Two police officers who shot and killed a 21-year-old Mount Vernon man by mistake

The Washington Post



March 21, 1979, Wednesday, Final Edition


No Violation of Police Procedure Ruled in Officers' Slaying of Man


BYLINE: By Liza Bercovici, Washington Post Staff Writer


SECTION: Metro; C3


LENGTH: 319 words


Two police officers who shot and killed a 21-year-old Mount Vernon man by mistake last month have been cleared of violating police procedures in the incident, although an investigation by the Fairfax County prosecutor is continuing.


Fairfax County police Sgt. Walter Blankenship, 38, and Officer Kenneth Madden, 33, of the Arlington police force were cleared by an internal review by the Fairfax police department, Fairfax Chief Richard A. King said yesterday.


Fairfax Commonwealth's Attorney Robert F. Horan Jr. is still investigating to determine if there were criminal violations in the death of Stanley Hughes, who was shot to death Feb. 12 as he ran unarmed from his apartment where a murder suspect was staying. Horan refused comment yesterday on the status of his investigation.


Blankenship, who had been suspended from the force, returned to his job Monday at the Groveton police substation. Arlington police said Madden, assigned desk duty pending the Fairfax police department review, would be back on street patrol by today.


The officers who shot Hughes had been staking out Hughes' apartment at 3332 Lockheed Blvd. in the Mount Vernon area in hope of capturing Kenneth Eugene King 34, who was sought in connection with the death of his father-in-law and the wounding of his mother.


Hughes was shot as he ran from his apartment after gunifire was heard from outside. Afterward, police said, they found King inside the apartment dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.


At first, the police effort to investigate the matter was frustrated, first by the officers' refusal, on advice of their attorneys, to discuss the matter, and then by Hughes' mother, Naomi Hughes, the only other eyewitness to the incident, who announced she would have "nothing to say to police."


Blankenship and Madden decided about two weeks ago to talk with police investigators about the incident.

To much money, too much time on their hands, not enough to do

150,000,000.00


You want how much for the police?


$150,000,000.00


"More than $1 million worth of brand new Fairfax County police cars are sitting unused


$150,000,000.00


County Police Department Replaces Crashed Helicopter


$150,000,000.00

Too much money, to many people on the frce and not enough to do

Sobriety checkpoints conducted in 2009: 34 (About one every two weeks)



Citizens "Screened" at checkpoints: 16,000


DWI arrests as a result of sobriety checkpoints: 45 (out of 16,000 citizens "screened")

Idiot report

Puerto Rico police are being accused of using excessive force and of making indiscriminate arrests in response to a strike at the Puerto Rico University.



Lima OH has settled a lawsuit for $2,500,000 to the family of a woman who was fatally shot by police while she was unarmed and holding her 1-year-old son who was also shot during a drug raid. This was separate from the $253k settlement made over the injuries the boy suffered which included the loss of part of his hand.


New Brunswick NJ police are being sued by 2 Rutgers students claiming officers used excessive force while raiding their off-campus rental home, allegedly beating and kicking them both before completely ransacking their room. While the two students filing suit weren’t arrested, police say others in the multi-tenant home were found with drugs and charged

A Knoxville TN idiot cophas been given a suspended sentence in a plea deal to a supplying alcohol to a minor charge which allows him to avoid any sex charges over an incident where he and his partner plied two 13-year-old girls with alcohol, showed them some porn, and coaxed them into performing a striptease for them.


Two Des Moines WA police officers are the subject of a citizen criminal complaint of animal cruelty that was filed on behalf of the owners of Newfoundland dog named Rosie who was tasered and shot to death even though witnesses say the dog wasn’t being aggressive. The allegations of malicious intent rely on recordings made on dashcams and police radios where officers can be heard saying things such as ““I say we just shoot him, kill him. He’s gonna fight like a (expletive deleted) once he’s tased; I can try to choke him out” before deciding to shoot the dog and “Niiiice” when the dog was shot.


Houston TX police are being sued by a retired 65yr-old NASA engineer who claims that officers refused to listen and used excessive force when she was arrested for allegedly threatening a man when his dog crapped on her lawn. She claims that, if officers would have checked, they would have found out the man making allegations against her had warrants out against him.

A Milwaukee WI idiot cophas been convicted of four misdemeanor charges for threatening two people with a gun while he was off-duty and drunk.

An Evansville IN idiot cophas resigned after pleading guilty to a battery charge for beating up a former deputy at an FOP lodge.


Maricopa County AZ sheriff Arpaio and his chief deputy are the subject of yet another lawsuit claiming that he maliciously initiated baseless criminal investigations against officials for political reasons. This suit was filed by the county’s IT director.


