They shot him dead for stealing sunglasses while they were in a wooded
area, out of public sight AND THEY GOT AWAY WITH IT
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Two FCPD leaders dropped from wrongful death lawsuit over fatal police
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Fairfax County VA has settled a lawsuit for $2,000,000
Fairfax County VA has settled a lawsuit for $2,000,000 to the family of man who was fatally shot by a SWAT team officer while unarmed during a raid that was heavily criticized because it was for the non-violent crime of taking bets on football games. The officer claimed the shot was accidental when he hit his arm on his car door which caused his finger to slip into the trigger guard and squeeze the trigger but forensic evidence prepared by the family’s lawyer contradicted that claim.
Three Denver CO police officers are
Three Denver CO police officers are the subject of a lawsuit alleging they brutally beat a 19-year-old man during a traffic stop because he refused to let them search his trunk without a warrant. The suit alleges officers beat him for several minutes with radios, batons, and flashlights and that one of the officers was also involved in the highly publicized DeHerrera beating that was captured on video. The man, shown in the photo above, also claims that after the beating one officer told him “Where’s that warrant now, you fucking nigger?” and that officers then conspired to falsely charge him to cover for the beating, charges which later fell apart and were dismissed.
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Martinsville VA and Taser Inc are being sued by the mother of a 17-year-old boy who was unarmed when a Martinsville officer shot him in the chest with a taser which was determined to have caused his death in the absence of any other possible contributing factors.
An unspecified number of Portland OR cops and US Marshals are being sued by a man who was tackled while on his knees and complying with commands by officers who detained him at gunpoint. The suit then alleges officers jumped on him, tasered him twice, then released a police dog on him which attacked him so severely he required two operations and still suffers nerve damage from the multiple bite wounds. It turned out that the man police attacked was completely innocent, had no record, and was simply walking home from the grocery store at the time. Police claim he was injured for not complying.
A Sarasota County FL deputy has been fired for using excessive force, inappropriate language, and for conduct unbecoming when he arrested a 17-year-old girl on a bus after she was accused of attacking someone. The incident was caught on video, shown above, and while the officer claimed he felt justified using force because it was a battery call, other witnesses on the bus complained it was excessive and an internal investigation confirmed it.
An unspecified number of Cleveland OH cops are under investigation on allegations, made by other officers, that they used excessive force when they beat a suspect after a car chase that was captured on video from a police helicopter. Officers who have reviewed the tape confirm it appeared egregious but police are refusing to release the video until their investigation is complete. Other officers may also be under investigation for watching the beating but not reporting it or stopping it.
A now-former Freemansburg PA cop is the subject of a lawsuit claiming the officer unnecessarily forced a family off the road and arrested the driver at gunpoint. The officer then cited the driver for an unspecified traffic violation and let him go. The department is denying the claims but also says the officer was going through a problematic period of time in his life, had already been arrested and disciplined over multiple misconduct incidents before this incident, and was fired shortly afterward.
A Columbus IN cop has been sentenced to probation in a plea deal for falsely reporting that drugs that were found on a jail’s intake area floor belonged to a female detainee. The deal dropped several other felony charges and the judge gave the officer a misdemeanor sentence for the remaining felony charge of false reporting.
An unspecified number of Guelph ON cops are under investigation after they prematurely declared a woman dead and refused to allow paramedics or firefighters access to the woman until an investigator taking video of the body noticed it twitching. The woman survived but the chief is demanding answers because he says it’s not the job of officers to declare deaths unless a person is well beyond obviously dead due to decay or dismemberment for just such a reason.
The police chief of Windermere FL has been arrested on multiple charges on allegations that he used his position to shield his friend from a criminal investigation into child molestation allegations and lied in order to do it.
An Avon Park FL cop has been charged for falsifying documents and omitting information during an attempted homicide investigation in an alleged attempt to shield his ex-girlfirend who was involved in the incident.
A Center TX police detective has been charged with perjury over his grand jury testimony about a fight between two Shelby County deputies.
A Flagler County FL deputy has been arrested on allegations that he stole several thousands of dollars in cash from evidence and replaced the money with paper towels in an attempt to cover it up.
A Palos Verdes Estates CA cop has been sentenced to probation and fines in a plea deal for embezzling money from his police union.
A Toledo OH cop has been sentenced to 6 months of electronic detention and probation after accepting a plea deal to theft in office charges for timesheet fraud.
A Central SC cop has been suspended after he was arrested on a domestic violence charge on allegations that he threw a crucifix at his wife then grabbed her by the neck and threw her down on a couch.
Two Beaumont TX cops have resigned after they pled guilty to records tampering charges that were related to a drug bust.
A US Border Patrol agent has been arrested for harboring illegal immigrants and drugs in his home. One of those immigrants was his father who had been deported previously on drug charges and was found during a SWAT raid on his home.
A New York State trooper has had his drivers license suspended for six months after pleading guilty to drunk driving charges and for leaving scene of an accident. However it’s unclear if he’ll be fired since he was briefly suspended without pay but is now back on duty.
A Massilon OH cop has been sentenced to 20 hours of community service, a $400 fine, had his license suspended for six months and must put special yellow plates on his car to warn others that he’s a convicted drunk driver after he was arrested with a .28 BAC, which is 3x the limit, when he crashed into a utility pole. He’ll be allowed to drive for work after 15 days though.
And finally, a Pineland TX cop has been arrested on drunk driving charges after police responded to a call from an EconoLodge complaining that the officer was taking food from their breakfast buffet without permission and caught him speeding away from the motel.
An unspecified number of Portland OR cops and US Marshals are being sued by a man who was tackled while on his knees and complying with commands by officers who detained him at gunpoint. The suit then alleges officers jumped on him, tasered him twice, then released a police dog on him which attacked him so severely he required two operations and still suffers nerve damage from the multiple bite wounds. It turned out that the man police attacked was completely innocent, had no record, and was simply walking home from the grocery store at the time. Police claim he was injured for not complying.
A Sarasota County FL deputy has been fired for using excessive force, inappropriate language, and for conduct unbecoming when he arrested a 17-year-old girl on a bus after she was accused of attacking someone. The incident was caught on video, shown above, and while the officer claimed he felt justified using force because it was a battery call, other witnesses on the bus complained it was excessive and an internal investigation confirmed it.
An unspecified number of Cleveland OH cops are under investigation on allegations, made by other officers, that they used excessive force when they beat a suspect after a car chase that was captured on video from a police helicopter. Officers who have reviewed the tape confirm it appeared egregious but police are refusing to release the video until their investigation is complete. Other officers may also be under investigation for watching the beating but not reporting it or stopping it.
A now-former Freemansburg PA cop is the subject of a lawsuit claiming the officer unnecessarily forced a family off the road and arrested the driver at gunpoint. The officer then cited the driver for an unspecified traffic violation and let him go. The department is denying the claims but also says the officer was going through a problematic period of time in his life, had already been arrested and disciplined over multiple misconduct incidents before this incident, and was fired shortly afterward.
A Columbus IN cop has been sentenced to probation in a plea deal for falsely reporting that drugs that were found on a jail’s intake area floor belonged to a female detainee. The deal dropped several other felony charges and the judge gave the officer a misdemeanor sentence for the remaining felony charge of false reporting.
An unspecified number of Guelph ON cops are under investigation after they prematurely declared a woman dead and refused to allow paramedics or firefighters access to the woman until an investigator taking video of the body noticed it twitching. The woman survived but the chief is demanding answers because he says it’s not the job of officers to declare deaths unless a person is well beyond obviously dead due to decay or dismemberment for just such a reason.
The police chief of Windermere FL has been arrested on multiple charges on allegations that he used his position to shield his friend from a criminal investigation into child molestation allegations and lied in order to do it.
An Avon Park FL cop has been charged for falsifying documents and omitting information during an attempted homicide investigation in an alleged attempt to shield his ex-girlfirend who was involved in the incident.
A Center TX police detective has been charged with perjury over his grand jury testimony about a fight between two Shelby County deputies.
A Flagler County FL deputy has been arrested on allegations that he stole several thousands of dollars in cash from evidence and replaced the money with paper towels in an attempt to cover it up.
A Palos Verdes Estates CA cop has been sentenced to probation and fines in a plea deal for embezzling money from his police union.
A Toledo OH cop has been sentenced to 6 months of electronic detention and probation after accepting a plea deal to theft in office charges for timesheet fraud.
A Central SC cop has been suspended after he was arrested on a domestic violence charge on allegations that he threw a crucifix at his wife then grabbed her by the neck and threw her down on a couch.
Two Beaumont TX cops have resigned after they pled guilty to records tampering charges that were related to a drug bust.
A US Border Patrol agent has been arrested for harboring illegal immigrants and drugs in his home. One of those immigrants was his father who had been deported previously on drug charges and was found during a SWAT raid on his home.
A New York State trooper has had his drivers license suspended for six months after pleading guilty to drunk driving charges and for leaving scene of an accident. However it’s unclear if he’ll be fired since he was briefly suspended without pay but is now back on duty.
A Massilon OH cop has been sentenced to 20 hours of community service, a $400 fine, had his license suspended for six months and must put special yellow plates on his car to warn others that he’s a convicted drunk driver after he was arrested with a .28 BAC, which is 3x the limit, when he crashed into a utility pole. He’ll be allowed to drive for work after 15 days though.
And finally, a Pineland TX cop has been arrested on drunk driving charges after police responded to a call from an EconoLodge complaining that the officer was taking food from their breakfast buffet without permission and caught him speeding away from the motel.
Here are the 21 reports of police misconduct in the US tracked in the National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Tuesday, January 11, 2011:
Pleasantville NY police and Mount Pleasant NY police are being sued by the family of a Pace University student and football player who was shot to death by police in October in a questionable incident that is still under investigation and a cloud of controversy.
A California Highway Patrol officer has been arrested for the shooting death of her husband 2 years ago. She originally claimed it was done in self-defense but family and friends of her husband universally described him as being non-violent but that she had severe drinking issues. Police also found her account questionable and their investigation culminated in her eventual arrest on allegations it was an intentional act of homicide.
A West Bloomfield MI police detective has cost that town $1,800,000 in a wrongful imprisonment/wrongful prosecution lawsuit settlement made to a family who’s father was jailed for 80 days on false rape charges along with their mother who was also briefly jailed while their two autistic children were sent to separate foster homes. The suit against the police claimed the detective essentially forced a highly questionable confession from the family’s autistic son in a horrifying videotaped interrogation and that the initial allegation was dragged from their severely autistic daughter through highly questionable methods that were almost nothing more than a Ouija board. Their suit is still in progress against county prosecutors, children’s services, and the school district for their roles in this disturbing case. The video of the interrogation of the family’s son is available on the site linked above.
Two Fresno CA cops’ actions have resulted in a $75,000 settlement made to a homeless man who was shown on amateur video being beaten while arrested in a public park.
A Selma AL cop has been arrested on 2nd degree rape charges involving a person between the ages of 12 to 16-years-old that came about after an investigation by local and state police. Further details have not yet been released about the case.
A Louisville KY cop has been suspended without pay for 30 days as disciplinary action for violating policy when he caused a fatal accident while doing 80mph in a 45mph zone while on-duty. The officer and his lawyer are fighting the discipline saying it’s too harsh while the family says it’s not enough for causing the death of their loved one, especially since the police chief wanted to fire him.
Another Louisville KY cop is on paid leave while under investigation and facing criminal charges after he allegedly started swearing at a mentally challenged female customer inside a McDonalds then escalating a confrontation with a woman who came to her defense until he finally pulled a gun and told the women “what are you bitches going to do now?” Patrons called 911 at this point and the officer fled. The officer, of course, insists he has a different version of events to tell, but hasn’t shared them yet.
An RCMP staff sergeant has been charged with perjury over his testimony as a blood-splatter expert during a 2009 murder trial that occured shortly before he retired.
A Trenton NJ cop has been arrested for simple assault and kidnapping over an alleged domestic dispute he had with his girlfriend.
A Hinesburg VT cop has been arrested on domestic violence allegations involving an alleged incident at his home involving his girlfriend.
An Edmonton AB police constable has been charged with theft for allegedly stealing money while executing a search warrant.
A Parma OH cop received probation as part of a plea deal over charges for stealing several live flash-bang grenades while he was a member of the police department’s SWAT team.
