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Speed cameras being used to confiscate cars!

Western Australia uses speed cameras as the sole evidence used to impound and permanently confiscate automobiles.

PERTH, Australia - June 5, 2010 - Being accused by a speed camera now provides sufficient evidence for police in Western Australia to confiscate a car. On Friday, a 49-year-old man lost his Porsche 944 Turbo because a combination red light camera and sp

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Estimated speed is enough for Ohio cops to write tickets!

COLUMBUS, Ohio - June 2, 2010 - The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that police officers can issue speeding tickets based on visual estimates of speed and without any other form of proof such as radar.

The practice is allowed as long as an officer has been trained and certified in visual speed estimation by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy, a 5-1 majority of court justices r

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Former TV cameraman sues police!

OAKLAND, Kalifornia - June 1, 2010 - A local news cameraman filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Oakland Police Department for an alleged 2009 run-in with officers that occurred the same day four other officers were killed.

Attorneys for former KGO-TV cameraman Douglas Laughlin said Laughlin was on a sidewalk near Highland Hospital as an ambulance arrived March 21, 2009, when police

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Former cop gets probation for punching handcuffed man!

ST. LOUIS, Missouri - June 1, 2010 - A former East St. Louis police officer who punched a handcuffed suspect in the police station and lied about it was sentenced to probation and monetary penalties Tuesday.

Antonio “Tony” McWherter, 47, was angered by damage done to his uniform pants during the arrest of the man on January 30, 2006, and promised payback, Assistant U.S.

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Police State Files: Party patrol nets another bust!

All fun prohibited in Police State!

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - June 1, 2010 - The second weekend of the Bernalillo County Sheriff Department's new Party Patrol was fruitful and the program could be extended.

BCSO is going all out by utilizing 16 deputies and the department's helicopter to bust up underage parties.

Early Sunday morning, the patrol arrested Mi

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Disabled grandfather arrested by EIGHT cops for drunk driving mobility scooter!

LONDON, England - May 26, 2010 - Riding home on his mobility scooter at less than 4 mph, Eamonn Donohoe wasn't going anywhere in a hurry and didn't appear to be a menace to pedestrians.

But when the drunken Irishman ignored a policeman's attempt to flag him down, the local constabulary decided to take no chances.

As Donohoe, 62, was trundling along the pavement near hi

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Video captures officer kicking deaf man!

TAMPA, Florida - May 31, 2010 - There are many different ways you can interpret a video posted on YouTube, showing a police officer kicking a man on the ground.

From the view of the police officers, they were using a move they are trained to use when a person is not being compliant, which they say is what was happening.

Then there's the view of the man on the grou