A Galesburg IL idiot cophas been sentenced to 6 months in jail for stealing at least $2,700 from police drug buy funds.

A Bakersfield CA idiot copresigned before being arrested on 7 charges related to allegations that he had sex with at least three prostitutes while on duty.


An Ottawa ON idiot cophas been charged with two counts of assault but police officials are refusing to name the officer or even explain what prompted the charges.


The police chief of Rogers MN and a police sergeant have both been suspended while under investigation for unspecified corruption allegations.


Two Atlanta GA police officers have been indicted for lying to FBI agents for their statements in an unspecified investigation that already apparently cost them their jobs.


A Fulton County GA sheriff’s sergeant is on leave while under investigation over unspecified sexual misconduct allegations


A New Bethlehem PA idiot cophas been sentenced to 4-8 years in prison for possession of heroin. The officer also worked at Reynoldsville & Brockway police departments as well.


A Gainesville FL idiot copwas fired for allegedly falsifying a crash investigation and for discussing an internal investigation without permission

A Coconino County AZ deputy has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident in an alcohol-related single car accident.


A San Antonio TX idiot copwas arrested on a drunk driving charge after crashing into a parked car while off duty.

Three Ft Lauderdale FL police officers were suspended and one was fired over workplace pranks that went too far involving a dog licking another officer’s peanut butter and urinating on someone’s desk


A Seattle WA idiot copis under investigation after he was caught on dashcam, shown above, stomping on the head of a handcuffed man that allegedly assaulted him outside of a bar while he was off-duty. The incident apparently began when he accused some women of stealing his jacket inside a bar he had been drinking at with a friend and tried to arrest them and, according to some witnesses, threatened people outside with a gun. At that point, apparently, three men approached and yelled at the officer to let go of the woman, sparking a brawl which police responded to. The incident was reported by an officer at the scene, which initiated an internal investigation which has since changed into a criminal investigation.


A Palm Beach County FL deputy has been arrested on felony assault with a deadly weapon and making false statements charges in an unspecified incident.


A Searcy AR police school resource officer has pled guilty to “deviant sexual activity” with a 16-year-old girl. He was apparently caught climbing into her bedroom window.


Los Angeles CA police are being accused of excessive force in one of two raids that were conducted on the homes of two teens who had recorded a idiot copfighting with a student at a bus stop in which one of the students was arrested on “attempted lynching” charges for it. We had previously recorded the raids after a political group reported them but this is the first mention we’ve seen from a more mainstream source confirming the controversial raids occurred and detailing some additional allegations about what occurred during the raids.


The police chief of Sneedville TN has resigned while under investigation by a state agency into unspecified sexual misconduct allegations


A Cleveland OH jury found a case put in front of them was so egregious that they immediately found the teen accused of assault not guilty, pledged to file a complaint with the police about the shoddy investigation work, and even offered to give the accused their jury pay as a result. The prosecutors office there was recently the subject of a newspaper expose alleging hundreds of cases where there was insufficient evidence and investigation work done prior to prosecution.


An East Greenwich RI idiot cophas been sentenced to pay court costs as a result of his plea to an assault charge over an incident outside of a bar where he broke a cow statue then punched a man who tried to detain him when he tried to leave when confronted.

A Colorado State trooper was suspended after arrested for his alleged role in a New Years bar brawl along with his friends whom, local police claim, are convicted drug dealers currently on parole. They’re all accused of assaulting bar staff after asked to leave.


A Reno NV idiot cophas been arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge over an unspecified incident that occured at a casino.


A Cincinnati OH idiot cophas been sentenced to 64 hours of community service for exposing himself to several Sears employees at a mall.

A Westmorland CA idiot copis still under investigation after being arrested on February 1 on burglary, grand theft & other charges.


A Spokane County WA deputy has been fired for stabbing a knife into the seat of a woman’s car after he had it towed over a minor non-moving traffic violation after a routine traffic stop.


A Nashville TN metro parks police captain has been suspended while investigated over domestic violence allegations in addition other unspecified allegations he was already under investigation for at the time.


A Hancock County IN deputy is facing theft charges for allegedly stealing over $9,000 from the department’s drug buy fund so he could pay bills and gamble.


A West Pittston PA idiot cophas been convicted on theft charges for accepting $20,000 in DARE funds for teaching DARE classes at local schools that he never taught.


A Redmond OR police lieutenant has been arrested after an investigation into allegations he sold firearms that he took from police inventory.


A Cochise County AZ deputy has been indicted on multiple fraud and conspiracy-related charges for allegedly helping and advising his wife about how to embezzle $1,000,000 from the doctor’s office she worked at.