The Nashville TN police department is now admitting that their statistics that have shown a steady and sharp decline in the number of forcible rapes in that city were artificially low due to mislabeled reports that were uncovered due to complaints from rape victims and an investigative report in the media that prompted an audit.
A Dougherty County GA deputy has been arrested on multiple charges for allegedly accessing and releasing information he gained from a jail database without permission.
A now-former Eddy County ND sheriff has been charged with the misapplication of entrusted property on allegations that he used government funds to purchase personal items for himself.
Three Dallas TX cops are being disciplined for failing to arrest men that were found with guns, one of which was stolen, and then falsifying reports to cover it up and lying to investigators looking into the allegations.
A now-former Parma OH police sergeant has pled guilty to record tampering and falsification charges for conspiring with a doctor to hide the fact that he was color blind during his hiring process. The officer in question had written articles for police newsletters including one entitled “Police Ethics is Not an Oxymoron.”
A Carmel IN cop has been suspended while under investigation on allegations he hit on women that he pulled over and even followed one home after a traffic stop.
A study of Texas school cops has revealed that there have been at least 1,000 elementary students, some as young as 6-years-old, who were arrested on misdemeanor charges for garden variety school disciplinary issues like acting out in class instead of being disciplined through the usual principal office visits, detentions, or what have you. The study also indicated that more arrests occurred in schools with large minority populations and where the number of officers has been increasing.
A Tucson AZ police lieutenant has been sentenced to probation and must pay about $17,000 in restitution for his fraudulent use of a police union credit account.
A Philadelphia PA cop has been arrested on multiple charges after an investigation into allegations that he was spotted drinking at a bar while on duty then driving away in his police cruiser.
A Sault Ste Marie MI cop has been sentenced to probation and must pay $1350 in fines and fees after pleading guilty to a .17 BAC DUI charge.
A Racine WI police investigator has been cited for DUI after he apparently crashed into a snow plow that was parked in a driveway while off-duty in his personal car.
A cop is accused of misconduct every 15 minutes in America
A Worcester MA cop is the subject of a lawsuit filed by a woman from Chicago, with the help of the ACLU, who claims that the officer used excessive force when he injured he by throwing her to the ground and sat on her for several minutes because she objected to how he was treating her friend during a traffic stop. The suit also claims that the officer told another officer who arrived on the scene later that she was being arrested for “yapping about her rights.” She was later found not guilty of disorderly conduct but was convicted for resisting arrest, which she is also appealing since there was no basis for the arrest.
A Jennings MO cop has resigned after an internal investigation determined that he violated policy and was unjustified in shooting at a fleeing car that had an infant in the back seat because the car presented no danger to himself or others at the time.
A Newark NJ police sergeant has pled guilty to obstructing an investigation into allegations that he had sex with minors at his home and the police station he worked out of by trying to coach one of the alleged victims in his testimony.
An Uplands Park MO cop has pled guilty to a conspiracy to deprive rights charge for helping a fellow officer shake down women for money and property during traffic stops and alleged prostitutes for money and sex on about 10-15 occasions. The other officer previously agreed to a plea deal dropping 10 of the 19 felony charges against him which included allegations that he forcibly sexually assaulted some of the women he shook down, sometimes at gunpoint. However, it appears as though that officer is trying to back out of that plea deal, insisting that, somehow, the women obtained his DNA through means other than him sexually assaulting them.
A Sanford FL cop won’t face any disciplinary action but four officers will be required to attend additional training after a surveillance video contradicted the officers account of an incident where he approached a car full of people with his gun drawn at a gas station then grabbed onto its door handle as it drove off. The review determined the actions were unsafe and the attempted murder charge he attempted to file against the driver were unfounded. Oddly, the investigation apparently lost a witness statement that also contradicted the officer’s account of what happened.
A North Las Vegas NV cop has been sentenced to pay a $250 fine and perform 40 hours of community service in a plea deal to an obstruction charge for lying about how his badge stopped a bullet in a fake shooting incident where he made up a story about chasing an armed suspect. An investigation determined his badge was damaged by a screwdriver instead.
An Erie County OH sheriff’s lieutenant was given a 5-day suspension without pay for refusing to respond to a call made by a woman who was left injured and bleeding after being raped. He instead sent a less-experienced deputy to answer the call while he decided to sit and relieve a dispatcher instead.
The Gallatin TN police department may lose their access rights to a national police database after their police chief was not disciplined when a state investigation found that he had abused his access to that database. City officials are defiantly standing behind the chief and, while state officials say they won’t criminally charge him, they say something has to be done on an administrative level about what happened.
A Cottonwood Heights UT cop who once ran for sheriff and congress has been arrested on 2 felony misuse of public funds charges on allegations that he used a city gas card to fuel his personal vehicles.
A Harahan LA police patrol commander has resigned and another officer has been suspended while the FBI investigates allegations that they may have misused up to $80,000 in federal grants.
A Cincinnati OH cop and his girlfriend received suspended jail sentences and probation for torching their own car in order to get out of making payments on what they owed for the vehicle.
A Roswell NM cop has been arrested on domestic violence charges for allegedly beating & kicking her cop husband then admitting to it when she turned herself in.
A Somerset OH aux cop who apparently was fully certified and had full arrest powers, (an important distinction for us since we only track cases involving sworn or certified officers), has been charged with aggravated drug trafficking after a sting operation caught him buying “bulk” amounts of Oxycodone and transporting those drugs from Florida to Ohio for sale to his customers.
A Florida A&M University FL cop has pled guilty to conspiring to distribute marijuana and for making false statements to federal investigators who were looking into those allegations.
A Spokane County WA deputy has been sentenced to 15 days of home detention for driving while intoxicated. He must also use an ignition interlock device in order to drive but the sheriff has said he is ordering an exception to that court order so he can drive without one at work, but swears it’s the last time he’s making such an exemption for deputies caught driving drunk.
A Modesto CA cop has been sentenced to 7 days in jail after pleading guilty to DUI and having an open container in his jeep when he crashed it down an embankment while off-duty.
An Alexandria VA cop has been arrested on DUI charges after crashing his unmarked cruiser into a pole while off-duty.
And finally, a Youngsville LA assistant police chief has been arrested on drunk driving charges after he got behind the wheel of a stuck “party trolly” while a tow truck was trying to get it unstuck. Apparently, he mistakenly put it in gear and dragged the tow truck onto a road where he crashed into the tow truck and a utility pole… and yes, I wish there was video of this.
A Jennings MO cop has resigned after an internal investigation determined that he violated policy and was unjustified in shooting at a fleeing car that had an infant in the back seat because the car presented no danger to himself or others at the time.
A Newark NJ police sergeant has pled guilty to obstructing an investigation into allegations that he had sex with minors at his home and the police station he worked out of by trying to coach one of the alleged victims in his testimony.
An Uplands Park MO cop has pled guilty to a conspiracy to deprive rights charge for helping a fellow officer shake down women for money and property during traffic stops and alleged prostitutes for money and sex on about 10-15 occasions. The other officer previously agreed to a plea deal dropping 10 of the 19 felony charges against him which included allegations that he forcibly sexually assaulted some of the women he shook down, sometimes at gunpoint. However, it appears as though that officer is trying to back out of that plea deal, insisting that, somehow, the women obtained his DNA through means other than him sexually assaulting them.
A Sanford FL cop won’t face any disciplinary action but four officers will be required to attend additional training after a surveillance video contradicted the officers account of an incident where he approached a car full of people with his gun drawn at a gas station then grabbed onto its door handle as it drove off. The review determined the actions were unsafe and the attempted murder charge he attempted to file against the driver were unfounded. Oddly, the investigation apparently lost a witness statement that also contradicted the officer’s account of what happened.
A North Las Vegas NV cop has been sentenced to pay a $250 fine and perform 40 hours of community service in a plea deal to an obstruction charge for lying about how his badge stopped a bullet in a fake shooting incident where he made up a story about chasing an armed suspect. An investigation determined his badge was damaged by a screwdriver instead.
An Erie County OH sheriff’s lieutenant was given a 5-day suspension without pay for refusing to respond to a call made by a woman who was left injured and bleeding after being raped. He instead sent a less-experienced deputy to answer the call while he decided to sit and relieve a dispatcher instead.
The Gallatin TN police department may lose their access rights to a national police database after their police chief was not disciplined when a state investigation found that he had abused his access to that database. City officials are defiantly standing behind the chief and, while state officials say they won’t criminally charge him, they say something has to be done on an administrative level about what happened.
A Cottonwood Heights UT cop who once ran for sheriff and congress has been arrested on 2 felony misuse of public funds charges on allegations that he used a city gas card to fuel his personal vehicles.
A Harahan LA police patrol commander has resigned and another officer has been suspended while the FBI investigates allegations that they may have misused up to $80,000 in federal grants.
A Cincinnati OH cop and his girlfriend received suspended jail sentences and probation for torching their own car in order to get out of making payments on what they owed for the vehicle.
A Roswell NM cop has been arrested on domestic violence charges for allegedly beating & kicking her cop husband then admitting to it when she turned herself in.
A Somerset OH aux cop who apparently was fully certified and had full arrest powers, (an important distinction for us since we only track cases involving sworn or certified officers), has been charged with aggravated drug trafficking after a sting operation caught him buying “bulk” amounts of Oxycodone and transporting those drugs from Florida to Ohio for sale to his customers.
A Florida A&M University FL cop has pled guilty to conspiring to distribute marijuana and for making false statements to federal investigators who were looking into those allegations.
A Spokane County WA deputy has been sentenced to 15 days of home detention for driving while intoxicated. He must also use an ignition interlock device in order to drive but the sheriff has said he is ordering an exception to that court order so he can drive without one at work, but swears it’s the last time he’s making such an exemption for deputies caught driving drunk.
A Modesto CA cop has been sentenced to 7 days in jail after pleading guilty to DUI and having an open container in his jeep when he crashed it down an embankment while off-duty.
An Alexandria VA cop has been arrested on DUI charges after crashing his unmarked cruiser into a pole while off-duty.
And finally, a Youngsville LA assistant police chief has been arrested on drunk driving charges after he got behind the wheel of a stuck “party trolly” while a tow truck was trying to get it unstuck. Apparently, he mistakenly put it in gear and dragged the tow truck onto a road where he crashed into the tow truck and a utility pole… and yes, I wish there was video of this.
Police misconduct for January 8th and 9th, 2011:
Baltimore MD police are being accused of overreacting and indiscriminately firing into crowd after an undercover officer allegedly pulled his firearm during an altercation that some say started when he was confronted for being rough with an unidentified woman. The resulting gunfire killed the undercover officer and another person while leaving three women and another officer wounded. So far, police can’t say that anyone other than the police opened fire.
Eight Springfield MA cops are the subject of a lawsuit alleging that they intentionally broke a man’s ankle while arresting him on drunk and disorderly charges then forced him to walk on it while taunting him and denying him medical attention. Two of the officers were ultimately disciplined over the incident with three days off without pay.
The Davidson County TN sheriff’s office is the subject of a lawsuit filed by a US citizen who was mistakenly kept in jail on a immigration hold twice despite offering ID, a valid Social Security number and even his original birth certificate as proof he was born in the US. The suit, interestingly enough, challenges the sheriff’s right to enforce federal immigration laws due to the wording in the Nashville city’s charter and state laws which limit that sheriff’s department’s law enforcement role.
A Cheyenne WY cop has been charged with aggravated assault with a weapon and false imprisonment on allegations that he kicked and handcuffed his wife then threatened her and their infant with his gun during a domestic dispute.
A Sacramento CA cop has resigned as part of a deal that will dismiss felony charges against him for brandishing a weapon during an argument with his girlfriend.
A Snohomish County WA deputy has been arrested on felony domestic violence changes in an unspecified incident and no details released include what the relationship was with the person he allegedly assaulted.
The police chief of Hubbard OH has been placed on paid leave for second time in his career while he is under investigation over various allegations including insubordination, misuse of city property and “jeopardizing the health of the police department”. However, the specifics aren’t being released and some of what’s going on seems a little suspect so I’m not sure about adding this one to the database yet, we’ll see how it unfolds.
A Charleston SC cop has been suspended without pay after arrested on drunk driving charges.
A Schenectady NY cop has been charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident after he crashed his father’s car then left the scene. A snowplow driver asked if he needed help and reported his license plate when he thought the man seemed drunk. Police then tracked him to his dad’s house where he lives.
