BELFAST, Northern Ireland, April 17 (UPI) -- Sir Hugh Orde, who has headed the police in Northern Ireland through seven years of transition, announced Thursday he is resigning.

LEICESTER, England, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Police in the English county of Leicestershire say they are attempting to use nostalgia to lure former British police officers back from Australia.

TUNIS, Tunisia, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani told his Arab counterparts the Iraqi police force contributed to a 60 percent reduction in armed attacks in 2007.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Eighty police officers were arrested Friday in Rio de Janeiro for allegedly selling arms to criminal gangs and drug trafficking, O Globo reported online.

LONDON, July 11 (UPI) -- A $1.75 billion plan to merge the police forces of England and Wales reportedly has been dropped because of financial constraints.

BAGHDAD, July 9 (UPI) -- The Iraqi police force is rife with brutality and corruption, causing a loss of public confidence in the Iraqi government, The Los Angeles Times reported.

CANBERRA, Australia, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- The newly appointed police minister has said 10,400 Australian officers will undergo random drug and alcohol tests. The tests will likely be expanded to include ambulance crews, firefighters, and other emergency services personnel, the Melbourne Herald

LONDON, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- A senior officers' group in Britain has said regional police forces have outlived their usefulness and should be replaced by a national force.

MELBOURNE, June 13 (UPI) -- Corruption investigators said Sunday Australia's national crime fighting agency has failed to protect its own integrity.

MIAMI, April 9 (UPI) -- A federal court jury Wednesday convicted four Miami police officers, acquitted three and deadlocked on four others in a police corruption case. The officers were charged with planting guns or lying about four police shootings that took the lives of three