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UK Police Arrests 18-year-old In Connection With The Recent Attack on PSN and Xbox Live Networks

By Kamal Nayan - Jan 17, 2015 09:22 AM EST

UK Police has arrested an 18-year-old man from Southport, UK in connection with the Distributed Denial of Service attacks that brought Xbox Live and PSN down over the Christmas holidays.

Eric Holder Issues Guidelines to Limit Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture

By Dustin M Braden - Jan 16, 2015 06:27 PM EST

Eric Holder and the Department of Justice have issued new guidelines to federal law enforcement agencies that will stop them from using assets seized by local and state governments through civil asset forfeiture.

France Deploys 10,000 Troops in Response to Charlie Hebdo Attack

By Dustin M Braden - Jan 12, 2015 07:06 PM EST

Fearing more attacks after the brutal assault on the newspaper Charlie Hebdo, the French government has deployed 10,000 soldiers to beef up security around the country.

India: Police Officers Sought in Gang Rape of 14-Year-Old Girl

By Dustin M Braden - Jan 02, 2015 02:09 PM EST

Indian authorities are currently hunting down two of their own, police officers accused of raping a 14-year-old girl.

Milwaukee Cop Not Charged in Shooting of Mentally Ill Man

By Dustin M Braden - Dec 22, 2014 06:34 PM EST

A Milwaukee district attorney has declined to bring charges against a former member of the Milwaukee Police Department who shot a mentally ill man 14 times.

NYPD Suspends Officer Who Beat Subdued Suspect

By Dustin M Braden - Dec 20, 2014 07:45 PM EST

As discussions of police training, policy, and the use of force dominant conversations around the United States, a New York City Police Department officer caught attacking a suspect that was already subdued by the police has been suspended.

LAPD to be First in Nation with Force-Wide Body Cameras

By Dustin M Braden - Dec 16, 2014 06:36 PM EST

The mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, announced plans to begin outfitting the Los Angeles Police Department with body cameras in an effort to rebuild trust between the police and the local community, which has been strained by incidents in Ferguson, MO and Staten Island, NY.

Officer Not Charged in Killing of Eric Garner Despite Video Evidence

By Dustin M Braden - Dec 03, 2014 07:19 PM EST

A New York City grand jury has refused to indict a police officer who was captured on camera using excessive force that resulted in the death of Eric Garner, spurring protests across the United States.

White House to Evaluate Policing Practices, Provide $263 Million for Police Body Cameras

By Dustin M Braden - Dec 01, 2014 06:40 PM EST

President Barack Obama has announced initiatives intended to build trust between communities and local police forces after the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown and an excessive police response to peaceful protesters put the issue of police militarization at the front of the national political discourse.

Police release video of shooting of 12-year-old

By Dustin M Braden - Nov 27, 2014 11:11 AM EST

The Cleveland Police Department has released disturbing footage showing the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by police as he played with a toy gun at a local park.

Obama will soon announce investigation into the militarization of police

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 25, 2014 07:50 PM EDT

The scenes of police aiming sniper and assault rifles at peaceful protestors in Ferguson, Missouri have sparked a national conversation and debate on the merits of arming police with excess military equipment from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Violence in Egypt claims 9 lives

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 06, 2014 09:55 AM EDT

Nine people were killed in a shootout between smugglers and security forces near an Egyptian coastal town on the Mediterranean Sea.

"Woman in black" needs police help after attracting large crowd in Winchester, Virginia

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 05, 2014 09:15 AM EDT

A mysterious woman, dubbed online as, "the woman in black," required police assistance after a crowd of around 50 onlookers surrounded her in Virginia.

Hundreds of Turkish police arrested in wiretapping probe

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 23, 2014 09:31 AM EDT

The Turkish government has arrested hundreds of police officials through out the country for their supposed role in wiretapping that revealed widespread corruption within the government and its supporters in the business community.

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