Eight Springfield MA cops are the subject of a lawsuit alleging that they intentionally broke a man’s ankle while arresting him on drunk and disorderly charges then forced him to walk on it while taunting him and denying him medical attention. Two of the officers were ultimately disciplined over the incident with three days off without pay.
The Davidson County TN sheriff’s office is the subject of a lawsuit filed by a US citizen who was mistakenly kept in jail on a immigration hold twice despite offering ID, a valid Social Security number and even his original birth certificate as proof he was born in the US. The suit, interestingly enough, challenges the sheriff’s right to enforce federal immigration laws due to the wording in the Nashville city’s charter and state laws which limit that sheriff’s department’s law enforcement role.
A Cheyenne WY cop has been charged with aggravated assault with a weapon and false imprisonment on allegations that he kicked and handcuffed his wife then threatened her and their infant with his gun during a domestic dispute.
A Sacramento CA cop has resigned as part of a deal that will dismiss felony charges against him for brandishing a weapon during an argument with his girlfriend.
A Snohomish County WA deputy has been arrested on felony domestic violence changes in an unspecified incident and no details released include what the relationship was with the person he allegedly assaulted.
The police chief of Hubbard OH has been placed on paid leave for second time in his career while he is under investigation over various allegations including insubordination, misuse of city property and “jeopardizing the health of the police department”. However, the specifics aren’t being released and some of what’s going on seems a little suspect so I’m not sure about adding this one to the database yet, we’ll see how it unfolds.
A Charleston SC cop has been suspended without pay after arrested on drunk driving charges.
A Schenectady NY cop has been charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident after he crashed his father’s car then left the scene. A snowplow driver asked if he needed help and reported his license plate when he thought the man seemed drunk. Police then tracked him to his dad’s house where he lives.
Idiot cop, idiot behavior
A Pulaski County KY deputy is accused of using excessive force on several occasions by witnesses that include cops from other departments who have been testifying at a pretrial hearing for a criminal case. Oddly, the trial isn’t against the officer but against a person he arrested who is trying to prove the officer has a long history of using excessive force then filing false charges to cover for it. Included the nine incidents described are allegations that were caught on dashcam showing the deputy beat a cuffed person with a baton and testimony from an officer claiming he saw the deputy punch and repeatedly kick a handcuffed man to the point he felt it should qualify as assault. The judge heard the testimony to determine if the line of defense can be used in trial. A Houston TX cop is under investigation after two witnesses stepped forward to contradict his version of a fatal shooting incident that left a young woman dead. While the officer claims he shot the robbery suspect when she pointed a gun at him and refused to drop it, the witnesses are saying they saw no gun and the officer opened fire immediately after he stepped out of his cruiser and announced himself.
The Monterey County CA sheriff’s office is investigating one of their own SWAT raids that left a man dead when a flash-bang grenade set his home on fire. Apparently the swat team raided the home because they thought the man in question was with a suspect in a shooting case but it turned out that he wasn’t. The department claims they wanted to get him anyway because he was wanted on unrelated warrants, though it’s not clear that those alleged warrants would have justified a raid like this.
A Hamilton County TN deputy is on leave while under investigation for accidentally shooting suspect in the leg with his rifle during a heavily armed SWAT raid for the manufacture of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.
A Washoe County NV deputy has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and community service in his plea deal on charges for fatally striking a bicyclist with his police SUV
An Edmonton AB Canada cop has been charged with assault in an incident that left a prisoner injured after the officer attacked him when he became enraged over an argument they had.
A New Haven CT cop is now facing his 9th excessive force investigation within the last 6 years. While only one of the previous complaints was ever sustained by internal investigations the officer has never been disciplined. This time he’s accused of tasering and choking a handcuffed refugee from Colombia who was visibly shaken while filing his complaint despite facing military officers in the war-torn nation he fled who would threaten him with death for his human rights work there
A Philadelphia PA police sergeant has been charged with assault, unsworn falsification and abuse of office after he falsely arrested a Uhaul manager, who called police to report a truck he reported as stolen was found, for assaulting him but a video instead showed the officer ripping up a paper the manager had written his cruiser number on to file a complaint and then lifting him off the floor by his neck until he went limp. The officer was no stranger to complaints, the city settled a suit two years ago after he fatally shot a 15-year-old in questionable circumstances and had an altercation with a doctor at a mental facility early in his 21-year career. He’s been suspended with intent to dismiss
A Windsor Locks CT police sergeant has been arrested on allegations that he interfered with an investigation into a fatal accident his son, a cop, has been accused of causing while drunk even though police never tested him that night… even though video showed him drinking at a bar prior to the accident.
A Knox County TN deputy has been sentenced to 34 months in prison for stealing a crime victim’s ID and using that information to open fake credit accounts to buy furniture for herself.
A Louisville KY cop has been fired on 68 separate violations of departmental policies while she is facing a lawsuit filed by five separate people who claim that officer falsely arrested them then lied in her testimony at trial, claims which were part of that investigation.
A Connecticut state trooper and a Cromwell CT cop are the subject of a lawsuit claiming that the trooper stopped a man while off duty then ordered a Cromwell cop he called to arrest him even after the man explained he wasn’t drunk but had MS instead, which can be confused for intoxication. The man was then give two breathalyzer tests which showed a 0.0 BAC but the trooper insisted that he be charged anyway. The case was eventually nolled which means it will eventually be expunged from the man’s record.
An East St Louis IL police lieutenant has been suspended after he tried to get into a council meeting that he had been ordered to stay away from after he was accused of threatening a councilman during a previous council meeting while he was on duty. A Ball LA cop has pled guilty to theft of FEMA funds that occurred after a hurricane. As part of the plea deal he has agreed to testify against the police chief, mayor, and others who were also implicated.
Two Bernalillo County NM sheriff’s sergeants and a lieutenant who are members of the DWI unit are under investigation on allegations of timesheet fraud.
Two Prince George’s County MD cops have been suspended while under investigation on allegations that one of them allowed a former officer to use his police cruiser on multiple occasions and to determine how he got possession of the other officer’s uniform which he used to perform fake traffic stops and rob people.
A Clarksville TN police sergeant has been suspended while under investigation on allegations he sent threatening text messages to his son and another cop, though it appears as though the messages weren’t threats directed at either of the two.
A Henderson County TN deputy has been fired after a judge jailed him on a contempt charge for defying a court order demanding he give his wife certain pieces of property in their divorce case.
A Richwood LA cop has been fired for refusing to answer a call for assistance and other unspecified complaints.
A Floyd County GA cop has been sentenced to probation for slashing the tires of a truck he had chased which ended up belonging to his suspect’s uncle.
The sheriff of Washington County ME is requesting investigative files from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency involving at least two of his deputies who he suspects may have committed criminal acts while they were assigned to that agency.
A Shreveport LA cop is on leave while the subject of a criminal and internal investigation into an unspecified incident.
The Cherokee County NC Sheriff’s Office is the subject of an unspecified investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation.
The Fond du Lac WI police department is being sued by a reporter claiming the department is violating that state’s open records law by refusing to release a disciplinary investigation report involving a cop who received a 3 day suspension for slamming a handcuffed detainee’s head into a table.
The Hastings MN cop that had been forced to be rehired by an arbitrator who insisted that running down a suspect with a police cruiser was grounds for being fired and who was under investigation on allegations that he stole a $10 corkscrew from a restaurant, has been charged with theft over that incident which was apparently witnessed by an off-duty officer from a different department.
Six Fair Lawn NJ cops are the subject of a lawsuit alleging they used excessive force when they beat, kicked and maced a man on video in a holding cell. The man claims they attacked him for no reason when he went to zip up his sweater but officers claim it was because he put his hands in his pockets, pockets they searched three times before uncuffing him.
Anchorage AK has settled a lawsuit for $35,000 to a woman claiming an officer used excessive force when he used a hobbling device on her when he arrested her in her home on suspicion of drunk driving charges after she protested when he allegedly dragged her through dog shit.
San Joaquin County CA has settled a lawsuit for $130,000 to a 5-year-old girl and her mom who were hit by bullet fragments when a deputy shot their dog.
Canada – 2 Toronto Ontario cops who were investigated on allegations that they beat a man who was already beaten by other officers during a G20 protest are now the subject of another excessive force investigation.
A DeKalb County GA cop has been arrested on multiple statutory rape and child molestation charges involving a 15-year-old girl.
A Pennington County SD deputy has been fired and arrested on child pornography and sexual contact with a child charges.
A York County SC deputy is the subject of a lawsuit filed by the family of 74yr-old Holocaust survivor who was killed when struck by a deputy’s cruiser while he was out for one of his routine walks. The family claims the deputy failed to properly inspect his cruiser before taking it out because it had a non-functioning headlight.
Four Kansas City KS cops who are members of a SWAT team have been suspended after they were arrested, but not charged, by FBI agents following a sting operation triggered by unspecified complaints of misconduct and corruption. It’s rumored that the ongoing investigation involves allegations of thefts during raids.
A Jennings MO cop has been suspended while under investigation for firing at a fleeing car after the chase had been called off because an officer from another department spotted a baby inside that car.
A study of police records in Illinois indicated that only 44% of searches triggered by drug-sniffing police dogs actually ended up finding any drugs. Worst still is that only 27% of searches involving Hispanics resulted in drugs being found after the searches were the result of a hit from a drug dog, indicating that officers may be influencing their dogs to falsely signal for drugs due to bias. It is interesting to note that the Illinois State Police and Chicago Police Department refused to release records for the study.
A Pittsburgh PA cop has been convicted on multiple charges over a road rage incident where he broke a man’s window then punched and choked him after a minor fender bender.
A Warren Twp OH cop has been sentenced to probation for violating a protection order, but he still faces aggravated burglary charges.
A Pinal County AZ deputy who was involved in a controversial case where he claimed to have been shot by drug traffickers from Mexico that were never found has been fired after an investigation into claims he made to a reporter during an interview that included death threats on that reporter. The official reason for the disciplinary action is that the deputy lied to the reporter when he made those claims… which should make people wonder about that shooting case again perhaps, maybe?
A Louisville KY cop under investigation on allegations she falsely arrested multiple people and gave false testimony during trials is facing a lawsuit from 5 different people after three alleged victims asked to be added to an existing lawsuit filed by two others.
A New Orleans LA police sergeant who admitted that he lied to federal agents investigating the Glover shooting case during that trial has resigned over that admission.
A Montgomery County TN deputy has been arrested on forgery and official misconduct charges on allegations that he fraudulently claimed paid military leave that he wasn’t entitled to.
A Cottonwood Heights UT cop who once ran for sheriff and as a congressional candidate is now the subject of a criminal investigation into allegations that he was misusing a city-issued credit card.
A Lansing MI cop who was already arrested on allegations that he drove off from a gas station without paying for gas and 2 bottles of wine has now been charged with passing bad checks too.
The police chief of Liberty MO has been placed on indefinite leave for unspecified reasons and city officials refuse to discuss any circumstances involving that apparent disciplinary action.
A Bloomington IL cop has been suspended while investigated over an unspecified incident involving a student at a local elementary school.
A Sallisaw OK cop has been arrested on 31 larceny charges on allegations that he was, um, rustling cattle.
A St Louis MO cop is under investigation after a YouTube video surfaced apparently showing him beat a man several times with an metal ASP baton then pepperspraying him while he was working an off-duty security job at a gas station. The officer in question was the subject of two excessive force lawsuits in the past, one which is known to have ended in a settlement and the other is of unknown status but appears as though it settled too.
In Coquitlam British Columbia Canada, two RCMP Mounties have been charged with assault in an apparent excessive force case after a review of an alleged altercation with a driver during a traffic stop was conducted using audio from the police dash cameras.
A Fulton County GA deputy has been accused of shooting at a neighbor, barely missing him but hitting his pet dog in the head twice after tackling the neighbor’s son and accusing him of trying to break into their home.
An Ellwood PA cop is the subject of a lawsuit alleging he used excessive force when he threw a woman into a holding cell after questioning her and tore her rotator cuff with an audible pop. The suit also alleges that she was falsely arrested and the charges against her were dropped.
A Palatine IL cop who was working at a high school is the subject of a lawsuit along with the assistant principal of that school alleging they severely injured a student when they threw him over a chair then tackled him before handcuffing him for refusing to follow the asst principal to his office for an unspecified reason that the student claims was nothing more than his being targeted for being friends with a problem student.
