Chico Enterprise-Record ORLAND, Calif. — With concern high over a rash of counterfeit money showing up in the last several weeks, Orland police have arranged for merchants and private citizens to attend free training on how to spot bogus bills. Two 90-minute classes will be offered on Friday, one at…
2 Calif. cops injured during struggles with drug suspects
By Irma Widjojo Vallejo Times Herald VALLEJO, Calif. — Two Vallejo police officers were injured while arresting suspects at two different incidents during the weekend, police said Sunday. At about 8:35 p.m. Friday, officers were dispatched to the 200 block of Tamalpais Drive on a trespassing report. The resident was…
Calif. cop pelted with chunks of concrete
By Will Kane The San Francisco Chronicle LIVERMORE, Calif. — Several people set up a roadblock on a Livermore street and pelted a police officer with chunks of concrete early Friday when he stopped to clear it, sending him to the hospital, police said. The officer, whose name has not…
Details in Calif. cop shooting: Best friend fired fatal shot
Associated Press SANTA MARIA, Calif. — When a police officer dies on the job, a department and a community mourn together. But not this week in Santa Maria, where they are too stunned and outraged. Officer Alberto Covarrubias Jr. was shot and killed early Saturday at the end of his…
Calif. prisoner steals fire engine to escape
Associated Press SAN DIEGO — An official says an inmate escaped from a state prison in San Diego County by stealing the prison fire engine on New Year’s Day. Authorities are seeking 51-year-old Thomas Kelley, a convicted car thief who was jailed at Donovan state prison in November for a…
Patrol car, truck collide in Calif.
By Jason Green San Jose Mercury News MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — A Mountain View patrol car and a pickup truck collided Wednesday night, causing injuries to the occupants of both vehicles. The crash happened at 8:20 p.m. near the intersection of Middlefield and North Whisman roads, according to police spokesman…
Calif. boy, home alone, stops robbery
By PoliceOne Staff FULLERTON, Calif. — A boy thwarted a burglary Tuesday by calling police from a hiding spot in his bedroom. Three suspects knocked on the door of the home and then, thinking no one was home, entered, according to the Los Angeles Times. Fullerton Police Sgt. Andrew Goodrich…
Video: Controversial Calif. arrest video released
Santa Barbara Independent SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Santa Barbara Police Department has released dash-cam video from Officer Aaron Tudor’s patrol vehicle on October 21, the night he arrested DUI suspect Tony Denunzio in the parking lot of Loreto Plaza. The highly anticipated video illuminates some of the arrest, though…
Calif. pepper spray incident takes on own life on the Web
By John Timpane Chattanooga Times Free Press PHILADELPHIA — Campus police Lt. John Pike probably never thought he’d ever be famous. Certainly not like this. Pike is now more than a person, more than a news event. He has become a meme. He has joined the ranks of Achmed the…
One of slain Calif. cop’s last 911 calls helped boy
By Henry K. Lee The San Francisco Chronicle VALLEJO, Calif. — One of the last 911 calls Vallejo police Officer James Capoot responded to was from an 11-year-old boy who was upset that his father was disciplining him over not doing schoolwork. Capoot put him on a "straight and narrow…