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“It’s becoming a disturbingly familiar scene in America - mentally unstable cops”

“It’s becoming a disturbingly familiar scene in America - mentally unstable cops”
“It’s becoming a disturbingly familiar scene in America - mentally unstable cops”

Idiots at work

·         New York NY police accused of brutality in video showing at least one man repeatedly struck w/batons outside club [3] http://bit.ly/kPuLId

·         2 Newnan GA cops accused of excessive force & during false shoplifting arrest in incident caught on cell video [3] http://t.co/1qq3hCC

·         Newnan GA police officer under investigation after fatally shooting girlfriend in abdomen, no charges [1] http://bit.ly/luvkNA

·         Orange County FL deputy arrested for beating 16yr-old until he fractured both of his eye sockets after a high speed chase [0] http://bit.ly/kP4nP6

·         Cleveland OH sued by prison guard claiming 4 cops needlessly beat him while he patrolled prison fence in uniform [3] http://bit.ly/kcyLAj

·         Revere MA & Mass State Police split $80k settlement to family subjected to overzealous raid by cops during manhunt [0] http://bit.ly/kAoG5C

·         Atlanta GA review says at least 10 cops lied & deleted data on phones to hide improper actions during gay bar raid [0] http://bit.ly/mnckZG

·         Dyer IN & Lake Co IN sued by woman claiming cop had deputy beat her after falsely arresting her for turning him down [3] http://bit.ly/iYEBcW

·         W Palm Beach FL cop investigated for issuing rare jaywalking ticket to woman who reported him for speeding [0] http://bit.ly/jEXpfs

·         3 Dallas TX cops fired, 1 arrested for stealing gun & pot was fired twice & 2 others facing assault charges [0] http://dallasne.ws/msPjmh

·         Chicago IL cop charged w/theft, fraud & other charges for allegedly posing as his elderly dad to steal his pension [0] http://bit.ly/mnMRoC

·         Superior WI cop on leave while under investigation for alleged misuse of funds meant for police fitness center [0] http://bit.ly/jGpL2v

·         Gwinnett Co GA deputy arrested on 2x limit DUI charge after caller reported seeing him do circles in middle of road [0] http://bit.ly/k42UUA

·         2 Moss Point MS cops fired on allegations related to 2 unspecified & unrelated off duty incidents [2] http://bit.ly/lTdBz9

·         Cresskill NJ cop fired over 3 incidents including putting pics of nude men on EMT’s car he wrote racial slurs on [0] http://bit.ly/ifSOXl

·         A Detroit MI gang cop is on admin duty while investigated over an excessive force incident that was captured on surveillance video which helped spark a civil rights lawsuit. [3] http://bit.ly/lRPoz8

·         About 20 Dayton OH police officers are the subject of a lawsuit alleging that they responded to a call from an officer who beat, tasered & peppersprayed a mentally challenged teen after mistaking his speech impediment for being disrespectful and chasing him to his mother’s home where he sought help with communicating with the officer. I wanted to wait and see if the police would have a comment on this one in the media but it looks unlikely since the story broke over a day ago. [3] http://bit.ly/m8piCw

·         An Everett WA cop has been fired for policy violations related to the fatal shooting of an unarmed man 2 years ago. The officer was acquitted of murder charges in a strange jury decision last year. [0] http://bit.ly/kolgEE

·         Havertown PA is being sued by a woman claiming a town official conspired with cops to have her falsely arrested & mistreated in custody over a neighborhood dispute they had. [3] http://bit.ly/lf91YH

·         A Harris County TX deputy was convicted of sexual assault on child under 14 but still faces indecency with a child charges involving an underage jail inmate. [0] http://bit.ly/ik3pLx

·         A Miami-Dade FL cop was convicted on several sexual abuse of a child between 12-16 charges that involved his daughter. [0] http://bit.ly/lwZinU

·         Washington DC police sued by ACLU on behalf of photog student detained for taking photos of traffic stop [3] http://bit.ly/jlFdFg

·         St Petersburg FL cop resigns in lieu of firing for stealing from suspects wallets after he was caught doing so by his ride-along trainee [0] http://bit.ly/j9qVoz

·         Dallas TX police officer arrested on misdemeanor interfering w/emergency call & DV-related assault charges [0] http://dallasne.ws/l1nTPU

·         Los Angeles CA cop pleads no contest to workers compensation fraud charge for altering doctor note, gets probation [0] http://lat.ms/mHziFj

·         Michigan State trooper still on job & hasn’t been charged after arrested Jan 1 in DUI crash that injured 2 [3] http://bit.ly/kW1q1E

·         N Muskegon MI cop who also works at Roosevelt Park MI charged w/DUI after running stop & hitting house [0] http://bit.ly/kx7aIS

·         Rogers AR police forced by civil service board to rehire cop fired for sexual harassment of dispatcher [0] http://bit.ly/mCpSKh

·         Cleveland OH police officer charged on allegations he ran an illegal check cashing business & hiding transactions [0] http://bit.ly/kRPLic

·         New Orleans LA cop arrested after flashing badge while trying to pick up undercover cop posing as prostitute [0] http://bit.ly/lFMFOu

·         Portsmouth VA is being sued by the family of a man they claim was stumbling drunk and unarmed when he was fatally shot 11x by cop claiming he lunged [3] http://bit.ly/kYBMeE

·         A Salinas CA cop pleads no contest to molesting a 12yr-old girl but only faces probation or a possible 1yr sentence [0] http://bit.ly/kbEx6j

·         Nebraska City NE cop charged w/misdemeanor assault & official oppression for tackling a man who flipped him off at an event he was working a uniformed security detail for. [0] http://bit.ly/iDh8Gf

·         Knoxville TN cop gets probation in plea for attempted sexual exploitation of minors which was a reduced charge for having child porn. He and another officer pled to reduced charges of supplying alcohol to minors that they enticed into stripping for them. [0] http://bit.ly/l5VZyP

·         Lawrence Co KY sued by man accidentally shot by deputy while unarmed & compliant during drug warrant traffic stop [0] http://bit.ly/lrHRxP

·         Henderson KY police sued by man claiming cops entered home w/o warrant & unleashed dog on him in search of a suspect who apparently wasn’t him. [3] http://bit.ly/l7i3sd

·         2 NC state troopers investigated for allegedly falsely detaining and mistreating a woman on a DUI charge, though she tested at 0.0 BAC. They are then accused of orchestrating a false traffic stop against her husband. [3] http://bit.ly/kODDmK

·         The Opa Locka FL police department is the subject of a state probe after several cops filed a whistleblower suit. Among the allegations being investigated are that officers would offer to release suspects in exchange for sex. [3] http://bit.ly/kGdWSi

