Jul 18th, 2008 · Mystery novelist Janwillem Van de Wetering was once a motorcycle gang member in South Africa, an aspiring monk in Kyoto, Japan and a policeman in Amsterdam. The Dutch author of The Hollow-Eyed Angel, The Blond Baboon and The Maine Massacre died July 4 at age 77.
Apr 21st, 2008 · Have you heard the one about the Socialist, the old Etonian and the gay policeman? Londoners have, because those are the three main candidates to be mayor of London.
Apr 14th, 2008 · Before he became pope, Benedict had earned a reputation as a strict policeman of Roman Catholic doctrine. But many theologians feel he has softened during the past three years.
Feb 18th, 2007 · Army Cpl. David Armstrong was 21 years old when he died in a Humvee crash in Iraq. Armstrong was a military policeman with a passion for law enforcement. He wanted to be a K9 police officer when he returned home to Zanesville, Ohio. Fred Kight of member station WOUB in Athens, Ohio, reports.
Apr 20th, 2006 · Rick Barrett, a retired DEA officer, is trying to get the Chicago police department to recognize Constable James Quinn as the first Chicago policeman killed in the line of duty. According to the Chicago Police Dept., Quinn died in drunken bar fight, and was not on duty. Melissa Block talks with Barret about why the city should recognize Quinn's passing.
Mar 24th, 2006 · Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition film critic Kenneth Turan says Spike Lee's Inside Man is a terrific heist movie with a plot that unfolds on a need-to-know basis. Denzel Washington plays a New York City policeman, Clive Owen a brilliant criminal and Jodie Foster a Manhattan power broker.
Feb 1st, 2006 · The FBI has joined an investigation into the weekend shooting of an Air Force policeman outside Los Angeles. After a car chase, a sheriff's deputy fired at the unarmed airman, who in amateur videotape of the incident appears to be following orders to get off the ground.
Sep 14th, 2005 · U.S. Army Sgt. Bobby Jones, a military policeman who helped oversee the Superdome evacuation in New Orleans, shares his memories of what the "refuge of last resort" was like and the conditions the city's desperate had to endure.