The Fairfax County Police officer Walter R. Fasci/ Sean McGlone award for sober living. Fairfax County Police. Police brutality

Denville NJ cop sentenced to 3yrs prison for stealing oxycodone & heroin from evidence, compromising 40 cases [0] dailyre.co/y5we1f

Fraser-Winter Park CO cop charged w/burglary, tampering & official misconduct, broke into woman’s home while drunk [0] bit.ly/w1Elcu

Fairfax County Police Officer Larry A. Jackson award for false arrest. Fairfax County Police. Police brutality

2 Morgan Hill CA cops disciplined for illegaly searching detainee’s cellphone & posting pics from it on Facebook [0] bit.ly/A3speX

The officer Christian Chamberlain Award for “Fuck you, I’ll get away with it anyway” Fairfax County police . Police brutality

Fort Worth TX cop accused of excessive force in complaint by witness & woman who suffered broken arm in bar arrest [0] bit.ly/zfziUV

5 Peel ON cops investigated after judge finds they violated man’s rights w/brutality, illegal search & denied lawyer[4] http://bit.ly/wbpyQd

Bend OR police dog escapes from handler’s yard and attacks passing jogger, man treated at hospital [0] bit.ly/yxUKey

Murdered by your police

6 Philadelphia PA cops subject of suit by family of unarmed passenger in stolen car killed in barrage of 60 shots [3] bit.ly/y6UyYX

Clackamas Co OR sued by families of 2 women killed by deputy claiming sheriff & officials knew he was unstable [0] bit.ly/x4SjLR

Mendota Heights Police Chief Under Investigation for Ethics Violations

Mendota Heights police officers have accused Mike Aschenbrener of ignoring incidents of police misconduct.

Mendota Heights Police Chief Mike Aschenbrener is being investigated by the Carver County Sheriff’s office after Mendota Heights police officers accused him of ethical and criminal violations.

A letter of complaint by Mendota Heights police officers claims Aschenbrener ignored or declined to investigate incidents of police misconduct involving the theft of a picnic table, a cell phone, and a Dakota County Drug Task Force bag, according to Fox 9 News.

City Administrator Justin Miller confirmed that he received the letter last Thursday, at which time he submitted the complaint to Carver County Sheriff Jim Olson for investigation.

Aschenbrener is still operating in his capacity as chief, according to Miller. The city administrator said he consulted with the city’s legal counsel and determined that a leave “was not needed at this time, though that is something that can always change.”

The letter of complaint had been submitted to the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), who then forwarded the letter to Miller. Miller could not say how many officers filed the complaint.

Paul Monteen of POST said that they receive about 150 complaint letters a year, and operate as an impartial recipient.

Sandra Krebsbach, the mayor of Mendota Heights, told Patch that the investigation will not affect public safety in the city.

Aschenbrener has been chief of police in Mendota Heights since 2003. He started his career with the police department in Forest Lake, where he achieved a rank of acting chief. He also worked as an instructor for Alexandria Technical College. He holds a masters degree in Police Leadership and Education from the University of St. Thomas and holds a management certificate from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, according to his bio.

Coolican: Henderson officials out of loop on police brutality case, raising red flags

Henderson City Councilwoman Gerri Schroder only learned Monday that a Henderson Police officer was caught on tape kicking a restrained man in the head five times during a botched traffic stop in October 2010 that wound up costing the city $257,000.

By now the ugly incident is well known: Adam Greene was in diabetic shock and driving erratically when he was pulled from his car by police at gunpoint, forcibly restrained on his stomach and then kicked in the head by Sgt. Brett Seekatz. Highway Patrol troopers were also involved, and the whole thing was captured on video.

What’s concerning now, though, is that the people’s representatives on the Henderson City Council were left in the dark so long.

Where’s the oversight?

The attitude emanating from Henderson City Hall this week has been: Move along, nothing to see here.

Police Chief Jutta Chambers has declined interviews. The city wouldn’t say what discipline the officer received, but we know he wasn’t fired and apparently kept his rank. (By contrast, when Metro Police’s Bryan Yant killed Trevon Cole in a questionable shooting and was stuck on desk duty, Metro told the public. More contrast: What would happen if you or I kicked someone in the head?)

Mayor Andy Hafen released a statement, which reads in part: “What happened to Mr. Greene was wrong, and we regret the pain and suffering that he and his family endured because of it. As a result of what happened a year ago with Mr. Greene, our police department modified their training on the use of force. As a result, we have already seen the numbers of those types of incidents go down.”

The police department put out a similar news release, saying “use of force” incidents had declined from 567 in 2010 to to 396 in 2011.

A problem I had reporting this story Friday is that Henderson takes Fridays off. How Greek. (OK, to be fair, they work four 10-hour shifts.) Hafen didn’t return a message to his home. The police spokesman told me the chief was off.

