Police Car

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Anna Brown was homeless and had so much pain in her legs that she couldn't walk. When Brown, 29, refused to leave the emergency room at St. Mary's Health Center in Richmond Heights, Mo., a suburb near inner St. Louis, the police thought she was on drugs and arrested her for trespassing. She'd already been examined, and a doctor said she was healthy enough to go to jail. The police carried her into a jail cell by her arms and ankles, her body slackened.

The family of Abdul Arian remembered the 19-year-old young man who was fatally shot by Los Angeles police officers after a high-speed chase Thursday morning for his desire to become a police officer. "He wanted to be an LAPD cop," said Hamed Arian, the youth's uncle, "and the LAPD killed him. " But as details of Arian's life emerge, the picture of his ambitions becomes more complicated. A police narrative of the shooting on the 101 Freeway in Woodland Hills suggests a troubled end for the young man who placed a 911 call during the pursuit and told authorities he was armed with a gun. Police did not recover a gun from the scene.

On Thursday, Oct. 8, 1964, the day the police decided my mother killed my father, I woke up late, the kind of late that snaps you out of your favorite dream, the one where you're wrapped in the arms of your favorite TV hunk--mine was Dr. Kildare--and he's just about to . . . when bang your unconscious tells you the sun is out, the lights are on all over the house and you're going to be late for school because nobody got you out of bed. We were a family of five. I was 14 and the oldest.

The two officers who fatally shot an unarmed African American college student in Pasadena last weekend are veteran members of the force with no previous record of shooting anyone, authorities said. Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez confirmed that Officers Jeffrey Newlen and Mathew Griffin shot Kendrec McDade, 19, on a dark, narrow street last weekend. Sanchez said the only notable incident in their records was Griffin's shooting of a Rottweiler in 2007. The incident, involving two white officers, has sparked tensions in a community with a long history of divisive relations between the Police Department and African American community.

The family of Abdul Arian remembered the 19-year-old young man who was fatally shot by Los Angeles police officers after a high-speed chase Thursday morning for his desire to become a police officer. "He wanted to be an LAPD cop," said Hamed Arian, the youth's uncle, "and the LAPD killed him. " But as details of Arian's life emerge, the picture of his ambitions becomes more complicated. A police narrative of the shooting on the 101 Freeway in Woodland Hills suggests a troubled end for the young man who placed a 911 call during the pursuit and told authorities he was armed with a gun. Police did not recover a gun from the scene.

In the car-theft capital of the United States, Los Angeles police are pinning their hopes on a homing device capable of leading them to stolen cars within minutes. "If this is a success, we can make it very uncomfortable for people to steal cars--that will make them go somewhere else," said Officer Bill Farrar, part of a team of officers studying a vehicle tracking system for the city. The system, called Lojack, has been used in Massachusetts since the summer of 1976.

A roundup of entertainment headlines for Tuesday. Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi crashed into a police car in Florence, Italy, sending two officers to the hospital. ( Radar Online ) Two sequels, "The Hangover Part II" and "Kung Fu Panda 2" helped make this the biggest Memorial Day box office weekend ever. Prepare yourself for more sequels. ( Los Angeles Times ) But apparently, "Kung Fu Panda 2" didn't do well enough for DreamWorks Animation investors. ( Hollywood Reporter )

The Ford Crown Victoria police car, which for nearly three decades has been the star of high-speed chases and an unwelcome sight in rearview mirrors, is being phased out. Ford unveiled its new patrol car, the Police Interceptor, at an event Friday at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway attended by fleet buyers and law enforcement officials. The new car was designed to be faster, safer and stronger, and will come packed with advanced technology. But for some at the unveiling, it was a nostalgic occasion.

Hemet police on Tuesday found a "suspicious device" attached to a city police car, four days after two men were arrested in connection with a series of violent attacks against authorities in the small Riverside County city. The device, which the Sheriff's Department's bomb squad rendered harmless, was found during a routine check of all police cars and could have been attached to the vehicle at any time over the last two months, said Lt. Duane Wisehart. "Investigators believe they have the suspects in these attacks in custody and that this device was simply not discovered until today," Wisehart said in a statement released by Hemet police.

A 7-year-old boy remained in critical but stable condition Wednesday after being injured when his bicycle struck an unmarked police car in Paradise Hills Tuesday, police said. Derrick Roberto was eastbound on Paradise Ridge Road about 2:30 p.m. when he made a left turn onto Gilmartin Drive and ran into an unmarked Chula Vista police car, according to police. Roberto suffered serious head injuries and was taken to Children's Hospital.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Anna Brown was homeless and had so much pain in her legs that she couldn't walk. When Brown, 29, refused to leave the emergency room at St. Mary's Health Center in Richmond Heights, Mo., a suburb near inner St. Louis, the police thought she was on drugs and arrested her for trespassing. She'd already been examined, and a doctor said she was healthy enough to go to jail. The police carried her into a jail cell by her arms and ankles, her body slackened.