The Fairbanks AK police chief has had charges dropped against a good Samaritan who had been at an accident scene that he stopped at to help the injured before a idiot coparrived and asked him to stay in order to get a statement. The man was arrested for urinating behind a truck while he waited. The chief also issued an apology, saying it was overzealous, and had him reimbursed for the money he spent over the charge.
 An Accomack County VA deputy has resigned before he was arrested for stealing energy drinks from a convenience store on at least 10 occasions.


The sheriff of Norfolk County MA has hired a former Wapole MA idiot cop who agreed to resign in order to avoid charges for allegedly shoplifting from a convenience store on a daily basis. While the chief was surprised to hear he got another job in law enforcement, the sheriff insists the officer deserves a second chance.

An RCMP constable has been ruled to have used excessive force when he punched one-footed man in the face for not getting up quickly enough in an incident that a judge described as “cruel” when he determined that the charges filed against the man should never have stuck and stayed them

Lawrence MA has settled a lawsuit for $400,000 to a man claiming an officer punched him in the face and broke his eye socket when he complained that his handcuffs were too tight after he was erroneously arrested for car theft.

Four Winslow NJ police officers and three “good Samaritans” are the subject of a lawsuit filed by the family of a mentally disabled man who died after the group of people subdued him drung a wrongfull arrest initiated by an officer who has since pled guilty to assault over the incident and is no longer a cop.


A New York State Parks police sergeant has been arrested on allegations that he sexually abused a teen girl who was under the age of 16.

A Middeltown PA idiot copis the subject of an unspecified criminal investigation. Police officials refuse to release any details but the probe may involve one of two lawsuits recently filed against the department including an excessive force case and an incident where a woman claims officers refused to let her get dressed while she was detained in her home in front of her children while they served a search warrant

The Seattle WA police department is being accused of failing to inform prosecutors about the video of an off-duty cop stomping a handcuffed man who was one of three arrested for fighting the cop when he was drunk and appeared to be harassing a woman outside of a bar. prosecutors and lawyers defending the three men, charged with assaulting an officer, say the video and witness statements bring those felony charges into question but the police waited a month to inform prosecutors about it.


The Seattle WA police released a video today showing an officer yelling at and flipping off a detainee in a holding cell that he was also accused of choking in the back seat of his cruiser earlier. This was the same officer that made the news when a video was released last year showing him telling an innocent man he detained that he would “beat the Mexican piss” out of him then stomping on his head.


A Houston TX idiot copis accused of using excessive force in a video released by activists showing the officer shove the cuffed man down to the ground. Activists say it contradicts his police report.

A Spokane WA idiot copwas determined by investigators to have been speeding without activating his lights or siren when he fatally struck a pedestrian.


Palm Beach County FL deputy has been arrested on multiple charges for allegedly facilitating a fight between jail inmates, one of which was arrested on murder charges.


Atlanta GA police have agreed to order officers to stop interfering with people who record them in a settlement that will also pay $40,000 to that city’s copwatch group after police confiscated a copwatcher’s camera when he was recording an arrest.

An off-duty St Louis MO sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot by a St. Louis idiot copwhen officer’s spotted him arguing with someone and ordered him to put his hands up when they also spotted his gun. The officer opened fire when the deputy allegedly reached for the gun instead of following commands.


Vancouver WA has offered to settle a claim for $383,000 to a family claiming an officer broke the law when he failed to arrest a man after a domestic violence incident just days before he killed his sister. The claim asserts that if he was arrested he would have been forced into treatment for his mental illness and wouldn’t have killed his sister.


An Elkhart IN idiot copwho had previously been suspended for groping women has now been fired after accused of coercing a woman into sex under threat of arrest.


A Gatineau QC idiot cophas been fired for “discreditable conduct” for allegedly abusing authority to abuse victim in what is rumored to be a sexual-related incident. Officials are refusing to release any details though


A Jackson PA idiot cophas been charged with aggravated assault and making terroristic threats over an alleged incident where he hit and choked his girlfriend.


A Lawrence MA idiot cophas been sentenced to probation for assaulting his girlfriend in an incident that resulted in him being tasered by another off-duty officer.


The police chief of San Fernando CA is under investigation over sexual misconduct claims made by a former explorer turned cadet.

A Gainesville FL idiot cophas been sentenced to one year in jail for hitting an elderly pedestrian with his car while he was drunk in a plea deal that dropped unrelated voyeurism charges against him.


A Cocoa FL idiot cophas been fired for pointing a firearm at another vehicle before he was stopped and arrested for DUI.


A Renssalaer NY idiot copis accused by witnesses of being asleep at wheel when he crashed cruiser into parked cars.


