http://www.mail.com/subjects/14072-law-enforcement.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/14072-law-enforcement.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760998-drivers-kenyan-traffic-laws-increase-bribe-size.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Traffic bribes are a way of life for many Kenyan drivers. One dollar here, $5 there. But the drivers of the rowdy minibuses known as matatus say that Kenya's new traffic laws, which carry higher fines and bigger jail sentences, will result primarily in higher bribes. The new law on drunk driving doesn't include a measurable definitio... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760998-drivers-kenyan-traffic-laws-increase-bribe-size.html 2012-12-12T14:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759814-mexico-riveras-plane-hit-with-terrible-impact.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — The plane carrying Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera plunged almost vertically from more than 28,000 feet and hit the ground in a nose-dive at a speed that may have exceeded 600 miles per hour, Mexico's top transportation official said Tuesday. In the first detailed account of the moments leading up to the crash that killed ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759814-mexico-riveras-plane-hit-with-terrible-impact.html 2012-12-12T01:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757460-mexico-tests-dna-jenni-rivera-plane-crash.html MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities were performing DNA tests Tuesday on remains believed to belong to Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera and six other people killed when her plane went down in northern Mexico. Investigators said it would take days to piece together the wreckage of the plane carrying Rivera and find out why it went dow... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757460-mexico-tests-dna-jenni-rivera-plane-crash.html 2012-12-11T18:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758594-ex-policeman-faces-trial-politkovskayas-murder.html MOSCOW (AP) — The son of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya on Tuesday criticized the authorities' deal with a former police officer accused of involvement in her 2006 killing, saying it wouldn't help to determine who ordered the murder. Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, who is accused of helping track Politkovskaya's movements, is set to go on trial Wednesday aft... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758594-ex-policeman-faces-trial-politkovskayas-murder.html 2012-12-11T16:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1755948-tribe-prepares-to-bury-5-slain-members-calif.html PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Gravediggers work the old-fashioned way on the Tule River Indian Reservation, chipping away at the hard pan by hand with pickaxes and shoveling the dirt aside. They say it's a sign of respect not to use machinery, but never has the crew had to dig so many graves at one time. On Monday, the brothers who run the reservation cemete... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1755948-tribe-prepares-to-bury-5-slain-members-calif.html 2012-12-11T03:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1756400-fbi-hate-crimes-2011.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI says the number of hate crimes reported to police in 2011 declined slightly compared to the previous year. Nearly half of the reported hate crimes in 2011 were motivated by racial bias, and one of every five hate crimes was motivated by a sexual orientation bias or religious bias. One in five was motivated by bias involving natio... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1756400-fbi-hate-crimes-2011.html 2012-12-10T17:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755182-attacks-kill-afghan-police-chief-official.html KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban bombing killed an Afghan provincial police chief and gunmen fatally shot an official in charge of women's affairs on Monday — the latest victims of a campaign targeting government officials across Afghanistan. The police chief for Nimroz province was travelling home from neighboring Herat province when his vehicle st... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755182-attacks-kill-afghan-police-chief-official.html 2012-12-10T14:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1754068-sight-fbis-unloved-hoover-building.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Just six blocks from the White House, the FBI's hulking headquarters overlooking Pennsylvania Avenue has long been the government building everyone loves to hate. The verdict: It's an ugly, crumbling concrete behemoth, an architectural mishap — all 2.4 million square feet of it. But in this time of tight budgets, massive deficits and the... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1754068-sight-fbis-unloved-hoover-building.html 2012-12-10T08:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1752598-fbi-alaska-man-killed-people-fun.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Confessed serial killer Israel Keyes admitted he enjoyed killing people, but couldn't or wouldn't give investigators a more meaningful answer when quizzed why he did it. "There were just times, a couple of times, where we would try to get a why," said Anchorage Police officer Jeff Bell, who helped interrogate Keyes for hours. "He ... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 08:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1752598-fbi-alaska-man-killed-people-fun.html 2012-12-08T08:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1752032-ap-newsbreak-fbi-alaska-man-killed-fun.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Investigators who spent hours interviewing an Alaska serial killer say he may have murdered close to a dozen people, and that he killed for pleasure and was only conflicted about how his notoriety would affect his loved ones. Israel Keyes confessed to killing eight people across the country before he committed suicide last weekend... