police

Hello everyone. My name's Ricardo, I'm 18 years old and I'm living at France, even though I'm Portuguese. I'm interested in police topics, discussions and over all the police world, so I hope to enjoy this forums. :)

There has been a urban legend rumor going around the nets for years now that police agencies do not hire people with a high IQ to be a police officer. I've always wondered if there was any truth to those rumors.

We all know that police officers provide a service to the populations, but this is more notorious in some countries. I am in Portugal and here they are quite different from Germany for example, where they are way more helpful and embrace the "service" part with another energy. How is this in the...

Hey there everyone, really cool that a Police Station forum exists and I am glad to be on it. I think that the police if often misunderstood because citizens sometimes don't know how the law works, so nothing like having a common community and asking the police why things are the way they are...

I was wondering when the police confiscate money at a crime scene, what happens to it? Where does it go?

Zane Thomas Smith has been on the run for a few days after an alleged robbery. The suspect was found at a house in Pomona, where a K-9 dog sniffed him out hiding in a hallway cupboard. He allegedly punched the dog in the snout and that is when the dog bit Smith on the penis, piercing his main...

I go to NY a lot. I don't carry anything illegal on me, but just in case I get stopped I wanted to know what is a stop, question and frisk encounter?

Can police sit on private property and scan for speeders?

SALINAS, California. Giovanni Pacheco, 21, was picked up and arrested Monday for suspicion of opening fire in front of a Salinas taco shop. Officers said it was a gang related fight that killed three people and wounding four others. The 1:30 a.m. fight started inside Taco's Choice restaurant...

Authorities are looking into the deaths of two young boys killed by a python. Police said they originally thought the python escaped through the ventilation shafts from upstairs apartment where the store owner lives. However after investigating the officers told reporters that the snake was a...

A couple of weeks ago I was at a party and the police stopped by. I don't drink or do drugs but there was some at the party. The police took down names and then let us leave with an adult. Yesterday I was pulled over for speeding and when the officer came back from his patrol car he asked about...

I graduated with a BA in Criminal Justice and I'm looking for a career as a Police Officer. I have been working my current full time job for over two years. I don't have any felony or misdemeanor arrests or convictions. The only negative thing I have from my past is with an exgirlfriend. About...

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Three weeks ago I sold my friend a laptop and he promised he would pay a week later. He said he was waiting to get paid from his job so I said it's ok. It's been over a month now and he still hasn't paid me. He has been avoiding my calls and I even went to his house a couple of times but he...

There has been a car on the side of the street next to my house for a few nights now and I have seen a couple of guys in there with the lights off. They are usually out there between 2 and 3 am in the morning. Should I go out there and confront them or call 911? Can the police do anything if...

If cops go to someones house searching for a particular person of interest, they ring the doorbell and they see him inside the home and he doesn't open the door, are the police allowed to legally knock the door down to gain entry, to get the suspect if they do not have an arrest warrant?

I filed a police report after being harassed by someone. My concern now is that my mom will find out. I didn't tell her about because I didn't want her to be worried about the situation. Will the Police department send mail to my house about the incident. Does the police usually follow up with a...

I was walking to my car when I noticed a young mother with a young child pointing at me and said "Look there's a policeman! be good or he'll take you to jail!" It kind of bother me a bit so I said to the mom, "Ma'am, by teaching your children to be afraid of the police who will they go to if...

I was driving down the road when I noticed a police car parked with his radar, in someones driveway. I just wanted to know if the police is waiting in a private driveway would that be legal to give someone a speeding ticket?

My friends car was towed and then impounded, are the police allowed to search it without his persmission?