Schroder said when she saw the video Monday she was “shocked” and “disappointed” and then happy to learn that Henderson Police “used this incident to further train officers to ensure this does not happen again.”

I asked if she had talked to Chambers, the police chief, about discipline meted out to Seekatz. Or about disciplinary procedures more generally. Or about whether the officer is still interacting with the public.

Schroder said the city charter prohibits her from interfering in personnel matters. She’s right, and for good reason: We don’t want part-time city council members meddling and micromanaging. The council supervises the city clerk, city attorney and city manager.

But she can’t even ask questions?

“I don’t want to be in violation of the charter, and I’m always cautious about that,” she said.

Here’s what the charter says: “Except for the purpose of inquiry, the Council and its members shall deal with the administrative service solely through the City Manager, and neither the Council nor any member thereof shall give orders to any subordinate of the City Manager, either publicly or privately.” (Emphasis mine.)

I’m no lawyer, but I think the City Council is entitled, nay, required to ask questions about its police force, the agency to which it has given a legalized monopoly on violence and kidnapping (and apparently head-kicking, too).

Councilwoman Debra March, who learned of the incident two weeks ago and only saw the video hours before the Tuesday settlement vote, said, “We’ve expressed concerns to our city manager. He knows we’re all concerned about the way this was handled.”

City Councilman Sam Bateman, who was elected in 2011, after the incident occurred, is also a Clark County prosecutor. He indicated the need for more aggressive oversight. (He too says he was only recently informed of the incident.)

Bateman said in an email that the conduct was not representative of the work of the “great men and women” of Henderson Police, though he said he didn’t think the officer’s actions rose to the level of a criminal offense.

He said he had talked to the chief about the incident, the discipline imposed on the officer and training to reduce use of force incidents.

“I am convinced that we can keep people safe without conducting ourselves in a manner that brings public condemnation and potential civil liability.”

That is more likely with rigorous public oversight.

Jeepers! You mean a police man may have lied to save his ass? Holy Gosh

An eyewitness to a fatal police shooting in Culpeper, Virginia is contradicting the State Police version of the story.

CULPEPER, Va. (WUSA) -- An eyewitness to a fatal police shooting in Culpeper, Virginia is contradicting the State Police version of the story.

Kris Buchele says he saw a Culpeper Town Police officer shoot 54-year-old Patricia Cook to death in the Epiphany Catholic School parking lot at around 10 a.m. Thursday, February 9.

Buchele is a carpenter who was working on the house next door. He says he heard loud arguing outside and looked through a window where he had a clear view of the school parking lot. Cook was in her Jeep Wrangler .

State police say Cook rolled up the window, catching the officer's arm inside, and then dragged him.

Buchele says it didn't happen that way. He describes an encounter which looked and sounded like the officer shooting a person a point blank range, not because he feared for his life, but because the woman did not obey his order to stop rolling up the window.

"He was right next to the vehicle. He had one hand on the door handle and one hand on his weapon. And she was rolling the window up. And they were exiting out of the parkng lot.

The window was half way up he said 'stop or I'll shoot.' I really didn't think he was going to do it. But she got the window all the way up and that's when he shot. And then she took a left out of the parking lot here and he stepped out in the street and fired five more times," said Buchele.

Buchele says the officer was not dragged and that he shot her before she drove away. He says he didn't have his arm caught because the officer's left hand was on the door handle and right hand was holding a weapon. Also, he says he distinctly saw her roll up the window all the way before the officer shot out the glass and killed her.

"I'm angry, frustrated, sad, and fighting back tears right now, " said Gary Cook, Pat's husband of eight years. He doesn't understand why a police officer would shoot his unarmed wife multiple times.

"Personally I think it may be an overreaction, maybe excessive force, but I can only surmise that," Cook said.

Cook says he doesn't know why his wife was in the parking lot of the Epiphany Catholic School. Their couple's pastor at Culpeper United Methodist Church thinks she may have been there searching for work with children because she loved her volunteer role teaching Sunday school at their church.


Gary Cook is filled with questions along with grief over his wife's killing. He is contacting an attorney to pursue possible legal action.

No charges have been filed. The Virginia State Police are investigating with the assistance of Culpeper Police and the Culpeper Sheriff's Department.

Virginia State Police say that the police officer had his arm caught in her driver's side window, and was dragged alongside the vehicle as she drove away.

According to Virginia State Police, at approximately 10 a.m. Thursday, Culpeper Police got a call about a suspicious women sitting in a Jeep Wrangler in a church parking lot in the 300 block of North East Street. The officer started talking to Patricia A. Cook, 54, of Culpeper. State police say that for some reason, while the officer was trying to get her identification, Cook "suddenly closed her driver's side window trapping the officer's arm and started driving away dragging the officer alongside."

Police say the officer repeatedly asked her to stop but the car kept going. Then shots were fired, and the Jeep wrecked in the 200 block of North East Street.

