A man who tried to escape Australia on a jet ski has played himself.
Australian Federal Police said they arrested a fugitive, who was “likely a 57-year-old UK national,” allegedly attempting to flee the country.
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Someone animated a local police blotter and the result is surprisingly charming
If you’re from a relatively low-crime area, nothing is more satisfying than reading your local police blotter.
YouTuber Michael McCurdy recently made this charming video featuring animated selections from the police blotter for Port Townsen…
This is what it takes for a Tesla Model S to become a police car
The used car bought through Tesla looks a lot like the other patrol vehicles parked in back of Fremont police headquarters. But unlike the Fords and Chevys, this particular car requires a lot of special attention.
Transforming the 2014 Tesla Model S …
NYPD to Google: Quit tracking drunk-driving checkpoints on Waze
The New York Police Department would like Google to stop tracking its Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) checkpoint locations.
Over the weekend, the NYPD sent a cease-and-desist letter to Google over a feature in its Waze app that marks police locations. According to the document obtained by NYC Streetsblogs, the NYPD is specifically concerned about the listing of police DWI checkpoints.
“Individuals who post the locations of DWI checkpoints may be engaging in criminal conduct since such actions could be intentional attempts to prevent and/or impair the administration of the DWI laws,” says the letter. “The posting of such information for public consumption is irresponsible since it only serves to aid impaired and intoxicated drivers to evade checkpoints and encourage reckless driving.” Read more…
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Fremont, Calif., in the San Francisco Bay Area is home to electric car company Tesla’s massive vehicle factory and it’ll soon be the home to what’s believed to be the first U.S. police department with a Tesla in its fleet.
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Police called after man heard shouting death threats… to a spider
Sure, spiders are scary enough to send some people into a tizzy.
For one Australian man with a serious fear of the arachnid, his rather intense vocal reaction resulted in multiple police units attending the scene.
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Police called after man heard shouting death threats… to a spider
Sure, spiders are scary enough to send some people into a tizzy.
For one Australian man with a serious fear of the arachnid, his rather intense vocal reaction resulted in multiple police units attending the scene.
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Holy moly, Dubai’s police force is testing hoverbikes
While American police struggle to equip officers with body cameras, Dubai’s police continue to drift further into the future and make the world’s authorities red with envy.
The Dubai Police have begun training crews to ride Hoversurf’s S3 2019 Hoverb…
Police hunt for man who kinda looks like Ross from ‘Friends’
When cops put out a photo of a suspect, it’s often difficult to remember what they look like.
You won’t need to worry so much with this guy police are looking for in relation to an alleged theft in Blackpool, UK, because he looks pretty familiar.
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NYPD pulls thousands of body cameras after one caught fire while a police officer was wearing it
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The New York Police Department is pulling thousands of body cameras from the field after one of them caught on fire while a police officer was wearing it.
The Daily Beast reports that a Vievu model LE-5 body camera “burst into flames” early Sunday morning while an officer was wearing it right outside a Staten Island police precinctAccording to the NYPD, “an officer retrieved a body-cam for deployment on a midnight tour and noticed there was smoke exiting from the bottom portal and immediately removed it. After it was safely removed, the device exploded.”
The officer wearing the faulty body camera was not injured. Read more…
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Stop tattling on people smoking weed, Toronto police warn in cheeky tweets
Marijuana became legal in Canada on Wednesday, and authorities are still trying to get used to it.
Toronto’s police have been pretty blunt about the matter, telling people to stop tattling on their neighbours for smoking weed or possessing pot plants…
Massachusetts cops’ tweet-fail reveals they’re monitoring political activists
It seems like it’s getting harder these days to hide the fact that you’re surreptitiously monitoring left-wing political activists. And accidentally tweeting proof of that fact sure doesn’t make it any easier.
Massachusetts state police are dea…