Welcome to the last Monday in September -- and the first Monday of fall. Here as some news items to get the week started.

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It was 1:30 p.m. on a Tuesday when the judge took the bench for the incarcerable traffic docket. The doors had opened a half-hour earlier to allow the witnesses to check in. These cases are officer-driven; generally, the officer makes ...

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“You gotta grow a thick skin pretty fast in this line a work,” he said. I turned around and there stood a police officer leaning on the door to the liaison’s office where my showdown with seersucker ensued. He stood ...

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A Baltimore jury deliberated only a few hours this week before deciding Officer John Torres acted reasonably when he shot and killed Norman Stamp, a fellow member of the Baltimore Police Department who was out with his biker brothers when ...

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Did Baltimore police officer Norman Stamp threaten a fellow member of the force with brass knuckles and then his service weapon, as the city Police Department concluded, or was he shot dead because he was in biker garb at the ...

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