Those charges were dropped. Jose Sosa Jr. was released from prison in 2009, after serving half of a 30-year sentence for attempted murder.
30, May 2012 - Civil rights lawsuit filed against Ariz. sheriff - Eyewitness News
PHOENIX (AP) - As defiant as ever, get-tough Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio faces a federal court showdown over charges that deputies on his trademark immigration patrols racially profiled Latinos in violation of civil rights law. After months of negotiations ...
30, May 2012 - Meriden Lawsuit alleges toxic exposure at prison in Fla. - Ct Post
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — More than 160 current and former employees and family members are suing the federal prison agency over ailments they blame on exposure to toxins at an electronics recycling facility at a penitentiary in the Florida Panhandle.
30, May 2012 - Salem Activision, EA settle lawsuit over execs' leaving
Pittsburgh police say 11 people will be charged with obstructing traffic during a union-led demonstration against cuts to public education in the budget proposed by Gov. Tom Corbett.
30, May 2012 - Lawsuit: Dead sheriff stole money from Midlands county
More than a year and a half after his death, Orangeburg County is going after former Sheriff Larry Williams' estate.
30, May 2012 - Liberty Notre Dame Files Religious Liberty Lawsuit Related to HHS Mandate - eNews Park Forest
INDIANA--(ENEWSPF)--May 21, 2012 ... It also authorizes the government to determine which organizations are sufficiently “religious” to warrant an exemption from the requirement. Notre Dame’s lawsuit charges that these components of the regulation ...
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| National Arrest Records Statistics (2009) |
| Total | 13,687,241 | |
| Murder and manslaughter | 12,418 | |
| Rape | 21,407 | |
| Robbery | 126,725 | |
| Aggravated Assault | 421,215 | |
| Burglary | 299,351 | |
| Larceny-theft | 1,334,933 | |
| Motor vehicle theft | 81,797 | |
| Arson | 12,204 | |
| Violent crime | 581,765 | |
| Property crime | 1,728,285 | |
| Other assaults | 1,319,458 | |
| Forgery and counterfeiting | 85,844 | |
| Fraud | 210,255 | |
| Embezzlement | 17,920 | |
| Stolen property | 105,303 | |
| Vandalism | 270,439 | |
| Weapons | 166,334 | |
| Prostitution / vice | 71,355 | |
| Sex offenses (except rape) | 77,326 | |
| Drug abuse | 1,663,582 | |
| Gambling | 10,360 | |
| Offenses against family and children | 114,564 | |
| DUI / DWI | 1,440,409 | |
| Liquor laws | 570,333 | |
| Drunkenness | 594,300 | |
| Disorderly conduct | 655,322 | |
| Vagrancy | 33,388 | |
| All other offenses | 3,764,672 | |
| Suspicion | 1,975 | |
| Curfew and loitering | 112,593 | |
| Runaways | 93,434 |
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