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A Honolulu idiot cop is in federal custody

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – A Honolulu police officer is in federal custody on federal drug possession, distribution, and conspiracy charges. Officer Michael Chu, 41, is accused of being involved in a marijuana growing operation. The 13-year HPD veteran patrols Wahiawa, Mililani and the North Shore. Now he has been placed on leave without pay. He is due in court on Wednesday for a detention hearing along with another defendant in the case.

Wayne and Ellen Autele have lived on Puneki Street in Mililani for 18 years. News of their neighbors being arrested came as quite a shock, especially since Wayne is a retired Honolulu police officer.

“Everything was closed. You couldn’t tell if anyone was home, really. Once in awhile when I get up at two in the morning you could see a light on. That was it. No noise, nothing, and no smell,” said Wayne Autele.

Drug Enforcement Administration agents found roughly 10 to 20 marijuana plants growing in the master bedroom, according to a criminal complaint. They also recovered documents showing that Chu and Athena Lee lived there. Chu used the address when he registered for a medical marijuana card. According to the Autele’s, the Mililani house is owned by another HPD officer. The suspects moved in just a few months ago, and the home has been rented to different tenants in the past.

“Totally surprised. In fact, I’m embarrassed as a policeman for 32 years and I cannot even pick up a criminal right next door to me,” said Wayne Autele.

“I just couldn’t like even imagine it. I was thinking, wow, right next door!” said Ellen Autele.

Authorities moved in after a security manager at FedEx seized a suspicious package on Thursday that was flown to Honolulu from California. The parcel, containing eight young marijuana plants, was being sent to an apartment at the Moana Pacific on Kapiolani Boulevard. A day later, DEA agents executed a federal search warrant of the apartment. A manager told agents that a woman by the name of Athena Lee lived in the unit and may be living with Chu. While searching the apartment, DEA agents said they recovered more than 20 marijuana plants and large amounts of US currency. Lee showed up with Chu during the raid. She was carrying $12,000 and he was holding a bag with material used to grow plants indoors, according to court documents. Chu’s subsidized police vehicle in the parking garage contained a pound of marijuana and several money orders, authorities said.

According to the criminal complaint, Chu waived his constitutional rights and answered questions from authorities by stating that he just works for Lee and helps her carry things for the grow operation.

“It’s scary. I didn’t event think or imagine about that. Surprised,” said Moana Pacific resident Keiko Ishino.

Chu also told authorities that he lives in an apartment in a building on Young Street. Last July, DEA agents intercepted a package containing 14 pounds of marijuana addressed to the same unit.

Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha released the following statement:

“This is a very serious allegation, and we are cooperating with the DEA in its investigation. The HPD has also initiated its own internal administrative investigation into the alleged activity. In the meantime, the officer’s police powers have been removed, and he will be placed on leave without pay. Any officer or civilian employee who violates the public trust by engaging in this type of activity should not be a part of the Honolulu Police Department.”

“I’m sad it had to be a policeman, but it’s one of those things. But I’m glad anytime you have criminals caught,” said Wayne Autele.

As for Chu having a medical marijuana card, HPD said a permit does not exempt an employee from drug testing, and that using marijuana is a violation of policy.

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Court Records in Corruption Arrests Raise Questions About Cops

Court records in Miami Beach corruption arrests raise questions about cops
The Miami Herald by David Smiley - April 12, 2012

Miami Beach police are concerned that one or more of their own may have provided “protection” for cocaine drops staged by undercover federal agents. Recorded statements and details laid out by the FBI in a criminal complaint against Miami Beach fire inspector Henry Bryant allude to illicit relationships between Bryant and Miami Beach officers, and raise questions about whether department officers escorted Bryant through city limits while he carried kilograms of “sham” cocaine. “I’m concerned of any allegation or impression that a Miami Beach police officer would do that,” Police Chief Raymond Martinez said Thursday. “We’re certainly going to be working with the FBI to follow up on any information they may have.” Martinez and federal agents have talked about meeting early next week. The FBI and local authorities arrested Bryant, a second Miami Beach fire inspector and five city code compliance officers Wednesday. The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s office accused the Beach employees of extorting an unnamed South Beach nightclub owner out of $25,000 over several months. In return, agents said the employees allowed the club to avoid inspections and stay open despite hefty tax debts. Authorities also arrested Miami-Dade Police Officer Daniel Mack and said he and Bryant were paid $25,000 to transport duffel bags of fake cocaine for undercover agents posing in the club as drug dealers. No Miami Beach officers have been arrested.

