Cop

By John Powers I am a private investigator. Which means if we met at a party you'd immediately ask: So do you, like, follow people around? Are you an ex-cop? Where'd you park the Ferrari? Then you'd confess: Wow, I've never met a real P.I. Which partly explains your misconceptions, though in my experience ...

When it comes to erotic images online, Gared Hansen's photographs of nude women portraying mermaids, vampires, nymphs and other mythical creatures might seem tame. But his hobby isn't one that his bosses at the San Francisco Police Department approve of, resulting in Hansen being suspended twice in the ...

He may have been hired to serve and protect, but a Maricopa, Ariz., police officer appears to have gone too far after he allegedly had sex with the wife of another man late last year. Officer Victor Valenzuela was fired in March for reportedly admitting that he had an affair with the wife of Perry Edwards -- ...

German Bosque's arrest record reads like that of a serial criminal -- except he's a cop. And one that the city of Opa-locka, Fla., would like to fire, but seemingly can't, The Miami Herald reports. Bosque, 48, who is a sergeant with the Opa-locka Police Department, has been disciplined, suspended, fined and ...

A Denver cop who was fired after being arrested two years ago for driving more than twice the speed limit, and while drunk, may soon have his job back, following a ruling in his favor by the city's Civil Service Commission. But the city's safety manager is vowing to fight the decision. Officer Derrick ...

By Tracie Cone EXETER, Calif. (AP) -- On his second trip through high school, former C-student Alex Salinas got a lot of A's. He was 22, however, and an undercover narcotics officer going by the name Johnny Ramirez. When his first semester progress report showed a 3.25 average, the baby-faced police ...

A New Jersey police officer facing domestic-violence charges and placed on desk duty has been paid $6,200 in overtime during the three months after his arrest. Patrick Papagni, a lieutenant with the Paterson Police Department, was placed on desk duty in October after being charged with aggravated assault with ...

If there's one thing members of the baby boom generation have proven it's that, when it comes to a career, there's always a second act. A good example is that of 49-year-old Wendy Klarkowski, a police officer in suburban Phoenix who has been named Rookie of the Year at the Surprise Police Department, The ...