A Connecticut man was arrested for possession after both calling 911 and complaining to a uniformed cop that the $40 bag of coke he got from his dealer was light. Hello! The police aren't drug dealer customer service reps! [TSG]

Two guys waiting in stop-and-go traffic in Nashville capture an out of shape police officer running through cars in hot pursuit of a suspect. The results are predictably hilarious.

New York City police busted a marijuana-growing operation inside a house in Staten Island Monday that was so skunky that—and we are directly quoting a leading tabloid here—"cops who raided the place nearly got stoned, police said." That's right: "You almost got a contact high by just going into the house," said a law-enforcement source. "It was like a heavy, earthy pot smell."

Click to viewAn attempted drug raid in Philadelphia ended badly on Wednesday night when a police officer entered the wrong home and shot and killed a dog that had bitten him on the ankle. It's hard to blame the officer for shooting an attacking dog (or the dog for attacking an intruder), but one would hope that when armed police are executing raids they could at least get the address right. [NBC10; video below]

A judge ruled yesterday that the NYPD has to hand over incident reports every time a cop shoots at someone to the New York Civil Liberties Union. The NYPD calls it an "invasion of privacy"of the people they shoot at.

Britain's Diplomatic Protection Squad will now carry tasers to fend off unruly protesters, like those who attacked Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall's car in December, according to the Telegraph. Taser-wielding cops there have a great track record!

Officers from the NYPD's Emergency Service Unit have a tough job, taking on some of the most dangerous assignments in New York. But if the last three months are any indication, some of them could use a little gun training.

Undercover British cop Mark Kennedy sparked a scandal by sleeping with the environmental activists he was supposed to be spying on. Now, two other cops are accused of sleeping with activists while undercover. One cop even got married to one!

In September, a "Narcotics Strike Force" burst into the Utah home of 45-year-old Todd Blair. Blair, "armed" with a golf club, was shot within seconds. Police found "paraphernalia" and an empty vial of meth. Here's video of the raid.

The LAPD is defending two of its officers, one of whom shot and killed an unarmed naked man, claiming self defense. The police union said cops have previously been "killed by naked people … who disarmed the officer."

German sculptor Marcel Walldorf asked himself how female police officers relieve themselves while on duty. His artistic interpretation, "Petra," depicts a policewoman in full riot gear squatting and peeing. Some German cops aren't very happy about it.

Thanks to a lengthy exposé by the Newark Star-Ledger, New Jersey lawmakers have introduced bills that would require random drug testing for anabolic steroids among law enforcement agencies, and health evaluations before prescriptions for steroids can be issued.

The new year has arrived and it is awful, what with bird/fish/crab death, floods, freezing temperatures, and zombie ex-Vice Presidents. So let's just put it all out there and list the reasons why this is already the worst year ever.

A 28-year-old police officer in the Mexican border town of Guadalupe, Erika Gándara, has been missing since gunmen stormed her home last Thursday. She was the last remaining cop in the town after her colleagues had resigned or been killed.

City lawyers say the 2008 tasering of a naked, mentally ill Brooklyn man, Iman Morales, by the NYPD was "reasonable," even though he fell to his death from a 10-foot ledge. Reasonable would be, say, pulling the man down. [NYDN]

It only took a huge exposé, but the president of Jersey City's police union has decided that maybe officers should face more rigorous testing for anabolic steroids after hundreds of Jersey cops were implicated in an illegal 'roid ring. [Star-Ledger]

Richard "Rhino" Winant, a bounty hunter from New Jersey, was arrested for shooting at a coke dealer with an illegal handgun last week in Lakewood, after the dealer tried to run Rhino over with his car. Vigilantism at its finest!

A woman's car burst into flames following a highway accident. Somehow a cop managed to remove her from the burning vehicle by shooting the passenger window and dragging her limp body to safety. Footage of the rescue inside.

Just last week, a man was found murdered inside his condo in the creepy Disney town, Celebration, Florida. Then early this morning, after shooting at deputies and barricading himself inside his Disney condo, 52-year-old Craig Foushee killed himself. Damn.

Yup, it's true. The Independent Spirit Awards have announced their list of nominees for this year, meaning we are off to the races. Isn't it exciting? Also today: every TV show ever is about cops, plus a sexy Twilight update.