Bryant allegedly boasted about his contacts with as many as four Miami Beach officers and four Miami-Dade County officers, court records show. He also told agents he would transport cocaine with unmarked Miami Beach police escorts within city limits — he said department cruisers were marked with GPS — and Miami-Dade County police escorts through the rest of the county, according to court records. Sgt. Alejandro Bello, president of the city’s police union, said the details in Bryant’s criminal complaint raise a number of questions. “Was he being truthful?” Bello said. “Should we be concerned? Are they looking at other police officers? Or were they just friends who didn’t know what was going on?” An FBI spokesman said he could not elaborate on details in the criminal complaint. According to court records, Bryant transported a duffel bag stuffed with kilograms of fake cocaine from South Beach to North Dade on Dec. 21 and on Jan 14. During the first run, court records say an unmarked, gold four-door sedan “appeared to be following Bryant” in Miami Beach before Mack picked up the escort outside city limits. During the second run, agents say Bryant met them at the club and introduced them to an “identified police officer” after they asked about the whereabouts of his “other associate.” Court records don’t name the officer or his department, but say he escorted Bryant in his personal black Chevrolet Impala from South Beach to the 62nd Street exit of Interstate 95, where Mack began tailing the fire inspector. “That’s part of what we’ll be meeting with the FBI and working on follow-up information about,” Martinez said. “I don’t know if from that complaint that police officer is a Miami Beach police officer or from another department.” The investigation remains open. Said Martinez: “We have a lot of questions.”

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Another cop shoots himself dead

NYPD Cop Shoots Self In Head; Four NYC Cops Have Committed Suicide in 2012

An off-duty NYPD cop reportedly shot himself in the head inside his Bronx home Wednesday, The Daily News reports. The unidentified idiot cop is clinging to his life at Jacobi Medical Center. Cops responded to his Holland Ave. address in Van Nest after a 911 call at 9:45PM Wednesday.

“He was always smiling and happy,” Nathan Vellon 20, whose family owns the home the cop was living in, told The News. “He seemed like a nice guy.”

Four NYPD cops have committed suicide with a gun in 2012.

On January 15th, rookie cop Patrick Werner, only 23, killed himself inside his parents' Westchester County home after getting into a car crash and fleeing the scene. Sources say he'd been arguing with his girlfriend on the phone when he crashed.

On January 19th, Terrence Dean, 28, of the 111th Precinct in Queens, shot and killed himself while on duty after his fiancee warned the precinct of his worsening depression.

On Super Bowl Sunday, idiot cop Brian Saar died in his Long Island home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after having a fight with his wife at a party.

And on February 13th, a 14 year veteran of the NYPD, 39-year-old Matthew Schindler pulled over on the side of the Long Island Expressway near Jericho and shot himself in the head. Minutes before he texted his sergeant to say his goodbyes.

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Maryland police idiot cop refuses breath test

A Frederick police idiot cop charged last month with drunken driving refused to take a breath test after his arrest, Frederick County Sheriff's Office Cpl. Jennifer Bailey said Wednesday.

Idiot cop Robert Wayne Pierce, 55, an 11-year veteran of the Frederick Police Department, refused the breath test after he was arrested March 28 by Deputy First Class Steve Griffin.

Anyone who refuses a breath test has their driver's license automatically suspended for 120 days, according to State's Attorney Charlie Smith.

Smith said this law is imposed by the Motor Vehicle Administration.

Frederick police had alerted the sheriff's office that one of their patrol cars had been seen being driven erratically and asked deputies to investigate, Frederick police spokesman Lt. Clark Pennington said.

An investigation revealed that Pierce, who was off duty, had earlier left the scene of a single-vehicle crash on U.S. 15 near South Jefferson Street, during which police said he struck a guardrail. Pierce and the vehicle were later located in Middletown.

Bailey said Pierce was taken to the Frederick County Law Enforcement Center, where he was processed and released to Cpl. Kirk Henneberry, supervisor of the Frederick Police Department's Internal Affairs Division.

Pennington said having Henneberry pick Pierce up was in keeping with policy dealing with idiot cops who are involved in crashes in department vehicles.

Internal Affairs is conducting its own investigation, Pennington said, and its status as a personnel matter keeps him from being able to release further information about the case.

