Topic: POLICE REPORT - on January 24, 2007 at 12:17:00 PM CET
Cardboard cop car gets results
A cardboard cutout police car is slowing traffic at Nelson roadworks sites in an initiative that roading contractor Fulton Hogan hopes to push nationwide.
The $1000 model has been used by the company for just over a week to prompt motorists to heed speed restrictions at state highway roadworks in the Nelson region.
Fulton Hogan's regional manager Tim Talbot said the idea originated out of concern that staff could be injured by speeding motorists.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on January 22, 2007 at 5:51:00 PM CET
Man who tried to commit suicide beaten to death by police
A man who tried to commit suicide by throwing himself onto the tracks of the Mexico City subway was later beaten to death by police, prosecutors said Saturday.
Mexico City attorney general's office announced in a press statement that two city policemen who took custody of the man after he was removed from the tracks have been charged with homicide for allegedly beating him to death later in a patrol car.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 19, 2006 at 12:48:00 PM CET
POLICE CODES AND ABBREVIATIONS
To find out what frequency your local police departments are using, search the database at PolCodes. Then, see the APCO site for the 36 or so most basic tencodes (easy to memorize).
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 16, 2006 at 1:43:00 PM CET
Police Car Slams Into San Jose House
A police car rushing to a report of a home invasion robbery careened right into another home Thursday evening, police said.
Police say the officer lost control of his cruiser and slammed into a home on the 1900 block of Everwood Court around 6:47 pm.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 16, 2006 at 12:38:00 PM CET
"Clay" Regazzoni killed in road accident
Former Grand Prix driver Gianclaudio "Clay" Regazzoni has been killed in a road accident.
The 67-year-old Swiss, a former Ferrari driver, was killed in a collision with a lorry on a motorway near Parma, Italian police said.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 14, 2006 at 9:41:00 AM CET
Evel Knievel sues rapper Kanye West over video
Veteran daredevil Evel Knievel is suing rap star Kanye West for trademark infringement over a music video that depicts the recording artist as "Evel Kanyevel" trying to jump a canyon on a rocket vehicle.
The lawsuit, filed on Friday in U.S. District Court in Tampa, Florida, says Knievel's image was tarnished by the "vulgar, sexual and racially charged nature" of West's video for his hit single "Touch the Sky," which co-stars actress Pamela Anderson.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 10, 2006 at 3:07:00 PM CET
Police too busy chasing chickens to stop murder
A POLICE force failed to investigate properly the violent robbery of a showjumper which led to murder because its officers were busy inquiring into stolen chickens.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 9, 2006 at 2:29:00 PM CET
20 year supply of Toilet Paper
One March day in 1986 a juggernaut came rolling into town, full to the brim with paper products and plastic bags for the local police station.
Somebody had messed up the invoice and ticked off the box for pallets instead of packets of toilet paper, paper towels, kitchen paper and plastic rubbish bags.
The police chief could only look on in despair as a seemingly endless supply of products was unloaded from the truck.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 8, 2006 at 12:37:00 PM CET
Flatulence leads US jet to divert
An American Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Nashville after passengers reported the smell of sulphur from burning matches.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 6, 2006 at 1:30:00 PM CET
Boy Arrested For Opening Xmas Gift Early
A South Carolina boy, 12, was arrested Sunday morning after his mother called police to report that he had unwrapped a Christmas present without her permission. According to a Rock Hill Police Department report (a copy of which you'll find below), the child opened a Nintendo Game Boy, though he had been directed not to by family members.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 5, 2006 at 11:47:00 AM CET
Teen shot dead by police over stolen PS3
An 18-year-old North Carolina man, suspected of stealing two PlayStation 3 consoles, was shot dead by police executing a search warrant at his residence.
Peyton Strickland was gunned down in his house by deputies as he answered the door.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 3, 2006 at 2:04:00 PM CET
3D Crime Scene Scanner
“Scene-Scanner” is the world’s first 3D crime scene scanner. It can be “waved over a scene or object like a can of spray paint –going slowly over areas of interest to create high-resolution images, and quickly over other areas to create a rough picture.” Video after the jump.
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