Cook was shot by the officer and died at the scene.

Her remains have been transported to the Office of the Medical Examiner in Manassas for examination and autopsy, police said.

"The Culpeper Town Police and Culpeper County Sheriff's Office are assisting State Police with the ongoing investigation," police said.

Written by Peggy Fox

This weeks sexual assault charges against your police

Fort Dodge IA cop takes plea deal for reduced extortion charge after arrested for 3rd degree sexual abuse [0] bit.ly/yacrcJ

San Diego CA cop sentenced to 8yrs 8mo for sexually battering female motorists during traffic stops [0] bit.ly/y3JvtA

(AP) SAN DIEGO — A veteran San Diego police officer was sentenced Friday to nearly nine years in prison for on-duty sexual battery and other crimes that were part of an embarrassing string of officer misconduct incidents that prompted major reforms in the department protecting the nation's eighth-largest city.

Former officer Anthony Arevalos was convicted of eight felony and four misdemeanor charges for soliciting sexual favors in exchange for not issuing traffic tickets against young women, some of whom were inebriated.

One woman was sexually assaulted in a convenience store bathroom in exchange for not being written up for a DUI.

The case capped a series of scandals that rocked the police force in one of the country's safest cities and raised questions about whether the department was turning a blind eye to the misconduct amid the plummeting crime rate.

Nearly two dozen officers were busted on allegations ranging from rape to drunken driving and domestic violence.

Chief William Lansdowne said public trust in the force had fallen so low at one point that people were verbally challenging officers when stopped for questioning.

He has taken measures to address the problem, including beefing up internal-affairs staffing and ethics training, reviewing use-of-force tactics, and conducting meetings with uniformed and civilian employees.

The 2,300-member department has seen improvement, spokeswoman Lt. Andra Brown said. But the problem has not completely disappeared. Last month, a former supervisor of Arevalos was charged with fixing a ticket for a friend, a deputy district attorney, who was also charged.

The case against Arevalos was among the most egregious of the department's scandals.

A jury convicted him of sexual battery, bribery, assault by an officer and false imprisonment. The crimes involved five women during an 18-month period starting in 2009. All were stopped in the downtown Gaslamp Quarter, known for its vibrant night life.

Arevalos was arrested last March after a woman reported he had stopped her in the district for failing to use a turn signal. The victim testified in court that after she tested above the legal limit for blood-alcohol content, Arevalos asked what she would be willing to do to make the DUI go away. He eventually led her to a nearby convenience store bathroom where he sexually assaulted her.

Arevalos was fired from the San Diego Police Department after he was charged in April.

Judge Jeffrey Fraser said it was significant that the officer targeted drunken young women who were vulnerable and could not call on anyone else for help.

"The defendant was their protector and he became a predator," the judge said. "If we can't trust police to protect us, who can we trust?"

The judge said the crimes will have a permanent impact on the victims.

"They will forever fear the police," he said.

During the sentencing hearing, prosecutor Sherry Thompson read the judge a statement from one of the victims who said she cannot sleep at night and is afraid of being alone.

"I still do not understand how for 18 years the sick propensities of Mr. Arevalos were ignored," the victim said in the statement about his time on the police force.

The sobbing officer begged the judge to have mercy on his family and not send him away. He apologized to the victims, the Police Department, community and his family.

"I realize my actions caused a lot of pain," said Arevalos, who must register as a sex offender. "I'm deeply remorseful and I pray for forgiveness."

Chief Lansdowne applauded the judge for "his handling of this difficult case and his thoughtful consideration concerning what punishment was appropriate for someone who so completely violated the public trust."

The chief also thanked the victims for stepping forward and said the sentence should make it clear that officers will be held accountable for their actions.

"As difficult as this has been for the San Diego Police Department, I believe we have emerged a stronger and more resilient organization," Lansdowne said in a statement.

The judge praised the department for its investigation of Arevalos.

"No matter how ugly it was they turned over every rock," he said. "Their job is to track down criminals even if it's one of their own, and they did that."

The defense had asked the judge to spare the 41-year-old father of two from jail time, pointing out that he had been a decorated police officer who removed drug dealers and rapists from city streets and saved a young boy's life during his career.

Fraser, however, said the eight-year, eight-month sentence was meant to punish Arevalos and act as a deterrent to any other potential violations of public trust by officers. The prosecution had asked for the maximum sentence of nine years, eight months.

This weeks child molestation charges against your police..where is the justice department?

 Conn. ex-cop gets 10 years for child porn

 (AP) HARTFORD, Conn. — A former police captain was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for amassing what authorities said was one of the largest and most disturbing child pornography collections they've ever seen in Connecticut, one that included images of infants and toddlers.

Former Granby Capt. David Bourque, 51, told a federal judge in Hartford that he had lost his way during the several months he was downloading and sharing child pornography images. He denied physically abusing any children.