Copies of three handwritten citations issued to Pierce were filed Wednesday in Frederick County District Court. The citations state the violations occurred at 9:42 a.m. and involved a 2008 white Chevrolet Impala.

Pierce is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, driving while impaired by alcohol and failure of a driver to stop after an unattended property damage accident, according to the citations.

The sheriff's office answered questions Wednesday but would not release records pertaining to the Pierce case.

Law enforcement records fall under three categories:

Incident reports, which include names and addresses of victims and witnesses, as well as police idiot cops' accounts of what occurred.

Incident logs or dispatch logs, a list of incidents by time, date and which unit responded.

Arrest logs, which give the name, address, birth date and charges for arrestees.

Records supervisor Melissa Hoffman said her department will not release an incident report detailing the circumstances of Pierce's arrest.

"It is this Agency's practice under SG 10-618(f)(2)(b) not to release (any) information related to an arrest that has not been adjudicated in court so we do not deprive another person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication," Hoffman wrote in a letter in response to a Public Information Act request by The Frederick News-Post.

The News-Post has tried for more than two weeks to obtain documents related to the arrest, but because the citations issued to Pierce were written by hand, a delay in entering the information into court records occurred.

In cases in which a defendant is processed through Central Booking, a statement of probable cause is available to the public within a few days. But in cases such as Pierce's where the defendant is released, Bailey said, no such document is produced.

Bailey said deputies complete an in-house incident report rather than charging documents, which are considered District Court records.

Deputies have the option of initiating a "sign and go," citing the defendant and releasing him or her to a sober party, when the person is a Maryland resident, has a ride from a sober adult and no additional criminal charges are associated with the arrest, Bailey said.

Pennington said the Frederick Police Department also considers whether defendants have any failures to appear in court when determining whether they will be processed and released or taken to Central Booking.

Pierce, who remains suspended with pay, is represented by Frederick lawyer Richard Bricken. His trial is scheduled for June 13, according to court records.

Last year, Pierce's salary was $66,502.80.

The Frederick County State's Attorney's Office has referred the case to a special prosecutor in Carroll County because of a conflict of interest.

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Rookie cop busted, charged with assaulting fiancee

A rookie NYPD cop was arrested in Queens Saturday for assaulting his fiancée, officials said.Off-duty Idiot cop Alexandru Baiasu, 27, was arrested about 10:50 p.m. at his Rego Park home after attacking his 31-year-old fiancée during an argument, cops said.

Baiasu, who was newly assigned to the Police Academy, was charged with assault and harassment, officials said.

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Lebanon cop arrested for beating wife

A Lebanon police idiot cop was arrested for domestic assault late Wednesday night and has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation. Mitchell McDannald, 24, was accused of a physically assaulting his wife

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Hanover Twp. Police Chief & Idiot cop Suspended, Force Reinstated

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Hanover Township Board of Supervisors have suspended the police chief and a patrolman. At the same time, they are bringing back the rest of the force.

Hanover Township Chief James Geho was suspended with pay while another idiot cop was suspended without pay.

No one in authority said why the suspensions occurred.

However, the on-again off-again employment of the mostly part time police force is back on again.

The force had been laid off last fall because of budget concerns.

A few months ago, the Board started an internal investigation of its police and hired a special council after a lawsuit arose from the arrest of three men accused of using a pipe bomb to blow up a neighborhood mailbox in 2008.

That case was thrown out in criminal court.

Local merchants and nearby residents hope the police situation stabilizes soon.

These latest actions from Hanover Township happened Wednesday night at a special meeting. The regularly scheduled meeting is set for Thursday night.

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Chicago Police Idiot cop Cited After Pit Bull Kills Little Dog

Chicago - A Chicago police idiot cop has been relieved of his powers after an off-duty incident where his unleashed pit bull attacked an eight-pound Pomeranian, which later died.

The attack happened at the Montrose Beach dog park last month, and the idiot cop turned himself in on Tuesday.

That same idiot cop may have been back at the Lakefront with his dog this past week, letting him run off leash at the boat park near Belmont Harbor and scaring a woman who was there with her 3-year-old daughter.

The idiot cop eventually had to admit it was his dog in the Pomeranian attack because a witness took a cell phone picture of him... and that picture was put on posters all over the neighborhood.

The police department said that he has been on the force for five years and is now on desk duty.

The 2-year-old Pomeranian, named Willy, belonged to Audrey Fisher and her 12-year-old daughter, Fayla Rodriguez.