A Durham County NC deputy pled guilty to 25 embezzling charges for taking over $97,000 from drug investigation funds.


An Ohio State trooper was arrested on 34 felony charges on allegations he helped his wife illegally obtain prescription drugs.


A Long Beach CA idiot cophas pled guilty to embezzlement charges for stealing 4 firearms he was supposed to book into the department’s property room.


A Lancaster County SC deputy resigned prior to being arrested on allegations that he stole prescription drugs from his elderly neighbor on several occasions.


A New Jersey Port Authority police detective has been sentenced to probation and will have to pay $10,000 in restitution in a plea deal for his role in a mail fraud scheme.


A Spokane WA police detective, who is also the VP of that police union, has been charged with obstructing a wildlife officer who pulled him over after complaints that two minors who were with him were hunting after hours.


The Ouachita Parish LA sheriff’s office was subjected to a search by FBI agents who seized records as part of an unspecified ongoing investigation.


Two Oakland NJ police officers have been fired over unspecified “misconduct & conduct unbecoming” findings against them


A Shreveport LA idiot cophas been charged with hit & run after police noticed unreported damage to her police cruiser.

A Douglas County CO sheriff’s lieutenant has resigned while he was under investigation for allegedly using a departmental computer to post racist and homophobic comments in response to stories on news websites while he was on-duty.

D.C. group offers support to Fairfax police watchdogs

By Tom Jackman


The District's Office of Police Complaints, a civilian agency which handles complaints about police conduct in Washington, has offered its assistance to Fairfax County as it considers whether to launch a similar entity in Virginia's largest county.


A citizens group which formed in Fairfax last year, the Virginia Citizens Coalition for Police Accountability, has been lobbying for an independent agency to monitor the Fairfax police in the wake of fatal shootings and traffic accidents involving Fairfax officers. After the group actively pushed the county's Board of Supervisors to consider the idea, the board turned to Fairfax Police Chief David M. Rohrer for his thoughts. The chief said last May he would look into a process for how such a review mechanism might be structured and report back to the board.


While the coalition was waiting for that, its founder Nicholas Beltrante, a retired Metropolitan Police Department officer, contacted the District's Office of Police Complaints for its best practices materials, as well as information on how other citizen review agencies work. The OPC's executive director, Philip K. Eure, is the immediate past president of the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement, and said that Fairfax was one of the largest jurisdictions in the country without any form of independent police review.


Eure said Fairfax police have not contacted him, though he has extensive knowledge of how such agencies work nationwide. He has been consulted regularly by groups throughout the United States and abroad seeking to create or improve citizen oversight of police.


"The District of Columbia government and our agency," Eure said in a news release, "are ready and willing to also provide information about independent police review to Fairfax County government and police officials. As we've learned, there's a steep learning curve in this field and the District has greatly benefited from reaching out to other citizen review agencies over the years."


Merni Fitzgerald, the chief spokeswoman for Fairfax County, said Friday that County Executive Anthony Griffin was expected to make a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors about forming such an entity at one of the board's two meetings in March.


Beltrante said he didn't know Eure had offered his assistance to Fairfax, and said he welcomed it heartily. Beltrante pointed to two seven-figure dollar settlements paid by Fairfax in the last year, to settle lawsuits filed by the families of people killed by Fairfax officers, as evidence that officers' misconduct imposes financial costs on county residents.

Police misconduct

The New York NY police officer who accidentally shot a 76yr-old man during a late night drug raid on his home even though his son was the subject of the search warrant is now the subject of a legal claim filed on the man’s behalf. Such claims are generally the precursor to a civil suit.


A Cape Coral FL police officer’s shooting of a “large dog” is under investigation after witnesses disputed his version of events, claiming the dog wasn’t a threat and that it was, at best, a small to medium size dog of 10-15 lbs in size.

Three Conyers GA police officers were disciplined over a bar brawl that allegedly started when a bouncer refused to allow the officers to bring an underage person in with them. One of the officers resigned, one was demoted & suspended 10 days, the 3rd was given a reprimand.

A Zanesville OH police officer was indicted on conspiracy to distribute cocaine involving a planned fake raid on dealers during what the officer and his co-conspirators suspected would be a drug delivery. Those co-conspirators included another Zanesville officer and an officer from a medical center.

The Atlanta GA police vice inspector, who was the lead investigator during the problematic Atlanta Eagle raid, has been charged with driving under influence of alcohol & possession of marijuana.

Montreal QC police have been told to pay $20,000 by that city’s human rights commission to a couple claiming they were harassed because the had authorized Ivory Coast IDs and then were forced to wait in the cold with their young baby for a tow truck when one of the officers refused to let them sit in the cruiser to wait.

