Tensions between Occupy D.C. protesters and law enforcement increased Sunday afternoon with the arrest of a demonstrator and the approach of Monday’s noon deadline to enforce a ban on overnight camping. Read full article > >

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Tensions mount with arrest of Occupy D.C. protester and approach of deadline

The man believed to have killed four homeless men in Orange County over the last month is now in custody, according to law enforcement officials.

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NEW YORK — A man who confessed to a string of New Year’s Day arson attacks at an Islamic cultural center and four other sites where he had personal grievances was arrested on a hate crime charge, police said. Ray Lazier Lengend, a 40-year-old of Guyanese descent, hurled crude firebombs at the Islamic center in part because he wasn’t allowed to use its bathrooms, a law enforcement official said. Read full article > >

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Man arrested on hate crime charge in firebomb attack at NYC Islamic cultural center

In-the-line-of-duty deaths of law enforcement officers jumped 13% in 2011 compared to last year, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

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Law officers deaths up 13% in 2011

With his state reeling over charges of child sexual abuse against a former assistant football coach at Penn State and allegations of a coverup by two top university officials , Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) expressed confidence Sunday that state lawmakers would soon pass legislation requiring employees and other individuals to report allegations of such abuse directly to law enforcement officials, rather than merely pass them along to superiors at an institution. Read full article > >

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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett responds to Penn State sexual abuse scandal

A rash of thefts has law enforcement officials stumped. Among other challenges, the missing hogs are difficult to single out. “They all look alike,” said a sheriff.

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Midwest Farmers on Alert as Pig Thieves Strike

In the days of the Cold War, people used the initials KGB to refer to the much-feared Soviet espionage agency. Now, law enforcement authorities in Washington are still campaigning against the KGB. But a different one. In the District, the KGB Crew stands for Krazy Graf Brothers, according to a D.C. police official, who said police think the group is involved in “tagging” — painting graffiti on — buildings around the city. Read full article > >

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D.C. police arrest 4 in KGB graffiti crew

D.C. police found Bobby L. Jackson early in the morning of June 25, slumped over dead and unarmed in a lawn chair after being shot in the back at least seven times. Many more shell casings were scattered nearby. More than two months after the shooting, police have no strong suspects. Nobody in the neighborhood, a tightly packed hamlet of small homes, called 911 until almost an hour after the shots were fired, law enforcement sources say, hampering efforts to make quick arrests or gather leads. Canvassing the neighborhood has yielded little useful information. Read full article > >

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NEW YORK — Two fighter jets escorted a Los Angeles-to-New York American Airlines flight after three passengers locked themselves in a bathroom Sunday, the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, officials said. A law enforcement official said it wasn’t thought to be terrorism, and American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith said, “In our eyes, it’s a big nothing.” Read full article > >

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MEXICO CITY — Hours after his capture, authorities paraded the alleged mass murderer Oscar Osvaldo Garcia before the news media to have his picture taken. This performance — called “the presentation” — is an almost daily ritual in Mexico. What is new: Mexican law enforcement officers are increasingly bolstering these high-profile “perp walks” with edited video clips of the accused confessing their crimes on camera. In Mexico, the bad guys are allowed to say they want a lawyer. Instead, they say, “I killed 600 people.” Read full article > >

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Since Rick Perry joined the presidential race this month, his campaign entourage has included not just the standard array of political advisers and aides, but a squad of Texas law enforcement agents. The security forces scout and secure locations days in advance. Well before the governor’s visit to Tommy’s Country Ham House in Greenville, S.C., the weekend of Aug. 20, more than a half-dozen suited and armed agents were giving orders to the crowd of more than 400. How much is this ever-present phalanx of state policemen costing the taxpayers of Texas? They won’t know at least until after next year’s presidential election, thanks to a provision, tucked into a school finance bill in July, that will keep the governor’s travel records sealed for 18 months. Read full article > >

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Perry’s travel, security costs will stay secret until after 2012

In South Florida police impersonators have become better organized and, most troubling to law enforcement officials, more violent.

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In Florida, Criminals Pose as Police More Frequently and for More Violent Ends

Two suspects accused of shooting at an off-duty federal law enforcement officer are now facing federal charges.

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Facebook and Twitter can be valuable to law enforcement agencies, but careless postings get departments in trouble.

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Police Lesson: Social Network Tools Have 2 Edges

Area law enforcement and political figures say 83 were killed last year in the metro area — and three more get hit every day just in the city.

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D.C. starts campaign to protect pedestrians, cyclists as number of crashes rises