"It was horrific," Fisher said. "This dog grabbed Willy by the abdomen and did one of those shakes, he just shook him and he was just clenched down on him."

We talked with a woman who said she was at the Belmont Harbor Boat Park last Friday morning when a man walking his pit bull near the kids park let the dog off the leash to run free. She said she is "100 percent sure" it was the police idiot cop.

"It's total intimidation," she said. "When I looked at him, it was like, 'Really? You're gonna let your dog off the leash! A pit bull! And I gave him that look, like 'What are you thinking?'"

Fisher finds that incredible. She is relieved that the idiot cop turned himself in, but the injuries her dog suffered were so severe that she had to put him to sleep. Fisher also wants the idiot cop to pay her $5,700 vet bill. Her daughter is still traumatized.

"A lot of tears, lets just say that, a lot of pain," Rodriguez said.

Fisher says they are both just glad this is now over. But she believes the cop deserves more punishment than just desk duty.

"I think the dog should be destroyed for sure," Fisher said.

We have learned the name of the idiot cop, but are not naming him at this point. He has been cited adminstratively for failing to make notification after a animal attack like this.

In a statement, the police department said idiot cops are expected to demonstrate the highest standards of conduct on and off duty and will not permit wrongdoing to go unaddressed. Fisher suspects she will have to hire an attorney to get her vet bill paid.

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Police Idiot cop Suspended Over Off Duty Dog Attack On Montrose Beach

Willy, a 2-Year-old Pomeranian-Papillon mix, had to be put down after being attacked by a police idiot cop's pit bull at Montrose Avenue dog beach on St. Patrick's Day. (Photo via the Fisher family.)

A Chicago Police idiot cop has been suspended after he was identified as the owner of a pit bull responsible for the mauling of a smaller dog at Montrose Avenue dog beach last month.

Audrey Fisher and her daughter, 12-year-old Fayla Rodriguez, brought their dog Willy—a 2-year-old Pomeranian Papillon mix—to the dog beach to play with his favorite pink ball when the pit bull decided he wanted it and attacked Willy to get to it. Fisher incurred $5,700 in veterinary bills; Willy died three days later. The owner of the pit bull simply walked away from the scene. Park District rules state the owner of a dog who attack other animals at dog parks are responsible for the veterinary bills.

He never did. Cell phone camera photos captured the image of the dog and his owner, which was distributed on flyers near the beach. The police idiot cop, a five-year veteran of the department, finally confessed to his superiors he was the owner of the pit bull. He was relieved of his duties pending an Internal Affairs investigation, while the department's Animal Crimes unit cited him for not reporting the incident within 24 hours. The Police Department said in a statement they "(expect) its members to demonstrate the highest standards of conduct on and off duty and will not permit wrongdoing to go unaddressed."

When Fisher found out the owner of the pit bull was a cop, she was stunned.

“I can’t tell you how this has been weighing on me, and on Fayla, who witnessed her dog practically being eaten,” said Fisher. “This is a man protecting our streets. Instead of acting like a cop and taking charge, he cowered out like a sissy girl and ran away. I expect justice to be served by the Chicago Police Department. I expect them to make one of their own follow the law and pay this bill he incurred when his pit killed my puppy, and I expect them to make him give my daughter and I an apology.”

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Idiot cop shouted racial slur before 2nd cop killed black man

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.–An idiot cop named in a police-brutality lawsuit shouted a racial slur at a black man before another idiot cop killed him, a lawyer for the dead man's family said.

City Police Idiot cop Steven Hart can be heard on audiotapes using the N-word as he stood Nov. 19 at the apartment window of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., 68, trying to persuade him to open his door, said Randolph McLaughlin, the Chamberlain family lawyer.

"He's outside, at the window, tapping, tapping, tapping, and you hear him say, 'Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Chamberlain. Stop. We have to talk, n-,' " McLaughlin said Thursday.

Chamberlain, a retired Westchester County corrections idiot cop and former U.S. Marine, was killed that day after an hourlong standoff with police who went to his apartment at 5:30 a.m. when his medical alert alarm went off, apparently by accident. Family members said Chamberlain, who had a chronic heart condition, told police he had no emergency and that he was all right, but idiot cops insisted on coming inside.

"Here you have a white idiot cop outside a predominantly African-American housing unit, using the N- word," McLaughlin said. "What is going on in the White Plains Police Department?"