·         West Virginia state police sued by woman arrested at home after she returned cash stolen by daughter’s boyfriend [1] http://bit.ly/iiPg6b

·         Cripple Creek CO police have fired a dispatcher who was tasered by a cop who was playing around w/his taser… apparently because he talked to press [5] http://bit.ly/jA7aiq

·         Savannah-Chatham GA cop facing fed charges for selling drugs stolen from dealers is fired… for being in rap video [0] http://bit.ly/j7Lkas

·         Orange Co FL deputy reassigned pending termination after ruled at fault in crash killing 91yr-old on way to church [0] http://bit.ly/k6yDnm

·         Orange Co CA deputy sentenced to 32mo prison for DUI crash injuring 78yr-old, showed up to 1st sentencing drunk [0] http://bit.ly/iyjIhv

·         A Carbondale IL cop was convicted of robbing a bank. He claimed that he was threatened into doing it by a drug dealing neighbor but the jury apparently didn’t buy it. [0] http://bit.ly/jW1zmN

·         Baltimore MD 3rd of 17 cops pleads guilty in extortion towing scheme that may result in more cops charged [0] http://bsun.md/iFa60Q

·         Austin TX cop suspended 10 days after apparent fight in Target parking lot resulting in his arrest, although charges against him were eventually dismissed [3] http://bit.ly/m4ryrc

·         Portland OR cop appears to have violated safeguards when he accidentally shot man w/live rounds from a beanbag shotgun. The procedures to follow when an officer is assigned one of these weapons should have prevented the accident. [0] http://bit.ly/luTpy2

·         South Bend IN settles suit for $12k to man detained while car searched & damaged w/o warrant at traffic stop [3] http://bit.ly/izAxmI

·         3 Delaware state troopers fined for falsifying overtime records, all were able to retire prior to conviction [0] http://bit.ly/l45hs7

·         Los Angeles County CA makes a tentative $500k settlement offer to the family of a teen who was fatally shot by a deputy in an incident where two different videos contradicted his version of events at two different points. [0] http://lat.ms/kX0h1o

·         Moreno Valley CA & Riverside Co CA lose a wrongful arrest and excessive force lawsuit for $325k to a man claiming he was beaten into unconsciousness during a racial profiling traffic stop [3] http://bit.ly/izM19q

·         10-12 New York NY cops are accused of excessive force for allegedly beating a man & macing an entire family over what started as a littering citation [3] http://bit.ly/mrfA6m

·         Chattanooga TN Housing Authority settles suit on unspecified terms to a woman claiming a cop slapped her for calling 911 on him when she witnessed a rough encounter between the officer and a teen. [3] http://bit.ly/iBDwlL

·         Parker FL police are being sued by a man claiming a cop who shouldn’t have been hired after he was fired from his previous deputy job for lying to judge had falsely arrested him on three different occasions. [3] http://bit.ly/kKOAna

·         A Miami Beach FL cop is accused of drinking on duty with another cop before he injured three people when he ran into a couple while joyriding on a departmental ATV with a female passenger. Recent reports citing interviews with witnesses indicate he begged people not to report him before he fled the scene without checking on the injured victims. [0] http://bit.ly/mzOsl6

·         Memphis TN cop was arrested on aggravated assault charges for allegedly pointing gun at her husband’s face during a domestic dispute [0] http://bit.ly/jYkGoV

·         Another Memphis TN cop was also arrested on aggravated assault charges for allegedly pulling her gun during an off duty road rage incident [0] http://bit.ly/m8Hqwl

·         Greenwich Twp NJ cop sues that department claiming he was fired for investigating the possible cover up of a Pohatcong cop’s DUI accident [4] http://bit.ly/mIoiXt

·         Monterey County CA sheriff is sued by an ex-deputy claiming retaliation & obstruction involving that sheriff’s son’s drug arrest [3] http://bit.ly/jKQBBW

·         Oregon state trooper has harassment charges dismissed in a settlement agreement by paying $11,500 to victim [0] http://bit.ly/kOD4eb

·         Boynton Beach FL cop arrested by feds on methamphetamine trafficking charges involving “large amount of drugs” [0] http://bit.ly/mDYiAD

·         3 San Diego CA sex crimes unit detectives accused of sexual harassment & retaliation against female cops [3] http://bit.ly/mBYAte

·         New Orleans LA police cmdr reassigned while investigated over alleged unspecified racially inappropriate orders [2] http://bit.ly/leP7QI

·         Austin TX cop was arrested for boating while intoxicated after his passenger allegedly broke into a home to make a sandwich when the homeowner called police to report it. [0] http://bit.ly/ihTP1I

·         Philadelphia PA cop pleads guilty to drunk driving charge in a crash that crushed a trooper’s legs between 2 cars [0] http://cbsloc.al/mUhhxX

·         South Carolina state trooper gets time served in a guilty plea to a driving while intoxicated charge [0] http://bit.ly/mLKXBH

·         Los Angeles CA police department’s “conditional official reprimand” policy that replaces disciplinary actions with warnings is drawing criticism because officers aren’t being disciplined regularly even after their first free pass warning. [0] http://lat.ms/jbGDqV

·         3 New Haven CT cops caught on video repeatedly kicking, punching & beating man in street, wasn’t resisting [3] http://bit.ly/nj00Kd

·         Porterville CA sued by family of man fatally shot by cops in his home after stopped on bicycle for code violations [3] http://bit.ly/j2VUYw

·         Fort Collins CO cop accused of shoving man to ground on video as EMTs work to stabilize his neck after crash [3] http://bit.ly/ouVv3v

·         Oneonta NY police sued by man claiming cops beat him & denied med care for wanting to complain about traffic stop [3] http://bit.ly/qANkOK

·         2 Dansville NY cops subject of suit alleging excessive force against 4 people, one cop subject of another claim [3] http://bit.ly/ohxAY1

·         Warren OH police sued claiming cops used excessive force when they arrested man on stand-alone resisting charge [3] http://bit.ly/nzQqTO

·         China Grove TX cop accused of failing to register as sex offender for 1991 indecency w/7yr-old child conviction [2] http://bit.ly/qUmyIl

·         Great Falls MT found liable in suit for having undercover cop throw woman out of public meeting & detain her [0] http://bit.ly/p7ZDfe

·         Socorro TX police sued by ex-police lieutenant claiming he was fired in retaliation for reporting sexual harassment [3] http://bit.ly/jtw2GW

·         Terrell Co GA sheriff accused of harassing venue w/roadblocks outside 3 concerts despite no DUI arrests so far [3] http://bit.ly/pNQu6Q