A San Rafael CA cop has been suspended after arrested on allegations that he threatened a man with a gun at a restaurant while he was off-duty and then fled the scene.
A Weymouth MA cop has been charged with indecent assault and battery on a person over 14-years-old, but apparently still a minor. Police and other officials are refusing to release any details in this case but I suspect it won’t be pleasant.
A Little Rock AR cop along with a US Dept of Veterans Affairs cop and a Univ of Arkansas Medical School cop have all been indicted for conspiracy to rob an armored car along with two other people, one of which is accused of being involved in an armed robbery of an armored car a few years ago.
The now-former police chief of Brazil City IN who was fired in 2009 on a variety of misuse of funds allegations has been arrested and charged with misuse of funds and official misconduct on allegations he misused funds from a federal grant while he was chief.
An Elgin IL cop has been charged with domestic battery after an investigation into allegations that he struck his girlfriend.
Brookfield WI has settled a lawsuit for $7,500 to a woman who was arrested for openly carrying a holstered firearm to her church, which is legal in that state. However, police officials insist that the settlement is just the price they pay for arresting people for what they think the law should be, not what it is and they don’t plan on stopping that practice… which I guess means that open-carry activist will be arriving soon to get their share of the free taxpayer money the department will be handing out.
A San Leandro CA police K9 officer is under investigation after his police dog mauled a family’s pet dog at a park while being walked by someone other than the officer, which may be a policy violation. The dog that was mauled died a day later from the injuries.
The Pennsylvania State police have settled a free speech rights lawsuit filed by the ACLU by agreeing to stop issuing citations to people for swearing so long as the use of objectionable language isn’t done in a threatening manner.
An Akron OH cop has been sentenced to probation and must attend drug treatment after pleading guilty to felony steroid possession charges.
A Collier County FL deputy was cited for causing a 3-car accident after he hit a police cruiser which pushed that car into another while the deputy was distracted while using his dashboard computer. While there was property damage there were no injuries, fortunately.
A Manatee County FL deputy has been suspended for 26 days for leaving a bible passage that he called the “Obama Prayer” on a fellow deputy’s desk. That deputy felt it was a threat against the president as the verse said “Let his days be few, and let another take his office.”
A Bradenton FL cop has been fired while he’s still the subject of an unspecified internal investigation. While police refuse to say what the investigation is about they did say he was still in his first year on the force so was in a probationary period which means he could be fired for any reason.
An Ohio State patrol lieutenant has been demoted and transferred for conduct unbecoming and for being untruthful to investigators who were looking into allegations that he was having a sexual relationship with a person under his command.
A Fort Myers FL cop has been fired for being untruthful during an investigation into allegations that he was having on-duty sexual trysts with another man’s wife.
Shreveport LA police are being criticized by the ACLU for handcuffing and arresting two 6th grade students in school over their involvement in an every-day garden variety schoolyard fight that should have been handled the usual way, with in-school discipline, not criminal charges and frog marching 12-year-old kids in front of their peers.
Rocklin CA police are accused of using excessive force by multiple witnesses who attended a New Years Eve party where officers were partially caught on video, seen above, beating a man with a baton after tasering him as he, according to witnesses, laid face down in a fountain and didn’t resist. Police claim he was resisting and fighting officers while being arrested for assaulting his girlfriend but his girlfriend and some witnesses are contradicting the police version of events and that he even assaulted the girl during an argument.
Six Bethlehem PA cops are the subject of a lawsuit alleging that they falsely arrested a man after they were called to a domestic dispute that he wasn’t involved in and found a gun that wasn’t his in a car that didn’t belong to him. The man was later acquitted but not before being discharged from the National Guard.
A Barre VT cop has been arrested cop arrested on charges including burglary, trespass and resisting arrest on allegations that he broke into a neighbor’s apartment and stole their brand new television from under their Christmas tree while he was drunk. When police arrived the box for the television was outside of the officer’s apartment door but he demanded that the officers get a warrant before searching his apartment… however, when officers left they claim they saw him trying to throw the TV off of his balcony and they later heard a splash. When asked about it the officer said he threw it because he didn’t want stolen property in his home… but the officer pled not guilty to a judge and then told reporters at the court that they better not mention his name.
A Washington DC cop was arrested on multiple charges including resisting arrest and reckless endangerment after he was caught on surveillance cameras brandishing his duty firearm after threatening bouncers with a bottle when they told him to leave as they were closing. The officer then ran away when police arrived.
Seven Sanford FL cops are under investigation and the department’s police chief was forced to retire almost a month ahead of schedule over allegations that officers were trying to protect the son of a police lieutenant by not arresting him after he was caught on video assaulting two people.
A Pelham GA police captain and a sergeant chose to resign in a deal that allowed them to avoid prosecution for their alleged roles in an illegal gambling operation.
An Ohio State trooper has been arrested on drunk and disorderly charges and criminal damaging charges in an unspecified incident during a Browns vs Steelers game at the Cleveland Browns stadium. UPDATE: Apparently he was arrested for allegedly becoming belligerent when officers confronted him about throwing peanuts at them. The property damage charge stems from him breaking a holding cell door by kicking it open, breaking the latch.
Two Miami-Dade FL cops have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a drug dealer shakedown scheme. One of the officers was sentenced to 24 months in prison while the other recieved 21 months.
A Marblehead OH cop has been suspended after he was arrested for supplying a 19-year-old woman with alcohol in a motel room. However, he may also be facing sexual assault charges based on allegations being made by that woman.
A Shelby County IL deputy has been arrested on a felony aggravated domestic battery charge in an unspecified incident.
A Tampa FL cop has resigned after he was caught having sex while on duty in his police cruiser at a city park. Police had him under surveillance after receiving several complaints about his behavior.
An Indianapolis IN cop has been suspended pending an investigation after witnesses reported seeing his cruiser being driven erratically while he was off-duty. While the department hasn’t come out and said it, the allegations appear to indicate that they suspect he was drunk and an investigator responding to the complaints took his badge and gun after interviewing him at his house.
A Newton County GA deputy has been arrested on domestic violence related battery charges for a fight with an unspecified family member at a New Years Eve party.
A Schenectady NY cop has been charged on allegations that he falsely reported that there was a fight a bar on New Years when there wasn’t one. No word on why he allegedly did it.
A US study released recently indicates that at least 42% of cops who have been killed in vehicular accidents in last 30 years may have died because they weren’t wearing seat belts. It could not be determined if officers were or weren’t wearing seat belts in about
A Sandy Springs GA cop has filed a racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against that department claiming, in part, that he was simply following instructions given to him by his superior officers when he had sex with women during a sting operation on a massage parlor, just like all his fellow officers were doing as well. But that when he documented what he did in his reports he was disciplined with a 2-day suspension without pay, unlike his fellow officers who are white who received no discipline for the same.
our first quote of the week for this new year allegedly came from the Baltimore Maryland police commissioner’s spokesperson who, in a report that has since been rewritten, was quoted as saying that the kind of conduct by cops that has cost the city over $7 million in civil litigation costs in the last 2 and a half years is not going to change when he was asked about it by a reporter after a press conference where the police chief and the mayor absolutely refused to answer similar questions. However, since the article publishing that quote has been completely rewritten, removing that alleged quote, there’s no way to know for sure if that’s what he really said… though it seems to be a pretty accurate assessment based on how officials are completely refusing to discuss the issue.
Des Moines Washington police have released dashcam videos and audio of officers shooting someone’s pet Newfoundland along with the reports associated with the investigation that cleared the officers. In the video marked as being from police unit 521 you can hear the first gunshot at 14:18:44 followed by an officer shouting “niiice” shortly after the shot. Police say the dog was aggressive though Newfoundlands are known as a non-aggressive breed and, from the audio, it didn’t sound like they were too concerned about being attacked. I can’t embed the videos, but they’re all available for download here along with related PDFs from the investigation. This report is already in our database from 2010 so this won’t result in an update to our data, but it seemed important enough to mention.
A Jackson Mississippi cop apparently dropped his gun, causing it to discharge and apparently hit an unarmed man as he turned to run away. Officers arrived in the area reportedly in response to a shots fired call but the person they approached wasn’t involved. He was still charged with possession of marijuana and resisting arrest though.
An unspecified number of East St Louis Illinois cops are suspected of participating in a “blue flu” work stoppage when almost an entire shift called off sick an hour before they were due into work on New Years Eve. The union insists they really were sick because of stress related to council voting to lay off 16 officers combined with the recent change in weather. Department officials seem pretty wishy-washy about the whole thing.
An Albany Georgia cop has been suspended after being arrested by a Lee County deputy for illegally discharging his firearm to celebrate the new year.
A Medical College of Georgia cop has been arrested on drunk driving and hit & run charges in an unspecified incident… and yes, just about every organization seems to have their own sworn police force these days.
A Noblesville Indiana cop is on paid leave after he was arrested on drunk driving charges while off-duty.
Honolulu Hawaii police are being accused of detaining a public access television news crew and injuring their producer in the process of ripping a camera out of her hands and smashing it on their vehicle when they were stopped for trying to record video of President Obama while he was on vacation in that state.
The sheriff of Upshur County Texas, along with the county commissioner and a county judge, have been indicted by a grand jury on official oppression charges that stem from them banning all public commentary at county commission meetings and for kicking out one person who protested by taping his mouth shut.
A Galveston County Texas deputy was arrested on drunk driving charges on the same night that the assistant District Attorney was arrested on DUI charges as well, all during a publicized DUI crackdown operation.
Four Hamilton County OH deputies are the subject of a lawsuit alleging they tasered a man seven times and severely beat him after they pulled over on a suspected DUI stop and dragged him out of his car. The suit further alleges they then falsely arrested him even after they discovered he wasn’t drunk but was a diabetic suffering from extremely low blood sugar. In this case, a state trooper arrived as the man was begging the deputies to stop and began pulling the deputies away from the man they were beating because he feared for the man’s life and then reported what happened as being a case of excessive force. As a result the four deputies were disciplined and the charges against the man were dropped. A portion of the incident was captured on the trooper’s dashcam as shown above.
A Gadsen AL cop and the Etowah County AL sheriff’s dept are the subject of a lawsuit alleging that the Gadsen cop severely beat a man he arrested on DUI charges while he was cuffed at the jail and after he was informed by a jail nurse that he wasn’t drunk but a diabetic suffering from excessively high blood sugar. The suit goes on to allege that all of this was captured on video and that deputies at the jail did nothing to stop the assault as the man begged for help and suffered broken teeth and bones as well as several lacerations that required stitches.
Quinton OK police claim they don’t know how a man they arrested on public intoxication, misdemeanor possession, and resisting arrest charges ended up with a blunt head injury that killed him three days later and now the FBI has launched an investigation into the death.
Ecorse MI has been ordered by a judge to pay $215,000 to a family who sued over a violent wrong door drug raid that was intended for the home next door.
The Grand Traverse County MI sheriff’s department has been forced by an arbitrator to rehire two deputies who were fired and criminally convicted for failing to arrest a cop suspected of driving while intoxicated.
A Lewis County MO deputy has been arrested on a statutory rape charge involving a 15-year-old girl he allegedly had sex with in July of last year.
Sanford FL police are being investigated on allegations they were protecting a police lieutenant’s son by not arresting him even after a video came out showing him sucker punch a homeless man from behind without provocation, resulting in that man being hospitalized. A warrant for his arrest was finally filed today but not by the Sanford police.
Three New Orleans LA cops were arrested in one night in unrelated incidents. Two of the officers were arrested on drunk driving charges while the third was arrested for illegal use of a weapon related to a domestic violence incident.
A Plattville WI cop has been sentenced to 1 year in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to allegations she turned her home into a crack house and was doing crack while on-duty.
A Havre de Grace MD cop has been suspended with pay while that officer is the subject of an unspecified internal investigation.
A Lansing MI cop has been charged with theft by false pretenses on allegations he intentionally drove off from a gas station without paying for gas and 2 bottles of wine.
A Cincinnati OH police lieutenant has been transferred to the records department after he was caught having sex with his girlfriend in an unmarked cruiser that was parked at police headquarters.
Three Baltimore MD cops are accused of excessive force when they beat an apparently innocent man then falsely arrested him on on resisting arrest charges. They allegedly followed that up by barging into another man’s home across the street from that incident and arrested him for witnessing what happened, but later released him without charging him.
