A Portland, Oregon police officer learns how to jerk during a high school football tailgate party. (via Total Pro Sports)

Antonio Fernandez Martinez, a 21-year-old Oakland man posing as a police officer, pulled over the wrong guy: a real cop.

A Denver police officer is on suspension after allegedly pointing his gun at a McDonald's cashier in an attempt to speed up his order.

NYPD officers Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata face up to 25 years in jail after being charged for the rape of an intoxicated woman they escorted home while on duty.

A Florida woman used a live Internet video stream of her house to alert police about four burglars who broke into her house while she was at work. (via Buzzfeed)

The U.S. will break from previous policy to join direct talks between the U.N., the European Union and Iran to discuss Iran's nuclear program. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: "There's nothing more important than trying to convince Iran to cease its efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon."

Three out of five Hispanics say they are confident their local police will do a good job enforcing the law, according to a study by the Pew Hispanic Center.

Dallas Police officer Robert Powell has resigned after drawing national criticism for his handling of a traffic stop. Last week, Powell stopped NFL player Ryan Moats and his wife at a hospital where the Houston Texans running back's mother-in-law was dying.

Latinos are now the majority in the Los Angeles Police Department but are not being hired in enough leadership positions, according to the department's Consent Decree Bureau.

A Baltimore police officer is suspended after a video surfaces on YouTube showing the officer berating and roughing up a teenager. (via Boing Boing)