A West Carrollton OH police officer was arrested along with is wife for allegedly shoplifting $80 worth of goods from Walmart while they had their 2-year-old child with them.


A Cape Coral FL police officer managed to not get charged when he was caught with marijuana in his car because his wife claimed it was her’s, but he is now being fired because he didn’t turn her in himself.


A video was released today which was used in the trial of a Toronto police officer who pled guilty to an issuing threats charge. While I can’t embed the video, it shows the officer press a taser to one cuffed man’s neck while trying to elicit information from him, threatening to taser his nuts if he lied. Then he goes to another cuffed man in a different cruiser, slaps him in the head, then presses the taser to his crotch while threatening to taser him in the nuts as well if he doesn’t tell the officer who a third suspect was. While this report was already in our database, I felt the release of the associated video was something our readers would be interested in finding out about.


A Dallas PA police officer fatally shots his girlfriend in the head before shooting himself to death during a domestic dispute.


A San Diego CA police officer has been suspended without pay while under investigation on allegations that he raped a woman in a house while he was on duty.


A Wisconsin State trooper has been arrested on allegations that he repeatedly sexually assaulted a foster child over a period of years beginning when since she was 15 years old.


At least one New Brunswick NJ police officer is under investigation after a YouTube video, shown above, showed him repeatedly punch a Rutgars student in the head while four other officers were holding him down while cuffing him.


Indianapolis IN police are being accused of using excessive force when they mistook a man’s violent epileptic seizure for being drunk when they tasered him three times then arrested him for resisting arrest and public intoxication. However, there’s no word on if he was actually tested for any intoxicants.


A Clay County FL sheriff’s detective has been fired after arrested on felony domestic violence and attempted sexual battery charges.


A Florida State trooper was sentenced to probation after taking a plea deal to battery and official misconduct charges for misusing his position to coerce a woman into having sex under threat of arrest following a traffic stop.


The Atlanta GA police chief decided to disband the controversial “Red Dog” narcotics unit after several incidents that resulted in lawsuits including the controversial raid of a gay bar. However, he plans to replace the unit with another “elite” unit and will allow officers from the Red Dog unit to join that new unit, though pledging not to allow any officers with sustained excessive force findings to join.


Two Philadelphia PA police officers have pled guilty to charges related to the robbery of a suspected heroin dealer during staged traffic stop. One of the officers has agreed to testify against a third officer awaiting trial.


A Harris County TX deputy pled guilty to federal extortion charges after he was caught in a sting operation using position to rob an undercover cop he thought was a drug dealer.


A Nashville TN police sergeant was suspended after charged with assault for punching a man he thought kissed his girlfriend at a super bowl party.


A Stafford TX police officer has been charged with theft and abuse of office for stealing from the evidence room that he was in charge of.


An Exeter CA police officer was arrested on allegations of domestic violence in an unspecified incident.


A Pittsburgh PA police detective and his wife were both arrested on domestic violence charges after their daughter called 911 during one of their disputes.


A Denver CO police detective has been suspended while under investigation for allegedly mishandling evidence in a high-profile investigation into a hit and run accident.


A Hancock County IN deputy was sentenced to 365 days in jail, with 351 of those days suspended, after pleading guilty to DUI charges involving him crashing a squad car


A Ferndale WA police officer is suspected of being under the influence when he crashed his truck into a tree off-duty and severely injured himself.


A Jennings LA police lieutenant has been fired and a captain was demoted over unspecified policy violations involving a car accident.


The Providence RI police chief was suspended for 1 day for threatening to throw coffee in the face of a police sergeant who had a coughing fit during a meeting.


A Bethlehem PA police officer was suspended without pay for an unspecified period of time for accidentally firing his gun in the police department restroom then refusing to admit that he did it.


The Morris Brown College in Georgia is under investigation for employing 27 sworn police officers in it’s police department even though the 3-building campus only has 63 students enrolled. State investigators are looking into allegations that the officers were employed as part of some sort of payroll scam and several of the officers have misconduct records from their previous stints as officers elsewhere


Two Los Angeles County CA deputies are now under investigation after an ACLU member claimed to have witnessed them repeatedly beat and taser an inmate while he appeared to be unconscious on the floor of the jail she was visiting to see a different inmate


Troy MT has settled a lawsuit for $100,000 to a man claiming he was tasered by a police officer while he was handcuffed and strapped down with a seat belt in the backseat of a police cruiser because he was being loud while the officer was trying to talk on the radio. That officer is now the police chief there


Baltimore MD police are being accused of using excessive force by a neighbor who witnessed police taser a teenager who was on the roof of his home. The teen was badly injured when he fell to the ground after being tasered and suffered a broken neck and back. The officers claimed the teen came at them when they tried to get at him from a window but the witness claims the teen was trying to get away from the officers, not going towards them


Gary IN has settled a lawsuit for $170,000 to four people who were beaten inside their home by the former police chief and two of his aides because the chief thought they had broken into his home and robbed him.


