- January 28th 2012, Oakland, Calif. (AP) --- Oakland police used tear gas and flash grenades Saturday to break up hundreds of Occupy protesters after some demonstrators started throwing rocks and flares at officers and tearing down fences. Read more:Police use tear gas on Occupy Oakland protesters 

- January 28th 2012, Santa Maria, Calif. (AP) --- A police officer under investigation for sexual misconduct with a teenage minor was shot and killed while on duty by fellow officers Saturday as they tried to arrest him on California's central coast, authorities said. Read more: Officer shot, killed by fellow police in Calif.

- January 25th 2012, San Diego, Calif. (Reuters) -- Police and federal agents arrested more than 100 suspected gang members in San Diego and surrounding communities on Wednesday in major operation on charges including drug trafficking and weapons violations, authorities said. Read more: San Diego authorities make over 100 gang arrests 

- January 9th 2012, Los Angeles, Calif. (Reuters) -- Police in Orange County said on Monday they do not believe that a transient found dead on Monday was the fourth victim of suspected serial killer operating in the area. Read more: Calif police probe transient's death amid killing spree

- December 21st, 2011, Fargo North Dakota -- Nestled amid plains so flat the locals joke you can watch your dog run away for miles, Fargo treasures its placid lifestyle, seldom pierced by the mayhem and violence common in other urban communities. North Dakota’s largest city has averaged fewer than two homicides a year since 2005, and there’s not been a single international terrorism prosecution in the last decade. Read more: Cops Ready for War

- December 19th 2011, Prosper, Texas, The next time you're approached by a traffic cop, you shouldn't necessarily assume the worst. Or at least you shouldn't succumb to primal fears of traffic cops if  you're driving in Prosper, Tex, where police have been handing out $10 gift cards to drivers they see wearing seat belts and staying within the speed limit. Read more: Police in Texas town giving out gift cards for good driving

- December 19th, 2011, By age 23, up to 41 percent of American adolescents and young adults have been arrested at least once for something other than a minor traffic violation, according to a new study published today in the journal Pediatrics. Read more: Study: Significant Number of Young Americans Get Arrested

- December 3rd, 2011, Los Angeles, California -- Reports suggest police used undercover detectives to infiltrate the Occupy LA camp to find out protesters' intentions. Read more: Police reportedly went undercover at Occupy LA

- November 30th 2011, Denever, Colarado --- Every civil servant wants to experience his or her legacy firsthand--but not the way that onetime Arapahoe Sheriff Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. has. Sullivan, a nationally renowned law enforcement leader, was arrested on drug charges and is now being detained in the same Denver area jail that was named after him. Read more: Former “sheriff of the year” arrested and sent to jail named after him

- November 20th 2011, Two campus police officers caught on video using pepper spray on seated Occupy protesters at University of California, Davis, have been put on administrative leave, the school announced today. Read more: UC Davis Pepper Spraying: Cops Suspended

- November 17th 2011, The armed UC Berkeley student shot and killed by police this week was a motivational speaker who told audiences the story of how he turned his life around. Read more: UC Berkeley student killed by police was motivational speaker

- November 9th 2011, OAKLAND, California (AP) — The mayor renewed her appeal to Occupy Oakland representatives to meet with city officials as dueling video evidence was released by Oakland authorities and by a man who experts say appears to be the victim of excessive police force. Read more: Experts question shooting of Occupy Oakland filmer

- November 1st 2011, NORTH HIGHLANDS, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California school police officers union has angered a town after it sold T-shirts with a picture of a child behind bars and the slogan: "U raise 'em, we cage 'em." Read more: School police union slammed for edgy t-shirts

- October 29th 2011, NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Occupy Wall Street protesters and state officials in Tennessee squared off for a third consecutive night Saturday, even though a local judge has consistently refused to jail the demonstrators. Read more: Tenn. protesters defy curfew a 3rd time

- October 28th 2011, Sixteen New York Police Department officers pleaded not guilty to charges of widespread fixing of traffic tickets as well as more serious crimes, in the second scandal to hit the force in a week. Read more: Second scandal in a week rocks New York cops

- Oct 26th 2011, An Iraq war veteran has suffered a fractured skull during Occupy Wall Street protests in Oakland, California. Read more: Occupy Oakland: Iraq vet critically injured by police projectile

- October 25th 2011, NEW YORK (AP) — Five New York City police officers are among 12 people arrested in a gun smuggling sting operation, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Read more: AP sources: 5 NYPD officers arrested in gun sting

- October 16th 2011, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — As rampant drug dealing and violent crimes crept into the isolated Mississippi River city of Helena-West Helena, people in town knew something was up. But few bothered calling for help as gunfire rang out near the historic streets lined with boutique shops and boarded-up buildings. Read more: Arkansas city finds quiet, hope after drug arrests

- October 14th 2011, An ex-detective testifies that he and his colleagues frequently fabricated drug cases to meet arrest quotas. Read more: Planting drugs on innocent people: NYPD's 'shocking' scandal

- September 26th 2011, A near-riot broke out yesterday when the week-long Wall Street protests took a violent turn in a clash between hundreds of marchers and cops on the streets surrounding Union Square. The chaos erupted during an afternoon march of about 500 demonstrators as part of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement.  Read more: Wall St. protest ends up in mayhem

- September 24th 2011, FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Police are searching for a suspect that shot at an officer in Central Fresno. The officer was not injured. A large perimeter has been setup in the search for the suspect. View video: Shots fired at police officer in Central Fresno

- September 21st 2011, SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors charged one police officer with murder and another with manslaughter Wednesday in the killing of an unarmed, mentally ill homeless man who was pummeled, shocked with a Taser and slammed with the butt of a stun gun in a beating that lasted nearly 10 minutes. Read more: 2 police officers charged in death of Calif man

- September 16th 2011, As the driver of a stolen car sped directly at them, a San Jose police officer and a California Highway Patrol officer both opened fire, one of their bullets striking the driver in the back, according to police. Read more:  Officers from San Jose and CHP shoot man during stolen car stop

- September 15th 2011, The few people who knew Qazi Do -- including his frightened daughter and rattled roommates -- all feared the schizophrenic man with a fetish for kitchen knives was heading toward a violent confrontation with police. Read more: DA says San Jose cop's shooting of mentally ill man was justified

- August 16th 2011, San Francisco's BART -- the Bay Area Rapid Transit system -- has clashed with demonstrators again over a First Amendment issue: whether it can legally cut off cellphone service on subway platforms. The latest confrontation was late Monday. Read more: BART Protests: San Francisco Transit Cuts Cellphones to Thwart Demonstrators; First Amendment Debate

- August 15th 2011, After attempting to promote some wholesome fun with water guns, a 20-year old Essex native was arrested and charged with “encouraging or assisting in the commission of an offense” under a 2007 law called the Serious Crime Act. Essex law enforcement officers claim that the man attempted to incite a flash mob and promoted the event through BlackBerry Messenger as well as a Facebook event page. The man was allegedly encouraging Colchester residents to gather for a city-wide water gun fight. The man was released on bail and has a court date on September 1 to face the charge. Read more: UK police arrest man for promoting a water gun fight with Blackberry, Facebook

- June 30th 2011, SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- A struggling economy means city budgets are hurting, and that's true for San Jose where 67 police officers were laid off on Thursday, leaving more than 1,100 officers to patrol a city of more than one million people. Read more: Layoffs begin at San Jose Police Department