"I spiraled out of control for six months," Bourque told Judge Alvin Thompson. "The fact that I viewed child pornography is beyond comprehension."

Bourque was arrested in April after authorities said they found nearly 22,300 images and more than 4,000 videos of child pornography on his computers, mostly involving prepubescent boys. He pleaded guilty to a single count of receipt and distribution of child pornography last July.

Bourque called child pornography a "horrible and illegal activity" and apologized to the children in the images as well as his family. But he asked Thompson for leniency.

"I am not a predator," said Bourque, who worked for Suffield police for years before his stint in Granby.

Federal prosecutor Raymond Miller said authorities recovered from Bourque's computers chats he had with others interested in child porn. In one chat, Bourque told someone that he was interested in boys under 14 and that he had "a couple" of real bondage, rape and torture videos, Miller said.

"The chats tell the story," Miller told the judge. "It shows his intents. It shows his desires."

Miller said child pornography repeatedly harms its victims.

"Watching these videos hurts the children in them. They're victimized again and again and again," Miller said.

Some victims of the images wrote letters to Thompson saying how their lives have been affected. The contents of those letters weren't disclosed.

Bourque's lawyer, Richard Brown, spoke for about two and a half hours, saying there were factors that led his client to watch child porn but that didn't excuse the crimes. He also said there was no way Bourque could have viewed all the child porn images on his computers because there were too many.

Brown said Bourque had developed post-traumatic stress disorder after years of responding to fatal car accidents as a member and leader of a regional accident reconstruction team in north-central Connecticut. Brown said Bourque responded to 150 to 200 fatal car accidents during his career. He also said his client was sexually abused as a child.

Brown said post-traumatic stress disorder "is a real condition and it affects people. In my opinion, it can skew their judgment."

Bourque wore a dark gray suit and cried at times during the hearing. Nearly 20 of his relatives and friends attended.

Bourque's viewing of child porn was out of character for a man who dedicated his life to public service and helping people, his supporters said.

"My sister and I still consider him the best father anyone could ever had," said his daughter, Caitlin Bourque, 24.

She said she was stunned when she learned about the charges, but she said people shouldn't forget all the good her father has done in his life including protecting the community and once saving a paraplegic from drowning in Maine. She said she has been devastated watching her mother and her father's friends abandon him.

David Bourque resigned from the Granby police department last year. Brown said Bourque accepted responsibility for his actions and sought treatment for mental health problems.

Bourque tried to avoid detection by installing sophisticated software on his computer, authorities said. And he used information gained as a police officer to assess the ability of other law enforcement officers to detect his criminal activity, prosecutors said.

Bourque at one point was investigating a child pornography case while collecting child porn on his time off, authorities said.

Prosecutors said in court documents that Bourque showed a "callous disregard" for the harm suffered by the children, telling his trading partners to "enjoy" themselves or "have fun" while viewing his collection.

This weeks child molestation charges against your police..where is the justice department?

Granby CT police capt sentenced to 10yrs for amassing & distributing massive & disturbing collection of child porn [0] huff.to/zXirCx

Cop Fired After Kicking Police Dog Gets His Job Back

After a couple of years of trials and appeals, the North Carolina Court of Appeals finally ruled that the trooper Charles Jones, who was fired from the force in 2007, is to be reinstated with back pay. Jones was dismissed from the job for using excessive force on his K-9, and he’s been battling to get his job back since.


What got him fired was one of the other troopers handing in two 15 second video clips that showed Jones kicking his dog to make him drop the chew toy he had in his mouth. Jones former supervisor Lt. Col. Cecil Lockley said in his testimony that they were planning to discipline Jones, but got instructions from “higher ground” to release him from his Highway Patrol position. The order came from then-governor Mike Easley’s office and wasn’t questioned. Lockley admits that Jones’ discipline method used on the dog named Ricoh was “ugly”, but not beyond the accepted training techniques.
John Midgette, executive director of the North Carolina Police Benevolent Association, said:
“These dogs are not pets. They are deadly weapons, and (if they are) not handled properly, people can get hurt – innocent people can get hurt.”
Jones is going to get a back pay of an estimated $200.000 – $240.000, and it is yet unclear whether he’s planning to go back to his old job or continue working for the Apex Police Department, where he was hired four months after he lost his first job.

