News about Police

Shell paid Nigeria millions to guard oil facilities: group An oil industry watchdog said Monday that Shell paid Nigeria's military and police $65 million over two years to secure company facilities, alleging the firm had bankrolled forces widely accused of rights abuses.
22 August 2012 10:49
Severed head, foot found in Canada Canadian police found Thursday the head from what is believed to be a woman's dismembered body in eastern Ontario province near Toronto, after retrieving a severed foot from the same river.
17 August 2012 17:17
S.African police in deadly clash with striking miners An illegal strike at a South African platinum mine run by leading global producer Lonmin claimed more lives Thursday as police clashed with miners armed with machetes in the most violent day of the weeklong standoff.
17 August 2012 16:48
Violent attacks in Kazakh park kill 11 Police in Kazakhstan said Tuesday they had discovered the charred and stabbed remains of 11 bodies scattered over large stretches of a remote park popular with international climbers and hikers.
15 August 2012 13:34
Tourists film New York police shooting Bystanders in New York whipped out cellphones to film the shooting by police of a man allegedly threatening them with a knife in the tourism magnet of Times Square.
14 August 2012 11:54
Warning shots, tear gas fired to disperse Tunisia demos Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets late Thursday to disperse a second anti-government protest in the central Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid, birthplace of last year's revolution.
10 August 2012 15:22
'Disabled' man executed in US despite protests Authorities in the southern US state of Texas executed an African American man on Tuesday despite protests from human rights groups that said he was mentally disabled.
09 August 2012 10:44
US probes Sikh temple shooter's white power links Police on Monday probed the white power ties of the former US soldier who gunned down six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, while the close-knit Indian-American community mourned its dead.
07 August 2012 17:57
Australian police chief attacks violent video games One of Australia's top police officers on Monday criticised violent video games that glorify rape and murder, after a spate of high-profile knifings by young people.
07 August 2012 10:00
Canada policewomen file sex harassment class action More than 200 policewomen and former cops have alleged sexual harassment on the job in a class action lawsuit against Canada's federal police force, with hearings beginning on Thursday.
06 August 2012 11:23
Ex-cop faces US trial in death of third wife A former police officer who allegedly killed his third wife -- and was charged only after his fourth wife disappeared under suspicious circumstances -- saw his case finally go to trial Tuesday.
02 August 2012 09:58
Australia smashes $500 mln Hong Kong drug ring Australian police have seized half a billion dollars' worth of crystal methamphetamine and heroin after smashing a Hong Kong-linked international drugs syndicate.
31 July 2012 17:53
Police gave details of special operation in Almaty Almaty police gave details of the special operation on elimination of criminals who murdered two policemen in Almaty.
31 July 2012 17:27
Policeman murder suspects shot down in Almaty A special police operation has been completed in Ahsel Kent region in Almaty (in the multi-storey residential building where bursts and explosions have been heard today).
30 July 2012 16:29
Mexico dissolves equivalent of FBI Mexico officially dissolved its Federal Investigation Agency (AFI) on Thursday, and announced the formation of a new national crime-fighting agency with a "new working philosophy."
27 July 2012 16:25
Kazakhstan road policemen will get pay rise Last year their wages were raised by 30 percent. This year we are planning an additional raise: Road Police chairman.
26 July 2012 14:18
Kazakhstan mulls entering International Police Association A foundation conference of Kazakhstan section of the International Police Association (IPA) was held in Astana on July 20.
23 July 2012 16:21
Police struggle to identify Bulgaria suicide bomber Bulgarian police, the FBI and Interpol are struggling to identify a suicide bomber who killed six people, including five Israelis, as the US said the attack bore the "hallmarks" of Hezbollah.
21 July 2012 12:09
Phone app allows US users to film police activity A US civil rights advocacy group has launched a free mobile phone application that allows users to record police activity discreetly, saying it will help boost police force accountability.
07 July 2012 13:42
Police find 'Canadian Psycho' victim's head Canadian police confirmed Wednesday that a head found in a Montreal park does belong to the Chinese student victim in the "Canadian Psycho" murder and dismemberment case.
05 July 2012 16:47
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