Empirical studies have long shown that crime rate and budget alone do not account for the size of an area’s police force. Police forces tend to be larger in areas where blacks comprise a larger percentage, and many sociologists have attributed this to racial attitudes, specifically the white population’s perceptions of threat. A thought-provoking new study is the first to empirically examine this premise.

Kate and Gerry McCann, the parents of missing Madeleine, and in the company of their recently appointed Portuguese legal team, were this week facing renewed interviews by Portuguese police. In what is a shift away from what had become regular weekly meetings, Kate and Gerry were asked to appear separately at the Policia Judiciiria (PJ) offices in Portimio. Kate arrived yesterday (Thursday) while Gerry was told to visit police this Friday.

Bill Pavelic was especially proud of his street sense. He had been one of the few (LAPD) Caucasian cops; he liked to tell friends, who understood how things really worked in the black community.

The Los Angeles Police Commission appointed Chief William Bratton to a second five-year term on Tuesday, six weeks after his officers clashed with protesters and journalists at a 1st May immigration rally.

Emergency room workers and 911 operators refused to help a women at Martin Luther King Junior-Harbor hospital leaving her to die of a perforated bowel.

Shifting uncomfortably in your seat? Stumbling over your words? Can't hold your questioner's gaze? Police interviewing strategies place great emphasis on such visual and speech-related cues, although new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and undertaken by academics at the University of Portsmouth casts doubt on their effectiveness.

Yerevan, Armenia
On the afternoon of Saturday, May 12th, Mr. Levon Gulyan was taken, with no document authorization, from the Shengavit police station to the 6th Department of the Internal Affairs building and within 2 hours, Levon was found dead in a heavily fenced in backyard of the Internal Affairs building.

With regard to the speed of the Governor's vehicle, all investigative data points to a speed of approximately 91 mph five seconds before impact with the guide rail. The vehicle's speed at the time of impact with the guide rail was approximately 30 mph.

Dare-devil Niger Delta militants invaded a police station on election day in Port Harcourt and killed seven police officers and razed the police station before escaping.

Optibase, Ltd. a leading provider of advanced digital video solutions today announced that Humberside Police, UK has upgraded their current IPTV system with Optibase's carrier-grade, MPEG-4 H.264 solution.