·         4th Baltimore MD cop of 17 charged in tow scandal pleads guilty to extortion charges, 2 others may plead soon [0] http://bsun.md/n3f3d2

·         Lethbridge AB cop demoted after admitting to using police database to spy on ex-girlfriend & her friends [0] http://bit.ly/pfI0YB

·         2 Ottawa ON cops didn’t have right to search home just because it was unlocked rules judge dropping drug case [0] http://bit.ly/qkrLTz

·         Miami Beach FL fires 2 cops after possible alcohol-induced on-duty ATV joyride crash injured 3 people [0] http://bit.ly/q06Qpx

·         Mankato MN cop sentenced to probation & must pay restitution after pleading guilty in strange hit&run case [1] http://bit.ly/ktlAwx

·         Ferndale MI police sued by wife of unarmed man fatally shot by cop on dashcam during a car chase. While the officer was cleared by claiming self defense, the video shows nobody was in the path of the man’s car as he tried to back away from police when shot. The officer was fired, but police say it was for other issues. [3] http://bit.ly/n5d6hQ

·         At least 10 Chicago IL cops are the subject of a suit alleging they stood by and watched as at least one officer assaulted a man then falsely arrested him because he complained about their use of force against his neighbors. Portions of the incident were captured on video. [5] http://trib.in/oXvvga

·         Orange Co CA settles suit for $2.1mil to family of mentally ill man who died while he was being restrained by deputies in jail after he was tasered. Apparently he had a psychotic episode while being denied medication. [0] http://bit.ly/ozAhcW

·         Lyon Co NV sheriff’s dept accused of covering up racially-motivated assault on Native American family by a group of neo-nazis that included the son of a retired deputy. They are accused of going so far as to arrest the family and denying them medical care in jail while ignoring Facebook posts by the assailants that brag about the brutal beating. The incident is currently the subject of a federal investigation. [5] http://yhoo.it/oRBNNp

·         2 New York NY cops were caught on camera filmed shoving, cursing and arguing with each other after one of the officers objected to how the other officer was handling a handcuffed man. However, the video doesn’t catch what the officer did that led to the objection. Apparently the video came from copblock but since nobody notified me about it I had to post the link to where I found it, but the video isn’t shareable. [3] http://bit.ly/qU52QK

·         Clayton Co GA deputy fired for helping school administrators strip search a 12yr-old for drugs in front of other students including one that said he had drugs but then recanted before the search. The boy had no drugs or anything illegal on him. [1] http://bit.ly/qRUxD2

·         Greenville TX police bloodhound dies after left in back of cruiser. The officer who left him there is on paid leave but not as discipline, but to grieve according to police officials. [1] http://cbsloc.al/nIy5wJ

·         Ohio County KY deputy suspended while investigated on allegations that he beat an injured dog to death with a hoe after road workers called police when it was hit by a car. The same workers say they witnessed another dog injured by a car after that incident and took the dog to a vet instead. [0] http://bit.ly/pWFkJo

·         Quartzsite AZ police are shown on video removing a woman from a public meeting while the chief ignores the mayor who is ordering him to stop because the woman had the floor. [3] http://bit.ly/qWsxAn

·         Sunland Park NM cop arrested on allegations that he beat, bit, sexually abused & threatened to kill his girlfriend [0] http://bit.ly/ruIjer

·         Miami County MO deputy suspended after arrested on aggravated indecent liberties w/a child allegations but he hasn’t been charged yet [1] http://bit.ly/mSXqyg

·         Doña Ana Co NM deputies are the subject of a legal claim for detaining a 66yr-old & his 8yr-old grandson at gunpoint on private property because they had bb guns in the car while hunting. [0] http://bit.ly/pcrj3i

·         Denver CO cop fired for using non-standard military tracer ammo that injured bystander in shooting incident [0] http://bit.ly/p42aqK

·         2 Tampa FL cops suspended 1wk & another reprimanded for horseplay leading to gunshot that hit cop w/o injury [0] http://bit.ly/qPgpQs

·         Mount Vernon NY police hire ex-Sleepy Hollow cop who took deal to resign while facing 2 excessive force lawsuits [0] http://bit.ly/oEPMzP

·         Fullerton CA cop sentenced to 180days community work release in plea to embezzlement & fraudulent use of dept card [0] http://bit.ly/nROEMN

·         New Mexico state trooper arrested by fellow trooper on off-duty aggravated drunk driving & open container charges. Apparently the officer had a small child in the car at the time of the arrest. [0] http://bit.ly/nqLnaZ

·         New Orleans LA cop suspended w/o pay after arrested on off-duty drunk driving charge [0] http://bit.ly/qqYPCB

JC Speaks

Here in Fairfax County, I believe we are taking our law enforcement professionals for granted as well. In fact, starting this weekend [on July 1], Fairfax County Police will be going on their fourth year of a pay freeze, even though the Washington, D.C., region has been only slightly affected by the recession. And in fact, in many cases we are doing much better than the rest of the country when you look at our housing prices and unemployment rates. I am extremely proud of the job our Fairfax County law enforcement personnel have done and especially the professionalism with which they do it. Our crime rate is kept low and as someone who travels a lot, I feel safer walking the streets here and safer in my home than most anywhere else, in or out of the U.S. ....JC


Dear JC

Firstly JC….just say no to drugs and you won’t end up writing letters like this. Your drug problem has caused you to be dazed and confused over the police problem in Fairfax County.
Now here’s the problem…and I’m gonna write this slowly for you so I don’t lose you…..okay ready? Here we go……the problem is NOT…….wait for it..…..the problem is NOT that the people of the county are taking the police for granted……we’ll pause here and let that sink in …….the problem is that the cops are taking the people for granted.
Hence the pay freeze. But, even with that freeze, the police, who have an air force and a navy, are very well paid. In fact, on average, the Fairfax County police are among the best paid police force in North America. And that’s based on salary alone and does not include their lucrative benefits package.
And what do they do with that money? Over 73% of them spend it outside the county because they live outside the county. And it isn’t a matter of affordability. There are a lot of people in this county who make far less than the average cop, to say nothing of their very generous benefits package.
We’re tickled pink that your happy with the job that the local police are doing but you are wrong about the crime rate. Crime rates are lower all over north America, all over the United States and throughout Virginia for a lot of reasons and not a single one of them is due to the work of the Fairfax County Police, Navy and Air Force. And feeling safe is a state of mind…actually it’s a code to get around being politically incorrect…. but let’s not go there while your high.
JC, if you are sober enough to grasp the sense of contempt and frustration that the cops have for the people then you are certainly sober enough to grasp the resignation that the people have for the Fairfax County Police, Navy and Air Force.
In closing, may I say how very impressed I was that you didn’t write it in crayon which tells me therapists in the county facilities are finally easing up on that whole “never give them sharp objects” thing.