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1752032-ap-newsbreak-fbi-alaska-man-killed-fun.html 2012-12-08T00:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1751558-legal-pot-complicates-drug-free-work-policies.html DENVER (AP) — Pot may be legal, but workers may want to check with their boss first before they grab the pipe or joint during off hours. Businesses in Washington state, where the drug is legal, and Colorado, where it will be by January, are trying to figure out how to deal with employees who use it on their own time and then fail a drug test. ... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1751558-legal-pot-complicates-drug-free-work-policies.html 2012-12-07T21:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1749490-washington-state-legal-pot-what.html SEATTLE (AP) — People openly lit joints under the Space Needle and on Seattle's sidewalks — then blew the smoke at TV news cameras. To those looking to "get baked," the city's police department suggested pizza and a "Lord of the Rings" movie marathon. What, exactly, is going on in Washington state? Marijuana possession became legal under state law Thursda... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1749490-washington-state-legal-pot-what.html 2012-12-06T22:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1748400-riots-hint-potential-chaos-tunisias-future.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Five days of riots last week in a town in Tunisia's impoverished interior wounded hundreds of people and deepened the rift between the two most powerful forces in this North African country: the moderate Islamist ruling party and the main labor union. With the two at loggerheads, the threat of a nationwide general strike next week co... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1748400-riots-hint-potential-chaos-tunisias-future.html 2012-12-06T14:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1743734-fbi-alaska-barista-assaulted-dismembered.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who died in an apparent suicide this week in an Alaska jail after confessing to a string of killings across the country had sexually assaulted and strangled an Anchorage barista the day after he abducted her, then left her body in a shed while he went on a two-week cruise, the FBI said Tuesday. In the most detailed account y... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1743734-fbi-alaska-barista-assaulted-dismembered.html 2012-12-05T02:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1742512-police-indiana-men-sex-fatal-fight.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana authorities investigating the death of a homeless man whose decomposing body was found in a freezer say he had been drinking, taking drugs and having sex with another man now accused in his death. The body of 29-year-old Alex Shipp was found Sunday in the basement of a home in Kokomo, about 50 miles north of Indianapolis. The r... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1742512-police-indiana-men-sex-fatal-fight.html 2012-12-04T16:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1741588-dog-theft-case-ripples-through-mexico-town.html MORIARTY, N.M. (AP) — The cases were often heartbreaking: Families coming home to find their dogs had vanished from inside houses, behind locked fences and outdoor kennels in rural communities east of Albuquerque. But with the recent arrest of a woman accused of stealing two pit bulls — then throwing them from her moving car as the dogs' owner gave chase ... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1741588-dog-theft-case-ripples-through-mexico-town.html 2012-12-04T09:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1739116-sudanese-police-kill-2-militants-remote-region.html KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A Sudanese official says police have killed two Islamic militants and arrested about 20 in a raid on a militant training camp in the country's south. The governor of Sinnar state along the border with Ethiopia said Monday that four policemen were wounded in the attack, which occurred on Friday. Governor Ahmed Abbas was quoted by the... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1739116-sudanese-police-kill-2-militants-remote-region.html 2012-12-03T08:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736326-iran-fires-cyber-police-chief-blogger-death.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's police have fired the head of the Tehran cybercrimes unit over the case of a blogger who died while in police custody. The semi-official Fars news agency says Saturday that Gen. Mohammad Hasan Shokrian was fired due to "failure and lack of sufficient supervision over the performance of personnel under his command." Iran's judici... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736326-iran-fires-cyber-police-chief-blogger-death.html 2012-12-01T17:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1730606-greater-email-privacy-wont-hinder-law-enforcement.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Over objections from law enforcement officials, the Senate Judiciary Committee has approved legislation that would require police to obtain a search warrant from a judge before they can review a person's emails or other electronic communications. The bill passed Thursday makes it slightly more difficult for the government to access the c... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1730606-greater-email-privacy-wont-hinder-law-enforcement.html 2012-11-29T21:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1730702-uk-judge-issues-damning-press-verdict.html LONDON (AP) — Britain's unruly newspapers should be regulated by an independent body dominated by non-journalists with the power to levy steep fines, a judge said Thursday in a report that pleased victims of tabloid intrusion but left editors worrying about creeping state control of the country's fiercely independent press. Prime Minister David Cameron ec... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1730702-uk-judge-issues-damning-press-verdict.html 2012-11-29T21:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1730580-tips-led-to-arrest-nh-couple-burned-boy-case.html PLAISTOW, N.H. (AP) — Tips from acquaintances and others helped authorities track a fugitive New Hampshire couple to Florida, where they were arrested at the Universal Studios theme park on charges stemming from the beating and burning of the woman's 3-year-old son, an official said Thursday. Federal marshals took 23-year-old Jessica Linscott and her boyf... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1730580-tips-led-to-arrest-nh-couple-burned-boy-case.html 2012-11-29T20:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1731462-hrw-commends-brazilian-bid-to-curb-police-killings.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Human Rights Watch on Thursday praised a resolution by Brazil's Human Rights Defense Council that outlined steps to help reduce extrajudicial killings by police. In a statement, the New York-based rights advocacy group said Brazilian police routinely "engage in unlawful violence, executing people and falsely claiming they died in sho... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1731462-hrw-commends-brazilian-bid-to-curb-police-killings.html 2012-11-29T19:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1726274-us-justice-launches-probe-albuquerque-police.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department plans a thorough investigation of the Albuquerque Police Department after a string of officer-involved shootings and a number of high-profile abuse cases alleging the use of excessive and deadly force. Tuesday's announcement, first reported by the Albuquerque Journal, comes months after the police depar... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1726274-us-justice-launches-probe-albuquerque-police.html 2012-11-27T19:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1722264-south-africa-police-kill-7-suspected-robbers.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Police in South Africa say they shot dead seven suspected robbers and wounded nine others in a botched theft at an armored car company. Capt. Paul Ramaloko of the South African Police Service said Sunday that officers got a tip that the thieves wanted to rob a Protea Coin depot in Robertville, a suburb west of Johannesburg. A gunfight ... Sun, 25 Nov 2012 08:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1722264-south-africa-police-kill-7-suspected-robbers.html 2012-11-25T08:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1721278-afghan-police-student-killed-university-clash.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Sunni and Shiite students clashed at Kabul University on a Shiite holy day Saturday, and Afghan authorities say that one person was killed. Gen. Mohammad Zahir, director of the criminal investigation division, said police were trying to assess why the fight that broke out in the afternoon, killing one student and wounding six oth... Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1721278-afghan-police-student-killed-university-clash.html 2012-11-24T16:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1718408-egypts-morsi-grants-far-reaching-powers.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Islamist president unilaterally decreed greater authorities for himself Thursday and effectively neutralized a judicial system that had emerged as a key opponent by declaring that the courts are barred from challenging his decisions. Riding high on U.S. and international praise for mediating a Gaza cease-fire, Mohammed Morsi put himse... Thu, 22 Nov 2012 21:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1718408-egypts-morsi-grants-far-reaching-powers.html 2012-11-22T21:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1716076-egypt-protesters-firebomb-al-jazeera-cairo-office.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian protesters firebombed one of the offices of satellite broadcaster Al-Jazeera on Wednesday and attacked a police chief who tried to negotiate an end to three days of violent protests in central Cairo. The protesters hit the TV studio overlooking Tahrir Square with firebombs, engulfing it in flames. In a televised interview from inside... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1716076-egypt-protesters-firebomb-al-jazeera-cairo-office.html 2012-11-21T20:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1711790-mexico-focus-police-commanders-cia-shooting.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a strange and aggressive attack by Mexican federal police on a U.S. Embassy vehicle that was pumped with 152 bullets, one major question remains: Why? Mexican investigators are looking for the answer from five police commanders who are accused of ordering 14 officers to lie about what happened on Aug. 24 south of Mexico City, where t... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1711790-mexico-focus-police-commanders-cia-shooting.html 2012-11-19T21:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1711888-fbi-releases-stalins-daughter-files.html MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Newly declassified documents show the FBI kept close tabs on Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's only daughter after her high profile defection to the United States in 1967, gathering details from informants about how her arrival was affecting international relations. The documents were released Monday to The Associated Press under the Fre... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1711888-fbi-releases-stalins-daughter-files.html 2012-11-19T19:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1711366-72-law-enforcement-officers-were-slain-year.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI says that 72 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty last year, up from 56 the year before. An additional 53 officers died in accidents, and 54,774 officers were assaulted in the line of duty. The average age of officers killed in the line of duty was 38. Of the 72 slayings, 23 were in arrest situations, 15 were ... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1711366-72-law-enforcement-officers-were-slain-year.html 2012-11-19T14:59:00Z