Two Portland OR cops who have been accused of hospitalizing a man in an alleged excessive force incident that nearly killed him appear to have quite an extensive history of alleged misconduct including excessive force and even one incident where one of the officers tied a gorilla suit to the front of his cruiser while he was watching over a dance attended by minorities.
Las Vegas Nevada police apparently broadcast a city-wide “officer safety alert” describing a man, his car, and detailing his name and address all because officers apparently saw him filming them while they were conducting an arrest. The man who recorded it also happened to record the police radio alert about himself as well and posted about it on a discussion board… since when was recording police an “officer safety” issue?
A Parkersburg WV cop has been placed on paid leave after he was fired thanks to a civil employee review board that ruled stealing confiscated property and downloading porn on departmental computers wasn’t sufficient misconduct to merit being fired. The city is appealing the ruling calling it absurd.
The police chief of Palm Springs FL has apologized for uttering homophobic slurs that he once claimed he didn’t utter during a sting operation targeting that was targeting members of the gay community for allegations of public sex.
A Beaumont TX police lieutenant received a pre-trial diversion program in a deal that will wipe his drunk driving charges off his record after a year’s probation.
A Fort Worth TX cop was arrested on a drunk driving charge after striking a concrete median divider with his car while off-duty.
the police chief of Perry UT has been charged with disorderly conduct on allegations that he verbally abused and threatened Walmart employees who asked to see his receipt as he was leaving the store because he had unbagged items in his cart.
Wichita Kansas has settled a wrongful death suit for $300,000 to the family of a man who was killed when a police cruiser collided with his car while the officer was speeding without his emergency lights or siren activated.
Four Portland Oregon cops are being accused of using excessive force on a man who had to be hospitalized after he claims he was an innocent bystander when the officers took him to the ground, beat him, and tasered him three times including once in the neck on Christmas Eve when police were responding to a call about a fight at a club. The man is actually the second grandson of a local pastor involved in a questionable use of force case, the other was 15 when he was beaten and tasered between 6-12 times by police after he escaped from home even after his grandmother had informed police he was severely autistic. The man was in town from Arizona where he’s a straight A student studying sports medicine.
Three South Bend Indiana cops are accused of using excessive force on a man they dragged from a car when they suspected he was involved in a minor accident with a parked disabled truck that didn’t appear to have any damage. Police say they found the man passed out and he punched and kicked the officers when they tried to arrest him but witnesses who live in nearby homes claim the man never got up after cops drug him from his car and that they saw officers washing off large amounts of blood from their hands and boots after they beat and tasered the man several times. He suffered a facial fracture and doesn’t remember what happened.
A Houston County Georgia deputy is the subject of a lawsuit filed by a man claiming the deputy used excessive force and when he tasered him for asking why his son was pulled over and then threatened to be tasered again when he complained of having chest pains.
An Ohio State Patrol Lieutenant Colonel who was second in command has retired while he was under investigation into allegations that he interfered with an investigation into a trooper who was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with an underage girl.
A Montgomery County Maryland police sergeant will have to repay $5,000 of the $10,000 that she wrongfully claimed for hours she didn’t work after she pled guilty to payroll fraud charges.
a Coral Springs Florida cop was suspended for one week without pay over his arrest on drunk driving charges in Nevada, charges that were later dropped when prosecutors there failed to send their files to his defense attorneys within the time limit required.
East Haven Connecticut police, already the subject of a federal investigation, are being blamed for what appears to be a mass exodus of that city’s Hispanic population due to claims of persistent and systemic racially motivated harassment, abuse, and false arrests. Some Hispanic community groups are claiming that about half of that city’s Hispanic population has already fled, causing businesses to fail, and many more are planing to leave. The article also mentions that some criminal charges are expected soon as a result of that ongoing federal investigation into these allegations.
The Charleston Gazette in West Virginia has published the first part of a 3-part newspaper series studying the issue of gypsy cops, departments of last resort and the circumstances that allow officers to jump from one department to another repeatedly when confronted with allegations of misconduct or potential disciplinary actions. It’s a good read overall to help understand the issue and the research done to support the article found that 166 officers jumped around between four or more departments within the last 14 years and details at least 13 who jumped between departments under a cloud of misconduct allegations within the last two years.
Two Cheektowaga New York cops are being accused of using excessive force against an innocent couple they mistook as shoplifting suspects inside a mall. Witnesses and the couple claim the officers were overly aggressive from the start and they threatened the woman, asking her if she was “resisting too?” after beating and tasering the man she was with.
at least two Lee County South Carolina deputies are under investigation after a news crew caught them hanging out at a nightclub while they were the only two deputies on duty that night. When confronted the deputies covered their faces and sped off.
An Owsley County KY deputy is the subject of a lawsuit and a federal investigation which may lead to charges on allegations that he beat a man in the face with a retractable metal baton, breaking his eye socket, and sprayed him with mace after he was cuffed in front of several witnesses then arrested him on false charges. Witnesses say the beating was unprovoked.
A Booneville KY cop who was also at the event listed above is the subject of a federal and state investigation into allegations that he failed to stop that deputy from beating his victim and refused to assist him when he was injured.
118 people so far have filed claims to portions of a $3,000,000 settlement to a class action lawsuit involving alleged abused by the now-disbanded Minnesota Metro Gang Task Force that included illegal seizures of property, illegal searches, false arrests, and excessive force in addition to other allegations. The committee responsible for that task force comprised of officers from different agencies insists that a $3,000,000 settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing.
A now-former Mt San Jacinto College CA police chief has been sentenced to one year in jail on multiple charges including bribery, destruction of evidence and perjury involving a towing scam.
A Providence RI cop has received a suspended sentence after his no contest plea over his role in a drug ring that resulted in three other cops being indicted as well.
A Forest City IA cop has been fired over an unspecified on duty incident but officials won’t say why because his union has filed a grievance on his behalf.
A Sleepy Eye MN cop has been fired for a drunk driving incident that happened nearly a year ago.
The police chief of Grantsville UT had to pay a fine after he pled guilty to a poaching charge for killing a deer on private property. I was on the fence about adding this one but I guess it was a criminal charge so it applies.
An Illinois State trooper was sentenced to probation and a fine in a plea deal to a misdemeanor charge for lying on a report she filed about a motorist she stopped who had a suspended license that she let go without arresting. Her report falsely claimed that she allowed another person to drive the car when she let him go.
Cops and Women...there might be prior issues in play
An Albuquerque NM police detective has been arrested on allegations that he punched his girlfriend in face during an argument over taxes.
A Danville IN assistant police chief has pled guilty to battery charges for breaking into a house and assaulting his estranged wife’s boyfriend, injuring her in the process.
A Franklin IN cop has been charged with battery and official misconduct for groping a female informant’s genitals and calling another officer’s attention to her genital piercing in a disparaging manner while he was wiring her up for a sting operation.
San Juan County WA settled a lawsuit for $75,000 to a woman who was tackled, tasered, and then arrested on false charges when she refused to allow deputies to search her home after they were called for a domestic disturbance and had arrived after the man involved had left. The search they performed anyway was deemed illegal and didn’t turn up any evidence of any crime.
A Columbus NM cop has been indicted on a stalking charge for sending disturbing cellphone images of him holding a gun to his mouth to his ex-girlfriend that he also allegedly harassed at her place of work.
A Haverhill MA cop is on leave after being arrested on assault and battery charges involving a domestic dispute with wife.
Cops and Kids...run children! Run!
Houston TX police have been forced by an arbitrator to rehire 1 of the seven officers who were fired recently after they were caught on video kicking and beating a 15-year-old burglary suspect long after he had given up and complied with commands. The arbitrator ruled that kicking a compliant suspect wasn’t sufficient grounds for dismissal and ordered the department to give him back pay as well.
The Monterey County CA sheriff’s office is investigating one of their own SWAT raids that left a man dead when a flash-bang grenade set his home on fire. Apparently the swat team raided the home because they thought the man in question was with a suspect in a shooting case but it turned out that he wasn’t. The department claims they wanted to get him anyway because he was wanted on unrelated warrants, though it’s not clear that those alleged warrants would have justified a raid like this.
A Hamilton County TN deputy is on leave while under investigation for accidentally shooting suspect in the leg with his rifle during a heavily armed SWAT raid for the manufacture of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.
A Washoe County NV deputy has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and community service in his plea deal on charges for fatally striking a bicyclist with his police SUV
An Edmonton AB Canada cop has been charged with assault in an incident that left a prisoner injured after the officer attacked him when he became enraged over an argument they had.
A New Haven CT cop is now facing his 9th excessive force investigation within the last 6 years. While only one of the previous complaints was ever sustained by internal investigations the officer has never been disciplined. This time he’s accused of tasering and choking a handcuffed refugee from Colombia who was visibly shaken while filing his complaint despite facing military officers in the war-torn nation he fled who would threaten him with death for his human rights work there
A Philadelphia PA police sergeant has been charged with assault, unsworn falsification and abuse of office after he falsely arrested a Uhaul manager, who called police to report a truck he reported as stolen was found, for assaulting him but a video instead showed the officer ripping up a paper the manager had written his cruiser number on to file a complaint and then lifting him off the floor by his neck until he went limp. The officer was no stranger to complaints, the city settled a suit two years ago after he fatally shot a 15-year-old in questionable circumstances and had an altercation with a doctor at a mental facility early in his 21-year career. He’s been suspended with intent to dismiss
A Windsor Locks CT police sergeant has been arrested on allegations that he interfered with an investigation into a fatal accident his son, a cop, has been accused of causing while drunk even though police never tested him that night… even though video showed him drinking at a bar prior to the accident.
A Knox County TN deputy has been sentenced to 34 months in prison for stealing a crime victim’s ID and using that information to open fake credit accounts to buy furniture for herself.
A Louisville KY cop has been fired on 68 separate violations of departmental policies while she is facing a lawsuit filed by five separate people who claim that officer falsely arrested them then lied in her testimony at trial, claims which were part of that investigation.
A Connecticut state trooper and a Cromwell CT cop are the subject of a lawsuit claiming that the trooper stopped a man while off duty then ordered a Cromwell cop he called to arrest him even after the man explained he wasn’t drunk but had MS instead, which can be confused for intoxication. The man was then give two breathalyzer tests which showed a 0.0 BAC but the trooper insisted that he be charged anyway. The case was eventually nolled which means it will eventually be expunged from the man’s record.
An East St Louis IL police lieutenant has been suspended after he tried to get into a council meeting that he had been ordered to stay away from after he was accused of threatening a councilman during a previous council meeting while he was on duty. A Ball LA cop has pled guilty to theft of FEMA funds that occurred after a hurricane. As part of the plea deal he has agreed to testify against the police chief, mayor, and others who were also implicated.
Two Bernalillo County NM sheriff’s sergeants and a lieutenant who are members of the DWI unit are under investigation on allegations of timesheet fraud.
Two Prince George’s County MD cops have been suspended while under investigation on allegations that one of them allowed a former officer to use his police cruiser on multiple occasions and to determine how he got possession of the other officer’s uniform which he used to perform fake traffic stops and rob people.
A Clarksville TN police sergeant has been suspended while under investigation on allegations he sent threatening text messages to his son and another cop, though it appears as though the messages weren’t threats directed at either of the two.
A Henderson County TN deputy has been fired after a judge jailed him on a contempt charge for defying a court order demanding he give his wife certain pieces of property in their divorce case.
A Richwood LA cop has been fired for refusing to answer a call for assistance and other unspecified complaints.
A Floyd County GA cop has been sentenced to probation for slashing the tires of a truck he had chased which ended up belonging to his suspect’s uncle.
The sheriff of Washington County ME is requesting investigative files from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency involving at least two of his deputies who he suspects may have committed criminal acts while they were assigned to that agency.
A Shreveport LA cop is on leave while the subject of a criminal and internal investigation into an unspecified incident.
The Cherokee County NC Sheriff’s Office is the subject of an unspecified investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation.
The Fond du Lac WI police department is being sued by a reporter claiming the department is violating that state’s open records law by refusing to release a disciplinary investigation report involving a cop who received a 3 day suspension for slamming a handcuffed detainee’s head into a table.
The Hastings MN cop that had been forced to be rehired by an arbitrator who insisted that running down a suspect with a police cruiser was grounds for being fired and who was under investigation on allegations that he stole a $10 corkscrew from a restaurant, has been charged with theft over that incident which was apparently witnessed by an off-duty officer from a different department.
