International Business News - Cops http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A lawsuit filed by Antigua's ousted police commissioner shows it's not always a tropical idyll when a veteran officer from Britain or Canada chooses to spend the twilight of his career working in the Caribbean. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/police-work-in-caribbean-not-always-fun-in-the-sun.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:05:50 EDT State Patrol trooper Mike Jamison keeps an action figure of "The Thing" on his passenger seat--a nod to the Fantastic Four, which is what Jamison and three colleagues charged with enforcing immigration law on western Colorado's highways call themselves. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080921/states-make-immigration-arrests-under-fed-program.htm Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:58:39 EDT A federal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated a jury verdict against two former police detectives who were convicted of moonlighting as gangsters and carrying out a series of hits for the mob. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/convictions-reinstated-against-ny-mafia-cops.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:07:16 EDT Two off-duty New York police officers were charged with gang assault after being accused of kicking, punching and pistol-whipping a man whose open car door was blocking their lane of traffic. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/2-nypd-officers-accused-of-assaulting-motorist.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:45:36 EDT Police officers took aim this week at vehicles zipping down a runway in tests meant to convince judges that laser speed guns--increasingly popular among law enforcement--are as accurate as their radar cousins. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/129105-people-snl-tina-fey.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/officers-test-laser-speed-guns-to-bolster-cases.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/officers-test-laser-speed-guns-to-bolster-cases.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:43:12 EDT Graffiti artists come to New York City from all over the world to make their mark on subway cars, buildings and billboards. They spend hours surveying and then spray-painting hard-to-reach spaces with remarkable precision. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/66236-graffiti-cops.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080607/specialized-nypd-unit-tracks-graffiti-writers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080607/specialized-nypd-unit-tracks-graffiti-writers.htm Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:31:27 EDT Drug cartels are sending a brutal message to police and soldiers in cities across Mexico: Join us or die. The threat appears in recruiting banners hung across roadsides and in publicly posted death lists. Cops get warnings over their two-way radios. At least four high-ranking police officials were gunned down this month, including Mexico's acting federal police chief. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/49211-mexico-drug-recruitment.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080518/drug-lords-go-after-mexican-police-officers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080518/drug-lords-go-after-mexican-police-officers.htm Sun, 18 May 2008 14:09:44 EDT A Westchester County teenager is facing a long list of charges after allegedly trying to rob two men and finding out they were undercover police officers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/police-teen-accused-of-trying-to-rob-undercover-officers.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 15:40:33 EDT Police in La Crosse are a little red-faced right now. They're apologizing after issuing an alert about a woman suspected of using a stolen credit card at a convenience store. They also helpfully issued surveillance video images of her. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080329/police-sorry-for-using-wrong-camera-pics.htm Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:59:44 EDT Police in La Crosse are a little red-faced right now. They're apologizing after issuing an alert about a woman suspected of using a stolen credit card at a convenience store. They also helpfully issued surveillance video images of her. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080329/police-sorry-for-accusing-wrong-person.htm Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:40:17 EDT Police in La Crosse are a little red-faced right now. They're apologizing after issuing an alert about a woman suspected of using a stolen credit card at a convenience store. They also helpfully issued surveillance video images of her. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080329/police-sorry-for-fingering-wrong-person.htm Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:07:17 EDT