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Police in Austria have banned 15 of 17 planned demonstrations against government coronavirus lockdown measures, including a major protest in Vienna this weekend.

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) introduced on Thursday the ‘‘Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021’’ to gather data and direct federal money to communities around the country they say face environmental injustice.

West Midlands Police have had to apologise after one of their officers was caught on camera calling a member of the public an “idiot” and wrongly detaining him after he declined to give up personal information he was not obliged to provide.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a suspect charged in the 2020 killing of an Indianapolis police officer fatally shot while responding to a domestic violence call.

A teenager in Gwinnett County, Georgia, was arrested recently for allegedly stealing nearly $1 million from the grocery store where he was employed.

Two women in Buenos Aries, Argentina, were arrested this week after pelting a police officer with stones in response to his request for them to wear a sanitary mask, the Argentine newspaper Clarín revealed Thursday.

Officers arriving in three police cars descended upon a recreation hall after tip-offs that it was holding an illegal rave, only to find it full of senior citizens being vaccinated against the Chinese coronavirus.

Police have issued an Amber Alert and are searching for two children allegedly abducted from their home in Greece, New York, on Monday.

A police dog in Washington state has returned home after being shot during a police chase and enduring several surgeries in Oregon.

A detective in Irving, Texas, is being praised for surprising a little boy whose bike was recently ruined by an offender.

Rioters attacked the car of the King of Belgium while he was inside during protests over the death of “Ibrahima B.” in police custody.

The chief constable of Dorset Police has urged lockdown protesters to accept that “now is really not the time” for freedom of speech and the right to assembly.

The home secretary and a senior police officer have revealed that forces across the UK have handed out 45,000 fines for alleged breaches of coronavirus lockdown laws.

An English police force is using licence plate recognition technology to monitor drivers and make sure they are only making “essential” journeys during the third Chinese coronavirus lockdown.

A poll has revealed that a plurality of Britons do not think the police are cracking down hard enough on alleged covid rule-breakers, despite recent high-profile stories appearing to show overzealous officers fining women for taking walks or sitting on benches.

The police force that was caught on video arresting a woman sitting on a park bench claim the incident was “stage-managed” by anti-lockdown protesters.

A British police chief has lamented the fact that her leadership team is white, saying it is “not OK that we look like we do”. 

An English police force fined six people for taking part in a memorial to the 21 Britons killed in the 1974 IRA terror attack in Birmingham.

A U.S. Capitol Police officer died Thursday night after allegedly being struck in the head by a fire extinguisher during Wednesday’s riots at the Capitol.

The minister in charge of Britain’s police forces has said she supports officers interrogating why Britons are sitting on park benches when they should be in lockdown at home.

Vice President Mike Pence denounced the violence and chaos descending upon the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, calling for it to “stop now” and instructing those involved to respect police and “immediately leave the building” while warning that the attack on the Capitol “will not be tolerated.”

Nearly 350 people have been wrongly charged or convicted under British coronavirus laws since they were brought into force in March 2020.

Numerous community members gathered recently to show support for local law enforcement officers in Bakersfield, California.

Authorities are investigating two explosions and looking for a driver who allegedly tossed an explosive from a truck on Sunday in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania.

London’s police busted a group of 12 people who were playing dominoes in a restaurant under Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions.

The brother of a knife-wielding black male shot dead by Irish police — or Garda — said of the officer involved “I want him terminated… I want him finished” to cheers from protesters.

Police officers in Port St. Lucie, Florida, are getting a lot of attention for saving a Golden Retriever from drowning in a canal on Tuesday.

Police in Lexington, Kentucky, have cleared the scene after an officer noticed an RV in a downtown parking lot on Thursday night.

A 15-year-old has been arrested in connection with an incident Tuesday when a group of cyclists appeared to vandalize a BMW in Manhattan.

A Virginia police department decided to give local foster kids a helping hand this holiday season by donating gift cards for 120 children and young adults.

Police forces are reportedly using digital evidence from vehicles to investigate crimes, but many privacy activists have fears about the lack of information security in most vehicles’ computers.

Shootings in Democrat-controlled Portland, Oregon, are up over 116 percent as compared to shootings in the city during 2019. 

An Illinois police K9 died after the deputies vehicle in which he was sitting was hit by an alleged drunk driver on the shoulder of Interstate 90 Sunday around 1:30 a.m.

The National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) thanked President Trump this week for pardoning a former Prince George’s County K-9 officer.

Stalking dog walkers, fines for unauthorised car journeys, telling Britons to snitch on their neighbours, and arresting protesters at Britain’s sacred space for free speech are just some examples of British policing during 2020, the year of the Chinese virus.  

A gunman killed three French policemen, prompting a wide manhunt, authorities said. He was later found dead.