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This article presents information about the shooting and death of Orange, New Jersey police officer Kieran T. Shields and the arrest of suspect Raynard Brown. Shields had responded to reports of a shooting and arrived to find Brown with a sawed-off shotgun. Brown ran and Shields chased him and was consequently killed by the shotgun. Shields was described as an excellent police officer and family man and Brown was described as a gang member with a troubled past.

The article reports that hundreds of policemen surrounded the Fox Hollow golf course after local dweller John Hawkins accepted that he had seen the sharpshooter in the golf course who killed an agent of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.), Barry Lee Bush, in New Jersey. The police increased its vigilance around the golf course to catch the sharpshooter.

The article reports that Chad Walder, a police officer, was charged of reckless manslaughter in the shooting of Emil Mann, a member of the Ramapough Mountain Indians in New Jersey State Park, by a Bergen County grand jury in New Jersey. Mann had died nine days after he was shot. The death of a member's death has made the Ramapoughs mountain community very angry. Walder said that he had acted in self-defense. However, Mann's tribe members say that he was shot while trying to resolve a fight.

Reports on an attempted rape that was thwarted by a police officer. Assault which occurred in broad daylight in Prospect Park, Brooklyn; Hospitalization of victim for a broken jaw and head injuries; Officer who chased and tackled the suspect; Park which is usually safe during the day; Comments from local people.

Presents news briefs in the U.S. as of May 14, 2003, including the suspension of police officers, withdrawal of a petition for new trial and the arrest of a man involved in the stabbing of a teenage girl.

Reports that a female police officer from Fair Lawn, New Jersey was killed and another officer shot in Fair Lawn. Pursuit of the suspects by police; Details of the shootings; Comments from witnesses.

Reports on the arrest of several police officers on narcotics charges by the Suffolk County Police on September 19, 2002.

Reports on the arrests of suspects in an undercover drug operation by police officers in Brooklyn, New York City, on May 22, 2002, including information on a police officer who was shot during the operation.

Reports the police shooting of Juan Mendez resulting to death after refusal to ignore orders to surrender the shotgun in New York. Details of the shooting incident; Investigation of the incident by Sergeant Ralph Carone; Witnesses of the shooting incident.

Deals with the activities of several police officers stationed in Brooklyn, New York City on December 13, 2001.

Reports that a police officer from Nassau County, New York has been arrested and charged with sexual assault while he was on duty. Charges brought against Officer Matthew Murphy; Details of the alleged incident and claims of a similar assault by Murphy in August 2000.

Reports that a fourth woman has come forward to file a complaint at the Suffolk County Police Department against highway patrol officer Frank Wright for forcing her to undress.

Reports that Sergeant Joseph Farina, a police officer, helped rescue people from a burning apartment building in Newark, New Jersey. Details on the fire incident; Heroic actions made by the police; Comment from Director Joseph J. Santiago of the Newark police in New Jersey.