Let it play out

         We should have police oversight and oversight of the police should include citizens, but it should also include members of the police force and members of the county government and representatives of the business community, the mental health community, youth (Cops the world over like to push around kids, so kids need voice) as well as a representative of the Asian community and one representative of the NAACP.   That mix would make for a balanced and fair approach of examining accusations of police abuse.  
    Let the county or even better, let the state appoint a police oversight committee made up of members of the police force, the county government, citizens and the business community.

    Tossing a bunch of angry, power hungry people into the mix will just make things worse.  They can’t see past their anger.  As an example, the people who want police oversight…each of whom very much has an axe to grind and then land on a cops head,  say that the police inadequately investigated officer shootings of unarmed suspects so we need a citizen run…and only citizen run…oversight arm.

    Wrong.

    No one, except this group, ever accused the cops of not adequately investigated officer shootings of unarmed suspects.  What the cops are accused of was not releasing the results of their investigations to the public.  And as a result we paid millions for their “Us-them” paranoid mentality.  And that’s the crux of this problem; secrecy by the police, paranoia by the police and a large, oh so very large dose of arrogance. 

     The group is upset that the county had to pay out $3.5 million in blunder money and yes, there are other things that money could be used for, but actually the amounts of hush money the Fairfax County cops pay out to their victims is about the same as other like sized departments in the US.  It doesn’t make it right but it places it in perspective. But the money isn’t the issue.  The issue is that the cop’s blunder and we get them out of hock with our checks and no one….at least until now…..gets fired.  And the fact that the police fired that guy is a sign of hope for a better future.

     Recently Chief Rohrer said that the police department’s Internal Affairs Bureau and division commanders review hundreds of complaints, from internal and external sources every year.  In the last five year, there were about 550 to 600 administrative reviews per year, of which about 17 percent of which came from outside of the department.  Some cases were very serious, but most involved minor issues.  In all, about 39% of the violation case load was sustained as a breach. 

   Now how hard was that?

   Nobody died as a result of knowing that the police are policing the police.  The sun will, in fact, rise tomorrow, Sharon Bulova is still out looking to turna  buck and Chief Rohrer will still looks like a shorter version of the lead singer from Queen and/or anyone of the members of the Village People. 
    Nothing bad has happened as a result of the police explaining themselves to the people who pay them and pay them very, very well.

    This new track of openness (the above numbers) and fairness, (firing the gunman who killed Masters) could, if the chief stays on it, be the start of turning things around  and filtering out the thug element within the ranks.

    The numbers that the chief throws around probably aren’t any better or any worse than any other police department of the same size and, as Queen-Rohrer lisped “Complaints are filed against [police officers].  It is just the nature of the profession. “Some of them are valid … some of them are frivolous.”

    Agreed. But let’s see what this guy is really made of, and here’s the challenge….keep the derogatory information in the cop’s file and don’t toss it out after 90 days so the clown in question gets a new start with every complaint and keeps abusing their power over and over again.

    But, sadly, Chief Rohrer is a company man and he’ll probably do what is in the best interest of his pension and not in the best interest of the people.  If we’re wrong, then keep the complaints against cops in their files.  If we’re right, then, again, we call for the chief to be replaced by someone from outside Virginia or at the very least, not a good ole Dixie boy who was born and bred within the department.

    The chief also said that he supports random audits of the Internal Affairs AKA Self-Protection Department “I want to know how we’re doing and how we can do better,” he said.

    Okay…here’s what you can do better.  Stop keeping secrets from the people who pay you, don’t offer to help because if we need you we’ll call you and keep derogatory information in the cops file and don’t toss it out after 90 days.

   The other good news is that the supervisors reviewed the issue of police violence and arrogance means government works.  The fact that they forced an auditor into the department means government works.  The fact that Quick-Draw McCop who gunned down Mr. Masters has been fired means that the police might finally get it, and if they do, it means government works.   Government works, but it works slowly.   

     To say that “only a group of citizens can exercise the necessary independence and command the necessary respect to perform this oversight job in a meaningful way” is incorrect.  We should trust our elected leaders, even questionable ones like Sharon “Show me the Money” Bulova, to act with prudence and that’s what they’ve done.  Okay, maybe not Bulova, but, you know what I mean.

    Yes, it’s true that the county auditor that the county supervisors send in to check in on the county police is a joke, but let’s let it play out  because when we give these government workers enough rope they'll hang themselves so let it play out.  When government oversight of itself…..…which is what we are about to get with an auditor…..fails, and it will fail, then there will be no more excuses not to put in true police oversight then a solid case, without excuses,  can be made to bring about real change by introducing a police oversight committee staffed by citizens who aren’t out for blood, as well as others who can examine the facts in a cool, professional manner.  

 so there....................

  


A step in the right direction: Fairfax police fire gunman in the David Masters killing

 David Scott Ziants, 28, the Fairfax County cop who shot and killed David Masters in 2009 has been fired for improper use of deadly force.  This is the first time a Fairfax County cop has been charged in an on-duty shooting. The action does give hope that the police department could be changing for the better.

    There are no winners or losers in this thing, one young man is dead and another, Ziants, has lost his career over a tragic mistake made in a moment’s overreaction and it’s wrong to say that a cop should not use deadly force until he knows with absolute certainty that his or her life, or the life of a citizen, is in danger. To pin the cops down to such a narrow interpretation is dangerous and would only result in dead cops. We want change, not dead police officers.

   It is also wrong to say that Officer Ziants should have been treated the same way anybody else would have been treated who shot and killed someone.   It’s awful that Mr. Masters was killed. But before he is anointed to Sainthood, he needs to be placed in proper perspective. The cops had due cause to stop Masters. He was accused of blatantly stealing flowers from a planter. While flower stealing evokes smirks, a thief is a thief is a thief. 

    The day before the shooting Master was ordered by police to pull his car over due to a driving infraction.  Masters decided he would evade the police for a while and drive on before he elected to stop.  That he did this in a “slow and not particularly dangerous manner” and that he had mental health issues misses the point.  No one likes being stopped by the cops but when the cops tell you to stop and pull over, we have to do it. It’s a common sense law we all agreed to when we took our driving test. 

    There was also a misunderstanding about Masters driving a stolen car.

    The circumstances of the shooting were far different from the facts that usually surround a fatal shooting.  Ziants didn’t fire in anger or out of revenge or even carelessness. 

