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March 18, 2010

Scores of police officers — including the entire department of one town — have been detained in Mexican probes of killings and kidnappings.

March 10, 2010

Earlier this week, Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo announced that he is a finalist for the top cop position with the Dallas Police Department.

Pedro Perez, Acting New York State Trooper Superintendent, Latest Paterson Resignation

Hispano más importante en Policía Estatal de NY renuncia por escándalos – Pedro J. Pérez primer latino en 90 años de la institución

March 8, 2010

The thinner blue line: Mexico City introduces new low-cal menu for overweight police

A federal judge says five Hispanic men were victims of unconstitutional racial profiling when they were given traffic tickets by an Alexander police officer – Arkansas

March 5, 2010

On the eve of a threatened protest on City Hall claiming the Police Department does not have enough Latinos in command positions, Supt. Jody Weis on Thursday announced four key promotions of Hispanic supervisors. – Chicago

March 4, 2010

For the 2d time in 6 months, Guatemala’s national police chief (Baltazar Gonzalez) has been arrested for alleged involvement with drug trafficking. The country’s anti-drug czar and another official are also in custody.

Erik Estrada pide dinero para policías de Virginia

LULAC’s office and home of director Rene Orozco raided by Las Vegas Metro Police – Director accused of bilking immigrants

March 3, 2010

400 Mexican Municipalities Do Not Have Police

March 1, 2010

Since 1984, Mark Martinez has climbed the law enforcement ladder in Omaha. – He has risen from street officer to sergeant, lieutenant, captain and then to deputy chief, where he became the first Latino to reach that level in the Omaha Police Department. – Friday, Martinez took another step forward. He was sworn in as the 40th U.S. marshal for the District of Nebraska.

February 27, 2010

Antonio Olague, Mexico Deputy Police Chief, Slain At Son’s Elementary School – Chihuahua, Chihuahua

February 22, 2010

“The estimate from our chief of police, Greg Allen, is that in the last two years over 30,000 Mexican nationals have moved to El Paso to flee the violence in Juárez”

February 18, 2010

In a politically sensitive operation at the Arizona-Mexico border, U.S. Border Patrol agents and Mexican federal police officers are training together, sharing intelligence and coordinating patrols for the first time.

February 16, 2010

Sobriety checkpoints in California frequently screen traffic within, or near, Hispanic neighborhoods. Cities where Hispanics represent a majority of the population are seizing cars at three times the rate of cities with small minority populations. – becoming a cash cow for local police departments – vehicles are predominantly taken from minority motorists – often illegal immigrants

Housing sub-contractor calls police on undocumented worker who demanded rightful wages

February 15, 2010

Arizona Sheriff Arpaio to Unleash 800 Deputies on Undocumented Immigrants – trained by Kris W. Kobach, a University of Missouri law professor

February 10, 2010

Arrested Tijuana cops were hailed as models just a few weeks ago

February 5, 2010

A federal judge will decide whether to impose sanctions against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for its acknowledged destruction of police records in a lawsuit that accuses deputies of racially profiling countless Hispanics in immigration sweeps.

February 3, 2010

Maryland Court Orders State Police To Turn Over Racial Profiling Records

February 1, 2010

First Hispanic Tulare County sheriff’s captain retires after 35 years – Robert Lomelli in CA

January 29, 2010

Melix Bonilla, the first Latino to become Lawrence Acting Deputy Chief – MA

Venezuelan Protests: Police Fire Tear Gas At Anti-Chavez Protesters

January 28, 2010

NYC Police have a new second in command, and it’s the highest post ever held by a Hispanic – Rafael Pineiro

January 19, 2010

Mexico City vows to punish twitter users who tweet location of police breath test checkpoints

January 18, 2010

Local Latinos’ fears that illegal immigrants would face closer police scrutiny in the wake of last month’s cancellation of nearly 20,000 vehicle registrations have been unfounded – Columbus, Ohio

January 17, 2010

In last week of 30-year career, San Jose cop saves woman’s life – Darrell Cortez, president of the California’s Latino Peace Officers’ Association

10,000+ MARCH AGAINST JOE ARPAIO IN PHOENIX – Police unleash pepper gas on non-violent protesters; 5 arrested

Ohio officers told not to ask for immigration status – Dayton chief hopes to ease fear among ethnic groups

January 12, 2010

In San Jose Latino arrests, the problem is Latino drinking — not police practices

January 11, 2010

Language issue can cause police distrust

January 4, 2010

Natalie Flores Rescued By Police In ‘Christmas Miracle’ in Phoenix

December 18, 2009

A policewoman with 10 years on the force has become the first woman selected as Mexico City’s Police Officer of the Year – Miriam Hernandez

December 17, 2009

Police in El Salvador arrested 10 more gang members Wednesday in the September killing of French journalist Christian Poveda, and said he was apparently killed because he showed gang members committing illegal acts in his documentary.