The officer Christian Chamberlain Award for “Fuck you, I’ll get away with it anyway” Fairfax County police . Police brutality

Gary IN police officer to face misdemeanor battery charge over altercation with 71yr-old man at VFW post [0] http://bit.ly/w7fbHo

Port Jefferson OH cop pleads guilty to vandalism & firearm charge after admitting to lying about shootout & crash [0] bit.ly/z8PJ83

This week’s candidates for the Brian Sonnenberg Peaceful Resolution to Conflict Center Award. Fairfax County Police. police brutality

Dallas TX police detective resigns after hundreds of family violence case files found neglected in his garage [0] cbsloc.al/wox2JU

Columbia Co WI deputy believed to have set fire to home & killed self after fired & arrested on minor charges [0] bit.ly/AjkUei

The Fairfax County Police Officer Jeffrey Hand Award for Creative Income Production. Fairfax County Police. Police Brutality

Braddock PA cop facing burglary/bribery trial now faces more charges for stealing from evidence & coercing a prostitute to take part in a fake sting op where he stole money from a deaf man he pretended to arrest. [0] bit.ly/Aucd9d

Lakewood WA cop charged w/embezzling $120k from fund established for cops killed on duty, used it on Vegas trips [0] bit.ly/zBjDnZ

2 Toronto ON cops under investigation into what happened to cash raised by t-shirt sales for fallen cop’s kid [0] bit.ly/zSqRD2

Jefferson Parish LA deputy resigns in an insurance fraud scandal involving 2 New Orleans cops, one of which committed suicide over the allegations. [0] bit.ly/zd4cCf

Superior WI cop gets stayed 10 day jail sentence & community service in plea deal for stealing from fellow cops [0] bit.ly/xE42Zi

Philadelphia PA cop gets probation in plea deal to obstruction & oppression for stealing hundreds from panhandlers [0] bit.ly/zoDWlU

sexual assault by your local police

Gwinnett Co GA deputy resigns after arrested on sexual assault & violating oath charges for sex w/female inmate [0] bit.ly/AokJCM

Palm Beach Gardens FL cop was sentenced to 1 year in jail on a sexual battery charge for groping a cuffed woman in the back of a cruiser [0] bit.ly/xHTF3y

Honolulu HI cop failed to show up at sentencing for sexually assaulting prostitute because he allegedly fled to Morocco [0] bit.ly/A2T37X

Murdered by your local police

Toronto ON man says he regrets calling cops who fatally shot man armed with scissors, says it was unnecessary [3] http://bit.ly/x8iOF6

Pennsylvania state trooper suspended after charged w/DUI & vehicular homicide over fatal off-duty head-on crash [0] bit.ly/x8pcvq

Chicago IL federal jury awards $1.35mil to family of man assaulted in bar then fatally shot by off-duty cop [0] bit.ly/yyWQkh

Fairfax County Police Officer Amanda Perry award for Safe Driving. Fairfax County Police. Police brutality

Pennsylvania state trooper suspended after charged w/DUI & vehicular homicide over fatal off-duty head-on crash [0] bit.ly/x8pcvq

The Fairfax County Police officer Walter R. Fasci/ Sean McGlone award for sober living. Fairfax County Police. Police brutality

Prince George’s Co MD cop suspended after arrested on drunk driving and other traffic offenses while off duty [0] bit.ly/wrxz5X

Oceanside CA police accused of coverup in cop’s DUI case after fired cop releases audio tapes backing allegations [4] bit.ly/xJ5RA5

Dallas TX cop fired over multiple allegations including that she lied about being robbed to cover up drug buy [0] bit.ly/wy4H5p

Pennsylvania state trooper suspended after charged w/DUI & vehicular homicide over fatal off-duty head-on crash [0] bit.ly/x8pcvq

 

Kansas City MO cop fought off 7 cops who peppersprayed her & forced her into restraint chair after DUI arrest [0] bit.ly/zeBK7b

Marion Co IN deputy arrested on public intox charges threatened troopers saying “my people will handle this” [0] bit.ly/zUAr2B

Dallas TX police officer arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, on restricted duty while investigated [0] bit.ly/xsDXKf

Fairfax County Police Officer Larry A. Jackson award for false arrest. Fairfax County Police. Police brutality

Nashville TN now-retired cop named in suit alleging he assaulted & arrested doctor for not divulging patient info [0] bit.ly/zXPvoz

Chicago IL settles class action suit for $6.2mil for mass arrest of 700+ people during 2003 anti-war protest [0] bit.ly/zq5HDT

Bay City MI cop accused of finding athelete in restaurant to give him ticket over his FB post about profiling stop [4] bit.ly/wqoDmg

This week’s child molestation charges brought against your locla police

Memphis TN cop gets 8 years for shooting himself in a bid to get the attention of an underage girl he liked then falsely accusing the teen’s relative of shooting him, apparently after having the teen’s home shot up, plotting to have her boyfriend shot, and giving her drugs as well. [0] bit.ly/z0u8nR

Boone IA cop charged with sexual exploitation of a minor and dissemination of obscene material to a minor [0] bit.ly/x8hHBM

Winnemucca NV cop pleads guilty to exchanging over 2,400 explicit text messages in span of two weeks with a 15yr-old girl [0] bit.ly/vZ8blI

Officers Ryan Lazisky and Chris Crawford to marry in four days.