     No, Ziants isn’t guilty of any of those things.  Ziants is guilty of carrying around the thug- mentality that permeates the Fairfax County Police Department. And that’s what we need to get rid of, not the young man who bought into the department condoned Zeitgeist of “Us-them” but the obnoxious punk mentality that is the Fairfax County Police.

   In that, firing Ziants was right, but right for the wrong reasons. There is a growing tide of resentment against the very expensive Fairfax County Police Department, the brass sees it and offered up Ziants as an appeasement.    

  However, as unfortunate as it is, the firing of Ziants the sacrificial lamb, shows that in a very small way that the department is finally starting to get it.  There might be, I stress the words might be, a glimmer of hope that the department wide mindset that the citizens are a nuisance to be tolerated could be ending and with it the attitude that no matter how badly a Fairfax County cop behaves, they’ll get away with it.   

    A very large part of the “they can’t touch us” mentality is Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Raymond Morrogh who filed no charges in this case, or for that matter, has ever really done anything to rein in the cops.  Firing Morrogh or cutting him out of all police cases will go a very long way in fixing the relentless, deadly and expensive social problem that is the Fairfax County Police.

  

   The current chief of police should also be shown the door along with his good friend Raymond Morrogh.  It isn’t that the chief has done a good job or a bad job.  It’s that we are at an impasse because the chief is stuck in a position that despite the evidence against the police, everyone is wrong about the cops and no change is needed.  Perhaps we should bring in a chief who wasn’t born and raised in the Fairfax County Police Department and might be able to see with better clarity where the problems are and how to fix them.   But instead of change, we get a massive public relations campaign by the police wherein they give each other awards on what seems to be a bi-weekly basis.



   Aside from the “the citizens are the enemy mentality” and the punk-arrogance attitude that affects some of the police on the force, the most pressing case against the police is their odd, scary ultra-secret no transparency mentality which is nothing more than an extension of the arrogance that killed David Masters.    



    The Fairfax County cops simply fail to understand two things; that they are little more than government workers who are not exempt from examination by the media, by citizens or by the government that pays them so very, very well and that Freedom of information requests are not the enemy. 



    The police should have released the dash-cam video of the Masters shooting, the police and witness interviews and the internal report.  But they didn’t and that has only added to the case against them and for decades to come writers will write about how the cops suppressed information to protect their department and may the public be damned.  It doesn’t matter if it’s true, that’s what the ages will report and eventually, that legacy will cost another cop his career and a few years in prison.

   

    What will help end the punk-arrogant attitude in the future is for the police to release the names of officers involved in shootings, beatings and other stupid behavior.  That way, the small part of the media that actually covers this sort of thing will be able to report on the officer’s prior disciplinary measures or citizen complaints against him and allow us to know that the cops are in fact watching the cops and taking actions to rid the department of the loons that tend to slip into jobs like this.



   The media, especially the electronic media, carries a great deal of the blame in bizarre “secret agent” mentality.  While the Washington Post has been aggressive, consistent and professional in unveiling all those details the cops don’t want the public to know, the rest of the media is generally nowhere to be found when it comes to looking into issues the cops would rather have kept out of the news.   In fairness, most of the media has been very much up to snuff on reporting on God-help-us-yet-another-another -cop-to- cop award and let’s not forget those death defying ride along feature stories….you can never really have enough of those.



    As long as the cops don’t have to worry about the media, they can pretty much do whatever the hell they want……and, generally, they do.  Oversight won’t cure that ill.

    Citizens, no matter how good their argument is, will never beat the cops on the cop’s home turf, and their home turf  is the Fairfax County Government building.  Citizens with a weak argument against the cops are lucky to get into the building at all but a few nights ago a group of people with a poor argument to reform the police through the formation of a citizens oversight committee did in fact, make their way into the building and then proceeded to shoot themselves in the foot.  

  Citizens, untrained and perhaps with an agenda, reviewing police complaints by fellow citizens against what is, admittedly, a dangerous and hostile police force, is a bad idea, almost as bad an idea as not having any citizen input into oversight  police misconduct.

   That the Fairfax County Police are essentially a group of roving thugs can’t be disputed but tossing together a bunch of folks with an axe to grind against the cops and calling it oversight isn’t the answer.  It borders on vigilantism.  Do that and your no better than the cops.

    Conversely, leaving the decision on how to rein in the cops in the greedy little hands  of the unscrupulous air head County Chairman Sharon Bulova is another bad idea.  A very bad idea.  Bulova, whose family lives off the public dole, takes campaign contributions from law enforcement lobby groups and in this matter lacks the ethics and the distance to make a decision that is in the best interest of the county.

   The plan that county government workers in the Board of Supervisors have come up with to review the practices of other country government workers in the police department is to bring in another county government employee to look into the situation.

    Take a wild scientific-ass guess what his conclusion will be…….go ahead guess.

   Here’s what’s going to happen.  The good ole boy auditor will first find out if there is a problem, identify what the problem is and then give the cops time to lie about how the problem doesn’t really exist.  Then the good ole boys auditor will examine police management practices and look over the system handling complaints against the cop’s  that is currently in place but not before giving the cops time to perform disappearing magic tricks with all the evidence against them .  When he’s finished the county supervisors will table a decision to do anything to fix the problem because the results of the finding are “in dispute” and nothing will change.

    The cops win again, the people lose.

    If we absolutely must go through this silliness, then the  best way to handle this is to bring in an outside auditor.  If we can afford to give the cops a navy and an air force and almost $200,000,000 and sweetheart retirement deals,  we can sure as all hell afford an outside auditor, someone who isn’t a member of the ole Dixie crowd from Fairfax.          

   As bad as this suggestion is, it’s still far better than bringing another good ole boy from Fairfax to examine the system and tell us nothing is wrong. You know that’s gonna happen and I know that’s what’s gonna happen, so why are we doing this?

    Currently, the police department handles complaints internally with no option for appeal.  The lack of an appeal "is the only gap we have," said Police Chief Rohrer proving how dense and out to lunch this guy is.

    Nothing at all will change within the Fairfax County Police force until two things happen; the very invested angry people who are demanding police oversight smarten up and build a political platform to replace the pro-police abuse members of the board of supervisors and Chief Rohrer is released with a nice pension.  Of course this could all be done in one swoop by firing the pro-police abuse members of the board of supervisors.

   You want change?  Stop working from the bottom up.  Work from the top down.  Form a voting block and fire the bastards who hire the cops because trying to effect change by forming a committee of five or six people and fighting the cops on their own turf is just plain stupid.  For the cops and their political hack friends this isn’t about right or wrong, this is about power.  The way they see it, you want their power and they are not going to give it to you.