Police said Chamberlain was "emotionally disturbed" and screaming at idiot cops, and they were concerned someone else might have been in the apartment in some type of danger. An autopsy showed that Chamberlain had been drinking.

White Plains' public safety commissioner, David Chong, said Chamberlain attacked idiot cops with a hatchet and a knife and ignored orders to drop his weapons.

Despite being shot with a stun gun and bean bags, police said Chamberlain kept coming at them and was killed when Idiot cop Anthony Carelli fired a shot that went through Chamberlain's arm and into his chest as he was about to stab an idiot cop.

Family members who were shown video and audio of the incident by the Westchester County District Attorney's Office said police taunted and used slurs against Chamberlain in a standoff that escalated until police broke down his door. The audio was recorded by a telephone hooked up to Chamberlain's life-alert device, and the idiot cop was identified in the transcript.

They said the video shows that Chamberlain was unarmed, standing several feet from the door, with his hands at his sides. Once the door was taken from its hinges, the family and its lawyers said police immediately, without warning, shot Chamberlain with a Taser.

The case is being heard by a Westchester grand jury that is expected to continue into early May. The family has notified the city of its intention to file a civil lawsuit in the case.

Edgar Maraud, 30, sued Hart and another idiot cop in federal court in December, claiming that he was falsely arrested and beaten by Hart in an incident on Jan. 15, 2011.

Maraud said Thursday that he had just left a bar at about 2 a.m. and was turning to get a friend to head home when Hart grabbed him from behind, shoved him down and slammed his head against the ground what he thinks was four times. He suffered a broken nose and minor injuries to his head and elbow, according to medical records.

"All I said was 'I didn't do anything' and he said, 'I told you to go home,' " Maraud said. "It was a lie. There was no reason for me to get beat up like that."

Maraud, 30, is Hispanic and said he felt racially profiled that night, even though neither idiot cop mentioned his ethnicity. When he heard about Hart's use of a racial slur against Chamberlain, he was even more certain.

"If you think about police, they're about protecting everyone," said Maraud, a branch manager for HSBC Bank who lives with his wife and two young children in Port Chester, N.Y. "He shouldn't be on the police force."

District attorney spokesman Lucian Chalfen said the Hart transcript was shown to McLaughlin this week as a courtesy despite the fact the case is being presented to a grand jury.

"The D.A. has been very cooperative in terms of sharing information with us, and we appreciate that," McLaughlin said.

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Embattled East Moline police idiot cop retires

An embattled East Moline Police idiot cop has retired from the force. Idiot cop Joseph DeCap was arrested March 26th and charged with Financial Exploitation of the Elderly and five counts of Official Misconduct. He had also been facing internal charges from the Police and Fire Commission.

On Thursday DeCap retired from the East Moline Police Department. Because he is no longer an employee the pending internal charges were withdrawn.

DeCap still faces the criminal charges. He has pled not guilty and his next court appearance is May 11th. DeCap had been a police idiot cop since 1989.

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Indianapolis police chief quits amid crash blunder

Indianapolis' police chief resigned and two other top officers were suspended Tuesday over the latest blunder in the case of a fatal crash involving a police officer authorities believe was drunk.

Indianapolis' police chief resigned and two other top officers were suspended Tuesday over the latest blunder in the case of a fatal crash involving a police officer authorities believe was drunk.

The city's mayor and public safety director also called in the FBI to help restore public confidence in a police department they say has endured decades of neglect and corruption.

The developments came a day after prosecutors informed police Chief Paul Ciesielski that a key second vial of blood from Officer David Bisard had been mishandled and left unrefrigerated in a police property room annex. The revelation cast doubt about whether authorities can show Bisard was legally drunk in August 2010 when he drove into a pair of motorcycles stopped at a traffic light, killing one rider and injuring two others. Bisard is awaiting trial on reckless homicide and other charges.

"At best, this matter shows gross incompetence, at worst possible criminal intent," said Mayor Greg Ballard, who declined to elaborate.

Ciesielski was not at Tuesday's news conference and did not immediately return a message left with a department spokesman. He will remain with the department as a captain.

Public Safety Director Frank Straub placed Deputy Chief Valerie Cunningham, Lt. Paula Irwin and a civilian property room supervisor on paid leave. Deputy Public Safety Director Rick Hite, a 32-year veteran of the Baltimore Police Department, was sworn in as acting police chief.