Fairfax County Police Officers Ryan Lazisky and Chris Crawford have announced plans to marry in New York State. According to a release from the station, Lazisky and Crawford, were on assignment at the Springfield Mall when they met and fell in love.

Police Chief Rhorererer-er said he was pleased to hear about the pending marriage and added “Let me make this analogy about my Gay officers and marriage.  If a tree falls in the florist, where would you bury the survivors.? I think that about says it all.”

The chief also said that he would be giving the officers a plaque and an award because “I put in a couple hundred grand for plaques and an awards in the budget, cause you know, it ain’t my money, so why not? Hell I don’t live in Fairfax County”

The couple said that after their vows they would be living outside of Fairfax County as well.

The Fairfax County Police Officer Jeffrey Hand Award for Creative Income Production. Fairfax County Police. Police Brutality

Milwaukee WI cop sentenced to 28 days jail for stealing the identity of a 7yr-old boy to purchase a Mercedez Benz [0] bit.ly/zLx7dr

New York NY cop pleads guilty to 4 conspiracy counts involving smuggling of guns, cigarettes and slot machines [0] on.wsj.com/xPwdfV

 Chatham-Kent ON cop sentenced to probation for resisting arrest while arrested on B&E and assault charges [0] bit.ly/wQD3HM

West Terre Haute IN cop arrested on felony theft charges for allegedly using city gas card for personal purchases [0] bit.ly/AoMIua

Philadelphia PA cop gets probation & fine in plea deal for insurance fraud by falsely reporting his car was stolen. [0] bit.ly/zFmwIG

Idiot for a lifetime award...

Pensylvania state trooper tells DA he let truck driver in fatal crash go w/minor violation just so he could retire [0] bit.ly/x9xVz4

The Fairfax County Police officer Walter R. Fasci/ Sean McGlone award for sober living. Fairfax County Police. Police brutality

 •2 New Orleans LA cops are the subject of a federal investigation on insurance fraud allegations involving a report about a stolen car and subsequent cover up. [0] bit.ly/yuVM5A

 Miami Co OH deputy faces 7 counts of using deception to obtain prescription pain medication [0] bit.ly/xd3Mja

•San Antonio TX police lieutenant, 3 sergeants and 2 officers are being investigated for their alleged attempt to cover up a fellow cop’s DUI crash in his police cruiser[0] bit.ly/xB84Mq

•New Orleans LA cop arrested on hit & run charges after investigation into alleged DUI cruiser crash [0] bit.ly/z7GxkD

 •Douglas Co MO deputy convicted of conspiracy to steal drugs from evidence and distribute narcotics, marijuana, and other stuff. [0] bit.ly/y4TNAJ

This week’s candidates for the Brian Sonnenberg Peaceful Resolution to Conflict Center Award. Fairfax County Police. police brutality

Kendall Co IL deputy investigated for yelling at a man’s pregnant wife because he felt she was holding up the checkou line at WalMart, he then allegedly pulled a gun on that man when they got into an altercation over it. [0] bit.ly/wpywwD

Luzerne Co PA deputy charged w/terroristic threats & harassment against former

domestic partner in bar incident [0] http://bit.ly/xnlVtg

•Ontario Provincial police officer has been charged with assault causing bodily harm in an unspecified off duty incident. [2] bit.ly/wNtGNg

•Mahoning Co OH deputy agrees to retire after an investigation into unspecified misconduct discovered during a polygraph [1] bit.ly/w4dsIu

 •Lee Co FL deputy suspended 4 days for using badge to intimidate a  property owner’s agent as he was inspecting an apartment that the officer’s girlfriend was being evicted from. [0] newspr.es/yvy7Q0

Fairfax County Police Officer Amanda Perry award for Safe Driving. Fairfax County Police. Police brutality

Saginaw MI settles suit for $15k to man left injured after cop hit his vehicle in intersection [0] bit.ly/ADHWjK

This weeks child molestation by your local police

Bradford Co FL deputy who worked as a school cop has been charged with having unlawful sex with a minor after he was fired for domestic violence and child neglect recently. [0] bit.ly/yR3FyD

Murdered by your local police

Cincinnati OH cop who refused to give a statement to investigators about why he shot an unarmed man to death is now the subject of a lawsuit over that shooting incident. [3] http://t.co/kZwq26Yn

2 Mason OH cops are the subject of a lawsuit claiming that they continued to repeatedly taser, kick, and beat a man with batons after he was rendered incapacitated when they tasered him and he fractured his skull as he landed face-first on the pavement. They claim they kept tasering and beating him because he wouldn’t put his hands behind his back… until they realized he couldn’t. He died afterward. [3] http://bit.ly/wSDoXV

Vermont settles suit for $190k to the family of a woman who died after laying in the snow overnight after troopers went to the wrong address after a relative called asking for a welfare check the day before. [0] bfpne.ws/A5w2qg

