Fromtheold | In clear violation of of Posse Comitatus the mayor of Pittsburgh Luke Ravenstahl called in the National guard to help in “domestic” disputes.

WPVI ABC 6 Philly | A former Philadelphia cop faces charges for shooting and killing Bill Panas in their neighborhood.

AOL Autos | Getting a bit tipsy and stumbling out of the house to sleep it off in the car may make you a felon.

KDVR Denver | Arapahoe County will become the first law enforcement agency in Colorado to begin identifying criminals, missing children and seniors using biometric analysis of the human iris.

Middletown Journal | COP members assist deputies with traffic control at crashes and fires, aid to stranded motorists and making vacation checks for residents who call the sheriff’s office for security when they are out of town.

Tulsa Beacon | Oklahoma has a new law that makes it a crime to “fortify” a citizen’s home against possible entry by law enforcement.

New York Daily News | Instead of simply cleaning off the doodles after class, Alexa landed in some adult-sized trouble for using her lime-green magic marker.

CNet | Law enforcement agencies are virtually unanimous in calling for the creation of a national Web interface linking police computers with those of Internet and e-mail providers.

UPI | A New York man repeatedly mistaken by police for a fugitive with the same name said legal action against the department has not stopped the arrests.

Raw Story | The ACLU’s Florida chapter says it plans to sue the Miami Beach Police Department after a gay visitor to the city was beaten and arrested by police when he tried to call 911 to report the police beating of another gay man.

ABC News | Police fired a Taser at a man after he walked along one of Darwin’s busiest streets allegedly pointing a toy pistol at people.

CNN | A judge has sealed a potentially explosive videotape taken in the aftermath of a racially charged incident in this small central Louisiana town two years ago.

Toronto Star | Officer K. showed up and reminded me that my firearms licence had expired. He said I could turn the gun over to them for storage, or they could take the gun and destroy it.

Raw Story | A Detroit-area imam who died in a shootout with the FBI in October was shot 21 times — at least once in the back — and found by police lying down with his wrists in handcuffs behind him, says a local Detroit news report.

Microsoft PR | The Miami-Dade Police and Microsoft Corp. are coordinating intelligence efforts surrounding Super Bowl XLIV by enhanced information sharing and intelligence gathering, made possible through a new fusion center collaboration solution.

FOX News | Police officers used a Taser to stun a student after a fight broke out at a high school basketball game in Monessen, Pa.

Telegraph | Some are saying that ‘forensic hypnosis’ is a the ‘next logical step’ for investigators to use when other ‘more traditional methods’ fail. “Putting people in a receptive brainwave state makes it likelier that the truth would come out.”

Daily Telegraph | Labor has made 4,289 activities illegal since the 1997 election, at a rate of about one a day.

The Daily Telegraph | Michael Mancini, a father of two, said he put the handbrake on before wiping his nose but was asked to pull over by officers who were standing nearby.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Students marched to the City-County Building in support of a classmate who said police brutally beat him earlier this month, calling for action on a case that has drawn public outrage and the attention of the FBI.

Hillsboro Argus | When police arrived, they found a white male wearing a white sweatshirt and carrying a long black object off his hip, with his hand positioned in such a way that it appeared to be a rifle.

The Register | Young people in London are getting the chance to get their hands on an ID card, the lucky so-and-sos.

| In the name of “hostile reconnaissance,” UK photographers from amateurs to pros are fed up with being treated as criminals and being interfered with when filming sunsets and other normal parts of life.

You Tube | Because, safety comes first. Please arrive three days prior to your flight.

WPXI | Miles said he resisted because he thought the men were trying to abduct him and didn’t identify themselves as police.

Philadelphia Inquirer | What happened to her lasted only 20 seconds, but she says they were the longest 20 seconds of her life.

Washington Post | The intelligence chief said the interrogation group was created by the White House last year to handle overseas cases but will be expanded now to domestic ones.

With Leather | The cops walked over to him and he was still chanting Jets. It didn’t seem like they were into fact finding.

Des Moines Register | The Madrid City Council unanimously decided tonight to suspend Police Chief Rick Tasler for a series of online videos that show him pointing a handgun at a sparring partner’s head and allowing a civilian to fire a series of weapons.

Sun Gazette | The officer deployed a Taser device, which did not have an incapacitating effect on the suspect who continued to struggle, police said. The suspect was later pronounced dead at an area hospital.

The Truth | Only 36 percent of those polled agreed with this statement: “some of the government’s proposals will go too far in restricting the public’s civil liberties.”

Hutchinson News | Inman’s police chief is accused of sexually abusing three girls and one boy between the ages of 9 and 14.

New York Times | The Transportation Security Administration, under scrutiny after last month’s bombing attempt, has on its Web site a “mythbuster” that tries to reassure the public.

Police One | An attack by international terrorists on our soil is an act of war. Our military is prepared to act on such an attack, but unfortunately due to Posse Comitatus, their response will be slow, and too late.

KFOX 14 | El Paso, Texas, Police Department got approval to buy 1,145 M4s, otherwise known as an AR 15 semi-automatic rifle.

Raw Story | If you plan to videotape police officers at work in public, just be sure you’re not in Massachusetts — or you might end up in jail.

Boston Globe | Simon Glik, a lawyer, saw three police officers struggling to extract a plastic bag from a teenager’s mouth. Thinking their force seemed excessive for a drug arrest, Glik pulled out his cellphone and began recording.

The Local | Scantily clad Pirate Party supporters demonstrated over the weekend at several German airports to show their opposition to controversial “naked” scanners planned for security checks.

News Junkie | KPRC news in Houston recently filmed a secret experiment by law enforcement agencies including the Dept. of Homeland Security of a drone intended to spy on Americans.

Los Angeles Times | Speeding may be dangerous for drivers, but it could soon be a boon for California’s fiscal health.

Press Democrat | Police must believe a suspect poses an “immediate threat” to officers or the public before they shoot a suspect with a stun gun.

Courthouse News | A suburban Chicago police officer Tasered a man 11 times while he was having a diabetic seizure.

AFP | Thousands of police officers were deployed in and around Times Square, backed by undercover officers, surveillance cameras, rooftop snipers, and devices able to detect radiation or biological agents.

You Tube | In Savannah, Georgia a snitch/competitor uses the favor of the police force to set up an undercover sting on a delivery service. More than 5 police officers detain a man for delivering biscuits and gravy. You got to hear this story!

Daily Mail | Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dicks is to receive the Queen’s Police Medal for distinguished service.

San Francisco Chronicle | Tasers enjoy wide support among law enforcement officials.

Infowars.com | Around 2.30PM on Saturday, December 19, during a historic snowstorm, residents at the intersection of 14th and U Streets NW started throwing snowballs at passing Hummers.

Take Part | There’s a tool that we normal folks can use to report environmentally negligent behavior.

Fox 40 WICZ TV | Task Force Empire Shield has provided a supplementary force of approximately 80 National Guard soldiers who will provide support during peak travel periods.

St. Helena Star | Last week state traffic safety officials announced plans to tighten their grip on drunk drivers and declared 2010 “The Year of the Checkpoint.”