COLUMBUS, Ohio - June 2, 2010 - The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that police officers can issue speeding tickets based on visual estimates of speed and without any other form of proof such as radar.

The practice is allowed as long as an officer has been trained and certified in visual speed estimation by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy, a 5-1 majority of court justices ruled Wednesday, June 2.

Back in 2008, Officer Christopher Santimarino of Copley, Ohio, issued a speeding ticket to motorist Mark Jenney of Akron based solely on a visual estimation of Jenney’s speed.

Jenney challenged the ticket as any rational person would, but following a series of rulings and appeals, the state Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision siding with law enforcement.

OAKLAND, Kalifornia - June 1, 2010 - A local news cameraman filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Oakland Police Department for an alleged 2009 run-in with officers that occurred the same day four other officers were killed.

Attorneys for former KGO-TV cameraman Douglas Laughlin said Laughlin was on a sidewalk near Highland Hospital as an ambulance arrived March 21, 2009, when police were responding to gunfire that killed Officer John Hege and Sgts. Mark Dunakin, Erv Romans, and Daniel Sakai.

Laughlin was hurrying toward the hospital emergency entrance with his video camera when three officers stopped him, saying, "Get the [expletive] out of here," and pushed him to the ground, according to Charles Bourdon, an attorney for Laughlin. The officers also broke Laughlin's camera, Bourdon said.

ST. LOUIS, Missouri - June 1, 2010 - A former East St. Louis police officer who punched a handcuffed suspect in the police station and lied about it was sentenced to probation and monetary penalties Tuesday.

Antonio “Tony” McWherter, 47, was angered by damage done to his uniform pants during the arrest of the man on January 30, 2006, and promised payback, Assistant U.S. Attorney Patricia Sumner said in court.

McWherter, who spent roughly 15 years with the department, dragged the suspect into the station’s booking area, where he knew no camera was working, and punched the man, knocking him down and breaking a tooth, Assistant U.S. Attorney Angela Scott said.

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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - June 1, 2010 - The second weekend of the Bernalillo County Sheriff Department's new Party Patrol was fruitful and the program could be extended.

BCSO is going all out by utilizing 16 deputies and the department's helicopter to bust up underage parties.

Early Sunday morning, the patrol arrested Miguel Montiel, 44, and charged him with five felony counts of giving liquor to minors.

Deputies were called to a loud party in a South Valley neighborhood just after midnight.

LONDON, England - May 26, 2010 - Riding home on his mobility scooter at less than 4 mph, Eamonn Donohoe wasn't going anywhere in a hurry and didn't appear to be a menace to pedestrians.

But when the drunken Irishman ignored a policeman's attempt to flag him down, the local constabulary decided to take no chances.

As Donohoe, 62, was trundling along the pavement near his sheltered bungalow, he found himself surrounded by eight police officers and three marked vehicles.

TAMPA, Florida - May 31, 2010 - There are many different ways you can interpret a video posted on YouTube, showing a police officer kicking a man on the ground.

From the view of the police officers, they were using a move they are trained to use when a person is not being compliant, which they say is what was happening.

Then there's the view of the man on the ground and his attorney.

"When I look at the video, I see angry police officers that are using a high level of force," attorney Michael Maddux told 10 Connects.

RALEIGH, North Carolina - May 29, 2010 - A North Carolina trooper is trying to get his job back after he says he was fired for killing a neighborhood cat.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Saturday that 39-year-old Shawn Houston of Granite Falls was charged in October with cruelty to animals and injury to real property. He was fired in January and appealed earlier this month, saying he was treated unfairly.