Third Latino Business Robbed in Memphis: Police Say Robberies May Be Connected

December 15, 2009

A federal grand jury has indicted two Pennsylvania teenagers and four Shenandoah police officers in a hate crimes investigation into a fatal attack on a Hispanic man

December 14, 2009

National Geographic’s ‘Narco State’ airing Saturday December 19 6P – Lisa Ling embeds with the Phoenix Police Department and then goes to Cuidad Juarez

UC Merced police officer sharing his path to success – Nick Navarrette

December 11, 2009

Hispanics claim racial profiling by officers in Ohio – U.S. Border Patrol, 3 departments named

December 9, 2009

Cicero, Illinois puts brakes on illegal car sales – Police suspect there are hundreds of these illegally sold cars cruising the streets of Cicero – The dealers typically are from out of state and target Cicero’s Hispanic population

December 4, 2009

Mexico City police on Thursday freed 107 people who were forced to work under slave-like conditions in a clandestine factory making shopping bags and clothing clasps, authorities said.

The Election of Our Next Sheriff: A Latino Perspective – San Diego County Sheriff

December 2, 2009

Amid mounting allegations of excessive police force, San Jose officials have agreed to pay a tire store owner and his nephew $97,500 to settle a lawsuit stemming from a 2006 confrontation that escalated from a minor traffic incident into an international dispute over officers’ treatment of Latinos.

Peru’s police chief dismissed the head of his criminal investigations unit Tuesday amid suggestions that officers may have invented a story about a murderous gang of human fat thieves, perhaps to distract from allegations of police killings.

November 30, 2009

El Salvador, a nation of roughly 7 million people, could end 2009 with more than 4,000 murders, the PNC national police force says.

November 23, 2009

In Argentina, One Person Dies Every 28 Hours from Police Repression

November 20, 2009

Police in Peru say gang members killed people to drain their fat for cosmetics

Do Long Island Police Ignore Hate Crimes?

November 19, 2009

The wave of crime besetting Puerto Rico seems to be out of control with 800 murders being committed here so far this year, but the island’s top police official says the problem does not fall exclusively within his department.

The University of Panama indefinitely suspended classes on Wednesday after confrontations between students and police during a protest against alleged U.S. involvement in plans to build new military installations.

November 18, 2009

Pennsylvania State Police officials meet with Chambersburg Area Hispanic leaders about traffic stop procedures

November 13, 2009

Reaction to internal affairs investigation touches on Hispanic/police relations – Dallas

November 12, 2009

Monterrey (Mexico’s 3r-largest city) has fired almost a quarter of its traffic police for failing tests designed to detect corruption and ineptitude. And half of Monterrey’s traffic cops were ordered to undergo more training after performing poorly on the tests. Only a bit more than a quarter were found to be completely fit for the job.

November 10, 2009

Heroic Texas Latino officer says policewoman at Fort Hood ‘erased a lot of prejudice’ – (interesting)

Charlie Beck, the mayor’s nominee to head the Los Angeles Police Department, told Hoy Newspaper he will make a particular effort to reach out to Latinos through community meetings and by conducting news conferences and any other police function in English and Spanish.

Roberto Rodriguez: Beaten by police and running to victory – November 7 marks 30 years since he won his first police brutality trial in East L.A.

November 9, 2009

Soldiers wary of often corrupt Mexican police

November 5, 2009

A former Memphis police officer has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for stealing money from Hispanic motorists while on duty.

A top Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) official confirmed that officers were conducting a training exercise at CSUN that involved members of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) earlier this semester. – Members said they were targeted and profiled by LAPD officers during their first meeting on Sept. 2. & that they were followed, harassed and intimidated by “undercover police officers” during a ceremony to welcome first-time freshmen to their organization.

October 29, 2009

Immigrant Hispanic community protests law-enforcement action in Ohio’s far northeast corner

October 27, 2009

Police Leaders from Across the Country Call For Immigration Reform – Law Enforcement Officials Describe Impact of Broken System on Public Safety and Community Trust

October 26, 2009

Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel has joined other chiefs in the nation in calling for an immigration overhaul that considers legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants.

In Dallas, Drivers Ticketed for Inability to Habla Ingles – over the past three years, wrongly ticketed at least 39 drivers for not speaking English

October 15, 2009

Some state and local police are having second thoughts about working with the federal government to enforce immigration laws.

Hundreds of Thousands of Puerto Rican Workers, Faith Leaders, Students and Citizens to Unite in Hato Rey on October 15 – National March Will Protest Massive Cuts in Essential Public Services; Republican Administration Under Investigation for Civil Rights Violations Against High School Students

October 14, 2009

A 21-year-old Montgomery County man Hector Hernandez whose criminal case helped trigger new police policies in Montgomery Count regarding illegal immigration was sentenced to 50 years in prison Thursday for killing a 14-year-old honor student aboard a transit bus last year

October 13, 2009

Calderon Government Sends in Police to Take Over Electrical Company and Bust Union

October 12, 2009

Hispanics make up a record 25.7% of the New York Police Department.

