Baltimore
cop charged with DUI, child endangerment after York County crash
A veteran Baltimore City cop named Shawn Byron Johnson is
charged with drunken driving after he crashed the car he was driving, with his
two children inside, into a parked car in May. Johnson is charged with two counts each of DUI
and endangering the welfare of a child, according to his charging documents. At the scene, an officer approached Johnson,
who was swaying from side to side and had a strong order of alcohol coming from
him, the documents state.
When the officer identified himself, Johnson, who was
slurring his speech and had red, glassy eyes, pulled out his wallet and showed
his Baltimore City Police identification card, documents state.
The officer told Johnson to walk to the rear of the car for
a field sobriety test, but Johnson said, "Just take me in. I'm over."
He started one of the tests but refused to continue.
Newark cop
suspended for Oct. crash
NEWARK — Newark cop Michael Trotter was suspended for 40
hours without pay for multiple violations of policy stemming from an Oct. 2
pursuit.
An internal investigation found four sustained allegations
against Trotter: failure to change the data card on the in-car camera; failure
to control his vehicle while responding to officers, which resulted in a crash;
failing to use his seat belt while driving; and failure to notify dispatchers
that he was responding with lights and sirens on to the pursuit. Trotter was
severely injured in a crash on Horns Hill Road while responding to a pursuit in
an effort to assist other officers.
Cop
rats
Keith Logan, a Worcester Mass. Cop, claims in an affidavit
that vice squad officers would routinely brag about beating up people, and that
when these officers used force that led to the injuries of prisoners, those
injuries would be explained as “the prisoner violently struggled or resisted.” The
affidavit was part of a recently settled police brutality case against the city
in which the plaintiff, Anthony Hayes, received $100,000, and it calls into
question whether enough is being done to rid the Police Department of rogue
officers.
City
seeks public input on reforming board that reviews claims of police misconduct
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/06/20/4119730/city-seeks-public-input-on-reforming.html
Baltimore
police officer convicted of sex offense
Prosecutors had accused Troy Gee, a Baltimore cop of
sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl while she was visiting his home in
December 2011. Last year, the WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team uncovered that this was
the third accusation against him of sexually assaulting a minor. Gee is
expected to be sentenced in August.
Trial
date changed for Madison police officer charged with sexual abuse (updated)
MADISON, Alabama -- William Watson, a Madison cop charged
with sexual abuse has had his trial date continued.
Bay
Area Police Owe Protesters $1 Million
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Alameda County and the city of Oakland
agreed to pay more than $1 million to protesters arrested during a Nov. 5,
2010, demonstration that started after a court sentenced a white transit cop to
two years in jail for shooting an unarmed black man.
The protesters claimed in a class action filed in 2011 that
police from Oakland and Alameda County did not order the crowd to disperse
before closing of all means of exit and conducting mass arrests in the vicinity
of 6th Avenue and East 17th and 18th streets near downtown Oakland. They allege
that protesters, including legal observers, were left handcuffed in the street
for an excessive period of time and then held for up to 24 hours in overcrowded
holding cells, all of which they contend violated their civil rights.
Ex-cop
sentenced to federal prison for taking bribes
#ATLANTA — A Stockbridge man who used to work as an Atlanta
police officer was sentenced Tuesday to two years in a federal prison for
taking bribes. Elton Augustin, 32, was convicted of lying to federal agents after
a jury trial Dec. 7. Augustin pleaded guilty Feb. 14 to conspiring to accept
bribes, said federal prosecutors.
