Police

Brazilian riot police fired smoke bombs and rubber bullets April 29 at striking teachers protesting a new law that will withhold more money from their salaries towards retirement.

Bulgarian private TV7 channel could stop broadcasting as a bailiff entered the building of the media on Wednesday.

The bailiff is attempting to take out the TV equipment of the media, which would result in it from broadcasting.

There are people outside the building, who had been hired to help with the removal of the TV equipment.

Representatives of the law enforcement structures of Europe will meet in Bucharest over May 19 - 21, at the 43rd edition of the Interpol European Regional Conference, according to a General Inspectorate of Romanian Police (IGPR) release.

Photo credit: (c) Interpol website

Just over 1,000 policemen have stopped guarding VIPs and returned to normal duty over the last few weeks, the government said on Friday.

A pilot scheme is due to begin on Monday whereby the heads of police precincts will hold face-to-face meetings with citizens and civil society representatives to discuss policing matters twice a month.

A Turkish lawyer has defended her clients, six policemen accused of beating a Gezi Park protester, by arguing that a police baton is a ?service tool, not a weapon.?

Western Texas police arrested Manuel Chico for impersonating an officer.

According to a… real officer of the law, Chico’s truck was at a drive-through when it started flashing the usual red and blue that can be found on Police cars. The lightshow was accompanied by the loud sounds of a police siren.

For weeks the Turkish opposition parties tried to resist and obstruct the security package from becoming law, but the government used the Oct. 6-7 Kobane unrest across the country to press ahead and legislated it. The president, who masterminded the package, swiftly signed the package into law. Now, has Turkey become more secure or has it become something closer to a police state?

After police witnesses took back their accusations against the Be?ikta? football fan group Çar??, an Istanbul court adjourned the April 2 hearing of a case in which 35 members of Çar?? are on trial for organizing a plot against the government during the 2013 Gezi Park protests. 

Alternate Interior Minister for Civil Protection Yiannis Panousis visited on Monday the Regional Police Directorate and the Regional Fire Departments' Directorate in Peloponnese and reiterated the government's intention to support firefighers and police officers in their difficult mission.