   You want change?  Expose the cops for what they are.  Create a media list and open web sites.  Six months ago 2 people looked at this blog spot for less than a minute.  Last month and this month, 3,700 people read it for an average of five minutes or long.  In six months those figures will be tripled.  

  You want change?  Take your argument to the people and go door to door for two hours a day, seven days a week.  One field worker can cover ten houses with leaflets in 15 minutes.  Five people can reach 75 homes in 15 minutes.  That’s about 3100 a week who will hear your argument.

  Since there seems to be some sort of election every two and half weeks in Fairfax county, draft candidates and appoint people to work in districts to make sure police misconduct is a political issue in this county.

    One answer to improve things is to force the cops to live here.  The Fairfax County affordable housing program needs to be expanded and not ripped apart as “subsidized luxury.”  There are two reasons for this.   One is that not all of us are fortune’s son.  Our fathers didn’t hand us careers and a plush house in the suburbs.  But they did teach us to give a man a fair chance and to have compassion for those in our society who can least afford to withstand a misguided assault by ner-do well’s.

   We are not doing enough to insure that our teachers and cops and fire fighters can afford to live here, one of the most expensive places in the country.  We need to set aside  more subsidized units in new, well-located and desirable settings not less.



   The second reason is that the overwhelming majority of the cops on the Fairfax County Police Force live outside the county because they can’t afford to live here, and those are the senior members of the force.  The newer cops who are on the low end of the payroll are forced to live further and further away from the  place where they work and serve a vital role in the very likely event of an act of terrorism or other national emergency….we are a stone’s throw from the White House after all.  But more than that, if the cops lived here perhaps they’d drop their occupying force mentality and be less apprehensive and hostile to the people who pay them.





      

Cops hold YET ANOTHER award ceremony this one in the middle of an auction

Just because this um...portly...police officer looks that way doesn't mean his mentally unbalanced and has issues with his father.

National Police Misconduct report

  • BART CA settled a portion of a lawsuit for $1.3mil to the mother of Oscar Grant who was fatally shot in the back while he was restrained on a train station floor by a BART police officer. [0] http://bit.ly/koUlTE

    • Fairfax County VA cop was fired after an 18 month long probe for improper use of deadly force when he fatally shot an unarmed motorist when his truck started slowly rolling forward. The officer wasn’t charged by is still the subject of a federal civil rights investigation. [1] http://wapo.st/kcbqDx
    • Albuquerque NM settles suit for $950k to family of man fatally shot in the back by cop who was later fired for lying about what happened. [0] http://bit.ly/mRFfMu
    • Miramar FL & Broward Co FL sued by mentally challenged man exonerated after 29yrs in prison on charges the lawsuit claims were the result of officers intentionally framing him. [0] sunsent.nl/iYKNVc
    • Natchez MS cop pleads guilty to conspiracy to steal and use a man’s credit cards after beating him in the back of a police cruiser, he and another officer still face other charges in the case apparently. [0] http://bit.ly/lY5vHo
    • 2 Washington DC cops face felony charges for beating man while off duty at bar so badly that he lost an eye [0] http://bit.ly/mK7x0z
    • A third Washington DC cop is under investigation for allegedly failing to stop those officers as he watched them assault the injured man mentioned above. [0] http://bit.ly/mK7x0z
    • 2 Toronto ON cops sentenced to 1yr home detention for beating man when he called them “the rich man’s army” [0] http://bit.ly/lBqUza
    • Miami FL police accused of using excessive force on 52yr-old woman & her 85yr-old mom they claim roughed up a cop [3] http://bit.ly/jaANL3
    • Klamath Co OR deputy resigns before arrested on sexual abuse charges involving multiple women at vacation rental [0] http://bit.ly/m74ZAg
    • Arizona law enforcement agencies accused of excessive taser use in study by ACLU showing no reduction in shootings by cops [-] http://bit.ly/j24D8z
    • Savannah-Chatham GA cop arrested on fed drug trafficking & other charges for selling drugs he robbed from people [1] http://bit.ly/j0OOv2
    • Prince George’s County MD cop pleads to extortion & conspiracy to distribute cocaine & untaxed cigarettes charges [0] http://wj.la/mwmRju
    • Colorado Springs CO police sued by man falsely arrested on cop’s description of man w/tattoo he didn’t even have [3] http://bit.ly/m3GQjT
    • Edinburg TX cop arrested on official oppression charge for allegedly trying to kiss 18yr-old during traffic stop [0] http://bit.ly/mT9HLT
    • Guntown MS cop under secretive investigation after accused of almost running driver off road in cruiser, hazarding a guess I would say this appears to be a possible DUI incident. [4] http://bit.ly/lmyO3w
    • Charleston SC cop gets deferred sentence deal for breaking T-Mobile store window w/chair in fit of rage at worker [0] http://bit.ly/lUnQL2
    • Houston TX judge catches flack for filing complaint on cop who writes so many tickets he forgets about them in court[3] http://bit.ly/jUECBm
    • Houston TX cop fired for throwing tear gas grenade during BBQ cook-off at a rodeo in an off-duty dispute 4mo ago [0] http://bit.ly/j6E8DM
    • Salt Lake UT Unified police dept officer charged w/7 felony counts for inappropriate use of departmental gas card [0] http://bit.ly/isNXVh
    • Bennington Co VT deputy charged on allegations he threatened woman he was already charged w/assaulting [0] http://bit.ly/kfD7Uu
    • Casselberry FL cop arrested on felony charges after investigation into stalking & computer hacking allegations [0] http://bit.ly/iRlTsO
    • Orleans Parish LA deputy suspended after arrested on assault & violation of protection order charges [1] http://bit.ly/l7YWQc
    • Morgan County IN deputy arrested for public intoxication at country music concert where he had dispute with wife [0] http://bit.ly/ixZTA3
    • New Orleans LA cop suspended 5days for breaking man’s car window by hurling bottles & waffles from 10th floor balcony while drunk [0] http://bit.ly/mdwToW
    • Seattle WA police officer is under investigation after leaving his assault rifle on the trunk of his police cruiser when another officer then drove it away at the start of his shift. (pic) [0] http://bit.ly/kIQTwr

    Police misconduct

  • 5 Louisville KY cops sued alleging they beat man suffering from heat stroke while responding to pal’s call for help [3] http://bit.ly/kUc8bB