Six Fair Lawn NJ cops are the subject of a lawsuit alleging they used excessive force when they beat, kicked and maced a man on video in a holding cell. The man claims they attacked him for no reason when he went to zip up his sweater but officers claim it was because he put his hands in his pockets, pockets they searched three times before uncuffing him.
Anchorage AK has settled a lawsuit for $35,000 to a woman claiming an officer used excessive force when he used a hobbling device on her when he arrested her in her home on suspicion of drunk driving charges after she protested when he allegedly dragged her through dog shit.
San Joaquin County CA has settled a lawsuit for $130,000 to a 5-year-old girl and her mom who were hit by bullet fragments when a deputy shot their dog.
Canada – 2 Toronto Ontario cops who were investigated on allegations that they beat a man who was already beaten by other officers during a G20 protest are now the subject of another excessive force investigation.
A DeKalb County GA cop has been arrested on multiple statutory rape and child molestation charges involving a 15-year-old girl.
A Pennington County SD deputy has been fired and arrested on child pornography and sexual contact with a child charges.
A York County SC deputy is the subject of a lawsuit filed by the family of 74yr-old Holocaust survivor who was killed when struck by a deputy’s cruiser while he was out for one of his routine walks. The family claims the deputy failed to properly inspect his cruiser before taking it out because it had a non-functioning headlight.
Four Kansas City KS cops who are members of a SWAT team have been suspended after they were arrested, but not charged, by FBI agents following a sting operation triggered by unspecified complaints of misconduct and corruption. It’s rumored that the ongoing investigation involves allegations of thefts during raids.
A Jennings MO cop has been suspended while under investigation for firing at a fleeing car after the chase had been called off because an officer from another department spotted a baby inside that car.
A study of police records in Illinois indicated that only 44% of searches triggered by drug-sniffing police dogs actually ended up finding any drugs. Worst still is that only 27% of searches involving Hispanics resulted in drugs being found after the searches were the result of a hit from a drug dog, indicating that officers may be influencing their dogs to falsely signal for drugs due to bias. It is interesting to note that the Illinois State Police and Chicago Police Department refused to release records for the study.
A Pittsburgh PA cop has been convicted on multiple charges over a road rage incident where he broke a man’s window then punched and choked him after a minor fender bender.
A Warren Twp OH cop has been sentenced to probation for violating a protection order, but he still faces aggravated burglary charges.
A Pinal County AZ deputy who was involved in a controversial case where he claimed to have been shot by drug traffickers from Mexico that were never found has been fired after an investigation into claims he made to a reporter during an interview that included death threats on that reporter. The official reason for the disciplinary action is that the deputy lied to the reporter when he made those claims… which should make people wonder about that shooting case again perhaps, maybe?
A Louisville KY cop under investigation on allegations she falsely arrested multiple people and gave false testimony during trials is facing a lawsuit from 5 different people after three alleged victims asked to be added to an existing lawsuit filed by two others.
A New Orleans LA police sergeant who admitted that he lied to federal agents investigating the Glover shooting case during that trial has resigned over that admission.
A Montgomery County TN deputy has been arrested on forgery and official misconduct charges on allegations that he fraudulently claimed paid military leave that he wasn’t entitled to.
A Cottonwood Heights UT cop who once ran for sheriff and as a congressional candidate is now the subject of a criminal investigation into allegations that he was misusing a city-issued credit card.
A Lansing MI cop who was already arrested on allegations that he drove off from a gas station without paying for gas and 2 bottles of wine has now been charged with passing bad checks too.
The police chief of Liberty MO has been placed on indefinite leave for unspecified reasons and city officials refuse to discuss any circumstances involving that apparent disciplinary action.
A Bloomington IL cop has been suspended while investigated over an unspecified incident involving a student at a local elementary school.
A Sallisaw OK cop has been arrested on 31 larceny charges on allegations that he was, um, rustling cattle.
A St Louis MO cop is under investigation after a YouTube video surfaced apparently showing him beat a man several times with an metal ASP baton then pepperspraying him while he was working an off-duty security job at a gas station. The officer in question was the subject of two excessive force lawsuits in the past, one which is known to have ended in a settlement and the other is of unknown status but appears as though it settled too.
In Coquitlam British Columbia Canada, two RCMP Mounties have been charged with assault in an apparent excessive force case after a review of an alleged altercation with a driver during a traffic stop was conducted using audio from the police dash cameras.
A Fulton County GA deputy has been accused of shooting at a neighbor, barely missing him but hitting his pet dog in the head twice after tackling the neighbor’s son and accusing him of trying to break into their home.
An Ellwood PA cop is the subject of a lawsuit alleging he used excessive force when he threw a woman into a holding cell after questioning her and tore her rotator cuff with an audible pop. The suit also alleges that she was falsely arrested and the charges against her were dropped.
A Palatine IL cop who was working at a high school is the subject of a lawsuit along with the assistant principal of that school alleging they severely injured a student when they threw him over a chair then tackled him before handcuffing him for refusing to follow the asst principal to his office for an unspecified reason that the student claims was nothing more than his being targeted for being friends with a problem student.
A San Rafael CA cop has been suspended after arrested on allegations that he threatened a man with a gun at a restaurant while he was off-duty and then fled the scene.
A Weymouth MA cop has been charged with indecent assault and battery on a person over 14-years-old, but apparently still a minor. Police and other officials are refusing to release any details in this case but I suspect it won’t be pleasant.
A Little Rock AR cop along with a US Dept of Veterans Affairs cop and a Univ of Arkansas Medical School cop have all been indicted for conspiracy to rob an armored car along with two other people, one of which is accused of being involved in an armed robbery of an armored car a few years ago.
The now-former police chief of Brazil City IN who was fired in 2009 on a variety of misuse of funds allegations has been arrested and charged with misuse of funds and official misconduct on allegations he misused funds from a federal grant while he was chief.
An Elgin IL cop has been charged with domestic battery after an investigation into allegations that he struck his girlfriend.
Brookfield WI has settled a lawsuit for $7,500 to a woman who was arrested for openly carrying a holstered firearm to her church, which is legal in that state. However, police officials insist that the settlement is just the price they pay for arresting people for what they think the law should be, not what it is and they don’t plan on stopping that practice… which I guess means that open-carry activist will be arriving soon to get their share of the free taxpayer money the department will be handing out.
A San Leandro CA police K9 officer is under investigation after his police dog mauled a family’s pet dog at a park while being walked by someone other than the officer, which may be a policy violation. The dog that was mauled died a day later from the injuries.
The Pennsylvania State police have settled a free speech rights lawsuit filed by the ACLU by agreeing to stop issuing citations to people for swearing so long as the use of objectionable language isn’t done in a threatening manner.
An Akron OH cop has been sentenced to probation and must attend drug treatment after pleading guilty to felony steroid possession charges.
A Collier County FL deputy was cited for causing a 3-car accident after he hit a police cruiser which pushed that car into another while the deputy was distracted while using his dashboard computer. While there was property damage there were no injuries, fortunately.
A Manatee County FL deputy has been suspended for 26 days for leaving a bible passage that he called the “Obama Prayer” on a fellow deputy’s desk. That deputy felt it was a threat against the president as the verse said “Let his days be few, and let another take his office.”
A Bradenton FL cop has been fired while he’s still the subject of an unspecified internal investigation. While police refuse to say what the investigation is about they did say he was still in his first year on the force so was in a probationary period which means he could be fired for any reason.
An Ohio State patrol lieutenant has been demoted and transferred for conduct unbecoming and for being untruthful to investigators who were looking into allegations that he was having a sexual relationship with a person under his command.
A Fort Myers FL cop has been fired for being untruthful during an investigation into allegations that he was having on-duty sexual trysts with another man’s wife.
Shreveport LA police are being criticized by the ACLU for handcuffing and arresting two 6th grade students in school over their involvement in an every-day garden variety schoolyard fight that should have been handled the usual way, with in-school discipline, not criminal charges and frog marching 12-year-old kids in front of their peers.
Rocklin CA police are accused of using excessive force by multiple witnesses who attended a New Years Eve party where officers were partially caught on video, seen above, beating a man with a baton after tasering him as he, according to witnesses, laid face down in a fountain and didn’t resist. Police claim he was resisting and fighting officers while being arrested for assaulting his girlfriend but his girlfriend and some witnesses are contradicting the police version of events and that he even assaulted the girl during an argument.
Six Bethlehem PA cops are the subject of a lawsuit alleging that they falsely arrested a man after they were called to a domestic dispute that he wasn’t involved in and found a gun that wasn’t his in a car that didn’t belong to him. The man was later acquitted but not before being discharged from the National Guard.
A Barre VT cop has been arrested cop arrested on charges including burglary, trespass and resisting arrest on allegations that he broke into a neighbor’s apartment and stole their brand new television from under their Christmas tree while he was drunk. When police arrived the box for the television was outside of the officer’s apartment door but he demanded that the officers get a warrant before searching his apartment… however, when officers left they claim they saw him trying to throw the TV off of his balcony and they later heard a splash. When asked about it the officer said he threw it because he didn’t want stolen property in his home… but the officer pled not guilty to a judge and then told reporters at the court that they better not mention his name.
A Washington DC cop was arrested on multiple charges including resisting arrest and reckless endangerment after he was caught on surveillance cameras brandishing his duty firearm after threatening bouncers with a bottle when they told him to leave as they were closing. The officer then ran away when police arrived.
Seven Sanford FL cops are under investigation and the department’s police chief was forced to retire almost a month ahead of schedule over allegations that officers were trying to protect the son of a police lieutenant by not arresting him after he was caught on video assaulting two people.
A Pelham GA police captain and a sergeant chose to resign in a deal that allowed them to avoid prosecution for their alleged roles in an illegal gambling operation.
An Ohio State trooper has been arrested on drunk and disorderly charges and criminal damaging charges in an unspecified incident during a Browns vs Steelers game at the Cleveland Browns stadium. UPDATE: Apparently he was arrested for allegedly becoming belligerent when officers confronted him about throwing peanuts at them. The property damage charge stems from him breaking a holding cell door by kicking it open, breaking the latch.
Two Miami-Dade FL cops have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a drug dealer shakedown scheme. One of the officers was sentenced to 24 months in prison while the other recieved 21 months.
A Marblehead OH cop has been suspended after he was arrested for supplying a 19-year-old woman with alcohol in a motel room. However, he may also be facing sexual assault charges based on allegations being made by that woman.
A Shelby County IL deputy has been arrested on a felony aggravated domestic battery charge in an unspecified incident.
A Tampa FL cop has resigned after he was caught having sex while on duty in his police cruiser at a city park. Police had him under surveillance after receiving several complaints about his behavior.
An Indianapolis IN cop has been suspended pending an investigation after witnesses reported seeing his cruiser being driven erratically while he was off-duty. While the department hasn’t come out and said it, the allegations appear to indicate that they suspect he was drunk and an investigator responding to the complaints took his badge and gun after interviewing him at his house.
A Newton County GA deputy has been arrested on domestic violence related battery charges for a fight with an unspecified family member at a New Years Eve party.
A Schenectady NY cop has been charged on allegations that he falsely reported that there was a fight a bar on New Years when there wasn’t one. No word on why he allegedly did it.
A US study released recently indicates that at least 42% of cops who have been killed in vehicular accidents in last 30 years may have died because they weren’t wearing seat belts. It could not be determined if officers were or weren’t wearing seat belts in about
A Sandy Springs GA cop has filed a racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against that department claiming, in part, that he was simply following instructions given to him by his superior officers when he had sex with women during a sting operation on a massage parlor, just like all his fellow officers were doing as well. But that when he documented what he did in his reports he was disciplined with a 2-day suspension without pay, unlike his fellow officers who are white who received no discipline for the same.
our first quote of the week for this new year allegedly came from the Baltimore Maryland police commissioner’s spokesperson who, in a report that has since been rewritten, was quoted as saying that the kind of conduct by cops that has cost the city over $7 million in civil litigation costs in the last 2 and a half years is not going to change when he was asked about it by a reporter after a press conference where the police chief and the mayor absolutely refused to answer similar questions. However, since the article publishing that quote has been completely rewritten, removing that alleged quote, there’s no way to know for sure if that’s what he really said… though it seems to be a pretty accurate assessment based on how officials are completely refusing to discuss the issue.
