Here are the reports of police misconduct tracked for Wednesday, December 15, 2010:

Its time to have a national conversation about the national police problem




 

Regular Stupid Cop Behavior

Portland Oregon has settled a lawsuit for $338,000 to a woman who was 80-years-old when she was injured by a cop who hit her with his police cruiser while he was distracted by his dashboard-mounted computer

Austin TX police are being sued by man left injured when he was hit by a patrol car that ran a stop while the officer behind the wheel was texting on his dashboard computer

The Washington DC police department is being accused of failing to calibrate their breathalyzer machines for at least the last 10 years… by the man they just hired to take care of those machines