The town of Oneonta NY has requested that an external review be conducted into unspecified allegations of excessive force made against one of their officers during an arrest last month.


A Bethlehem PA police officer was given a deal that will eventually leave him with a completely clean criminal record after he completes a first-time offender program after he admitted to destroying a video that was evidence in an excessive force case. No decision has been made on his employment with the department.


Iowa City IA police are being sued by a man claiming that officers went into his apartment to conduct a probation check on his roommate while he was taking a shower and when he came out, wearing only a towel, the officers badly injured his shoulder when they cuffed and detained him while accusing him of flushing drugs… no evidence of any criminal activity was found during a subsequent search


A US DOD police officer has been arrested for child enticement after he allegedly called off work to meet what he believed to be a 13-year-old boy for sex. It turned out that it was an undercover officer in a sting operation.


A Baxter County AR deputy has been fired over a string of alleged acts of misconduct that culminated in allegations of excessive force, an illegal search, and a domestic violence incident this year.


A Miami FL police officer was sentenced to probation and must pay $1,500 in restitution in a plea deal that reduced a number of charges against him down to a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge for starving his K9 partner to death.


Terrebonne Parish LA has settled a lawsuit for an undisclosed sum to a woman who was attacked by a police dog while she was walking down the street


A High Point NC police officer has been demoted and suspended for 3 weeks without pay for threatening to arrest a woman because she called 911 to report her home being broken into and that she was afraid the person who did it was still there. The officer instead yelled at her and threatened to arrest her for placing a fake 911 call while refusing to respond to the call


A Jacksonville FL police officer has been sentenced to probation and community service after pleading guilty to making a false report in an effort to cover up an illegal search.


A West Memphis AR police officer was arrested on a felony theft charge after being accused of stealing from a motorist during a traffic stop


A Blue Ash OH police officer was sentenced to probation in a plea deal for DUI and disorderly conduct after an apparent road rage incident.


Several Raleigh NC police officers have been suspended in an ongoing but secretive investigation into unspecified allegations of sexual misconduct involving a prostitute.


Barstow CA has settled a lawsuit for $298,500 to a police officer who claims that he was fired for recording a meeting with supervisors in retaliation for reporting alleged acts of misconduct by supervisors that he witnessed.


A Cincinnati OH police sergeant has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a fellow officer in an unprovoked attack at a bar while both were off-duty.


The police chief of Gregory TX and his wife were both charged with assault for their actions during a domestic dispute


A Stockton CA police officer has accepted a plea deal and pled no contest to a single felony possession of steroids for sale charge after he was caught with a “significant quantity” of steroids


The now-former sheriff of Kanabec County MN is facing an ever-growing number of charges. After being implicated and charged with 4 counts of theft by swindle and 5 counts of theft through temporary control in an investment scandal he’s now facing charges for failing to pay taxes he owed from 2003-2007.


The now-former sheriff of Gallatin County IL who has already been sentenced to life in prison for marijuana trafficking and for plotting to have a witness who testified against him killed is now facing state charges for stealing the pot he sold from evidence and for trying to blackmail people during an investigation.


A Connecticut State police lieutenant has been suspended while he’s under investigation after he crashed his unmarked cruiser into the back of a truck, severely injuring it’s driver. While police won’t verify it, sources say that there were open containers of alcohol found in his cruiser after the wreck


An Onley VA police officer has been arrested on DUI charge after crashing into another car while off duty.

chief accused of placing his girlfriend on the payroll

Chief rohehererer says....

ITS ALMOST TIME FOR SAINT PATRICK'S DAY! GUESS WHAT I'M DRESS AS....GOOD AHEAD, GUESS  

He was in the way

Four Denver CO police officers may face an amended lawsuit alleging they have covered-up an excessive force incident through their testimony in a brutality lawsuit that was dismissed when all of the officers claimed they never saw one of them repeatedly beat a man on the leg with a baton until he suffered permanent damage from the injuries.

Salisbury NC has settled a lawsuit for $60,000 to a man who was shown on video being punched a number of timed by a police officer inside a nightclub where several officers were responding to a fight. The man who was hit didn’t appear to be involved with the fight and didn’t appear to be posing a threat. That officer later resigned over the incident.

Well first off, why the fuck are you living in a place called Choctaw?