    • Hancock Co ME settles suit for $725k to man alleging he was falsely arrested & abused after off-duty deputy beat him[3] http://bit.ly/lZr2uK
    • Ft Myers FL settles suit for $69k to man claiming he was beat & choked by cop while shackled during interrogation [3] http://bit.ly/lIFlmI
    • Toronto ON cop gets probation in plea deal for holding taser to cuffed man’s genitals on video during questioning [0] http://bit.ly/kbakNj
    • New York NY (Manhattan) cop pleads guilty to faking evidence in 2 drug cases and teaching new cops to do the same [0] http://nydn.us/m7yozU
    • Campbell County TN deputy convicted on 10 of 16 aggravated sexual battery of a 10yr-old child charges [1] http://bit.ly/llg57Z
    • Harris County TX records indicate deputies are not following US DOJ and Taser Inc guidelines for the use of tasers [0] http://bit.ly/jihGkt
    • US Capitol police officer arrested on allegations he grabbed congressional employee’s breast & asked if she had bra [0] http://bit.ly/mEOnF2
    • Hoboken NJ settles suit for $2mil to 5 Hispanic cops claiming problematic SWAT cop discriminated against them [0] http://bit.ly/jqZ4YX
    • Evansville IN cop suspended 21days for ignoring alarm call while hitting on woman during improper traffic stop [0] http://bit.ly/iip7Cl
    • Polk Co WI loses suit in $260k jury award to deputy alleging retaliation for helping w/state probe into sheriff [4] http://bit.ly/ijwuxh
    • Houston TX loses suit in $17k jury award to disabled man injured by police during raid on nightclub [3] http://bit.ly/mqygn5
    • New York NY police accused of falsely arresting lawyer when he tried to advise client of his rights during arrest [3] http://nydn.us/jeVJcH
    • Des Moines IA cop charged w/domestic assault causing injury after alleged altercation w/girlfriend while drunk [1] http://bit.ly/kL4tC8
    • New York NY settles suit for $400k to woman injured in crash w/police truck that ran red light w/o slowing [0] http://bit.ly/iyUfOG
    • Salinas CA police sgt takes plea deal for probation in elder abuse case for stealing $40k from mom’s account [0] http://bit.ly/jImwJy

    Idiots at work

  • Detroit MI cops accused of abusing man in wheelchair, pushed him w/cruiser, then arrested veteran who complained [4] http://bit.ly/mzlRlr

    • Toronto ON police sued by woman in “Officer Bubbles” video claiming she was assaulted & falsely arrested at G20 [3] http://bit.ly/kMAlBl
    • Fort Worth TX cop caught punching a restrained chase suspect on news helicopter video, no comment from police [3] http://bit.ly/mcWOGk
    • Lowell MA cop indicted for allegedly raping 2 prostitutes under threat of arrest & soliciting sex from others [0] http://bo.st/kGmdp3
    • Alamance Co NC sheriff’s dept sued by US DOJ seeking access to interview employees during rights investigation [4] http://bit.ly/mxT7Ou
    • Dallas TX cop suspended 15 days for beating man that he found with his estranged wife while in uniform [0] http://bit.ly/kHhpgK
    • Lethbridge AB cop faces disciplinary hearing after admitting to abusing police database to keep track of girlfriend [0] http://bit.ly/lZG00k
    • Huntington Park CA police chief gets probation in plea deal dropping over 12 charges for creepy stalker-like acts [0] http://bit.ly/lSRLQY
    • Saginaw Co MI deputy charged w/6misd & 5 felonies for misuse of police database & forged vehicle certificates [1] http://bit.ly/kIpXp9
    • Butte Co CA deputy arrested on drunk driving charge after driving car off an embankment [0] http://bit.ly/iEAy0L
    • Spartanburg Co SC deputy under investigation after cited for rear-ending car in on duty accident [0] http://bit.ly/mBkGwk

  • New York NY police sued by cop who was kicked, clubbed & maced after mistaken for suspect at daughter’s bday party [3] http://bit.ly/kiePJf


  • Louisiana Supreme Court rules that warrantless searches of cars based on police hunches are permissible [-] http://bit.ly/mKV2W2
    • Charlotte NC police accused of threatening blogger w/arrest for photographing an arrest of man he reported [4] http://bit.ly/j0XxkP
    • 2 New Orleans LA cops face false reporting charges on allegations they planted drugs on man during false arrest [0] http://bit.ly/lxrvaz
    • Edinburg TX cop investigated after 18yr-old woman claims he tried to kiss her to drop ticket at traffic stop [0] http://bit.ly/kuJ0Nr
    • Saratoga Springs NY police chief suspended 1mo w/o pay for sending lewd texts to woman while on duty [0] http://bit.ly/iNq1w1
    • South Carolina state trooper fired after arrested for firing shot into home from moving car while drunk [0] http://bit.ly/keoZjf
    • New York NY (Bronx) cop arrested over series of text msgs in 2hr period that threatened to kill mother of his son [0] http://nyp.st/k0J9Ve
    • Connecticut state trooper arrested on assault & disorderly conduct charges in alleged domestic assault incident [1] http://bit.ly/j2RWy6
    • Cedar Rapids IA police won’t say whether cop photographed while drunk at bar w/police car was fired or quit [0] http://bit.ly/kWRcOb
    • Fullerton CA cop arrested on felony theft charge, caught on camera stealing iPad at Miami airport TSA checkpoint [1] http://bit.ly/kbLdMr

  • 7 Ottawa ON cops sued by man alleging he was beaten & arrested for asking to see warrant in masked drug raid [4] http://bit.ly/isYpBV



    • Ottawa ON cop sued by man claiming he was beaten for writing down cop’s license & falsely charged to cover it up [3] http://bit.ly/iMQFOI
    • Lewiston ID loses suit for $1,950 after jury rules officer used excessive force when he beat & tasered man [0] http://bit.ly/lR9ceB
    • 10-11 Fort Lee NJ cops disciplined for roles in leaving 5 teens locked in police van for 14hrs over noise complaint [1] http://bit.ly/kaoK1e
    • Rochester NY police accused of harassment by sending 4 cruisers to ticket cars during meeting about cop misconduct [3] http://bit.ly/lwra0B
    • Arizona DPS docs hacked by LulzSec reveal law enforcement fear of smartphone apps that let people record cops [3] http://bit.ly/mUBc9w
    • East Cleveland OH cop resigns in lieu of termination after woman alleges he hit on her & masturbated in cruiser [0] http://bit.ly/mbKgRs
    • Tavares FL settles suit for $25k to woman arrested for wet t-shirt after splashed at water park & not having ID [0] http://bit.ly/kIGWFU
    • Maui HI cop arrested for theft on allegations that he kept firearm turned in to police for himself [0] http://bit.ly/kTyPxP
    • North Myrtle Beach SC spent $47k for lawyers in failed bid to keep dashcam video of incident that led to cop being fired a secret [4] http://bit.ly/l0gHH0
    • Cripple Creek CO police officer accidentally tasers dispatcher in leg while playing around with his taser [0] http://bit.ly/m6skqr
    • Orleans MA cop disciplined after detained, but not arrested, by state trooper on suspicion of DUI & erratic driving [1] http://bit.ly/jv5niY
    • Massachusetts state trooper under investigation for detaining Orleans MA cop but not charging him in DUI incident [2] http://bit.ly/jv5niY
    • 4 RCMP mounties in BC face breach of trust & obstruction charges after probe into improper affair w/murder witness [1] http://bit.ly/ky2Jso
    • Philadelphia PA cop already facing brutality suit under investigation over her questionable MySpace pic in cop cap [0] http://bit.ly/lIKa54 Sure, I know, this is a very minor case of misconduct but it should be interesting to see if the dept disciplines her for this instead of the brutality complaint.