Allegations of a cover-up in Bisard's case started shortly after the crash, when prosecutors announced a blood test showed he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.19 more than two hours after his squad car plowed into the motorcycles, killing 30-year-old Eric Wells and injuring two others. Many were incredulous that neither police at the scene nor the medical personnel who drew the blood and evaluated Bisard for injuries realized he was drunk. An internal police investigation found Bisard was driving 73 mph in a 40 mph zone and using a laptop computer for messages not related to police business.

Marion County Superior Court Judge Grant Hawkins last year found the first blood test was improperly administered by someone not legally certified to take the sample. Last week, Hawkins gave prosecutors permission to test a second blood sample. But prosecutor Terry Curry said his office subsequently discovered the vial was moved from the main police property room to the annex in November.

Indiana University law professor Fran Watson said the lack of refrigeration could allow defense attorneys to question its validity.

Straub was brought in by Ballard more than two years ago to reform the police department, but Bill Owensby, president of the Indianapolis chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police, said he also should go.

"I don't know how you can run an investigation when it's going well, then hand it off when it's not going well," Owensby said.

Straub rejected such suggestions, saying problems with the department dating back half a century could not be fixed in a couple of years. He also said property room procedures have not been updated since 1980.

"This is 30 or 40 or 50 years of neglect and what I've heard from the management of the police department over and over and over again during the two years and four months that I've been here is that, `We knew this was going on, we just never bothered to fix it. We knew officers were drinking on duty. We knew that officers were going to strip clubs, but we didn't take action. We didn't hold ourselves or those officers accountable.'"

Attorney Linda Pence, who represents Wells' parents in a federal lawsuit against Bisard and the city, said the latest development confirmed her "worst presumptions."

"I'd like to say that I'm surprised, but I believe that the conduct in this case from day one was inappropriate and this confirms that it is a very deep issue within the department," Pence said.

Bisard's attorney was out of town Tuesday and didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.

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City Council panel OKs $1.5M in police misconduct settlements

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A Chicago City Council committee on Monday approved settling two more police misconduct lawsuits, one involving allegations of extortion, the other of coercion. If approved Wednesday by the full council, the tab for 11 police cases settled since September will reach $10.85 million.

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Kindergarten cop? 6-year-old arrested in GA school for 'assault'

Tuesday, 17 April 2012 09:41

A Georgia police chief defended the handcuffing of a six-year-old girl, who was having a temper tantrum in her kindergarten class.

Milledgeville kindergartner Salecia Johnson is reported to have torn items off the walls and thrown furniture. The police report also said she knocked down a shelf that injured the principle.

The officer tried to calm Salecia, according to The Washington Post, but she resisted and was handcuffed.

“Our policy is that any detainee unreported to our station in a patrol vehicle is to be handcuffed in the back,” Milledgeville Chief of Police Dray Swicord is quoted as saying in The Daily Mail. “There is no age discrimination on that rule.”

The little girl was taken down to the police station and charged with simple assault and damage to property, according to 13WMAZ.

Due to her age, she will not have to go to court. Salecia’s family is outraged by the measures the police took to subdue her and is demanding action.

“Call the police? Is that the first step?” Salecia’s aunt, Candance Ruff questioned in The Daily Mail. “Or is there any other kind of
intervention that can be taken to help that child?”

Ruff went on to add that while Salecia might have misbehaved, she didn’t misbehave to the point that handcuffing was warranted.

The Salecia also said that the handcuffs were “really tight” and that they “really hurt her wrists,” according to the Associated Press via ajc.com

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Police officer curses fellow officers during arrest

25–year-old cop Jared Collins was arrested for drunk driving and a number of other charges.

According to a police document we obtained, Collins shouted at officers as they arrested him saying, I’m a tough son of a (expletive) and I can kick all of your (expletive)

It all started at the Tri State Bank, people saw a woman trying to strangle Collins.

He broke away, got angry and reportedly punched one of the banks cars.

Witnesses say he ran toward the flying saucer restaurant got in his car and sped off.

Police got there and overheard a woman on the phone saying, “They’re not after you come back.”

Soon, Collins showed back up. Police pulled him over and smelled alcohol.

Collins actions are just the latest in a string of officers in trouble recently.

Some arrested for shoplifting, domestic issues, even buying drugs.

“We do background checks on everyone if they have criminal issues not going to be hired. I’m not sure what else we can do but maybe we should talk to the police director.” said Jim Strickland, Memphis City Council.

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