Minneapolis, Minnesota: A state trooper, who was named Cop
of the Year in 2002, has been found guilty of theft by swindle and four counts
of forgery. She took $1,500 from the International Association of Women Police,
and when a coworker discovered the money missing, she falsified a checkbook
register and financial records in an attempt to make the withdrawal appear
legitimate. She resigned after the incident. ow.ly/hvr2z
Nelsonville, Ohio: An cop was in court on a third-degree
felony charge of tampering with evidence levied against him. He is on paid
administrative leave. http://ow.ly/hvGuy
Update: Albemarle County, Virginia: A now-former police
lieutenant has pleaded guilty to embezzlement and was sentenced to 10 days in
jail. He later returned the $380 that he stole from a petty cash fund. The
lieutenant had been an cop for 27 years. http://ow.ly/hvNSU
Madison County, Tennessee: Two former law-enforcement cops
were in court, on unrelated charges. One was being charged with stealing money
from the passenger in a car. The other has been charged with attempted
first-degree murder, employing a weapon during the commission of a dangerous
felony, aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated assault. http://ow.ly/hvR6S
•Somerset, Massachusetts: An cop has been arrested and
charged with larceny under $250 by false pretenses, two counts of possession of
a class E substance and two counts of possession of a class C substance. http://ow.ly/hvU4m
•Bismarck, North Dakota: An cop has pleaded not guilty to
roughing up suspects during two separate arrests. A grand jury indicted him on
four counts. http://ow.ly/hw4Jv
•Alger County, Michigan: A deputy is facing possible charges
following the investigation into an alleged assault of an inmate. The deputy is
now on administrative leave. http://ow.ly/hw98j
•Naperville, Illinois: The wife of a man killed in a
motorcycle accident involving a state trooper has filed a wrongful-death
lawsuit, blaming the cop. ow.ly/hwaVa
•Swansea, Massachusetts: A long-time police cop is facing
drunken driving charges. He reportedly left the scene of a crash; the
responding cop claims the offending cop drove over a snow bank and away from
the cop when he first approached the car. ow.ly/htTg9
•Abita Springs, Louisiana: A police lieutenant was found
guilty of cocaine distribution. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison after a
judge decided that he fit the definition of a habitual offender. ow.ly/htPzr
•Henderson County, North Carolina: A state trooper has been
arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol. His driver’s license
was immediately revoked during his arrest, and he resigned from his position.
ow.ly/htCmV
•Martinsburg, West Virginia: A woman has filed a lawsuit
against a sheriff’s deputy and the Berkeley County Council for being falsely
arrested and wrongfully imprisoned after spending a night in jail. ow.ly/ht6nj
•Houston County, Georgia: An appeals court affirmed a
federal court ruling that a former state trooper did not have arguable probable
cause to arrest a man who cursed him during an incident. They found that the
man’s speech was protected. ow.ly/ht4mB
•San Luis Obiuspo, California: A detective has been arrested
by the FBI and charged with one count of bribery in a criminal complaint. The
Department of Justice Report says, “he allegedly took cash and narcotics from
two individuals. In return, the police cop allegedly provided these
‘cooperating witnesses’ with narcotics for their own use, as well as fake drugs
to sell to drug dealers.” ow.ly/ht3V2
•Miami-Dade, Florida: The police department has fired a
sergeant and two cops and suspended three others without pay in what is
considered one of the worst incidents of delinquency in the department’s
history. The accusation include: failing to respond to emergency calls,
pretending to be on calls when they weren’t and falsifying police records.
ow.ly/hrQER
•Indianapolis, Indiana: An cop has been charged with three
counts of robbery and three counts of official misconduct. He is accused of
robbing men during traffic stops. ow.ly/hredj
•Tattnall County, Georgia: A deputy was sentenced to nine
years in prison for selling illegal drugs he stole from the evidence room.
ow.ly/hrd95
•Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania: An cop has been fired. He
allegedly used “unreasonable force” on a suspect in custody and then lied about
the incident. The mayor recommended he be fired for “conduct unbecoming a
police cop.” ow.ly/hr9wW
•Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A police cop has been charged;
he fired 13 bullets in the direction of a building. After the police were
called to the scene, he made a false 911 call to distract them.
http://ow.ly/hoLTn
Update: Miami, Florida: Another cop has been charged. He
recently resigned while under investigation and pleaded guilty to extortion
charges. The charges are related to a FBI corruption probe involving a
police-protection racket for a sports-betting ring operating out of a
barbershop. http://ow.ly/hoOnU
•Hanford, California: An cop entered a no-contest plea to
carrying narcotics with intent to sell. He has resigned from the department.
Two witnesses testified that the cop supplied them with prescription drugs,
drug paraphernalia, and meth. http://ow.ly/hoWmD
•Independence, Iowa: A police cop who had an expired
driver’s license when his cruiser hit a woman’s car is being sued. A councilman
says that they city will defend the cop, but that the cop clearly screwed up and
got caught in this situation. ow.ly/hnX7K
•Quantico, Virginia: Virginia State Police are conducting a
criminal investigation of the Quantico Police Department after an audit
revealed $1,000 in cash was missing, along with marijuana and a handgun
belonging to the police chief. The chief resigned after he took a polygraph
test. http://ow.ly/hjnYw
•Boulder City, Nevada: Police Lieutenant Pieter Walkers
murdered his wife and son before committing suicide. http://ow.ly/hjohH
•Petersburg, Virginia: The son of the police chief, also a
police cop, is facing a DWI charge and allegations of driving that could have
endangered lives. He failed all standard field sobriety tests and refused a
breath test. Another cop obtained a warrant for his blood, but test results
have not yet returned an exact blood alcohol content reading.
http://ow.ly/hkjq6
•Huntington, West Virginia: A men has filed a federal
lawsuit against a police cop and the city, alleging the cop violated his civil
rights by beating him with a deadly weapon after he had been handcuffed.
http://ow.ly/hkmdl
•Update: Everett, Washington: The death of a mentally ill
man at the jail has been ruled a homicide. Homicide is a medical term that
means a person died as a result of another’s actions. It is up to police and
prosecutors to decide whether those actions may constitute a crime, such as
manslaughter or murder, or were legally justified. Police officials said the
case remains under active investigation. http://ow.ly/hkn2H
•Dayton, Ohio: A lawsuit filed by a mother and her mentally
challenged son against the city and two police cops has been settled for
$10,000. The suit claimed police cops assaulted the boy after mistaking his
speech impediment for disrespect. http://ow.ly/hknDO
•Update: Culpeper, Virginia: A jury found an cop guilty of
manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed woman. He could be sentenced
to up to 10 years in prison on the
manslaughter conviction, one to five for
shooting into an occupied vehicle and two to 10 for shooting into a vehicle
resulting in death. http://ow.ly/hkpdV
•Update: San Diego, California: Six women arrested during
the Occupy protests are suing the law enforcement agencies over a range of
alleged civil-rights abuses. One has said that law-enforcement cops used
excessive force to arrest her. ow.ly/hlpb7
•Camden, New Jersey: An cop was sentenced to 46 months in
prison. While in uniform and on duty, he engaged in a conspiracy with other
cops to deprive individuals of their rights by charging them with planted
evidence; threatening certain individuals with arrest using planted evidence if
they did not cooperate with law enforcement; conducting illegal searches
without a search warrant or consent; stealing money during illegal searches and
arrests; paying for cooperation and information with illegal drugs; failing to
report found drugs and stashing them to use as planted evidence; and preparing
false police reports or testifying falsely in court to conceal his actions.
ow.ly/hlmSO