Officers in New York crashed their official vehicles, hit other motorists and arrived to work reeking of alcohol. And yet, they sometimes evaded criminal punishment, an investigation found.

Tom Phillips went missing for the first time with his three children from his parents’ home in Marokopa. A huge search effort followed, daily, for three weeks. Phillips arrived back home with his three children, claiming that they went "camping", but offered no explanation beyond that for the disappearance.

Hilda Vasquez was taken into custody on Sunday and has been charged with negligent homicide and second-degree cruelty to juveniles, police said.

The New York Times and New York Focus gathered thousands of files from around half of New York State’s nearly 500 law enforcement agencies.

Chicago police advised robbery victims to remain calm and gather witness information after eight violent robberies in Grant Park and Loop areas last month.

The suspect, Jamel McGriff, was taken into custody Wednesday evening near Times Square, according to the NYPD.

When police arrested a 13-year-old boy in Washington state last week accused of making threats to kill, they found he had “everything ready to go to commit a mass shooting” – including a trove of more than 20 guns in his home.

The policy states in part that troopers “shall take all reasonable steps to use de-escalation tactics that do not jeopardize the safety of the member or the public to provide an opportunity to refer the subject to appropriate services.