Des Moines Washington police have released dashcam videos and audio of officers shooting someone’s pet Newfoundland along with the reports associated with the investigation that cleared the officers. In the video marked as being from police unit 521 you can hear the first gunshot at 14:18:44 followed by an officer shouting “niiice” shortly after the shot. Police say the dog was aggressive though Newfoundlands are known as a non-aggressive breed and, from the audio, it didn’t sound like they were too concerned about being attacked. I can’t embed the videos, but they’re all available for download here along with related PDFs from the investigation. This report is already in our database from 2010 so this won’t result in an update to our data, but it seemed important enough to mention.
A Jackson Mississippi cop apparently dropped his gun, causing it to discharge and apparently hit an unarmed man as he turned to run away. Officers arrived in the area reportedly in response to a shots fired call but the person they approached wasn’t involved. He was still charged with possession of marijuana and resisting arrest though.
An unspecified number of East St Louis Illinois cops are suspected of participating in a “blue flu” work stoppage when almost an entire shift called off sick an hour before they were due into work on New Years Eve. The union insists they really were sick because of stress related to council voting to lay off 16 officers combined with the recent change in weather. Department officials seem pretty wishy-washy about the whole thing.
An Albany Georgia cop has been suspended after being arrested by a Lee County deputy for illegally discharging his firearm to celebrate the new year.
A Medical College of Georgia cop has been arrested on drunk driving and hit & run charges in an unspecified incident… and yes, just about every organization seems to have their own sworn police force these days.
A Noblesville Indiana cop is on paid leave after he was arrested on drunk driving charges while off-duty.
Honolulu Hawaii police are being accused of detaining a public access television news crew and injuring their producer in the process of ripping a camera out of her hands and smashing it on their vehicle when they were stopped for trying to record video of President Obama while he was on vacation in that state.
The sheriff of Upshur County Texas, along with the county commissioner and a county judge, have been indicted by a grand jury on official oppression charges that stem from them banning all public commentary at county commission meetings and for kicking out one person who protested by taping his mouth shut.
A Galveston County Texas deputy was arrested on drunk driving charges on the same night that the assistant District Attorney was arrested on DUI charges as well, all during a publicized DUI crackdown operation.
Four Hamilton County OH deputies are the subject of a lawsuit alleging they tasered a man seven times and severely beat him after they pulled over on a suspected DUI stop and dragged him out of his car. The suit further alleges they then falsely arrested him even after they discovered he wasn’t drunk but was a diabetic suffering from extremely low blood sugar. In this case, a state trooper arrived as the man was begging the deputies to stop and began pulling the deputies away from the man they were beating because he feared for the man’s life and then reported what happened as being a case of excessive force. As a result the four deputies were disciplined and the charges against the man were dropped. A portion of the incident was captured on the trooper’s dashcam as shown above.
A Gadsen AL cop and the Etowah County AL sheriff’s dept are the subject of a lawsuit alleging that the Gadsen cop severely beat a man he arrested on DUI charges while he was cuffed at the jail and after he was informed by a jail nurse that he wasn’t drunk but a diabetic suffering from excessively high blood sugar. The suit goes on to allege that all of this was captured on video and that deputies at the jail did nothing to stop the assault as the man begged for help and suffered broken teeth and bones as well as several lacerations that required stitches.
Quinton OK police claim they don’t know how a man they arrested on public intoxication, misdemeanor possession, and resisting arrest charges ended up with a blunt head injury that killed him three days later and now the FBI has launched an investigation into the death.
Ecorse MI has been ordered by a judge to pay $215,000 to a family who sued over a violent wrong door drug raid that was intended for the home next door.
The Grand Traverse County MI sheriff’s department has been forced by an arbitrator to rehire two deputies who were fired and criminally convicted for failing to arrest a cop suspected of driving while intoxicated.
A Lewis County MO deputy has been arrested on a statutory rape charge involving a 15-year-old girl he allegedly had sex with in July of last year.
Sanford FL police are being investigated on allegations they were protecting a police lieutenant’s son by not arresting him even after a video came out showing him sucker punch a homeless man from behind without provocation, resulting in that man being hospitalized. A warrant for his arrest was finally filed today but not by the Sanford police.
Three New Orleans LA cops were arrested in one night in unrelated incidents. Two of the officers were arrested on drunk driving charges while the third was arrested for illegal use of a weapon related to a domestic violence incident.
A Plattville WI cop has been sentenced to 1 year in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to allegations she turned her home into a crack house and was doing crack while on-duty.
A Havre de Grace MD cop has been suspended with pay while that officer is the subject of an unspecified internal investigation.
A Lansing MI cop has been charged with theft by false pretenses on allegations he intentionally drove off from a gas station without paying for gas and 2 bottles of wine.
A Cincinnati OH police lieutenant has been transferred to the records department after he was caught having sex with his girlfriend in an unmarked cruiser that was parked at police headquarters.
Three Baltimore MD cops are accused of excessive force when they beat an apparently innocent man then falsely arrested him on on resisting arrest charges. They allegedly followed that up by barging into another man’s home across the street from that incident and arrested him for witnessing what happened, but later released him without charging him.
Two Portland OR cops who have been accused of hospitalizing a man in an alleged excessive force incident that nearly killed him appear to have quite an extensive history of alleged misconduct including excessive force and even one incident where one of the officers tied a gorilla suit to the front of his cruiser while he was watching over a dance attended by minorities.
Las Vegas Nevada police apparently broadcast a city-wide “officer safety alert” describing a man, his car, and detailing his name and address all because officers apparently saw him filming them while they were conducting an arrest. The man who recorded it also happened to record the police radio alert about himself as well and posted about it on a discussion board… since when was recording police an “officer safety” issue?
A Parkersburg WV cop has been placed on paid leave after he was fired thanks to a civil employee review board that ruled stealing confiscated property and downloading porn on departmental computers wasn’t sufficient misconduct to merit being fired. The city is appealing the ruling calling it absurd.
The police chief of Palm Springs FL has apologized for uttering homophobic slurs that he once claimed he didn’t utter during a sting operation targeting that was targeting members of the gay community for allegations of public sex.
A Beaumont TX police lieutenant received a pre-trial diversion program in a deal that will wipe his drunk driving charges off his record after a year’s probation.
A Fort Worth TX cop was arrested on a drunk driving charge after striking a concrete median divider with his car while off-duty.
the police chief of Perry UT has been charged with disorderly conduct on allegations that he verbally abused and threatened Walmart employees who asked to see his receipt as he was leaving the store because he had unbagged items in his cart.
Wichita Kansas has settled a wrongful death suit for $300,000 to the family of a man who was killed when a police cruiser collided with his car while the officer was speeding without his emergency lights or siren activated.
Four Portland Oregon cops are being accused of using excessive force on a man who had to be hospitalized after he claims he was an innocent bystander when the officers took him to the ground, beat him, and tasered him three times including once in the neck on Christmas Eve when police were responding to a call about a fight at a club. The man is actually the second grandson of a local pastor involved in a questionable use of force case, the other was 15 when he was beaten and tasered between 6-12 times by police after he escaped from home even after his grandmother had informed police he was severely autistic. The man was in town from Arizona where he’s a straight A student studying sports medicine.
Three South Bend Indiana cops are accused of using excessive force on a man they dragged from a car when they suspected he was involved in a minor accident with a parked disabled truck that didn’t appear to have any damage. Police say they found the man passed out and he punched and kicked the officers when they tried to arrest him but witnesses who live in nearby homes claim the man never got up after cops drug him from his car and that they saw officers washing off large amounts of blood from their hands and boots after they beat and tasered the man several times. He suffered a facial fracture and doesn’t remember what happened.
A Houston County Georgia deputy is the subject of a lawsuit filed by a man claiming the deputy used excessive force and when he tasered him for asking why his son was pulled over and then threatened to be tasered again when he complained of having chest pains.
An Ohio State Patrol Lieutenant Colonel who was second in command has retired while he was under investigation into allegations that he interfered with an investigation into a trooper who was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with an underage girl.
A Montgomery County Maryland police sergeant will have to repay $5,000 of the $10,000 that she wrongfully claimed for hours she didn’t work after she pled guilty to payroll fraud charges.
a Coral Springs Florida cop was suspended for one week without pay over his arrest on drunk driving charges in Nevada, charges that were later dropped when prosecutors there failed to send their files to his defense attorneys within the time limit required.
East Haven Connecticut police, already the subject of a federal investigation, are being blamed for what appears to be a mass exodus of that city’s Hispanic population due to claims of persistent and systemic racially motivated harassment, abuse, and false arrests. Some Hispanic community groups are claiming that about half of that city’s Hispanic population has already fled, causing businesses to fail, and many more are planing to leave. The article also mentions that some criminal charges are expected soon as a result of that ongoing federal investigation into these allegations.
The Charleston Gazette in West Virginia has published the first part of a 3-part newspaper series studying the issue of gypsy cops, departments of last resort and the circumstances that allow officers to jump from one department to another repeatedly when confronted with allegations of misconduct or potential disciplinary actions. It’s a good read overall to help understand the issue and the research done to support the article found that 166 officers jumped around between four or more departments within the last 14 years and details at least 13 who jumped between departments under a cloud of misconduct allegations within the last two years.
Two Cheektowaga New York cops are being accused of using excessive force against an innocent couple they mistook as shoplifting suspects inside a mall. Witnesses and the couple claim the officers were overly aggressive from the start and they threatened the woman, asking her if she was “resisting too?” after beating and tasering the man she was with.
at least two Lee County South Carolina deputies are under investigation after a news crew caught them hanging out at a nightclub while they were the only two deputies on duty that night. When confronted the deputies covered their faces and sped off.
An Owsley County KY deputy is the subject of a lawsuit and a federal investigation which may lead to charges on allegations that he beat a man in the face with a retractable metal baton, breaking his eye socket, and sprayed him with mace after he was cuffed in front of several witnesses then arrested him on false charges. Witnesses say the beating was unprovoked.
A Booneville KY cop who was also at the event listed above is the subject of a federal and state investigation into allegations that he failed to stop that deputy from beating his victim and refused to assist him when he was injured.
118 people so far have filed claims to portions of a $3,000,000 settlement to a class action lawsuit involving alleged abused by the now-disbanded Minnesota Metro Gang Task Force that included illegal seizures of property, illegal searches, false arrests, and excessive force in addition to other allegations. The committee responsible for that task force comprised of officers from different agencies insists that a $3,000,000 settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing.
A now-former Mt San Jacinto College CA police chief has been sentenced to one year in jail on multiple charges including bribery, destruction of evidence and perjury involving a towing scam.
A Providence RI cop has received a suspended sentence after his no contest plea over his role in a drug ring that resulted in three other cops being indicted as well.
A Forest City IA cop has been fired over an unspecified on duty incident but officials won’t say why because his union has filed a grievance on his behalf.
A Sleepy Eye MN cop has been fired for a drunk driving incident that happened nearly a year ago.
The police chief of Grantsville UT had to pay a fine after he pled guilty to a poaching charge for killing a deer on private property. I was on the fence about adding this one but I guess it was a criminal charge so it applies.
An Illinois State trooper was sentenced to probation and a fine in a plea deal to a misdemeanor charge for lying on a report she filed about a motorist she stopped who had a suspended license that she let go without arresting. Her report falsely claimed that she allowed another person to drive the car when she let him go.
Cops and Women...there might be prior issues in play
An Albuquerque NM police detective has been arrested on allegations that he punched his girlfriend in face during an argument over taxes.
A Danville IN assistant police chief has pled guilty to battery charges for breaking into a house and assaulting his estranged wife’s boyfriend, injuring her in the process.
A Franklin IN cop has been charged with battery and official misconduct for groping a female informant’s genitals and calling another officer’s attention to her genital piercing in a disparaging manner while he was wiring her up for a sting operation.
San Juan County WA settled a lawsuit for $75,000 to a woman who was tackled, tasered, and then arrested on false charges when she refused to allow deputies to search her home after they were called for a domestic disturbance and had arrived after the man involved had left. The search they performed anyway was deemed illegal and didn’t turn up any evidence of any crime.
A Columbus NM cop has been indicted on a stalking charge for sending disturbing cellphone images of him holding a gun to his mouth to his ex-girlfriend that he also allegedly harassed at her place of work.
