FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin -- A Website For the True Crime Buff

If you are interested in real police stories there's an interesting website maintained by the FBI you might want to look at:



http://www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/2008/leb08.htm



The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin (ISSN-0014-5688) is published monthly by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is well written and, while clearly aimed at professionals, not jargon filled.



A brief passage from one of the articles in the May issue gives a sense of the bulletin:



"FATAL ENCOUNTERS



In Killed in the Line of Duty, the authors obtained information from forensic evidence, police reports, and interviews with the offenders convicted of killing the officers. In examining the cases involving traffic stops, they found no evidence to suggest that any of the officers realized that they were dealing with anything more serious than a traffic infraction.



One officer was killed prior to exiting his patrol vehicle by an offender who opened fire with a rifle. In another incident, as an officer attempted to exit his cruiser, an offender shot and killed him with a handgun. This offender stated that he deliberately positioned his vehicle in a manner that would afford him the opportunity to shoot the officer. Both offenders had preplanned these attacks because they either were wanted or believed themselves wanted for felony violations."