October 9, 2009

Immigration advocates protest 287(g) – Mayor attempting to move forward a proposal to deputize local police as federal immigration agents – Morristown, NJ

Mexico aims to make Baja safer for U.S. tourists – Task force will be made up of bilingual officers; primarily will serve Americans – Initial plan is to create a force that patrols a 50-mile tourist corridor of Baja

October 7, 2009

A Chihuahua state human rights commissioner investigating accusations against police and soldiers in this violent border city revealed that he fled several weeks ago to El Paso, Texas, in the face of death threats. – Gustavo de la Rosa

An Arizona sheriff known for aggressively cracking down on illegal immigration has been stripped of some of his special power to enforce federal immigration law, and he claims the Obama administration is taking away his authority for political reasons. – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio

October 5, 2009

A training program sponsored by law enforcement aims to reduce crime in the Hispanic community in the South Carolina Lowcountry.

Police: Maria Gurrolla’s immigration status was “not relevant” to solving assault and abduction of Gurrolla’s days-old son – If someone posing as the IRS attacked you at work, would the press interview your accountant? – The case of Yair Anthony Carillo abduction

September 30, 2009

Police in Framingham, Mass., say an illegal immigrant from Guatemala entered a police station, told officers he had stolen another man’s identity and asked to be deported because he could no longer make ends meet in America.

NASHVILLE: Amber alert issued for abducted 4-day-old baby – Yair Anthony Carillo – Police believe a woman posing as an immigration worker went to Carrillo’s home and demanded his mother Maria Gurrolla, give her the baby. When refused, the woman stabbed her.

September 29, 2009

Police have arrested five men accused of dozens of murders, including two mass killings at drug treatment centers in this northern Mexico border city.

September 24, 2009

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office recently launched its most recent initiative: Spanish classes for deputies.

September 22, 2009

ICE refuses to cross-deputize Davis County deputies – Utah politicians angry that the police agency was turned away.

September 15, 2009

Eight members of the norteño band Los Tecateros were arrested on charges of selling drugs and beating up a man, Mexico City police said Monday.

September 8, 2009

In a strange twist, police busted a Hispanic man for tossing a bottle and a piece of wood at parishioners of a Hispanic church in an area of Long Island long plagued by racial strife — and charged him with a hate crime. (wt!@$) Christhian Munguia Garcia

September 7, 2009

Sony Mexico raided for ‘unauthorised’ Alejandro Fernández material – Mexican police have seized CDs by one of Latin music’s biggest stars following a legal dispute between him and his record label

September 2, 2009

Police: Anti-Hispanic Notes Left at Suffolk Church – Long Island, NY

September 1, 2009

Rio Grande Valley sheriffs ponder federal immigration enforcement program – 287(g)

Norman Andrade takes over as police chief 20-year veteran is first Latino to lead department – Merced, CA

August 27, 2009

Albertville’s request that its police officers be federally certified in enforcing immigration law is scaring Hispanic people into moving away, according to an advocate for the local Hispanic community. -Alabama

August 26, 2009

Police: Criminals targeting hispanics in Salt Lake City

The Demopolis Police Department is hosting a weeklong workshop called “Survival Spanish,” where regional law enforcement officers learn how to do their jobs in a growing multilingual society. – Alabama

Former El Paso Police Chief Carlos Leon was involved in a serious motorcycle accident this morning near the town of Mesilla in New Mexico

Police in the Mexican border city of Tijuana say they have arrested six men for stealing pieces of the U.S. border fence to sell as scrap metal.

August 25, 2009

LAPD Bicycle Police in Mexico City

The Department of Homeland Security is requiring counties that participate in its illegal-immigration enforcement program 287(g) to agree to a new focus on violent criminals.

August 24, 2009

David Bejarano has become the first Latino chief of the Chula Vista Police Deparment.

Escondido police chief Jim Maher accused of targeting Hispanics

A Texas program to increase law enforcement along the U.S.-Mexico border by temporarily reassigning state troopers from other parts of the state is contributing to a critical personnel shortage in the Texas Department of Public Safety

August 21, 2009

March in East Haven, Connecticut, protests police harassment of Latino community

Mexico City has suspended its anti-kidnapping chief over a rescue attempt fraught with catastrophic errors in which police killed two of their own FBI-trained commanders and a captor shot the kidnapped woman.

August 18, 2009

LULAC leads rally against Tasers in New Mexico

August 17, 2009

A Hispanic man told investigators he was beaten and robbed in a racially charged attack in a Long Island community where another Hispanic was killed in an alleged hate crime last fall, police said.

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