Crime Control Digest

Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers has proposed a statewide standard for the police exercise of deadly force. Myers...

South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds enacted bills that authorize the first major overhaul of state criminal law in...

Virginia can reduce crime in minority neighborhoods through community policing, drug courts, improved educational opportunities and better oversight...

The FBI will compile a psychological profile of the Red Lake, Minn., youth who killed nine persons and...

There was an error in the March 11 article on court safety. The Law Enforcement Alliance of America's...

HEADNOTE IN THE COURTS A suspect driving at high speed in an attempt to avoid police is engaged...

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals decided an officer's search of a suspect without a warrant is valid...

The House approved a bill that repeals a 1997 law with mandatory minimum sentences for meth processing. The...

Senate President Tom Lee and House Speaker Allan Bense announced support for legislation that would require sex offenders...

The House approved a bill that would authorize a sentence enhancement of up to five years for the...

The Maine Bar Foundation asked the legislature to support a proposal to create a mechanism to fund legal...

The Boston Police Department began an internal affairs investigation of an allegation that officers violated a suspect's constitutional...

Attorney General Patrick Lynch threw his support behind a legislative proposal to post the identities of sex offenders...

May 1-Law Day 2005 Satellite Conference, American Bar Association and Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention. Inf.:...

The Senate approved a Housepassed bill to limit the sale of medications with pseudoephedrine and sent it to...

The legislature sent the governor a bill that would bar workers from claiming benefits for job-related injuries if...

Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley proposing a 3 percent pay increase for police and firefighters, noting the city's improved...

The Adrian City Council has begun a search for a new police chief following the resignation of Mike...

The Senate approved and sent to the House a bill that would limit the sale of medications with...

The Maine Bar Foundation asked the legislature to support a proposal to create a mechanism to fund legal...