    Introducing the latest edition of the Fairfax County Air Force...no joke, they actually have an air force..we need ESL teachers and they have an airforce

    Good! Now this is progress

    Fairfax police train for mental health situations

    Well done, good work

    Fairfax officers pull woman from burning car

    Fairfax County Police Unveil New Bathrooms, electronic media outraged they can't go for a ride along




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    Idiots at work. The Fairfax County Police

  • Meriden CT police subject of 2 different excessive force suits involving officer who is police chief’s son [4] http://bit.ly/jmBvBa

    • Craven Co NC deputy arrested after investigation showed he lied about fatal 100mph patrol car accident [0] http://bit.ly/inmhYm
    • Albany NY settles suit for $250k to family of man killed in crash w/police cruiser that ran red light while responding to call [0] http://bit.ly/jZ6bO2
    • Knoxville TN police sued by 70yr-old woman who lost use of arm after mauled by police dog that got loose [0] http://bit.ly/mSR1kz
    • New Orleans LA cop accused by humane society probe of excessive force in fatal shooting of 3-legged pit bull [3] http://bit.ly/klOxyL
    • US Park police arrest 2 reporters in DC at public taxi commission meeting, one was arrested for taking pictures [3] http://bit.ly/jDA69a
    • South Burlington VT cop sued alleging he illegally searched woman for drugs 2x in 6mo, including a forced x-ray and a strip search in a public restroom [3] http://bit.ly/jZWSGc
    • 2 Talbot Co GA deputies & a Talbotton GA cop arrested on unspecified charges in federal drug corruption probe [1] http://bit.ly/j3azKg
    • Hamtramck MI cop pleads guilty to informing motorcycle club that the FBI was investigating & wiretapping them [0] http://bit.ly/mhRUsY
    • Columbus OH police sgt charged w/felony & misd sexual imposition involving caretaker while he was on sick leave [1] http://bit.ly/lmQcrc
    • Harlandale TX ISD police officer fired after allegedly pulling gun during argument with man in a bar [1] http://bit.ly/k99fsG
    • 4 Alton IL cops sued by man claiming they falsely arrested him, DA dismissed charges citing lack of probable cause [3] http://bit.ly/l7RLLm
    • Raleigh NC cop allegedly fired as part of probe into a number of officers accused of having sex w/prostitute [2] http://bit.ly/mjBrp4
    • Niagara Falls NY cop sentenced to probation, treatment & community service on domestic violence conviction [0] http://bit.ly/ms1b7g
    • Bartlesville OK police & police union sued by 2nd officer claiming harassment, discrimination & retaliation [3] http://bit.ly/kaPvZw
    • Philadelphia PA police institute reforms in settlement w/black cop’s assoc over racial internet comments by cops [0] http://bit.ly/joS89A
    • Albany Co NY settles suit for $85k to clerk claiming the sheriff did nothing to stop harassment by undersheriff [0] http://bit.ly/moWZ1Z
    • Smith Co TX deputy fired for unspecified reasons weeks after another deputy forced to resign after DUI arrest [2] http://bit.ly/inEk8H
    • Solon OH cop sentenced to $1000 fine, 3 days jail & 3 days treatment in plea to DUI charge for crashing into tree [0] http://bit.ly/jJHj03
  • A Hampton VA police drug raid on a 69yr-old man’s home based on an alleged informant’s tip accusing him of selling prescription pain pills is being questioned by neighbors & witnesses who appear to suggest police broke down his door without warning after several home invasions in the area which may have prompted the man to shoot before he was shot to death. [3] http://t.co/TfJRcGJ

    • An Orange County VA drug task force deputy has been charged w/indecent liberties w/a child under 15 & giving false reports to cops [2] http://bit.ly/jj649l
    • Hickman Co TN deputy pleads guilty to civil rights charges for taking nude pics of DV victims by telling them he needed them for his investigation when they were for his own personal gratification instead. [0] http://bit.ly/kCQTGU
    • A Scottsbluff NE cop resigned before arrested on 10 possession of child porn charges after images were found on his computer by a relative who was fixing it. [0] http://bit.ly/jbc7Rd
    • Rochester NY police are promising to review the arrest of a woman for videotaping police who were conducting a traffic stop in front of her home. [3] http://bit.ly/knU5hh
    • New York NY police are being sued by 2 men alleging that stickers on cabs that grant police the right to stop cabbies to ask if they are being robbed do not justify police to conduct invasive searches that they were subjected to just for riding in those cabs. [3] http://nyti.ms/jQKAWq
    • Madison Co KY deputy is being sued alleging he made up false charges against a man in order to illegally search his home. [3] http://bit.ly/jMpYdx
    • Myrtle Beach SC & Horry Co SC are being sued by a family claiming cops were negligent for arresting their teen son for crimes he didn’t commit based on descriptions he didn’t match. [3] http://bit.ly/jwWzAq
    • Caledonia WI cop resigned as part of a deal that dismissed charges against him for pointing a gun at a fellow officer while on duty [2] http://bit.ly/kuA87o
    • St Charles Parish LA sheriff’s lieutenant & his wife pled guilty to filing $800k in false tax returns by using IDs he stole from inmates in the parish jail. [0] http://bit.ly/ijpbNI
    • The 2nd of 17 Baltimore MD police officers who are charged with extortion involving a tow truck kickback corruption scandal has pled guilty to those charges. [0] http://bsun.md/kc8AtU
    • The Columbus GA Metro Airport police chief was arrested after witnesses reported seeing him break into a car at a movie theater parking lot. [1] http://bit.ly/m2YLl9
    • 2 Easton NY cops were arrested on drunk & disorderly charges in an unspecified off duty incident at an out-of-town hotel [1] http://bit.ly/jjsmRQ
    • And finally, the Dallas TX police department is investigating to determine if any of their officers, and how many, may have urinated in a fellow officers police car and on his uniform. [0] dallasne.ws/l01BBA