Phoenix, AZ —Usually when police fail to respond to radio or MDT transmissions it’s usually the failure of equipment that’s responsible. Officers are trained to check their radios if there are prolonged periods of silence perhaps due to a dead battery. The South Mountain precinct is usually a busy assignment for any cop. There are trailer parks, loads of very modest homes and often they include various farm animals and chickens. There is the South area of the state capital campus that’s patrolled by the Capital Police Department . At night this area is desolate and void of all but a few homeless types that can be found sleeping there. The Capitol police have their own radio frequencies and generally are not alerted about nearby matters handled by Phoenix police. Sergeant Sean Drenth of the South Mountain Precinct was missing and incommunicado. Fellow officers along with the helicopter unit began a search just after 10 PM last night. An hour later a Capitol police civilian security...

Chicago, IL —It was a central District (001) officer who had just finished a shift protecting mayor Daley’s residence in downtown Chicago. He was about to retire under mandatory conditions since his 63rd birthday was August 14th. His name is Michael R. Bailey . Crimefile News offers our condolences to the entire Bailey family along with his brothers and sisters in blue.

Chicago, IL —This time it was an off duty cop who was simply cleaning the windshield on his brand new Buick automobile in front of his own house. The officer had just arrived home after his shift protecting Richard M. Daley’s residence. Details are scarce right now but it appears there were multiple assailants and apparently lots of shots fired at the scene. The officer was still in full uniform when he was murdered. This senseless attack happened shortly after 6:00 AM near the intersection of 74th Street and Evans Avenue. Police are still processing the crime scene and trying to determine the motivation and identification of the killers. This was a career Chicago cop facing mandatory retirement August 14th on his 63rd birthday. Chicago’s African-American community is in a non-stop, mid-summer orgy of violence. The underpaid, undermanned, out-gunned and demoralized police department is totally incapable of keeping a lid on the ghetto carnage. Chicago’s corrupt politicians have wast...

Chicago-- It was a reprehensible crime committed against off duty Bomb & Arson detective Robert Soto and his friend Kathryn Romberg , a supervisor for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. They were sitting in Soto’s SUV when they were selected by a thug for a robbery, double murder. The crime happened outside Romberg’s apartment building located in the 3000 block of West Franklin Blvd. Soto was able to use his cell phone to call for help and alert police to the crime and offenders before he died from his wounds. Ex-convict, Jason Austin , 26, of the 500 block of North Le Claire has been charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery, Police Supt. Jody Weis announced at a news conference on Monday. Austin has five prior convictions, including drug possession and battery. Here is a video report from CLTV :