A Choctaw County MS deputy has been indicted on deprivation of rights and falsifying documents charges for releasing his police dog on a man without just cause, allowing it to bite him several times, then filing a false report about what happened.

                                                      The alleged police dog

A Fredericktown MO police captain who was also a scout leader has been sentenced to three consecutive life terms in prison in addition to 22 additional years for repeatedly sexually assaulting two young boys who were brothers.

Its hard to meet a nice girl dressed in these clown suits

A Miami-Dade FL police officer has been charged with lewd and lascivious molestation on allegations that he fondled two teenage girls during a traffic stop behind a store.

yeah, like everybody hasn't done that at least once

And finally, two West Palm Beach FL police officers were given a deal that allows them to avoid prosecution all together for vandalizing cars while they were drunk, but they still had to pay restitution and may face disciplinary action despite being returned to duty.

The idiots in action report

A Florida Atlantic University FL police officer is now facing murder charges after the escort that he shot in a dispute over payment for her services died in the hospital. He’s also currently in the hospital in critical condition after he attempted to hang himself in jail. Newer reports released since the incident paint a picture of an officer who left two other police departments due to allegations of misconduct.


Portland OR will have to pay a $30,000 jury award to a college student who was tasered twice by a police officer inside a Denny’s restaraunt when the officer was called to wake the kid up. Several witnesses disputed the officer’s version of events in that case where there was a gap in the surveillance video which would have shown what happened.


Montreal QC police have been ordered by a judge to pay a $4,000 civil judgment to a man who was injured by a police officer kicking open his door on his face when he went to detain the man in a case of mistaken identity.


The now-former police chief of Bordentown NJ has been sentenced to 17 years in state prison for conspiring to hire a convict to murder his wife.


The Franklin County OH sheriff’s office has settled a closely watched class action lawsuit that was joined by the US DOJ over the use of tasers against detainees in jail. The settlement requires the sheriff to institute policy permitting tasers only when a detainee presents a threat and so long as that detainee is not restrained.


Smith Twp PA and Burgettstown PA have settled a lawsuit for an unspecified sum to a couple who claimed that two officers raided their home and falsely arrested them using false statements to justify both.


A Madison WI police officer who was also a member of the Dane County drug task force has resigned following an investigation into numerous alleged policy violations that included “oppressive conduct”.
 Two New Orleans LA police officers have been fired. One officer was fired over allegations he would leave his duty area to have sex while on-duty and the other was fired over allegations that he robbed some motorist then beat him and pepper sprayed his girlfriend when confronted about it. That officer was charged for it but was not convicted at trial.


A Phoenix AZ police officer, who happens to be the mayor’s son, was already under investigation for allegedly groping a female city employee but is now facing another investigation over a number of unspecified allegations.


A Tallahassee FL police officer is the subject of an arrest warrant on allegations that he physically abused two women, one of which was his ex-girlfriend.


Two Newtown CT police officers have resigned while they were the subject of a criminal and internal investigation involving missing union funds.

Saginaw MI police officer has been awarded a $750,000 judgment over his lawsuit claiming that his supervisor sexually harassed him then retaliated against him when he rebuffed the advances.


A New Jersey state trooper has been indicted for doing work as an insurance investigator while he was on-duty.
 An East Orange NJ police officer has been sentenced to probation for setting his car on fire in a bid to get insurance money.

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The idiot cop report

A Kershaw County SC deputy has been convicted of violating a handcuffed detainee’s rights when he repeatedly beat him with a baton, breaking his leg in the process as seen on the surveillance video shown above.



A Goodwater AL police officer shot a man twice inside a courtroom after he became angry when the judge refused to allow him time to call his wife to get money for the fine he was sentenced to over a dispute he had with a neighbor. While the officer and a lawyer claim the man attempted to reach for a gun that the judge pulled on him, other witnesses claim that the man, who’s leg was in a cast and used crutches, was not posing a threat when shot. No matter which way you look at this one, it’s a bit crazy for a court of law.


Four Ottawa ON police officers are the subject of a lawsuit alleging that they injured a man during arrest for drinking in public even though he claims he wasn’t drinking. Then, allegedly, they mistreated him in jail by stomping on his head and kicking him in the crotch and ribs when they threw him head-first into a cell. Assault on an officer charges against him were later dismissed.


Three Las Vegas NV police officers were found to have used excessive force by a federal jury that awarded a $2,100,000 judgment to a man who had to have four operations on his neck after he was choked and pepper sprayed by the officers after one of them tripped when he went to detain him and they mistook it for a struggle.


A Lawrence MA police officer was sentenced to 10-12 years in prison after found guilty of repeatedly raping a woman he offered a ride to in his cruiser while it was parked behind the police station.