At first glance, a proposal by LAPD Chief Charlie Beck to clarify the way police handle cars they impound from unlicensed drivers doesn't sound controversial. But his proposal touches one of the city's hot-button issues - illegal immigration - and it reopens a larger, historical question: Who's in charge of the city's police? Under Beck's plan, police officers would be given guidelines for when they should impound the cars of unlicensed drivers for 30 days - a penalty that can impede a driver's ability to work and cost him or her almost $1,400 - and when they should instead merely hold a car until a licensed driver can pick it up. Factors such as the driver's record and the seriousness of the violation would dictate which approach would be employed and presumably discourage arbitrary and unequal treatment.

Police said Sunday they had arrested a U.S. citizen who planned to bomb police cars and post offices and kill U.S. servicemen returning from Iraq and Afghanistan to protest the American military presence in those countries. Jose Pimentel, 27, a convert to Islam, had been under surveillance for two years but seemed to have stepped up his bomb-making activities and plotting after the Sept. 30 killing by U.S. forces of Anwar Awlaki, a radical U.S.-born cleric who was living in Yemen, authorities said.

The premiere for a movie about a music festival with a controversial past got out of hand itself late Wednesday when thousands of people attempted to crash the Hollywood event, police said. Crowds spilled into the street around Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, with some people throwing bottles at police. Witnesses said others were dancing on a police car, taunting officers and "planking" -- lying down in the street. There were also sporadic fights among people in the crowd.

The crowd was small but energetic and ready to give an earful to city officials. They'd been struggling for months to draw attention to a big problem in a small section of their West Adams neighborhood. An onslaught of prostitutes, pimps and johns had turned their quiet network of side streets into an urban combat zone. Fed-up neighbors had pushed for the meeting at the LAPD's Southwest Division last month. It was a collegial affair. Police officers and city officials opened with facts about shrinking budgets, criminal networks, law enforcement's balancing act. Residents submitted questions on index cards, then segued into indignant complaints.

Police across Mexico have awakened in recent days to a bold new assignment: enforcing the law. The country's 31 governors and the mayor of Mexico City are leading an eight-day offensive aimed at lower-grade offenses that most irk ordinary Mexicans, like car thefts and muggings. The high-profile crackdown, which began Monday, is being touted as an unprecedented bid by state authorities across Mexico to join hands, if temporarily, against the nation's crime epidemic. The drive, named after the acronym of the governors' association, is called CONAGO 1, sounding more like a deep-space probe than a splashy hunt for bad guys.

A Huntington Beach man was in custody Saturday after leading police on a short vehicle chase, officials said. Costa Mesa police began pursuing a car they saw traveling about 100 m.p.h. near Orange Avenue and Rochester Street about 11:45 p.m. Friday. The driver led police into Irvine, where he rammed a police car near Culver Drive and Sandburg Way, slightly injuring the Irvine police officer inside.

A Domino's Pizza deliveryman ran into a Downey street in mid-block and was struck and killed by a police car headed for a disturbance call at a bar, authorities said Saturday. The deliveryman, Reyes Robles Soto, was jaywalking when he ran into the roadway and into the path of the police car, which had its emergency lights on but not its siren, Sgt. Mel Parks said. The accident occurred on Lakewood Boulevard, north of 5th Street, about 10:35 p.m. Friday, Parks said. "Witnesses stated Soto ran in front of the police unit, which could not avoid the collision," Parks said.

A roundup of entertainment headlines for Tuesday. Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi crashed into a police car in Florence, Italy, sending two officers to the hospital. ( Radar Online ) Two sequels, "The Hangover Part II" and "Kung Fu Panda 2" helped make this the biggest Memorial Day box office weekend ever. Prepare yourself for more sequels. ( Los Angeles Times ) But apparently, "Kung Fu Panda 2" didn't do well enough for DreamWorks Animation investors. ( Hollywood Reporter )

"Henry Huggins" Beverly Cleary Henry finds a poor old dog outside of an ice cream parlor and names him Ribsy. He can't take him home on the bus because it is not allowed. So they wind up going home in a police car! This was only the beginning. The author has written many more adventures. I recommend this book because it is a great book. From beginning to end it's humorous and adventurous. So if you are bored, you can ask your parents to take you to the local library.