Fairfax County Police Officer Larry A. Jackson award for false arrest. Fairfax County Police. Police brutality

Houston TX police are being investigated for detaining people without charge and racking a shotgun as a threat of force while they were responding to a noise complaint at a Free Thinkers conspiracy group’s party, all of which was captured on multiple cellphone cameras. [0] bit.ly/zgvGXW

Detroit MI police are being sued over the practice of issuing questionable tickets for driving through or living in areas they claim are known for prostitution or drug crimes [4] bit.ly/xVaREp

The officer Christian Chamberlain Award for “Fuck you, I’ll get away with it anyway” Fairfax County police . Police brutality

Minneapolis MN police are being sued claiming 2 cops killed a mentally ill man with excessive tasering & positional asphyxia from holding him down on the ground with a knee in his back for an extended period of time. [3] bit.ly/xHm4tu

•Roanoke Co VA cop is under investigation for allegedly pulling a man over in an unmarked cruiser and assaulting him in front of his kids. [2] bit.ly/ydraIX

•Albuquerque NM cop is under investigation over his use of force and abusive language that was shown on a YouTube cell video [0] bit.ly/xnCiMm

•Merrillville IL sued by doctor claiming a cop twisted his arm & arrested him for questioning why he gave him a parking ticket in a hospital parking lot when he parked close to the door due to an emergency. [3] bit.ly/yN4g4h

Henderson NV is settling a lawsuit for $158k to a man who was repeatedly kicked in the head by a cop when he was yanked from his car after stopped for erratic driving while he was suffering from diabetic shock. Officers can be heard on the dashcam talking about being worried that it was caught on video. [0] bit.ly/wauaUc

Indian River Co FL deputy has been fired after dashcam video, above, contradicted his report in an excessive force incident where the deputy pulled over and repeatedly tasered a cuffed suspect in the back of his cruiser because he was being loud and obnoxious. [0] bit.ly/wGIEL3

•Pittsburgh PA plans to offer $75k to absolve the city in the Jordan Miles beating case. The lawsuit will continue against police department for the officers who brutally beat him when they claimed they mistook a 2 litre soda bottle in his pocket for a gun. [0] bit.ly/x5iW7A

•2 Prince George’s Co MD cops are under investigation after video contradicted their report about a shooting incident. [1] cbsloc.al/yWSuvC

Activists march against recent city shootings

New Brunswick community residents protested Tuesday at the corner of Seaman Street and Remsen Avenue against recent police shootings, supporting the existing concerns with local police brutality.

A crowd of about 70 protestors walked through the streets of New Brunswick after the New Brunswick Police Department’s involvement in the recent shooting of 19-year-old city resident Victor Rodriquez.

Rodriguez had fired a gun on Seaman Street near Remsen Avenue at 6:14 p.m. on Jan. 31, when New Brunswick officers on routine patrol shot him. The shot left him injured and possibly paralyzed.

Rodriguez’s relatives said the two shots he fired were blanks.

Andrea Rodriguez, Victor Rodriguez’s aunt, said she wants the police to start taking care of the local citizens instead of increasing brutality toward city residents.

“We want them to stop shooting our people,” she said. “We want them to work for the community, protect the community and not hurt the people living here. That’s what we are looking to get out of this.”

Debra Key, a New Brunswick resident, said the message of the protest focused on the deteriorating relationship between the NBPD and the local citizens.

“I’m here for justice for Barry Deloatch and for Victor Rodriguez. The police are plaguing our streets as we — all the people in the community — are trying to live,” Key said.

Barry Deloatch, a 47-year-old New Brunswick resident, was shot and killed during a Sept. 22 altercation involving two New Brunswick police officers, Daniel Mazan and Brad Berdel, in an alleyway near Throop Avenue and Handy Street.

During the time of the incident, Mazan’s attorney Lawrence Bitterman said in a statement that Deloatch was armed with a two-by-four piece of lumber allegedly used to attack Mazan, when Berdel shot Deloatch.

The New Brunswick Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association Local 23 and 23A issued a statement last week stating the officers used justified force during the incident.

The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office is currently investigating both shootings. A grand jury is expected to begin hearing the Deloatch case next month.

Normon Gordon, New Brunswick resident, said further steps should be taken to educate against the violence that is affecting the city.

“The streets belong to the mayor and to the police — we have no rights down here,” Gordon said. “We need to tell these little young kids trying to be [gang members] to stop that nonsense and stay with the positive.”

Tony Vega, a New Brunswick resident, said that, like most people who were present the night of the shooting, Tuesday’s protestors believe police used an unnecessary amount of force — a problem that was not prevalent in the past.

“I was here when it went down and it was overkill. It was a bad situation,” he said. “We want the cops to be more neighborhood-oriented, like back in the day when cops would come around and say hello to people around the community.”

Key said the community has a duty to take their voices downtown to receive justice for what was done to Rodriguez and Deloatch.