A Haverhill MA cop is on leave after being arrested on assault and battery charges involving a domestic dispute with wife.
Cops and Kids...run children! Run!
Houston TX police have been forced by an arbitrator to rehire 1 of the seven officers who were fired recently after they were caught on video kicking and beating a 15-year-old burglary suspect long after he had given up and complied with commands. The arbitrator ruled that kicking a compliant suspect wasn’t sufficient grounds for dismissal and ordered the department to give him back pay as well.
These people have way, way,way to much time on their hands
Deputy Fairfax County Police Chief Stephen L. Sellers replacement is hired
Fairfax County Police Officer requests punishment
The police union is expected to file a complaint later in the week.
Fairfax County Police Women go undercover to catch shoplifters
"Shoplifting is a serious crime" said Police chief Roarerer today "Its when you take things from shops that don't belong to you. Its not that sport from the Olympics with the Chinese guys in diapers. That's something different"
We would like to apologize to Fairfax County Police Officer Katherine Ray. (pictured above) We wrongly reported that Officer Ray was working undercover in Tysons Corner Mall as a tree decoration. She isn't. Apparently she's just a fuck'n nut.
Fairfax County Police, fighting crime
EVEN IN OUR UNDERWEAR
We're not being mean, but really, does this guy look like he could be a younger version of Chief Roarer? No, really, take away the red make up, put a bra on him.....and there you go....
Local boy hired on as Fairfax County Police officer in training
Bobby Mica, center was recently hired on as a Junior Fairfax County Police officer. "Its the best thing really" Bobby parents said "The kid is just a little prick anyway, we don't like him. He belongs on the police force"
Fairfax County propaganda expert Mary Ann Jennings, hi Mary
Nice shirt an all, but God damn that is one hard looking woman...Mary is a woman, right? I mean, not that there's anything wrong with that
Frustrated at not being able to come up with a "winning war on texting" strategy, the cops hired a wizard
...........they figure, "What the fuck, its not our money. We don't even live here"
and now, Chief Roarers anal Christmas card
"Next year, we're gonna clean up this here town, Pilgrims"
Oh that Chief Roarerer..what a card though, huh?
Thirty years later, SWAT team still providing specialized policing
A special unit patrolling local malls has arrested dozens of suspects this holiday season and recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars in stolen merchandise. It's called RATT -- retail anti-theft teams. Although in most parts of the world, private business takes care of this sort of thing, in Fairfax County, the cops have to much time on their hands so they came up with this scam
Fairfax County Police's Elite Team Ready for Anything
Thirty years later, SWAT team still providing specialized policing
National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Recap 12-23-10
New York NY police officials are doggedly insisting that a man who was arrested by an officer with a history of misconduct that has cost the city $500,000 in civil litigation to date is still guilty even though he had video proving his alibi that he was in a different city when the crime he was accused of committing had occurred. Bah Humbug indeed.
Kenton OH police claim that a man who is now on life support had injured himself when he fell while in custody for being drunk and disorderly. However, surveillance video from a holding area appears to show an officer kick his legs out from underneath him while he was handcuffed and the family is claiming this was excessive.
A New Castle PA Idiot cop was arrested on multiple charges on allegations he hit his wife in the back of her head with a pistol while she was driving then held that gun to her face. She managed to flee the car and flag down another off-duty officer who was following them as her husband drove off. He was stopped down the road and arrested for DUI and simple assault.
A Jackson Twp PA Idiot cop was arrested on domestic violence related aggravated assault, terroristic threats, and other charges over allegations that he hit his girlfriend so hard she vomited blood but she didn’t call police because he threatened her and her family, holding a gun to her head at one point. A friend called police on her behalf though.
A Cocoa FL Idiot cop has been charged with drunk driving after witnesses called police to report that the off-duty officer was pointing his gun out of his window while he drove down the street. Witnesses called again reporting that the man had flipped his car and crashed, at which time he was arrested.
A Berks County PA deputy who died in fiery single-car accident allegedly had blood alcohol content of over three times the legal limit.
A Montesano WA police chief has been charged with theft and misappropriation of funds for allegedly embezzling over $10,000 of the town’s money over an 18 month period to buy personal items and for using the town’s gas card to fuel his personal vehicles.
A Scottsdale AZ Idiot cop is accused of using excessive force when he beat a man with a baton after bouncers grabbed him while it appeared as though he was doing nothing more than watching a bar fight. Police say the use of force was justified because he stuck his arm out when pushed by a bouncer, of which the police spokesperson said “who knows what he could have done with that arm?”
Flint MI has settled a lawsuit for $625,000 to a woman who survived after shot by a Idiot cop’s shotgun when that officer mistook the sound of the door opening and the light from inside for a gunshot while the officer was responding to a call about shots fired.
A Georgetown TX Idiot cop that we mentioned yesterday as being under investigation for an excessive force incident allegedly kicked a man in the face while he was laying prone during a questionable raid on a house party that police justified by claiming they thought they heard someone yell “help”. The raid itself appears to also be under investigation now.
A Bell CA Idiot cop has been sentenced to 9 years in prison after pleading guilty to a deprivation of civil rights charge for sexually assaulting a woman during a traffic stop.
Three Wilson Borough PA Idiot cops were named in a lawsuit filed by 4 men who allege they were assaulted by the officers inside a bar while the trio was off-duty. There was an investigation but apparently some of the documents were lost or changed during that investigation and a video of the incident was mysteriously overwritten by investigating officers.
Two Altoona PA Idiot cops have been fired over their alleged involvement in an off-duty bar brawl that left one man with a broken jaw and another with a concussion.
A Marble Falls TX Idiot cop is on leave while under investigation into an alleged sexual assault that occurred during a party attended by other officers.
A Houston TX Idiot cop is on paid leave while he’s the subject of a criminal federal investigation into allegations that he ran a “pill mill”.
Memphis TN police finally officially adopted a policy that forbids officers from using political reasons as justification for spying on people 32 years after the department was ordered to do so by the court. This came after a newspaper caught onto the lapse and the ACLU is contemplating a civil suit to find out if the department violated that order.
A US ATF agent in Cleveland OH has pled guilty to stealing over $46,000 that was seized during a raid on alleged drug house. Other agents apparently saw what he was doing and reported it.
The Beacon NY police department entered into an agreement with the US DOJ to implement reforms after an use of force pattern & practice investigation.
A Bellevue NE Idiot cop has resigned after charged on allegations that he made sexually harassing phone calls to two women.
The Portland OR police union is catching some heat for publishing an article in their newsletter urging police departments to reward aggressive behavior by cops and to focus hiring people with aggressive tendencies instead of people who are more balanced. All that in the wake of some highly controversial shooting deaths and excessive force cases this year by that department’s officers.
A Humbolt County CA deputy has been charged with felony child endangerment over a fireworks accident that cost both him and a young girl most of their hands.
A Marble Falls TX Idiot cop has resigned after arrested on DUI charges when a police cruiser’s dashcam videotaped him crashing into a tree while driving his personal vehicle off-duty.
A Jennings LA police lieutenant and a captain are under investigation after the lieutenant failed to give the captain a sobriety test after a suspicious parking lot accident.
A Columbia MO Idiot cop has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to DUI charge. He was fired after his arrest.
A Fort Worth TX Idiot cop was arrested on drunk driving charges after cutting off a patrol car while off-duty in truck.
A Devils Lake ND Idiot cop has been suspended 5 days without pay for wrongfully arresting a man who flipped someone the bird.
And finally, a Cincinnati OH Idiot cop has pled no contest to public indecency charges after he was arrested for unzipping his zipper without underwear on and exposing himself to several employees in a Sears store.
Kenton OH police claim that a man who is now on life support had injured himself when he fell while in custody for being drunk and disorderly. However, surveillance video from a holding area appears to show an officer kick his legs out from underneath him while he was handcuffed and the family is claiming this was excessive.
A New Castle PA Idiot cop was arrested on multiple charges on allegations he hit his wife in the back of her head with a pistol while she was driving then held that gun to her face. She managed to flee the car and flag down another off-duty officer who was following them as her husband drove off. He was stopped down the road and arrested for DUI and simple assault.
A Jackson Twp PA Idiot cop was arrested on domestic violence related aggravated assault, terroristic threats, and other charges over allegations that he hit his girlfriend so hard she vomited blood but she didn’t call police because he threatened her and her family, holding a gun to her head at one point. A friend called police on her behalf though.
A Cocoa FL Idiot cop has been charged with drunk driving after witnesses called police to report that the off-duty officer was pointing his gun out of his window while he drove down the street. Witnesses called again reporting that the man had flipped his car and crashed, at which time he was arrested.
A Berks County PA deputy who died in fiery single-car accident allegedly had blood alcohol content of over three times the legal limit.
A Montesano WA police chief has been charged with theft and misappropriation of funds for allegedly embezzling over $10,000 of the town’s money over an 18 month period to buy personal items and for using the town’s gas card to fuel his personal vehicles.
A Scottsdale AZ Idiot cop is accused of using excessive force when he beat a man with a baton after bouncers grabbed him while it appeared as though he was doing nothing more than watching a bar fight. Police say the use of force was justified because he stuck his arm out when pushed by a bouncer, of which the police spokesperson said “who knows what he could have done with that arm?”
Flint MI has settled a lawsuit for $625,000 to a woman who survived after shot by a Idiot cop’s shotgun when that officer mistook the sound of the door opening and the light from inside for a gunshot while the officer was responding to a call about shots fired.
A Georgetown TX Idiot cop that we mentioned yesterday as being under investigation for an excessive force incident allegedly kicked a man in the face while he was laying prone during a questionable raid on a house party that police justified by claiming they thought they heard someone yell “help”. The raid itself appears to also be under investigation now.
A Bell CA Idiot cop has been sentenced to 9 years in prison after pleading guilty to a deprivation of civil rights charge for sexually assaulting a woman during a traffic stop.
Three Wilson Borough PA Idiot cops were named in a lawsuit filed by 4 men who allege they were assaulted by the officers inside a bar while the trio was off-duty. There was an investigation but apparently some of the documents were lost or changed during that investigation and a video of the incident was mysteriously overwritten by investigating officers.
Two Altoona PA Idiot cops have been fired over their alleged involvement in an off-duty bar brawl that left one man with a broken jaw and another with a concussion.
A Marble Falls TX Idiot cop is on leave while under investigation into an alleged sexual assault that occurred during a party attended by other officers.
A Houston TX Idiot cop is on paid leave while he’s the subject of a criminal federal investigation into allegations that he ran a “pill mill”.
Memphis TN police finally officially adopted a policy that forbids officers from using political reasons as justification for spying on people 32 years after the department was ordered to do so by the court. This came after a newspaper caught onto the lapse and the ACLU is contemplating a civil suit to find out if the department violated that order.
A US ATF agent in Cleveland OH has pled guilty to stealing over $46,000 that was seized during a raid on alleged drug house. Other agents apparently saw what he was doing and reported it.
The Beacon NY police department entered into an agreement with the US DOJ to implement reforms after an use of force pattern & practice investigation.
A Bellevue NE Idiot cop has resigned after charged on allegations that he made sexually harassing phone calls to two women.
The Portland OR police union is catching some heat for publishing an article in their newsletter urging police departments to reward aggressive behavior by cops and to focus hiring people with aggressive tendencies instead of people who are more balanced. All that in the wake of some highly controversial shooting deaths and excessive force cases this year by that department’s officers.
A Humbolt County CA deputy has been charged with felony child endangerment over a fireworks accident that cost both him and a young girl most of their hands.
A Marble Falls TX Idiot cop has resigned after arrested on DUI charges when a police cruiser’s dashcam videotaped him crashing into a tree while driving his personal vehicle off-duty.
A Jennings LA police lieutenant and a captain are under investigation after the lieutenant failed to give the captain a sobriety test after a suspicious parking lot accident.
A Columbia MO Idiot cop has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to DUI charge. He was fired after his arrest.
A Fort Worth TX Idiot cop was arrested on drunk driving charges after cutting off a patrol car while off-duty in truck.
A Devils Lake ND Idiot cop has been suspended 5 days without pay for wrongfully arresting a man who flipped someone the bird.
And finally, a Cincinnati OH Idiot cop has pled no contest to public indecency charges after he was arrested for unzipping his zipper without underwear on and exposing himself to several employees in a Sears store.
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