Fahiym Torres, a community organizer, said the recent series of events unified the community, bonding local citizens together to try and solve the injustice they believe has been brought upon them.

“After the Barry Deloatch incident and now this unfortunate situation, we wanted to show that it wasn’t just about one race, but something concerning the entire city and community,” Torres said.

The protestors were not trying to further hurt the relationship between the police and the local citizens, but wanted to raise awareness about many of the city’s social problems, Torres said.

“This is not a police-bashing thing. This is for people to know that they cannot ridicule, pull over, shoot or commit any [forms of] corruption,” he said.

Torres said the protestors would remain persistent in achieving their goals of fighting social injustice.

“We have to stop the violence. We are here to fight corrupt policemen, we are here to fight a corrupt system,” he said. “Once something happens, whether once or 10 times in a row, you have to keep doing it and making your voice heard.”

Feds plan to file additional charges against former Danville cop

MARTINEZ -- A federal prosecutor told a judge Tuesday that she plans to file additional criminal charges against a former Danville police officer indicted in connection with a scheme to set up men for drunken-driving arrests.

U.S. Assistant Attorney Hartley West would not comment on the nature of the charges pending against Stephen Tanabe but said she plans to file them before Tanabe's next federal court date March 20. Tanabe's criminal case stems from a probe into allegations of rampant corruption involving an elite Contra Costa County vice squad.

Tanabe has pleaded not guilty to a December federal indictment that charges him with two counts of extortion, one count of aiding and abetting in extortion and one count of conspiracy to extort -- all "under color of official right" by abusing his position as a police officer.

He denies allegations that former private investigator Christopher Butler paid him in drugs and guns to make DUI arrests on men whose spouses were seeking leverage in divorce and child-custody cases. Butler, Tanabe, former Central Contra Costa Narcotics Enforcement Team commander Norman Wielsch and former San Ramon officer Louis Lombardi also are being prosecuted in Contra Costa County as part of the police corruption scandal that started with Wielsch and Butler's arrests one year ago.

Lombardi was taken into federal custody last month after admitting to nine felonies and misdemeanors in the first conviction to result

Fatal police shooting of unarmed teen Ramarley Graham conjures Amadou Diallo shooting; galvanizes a community

Killing of African immigrant in 1999 in Bronx spurred protests, vigils

Outside the Wakefield home of Ramarley Graham, family and friends silently tend to the growing memorial to the unarmed teen shot dead by police last week.

More than 100 candles and bouquets of flowers filled the sidewalk Monday. Posters reading “I love you Ramarley,” and a handful of photographs of the 18-year old hang from the gate.

There are other posters too, ones that read “Stop Police Brutality” and “Stop Killing Our Youths,” that echo a community’s calls for justice reminiscent of the Amadou Diallo shooting in the Bronx 13 years ago.

“Anytime you end up having an unarmed person, particularly someone of color, who gets shot and killed by police, it brings back all of the old stories,” said State Assemblyman Carl Heastie.

Diallo died in a hail of police bullets at his Soundview home on Feb. 4, 1999. After mistaking Diallo’s wallet for a gun, four officers fired 41 times, hitting the 23-year old Guinean immigrant 19 times.

Graham was shot in the bathroom of his house on E. 229th St., last Thursday after cops had chased him in mistaken belief he had a gun.

In both cases the cops were white.

The two shootings are eerily similar, said Borough President Rubén Díaz, Jr. Back in 1999, he was among hundreds of people arrested outside Police Headquarters while protesting the Diallo shooting. At the time, Diaz was a state assemblyman.

“What you get in instances like this,” he said, “is a certain segment of the population who feel like this could happen to anyone of them, who feel they can identify with the family.”

In the days following the shooting, there have been several rallies, a town hall meeting and candlelight vigils.

But while protestors in the Diallo case were labeled “rabble rousers,” Díaz said, the response to Graham’s shooting has been markedly different.

“The difference is that here the police officers involved have been taken off the streets, there’s an immediate internal affairs investigation subsequent to Mr. Graham’s death, and we have an immediate meeting with police, elected officials, community leaders and family members,” he said.

“People are very upset and rightfully so. What we need here is a full investigation and for the family to feel like they’re being treated with respect and getting justice.”

Bronx Community Board 12 Chairman Rev. Richard Gorman echoed the borough president’s call for a swift investigation.

“I think a lot of the anger and concern in the community has to do with the fact that we don’t have all the facts yet,” he said.

Gorman added that the shooting also brings to the forefront the community’s ongoing policing problems.

Drug sales have been long been a problem along the White Plains Road commercial strip and for the last 15 years Gorman has been calling for more police patrols.

“This (shooting) only highlights the traditional problem we’ve had in terms of police and the lack of adequately trained police personnel to deal with the problem,” he said.

“Maybe they should listen a little more to the people and things like this wouldn’t happen