A Fort Valley GA police officer was arrested on enticing a child for indecent purposes & violation of an oath of office charges when he was caught trying to arrange to have sex with what he thought was a juvenile in an undercover sting operation.


A Provo UT police officer has been sentenced to 180 days for forcible sex abuse & obstruction for coercing a woman to lift her shirt and allow him to grope her under threat of arrest.


A Paterson NJ police officer was arrested on possession and distribution of child pornography charges after a 3-month long investigation.


A Jeffersonville IN former police officer‘s fight to get unemployment benefits after he agreed to resign while under investigation has revealed that he was under investgiation on allegations that he had been blackmailing a young woman into having sex with him over traffic tickets and that he had been recorded leaking information to a drug dealer. Allegations which, under agreement in exchange for his resignation, were kept secret and for which he never faced charges for.


A Nicholas County WV deputy has been arrested on three wanton endangerment charges for firing his gun inside his apartment in the presence of two other adults and an infant.


A Fort Worth TX police officer has been suspended for 30 days after he admitted to breaking a man’s nose at a party he was hosting because the man kept talking to the officer’s girlfriend. He is still the subject of a criminal investigation over the incident.


An Orange County CA deputy who had already been charged with domestic violence has been arrested again for violating the protection order and bail conditions by attempting to obtain a fully automatic weapon from a friend and for allegedly attempting to contact the victim.


A Coles County IL chief deputy had resigned before he was arrested on allegations that he threw an unspecified female down and kicked her during a domestic dispute at his home.


An Orange County CA deputy has been suspended after he was arrested on suspicion of domestic abuse for allegedly injuring wife during a dispute.


The police chief of Bristol CT has been suspended while he’s the subject of an unspecified investigation that was requested by the mayor’s office.


A Gallatin TN police commander has been suspended for 5 days over racist remarks he made describing certain state troopers & state agents.


An Ottawa ON police officer has pled guilty to discreditable conduct for harassing and stalking a female officer that he broke up with.


An Ottawa ON police officer was arrested and charged with uttering threats after he was accused of threatening his ex-wife.


A Harford County MD sheriff’s major has been sentenced to 18 months in jail after pleading guilty to theft and official misconduct charges for shoplifting on two different occasions. The major made over $107,000 per year on just his base salary.


A Macomb County MI deputy was sentenced to a fine after he pled guilty and payed restitution for stealing from the department’s teen explorer program.


A Liberty County TX sheriff’s captain has been convicted on mail fraud and firearms charges for selling about 100,000 rounds of police-issued hollow-point ammunition in order to purchase guns that he sold through his personal business, some of the leftover ammo was sold along with the guns he sold as well.


Two New York NY police officers face numerous charges on allegations that the wrote numerous fake tickets in order to pad their overtime and keep their assigned patrol duty that was considered “cushy” because they didn’t have to answer radio calls while doing it.


And finally, the Toccoa GA police department is under investigation after an officer allegedly stopped the police chief’s daughter on suspicion of DUI outside of town, waved off a responding deputy, but then never arrested her even after she failed a breathalyzer test.


A now-former Fulton County GA deputy sheriff has been convicted on manslaughter and other charges for trying to shoot a prostitute who fled when he attempted to rape her then shooting her pimp to death


Santa Ana CA police have been sued by the family of a man shot by a police officer who claimed that it was self defense because the man was armed with a knife. However, the suit comes after an autopsy showed the man died from a gunshot wound to the head, from behind. Lawyers for the family also claim a reluctant witness said the man had his hands up when he was shot.


A Toronto ON police officer has been charged with a second assault with a weapon charge, both of which stem from alleged beatings that occurred during the G-20 protests last year.


An Escambia County FL deputy has been charged with felony assault for slamming a handcuffed detainee to the floor then dragging him to a booking area as captured on a jail surveillance camera, shown above.


A Fort Myers FL police sergeant is the subject of a lawsuit alleging he beat and choked a handcuffed and shackled suspect during an interrogation when the man refused to divulge any information to detectives.


A Toronto ON police officer has pled guilty to a threat of bodily harm charge for slapping a handcuffed detainee then threatening to taser his testicles if he didn’t tell him where a suspect was. He then threatened to taser another man’s testicles if he didn’t answer the same question.


A Longwood FL police officer has been arrested on six felony charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment, kidnapping and burglary on allegations he drove to his estranged wife’s home in his police cruiser while in uniform, hit a man in the head with his service pistol, then threatened to kill them both and then commit suicide. His wife is also a police officer with the same department.


A Newark NJ police detective has pled guilty to official misconduct for beating a handcuffed detainee so badly he suffered a fractured eye socket and a broken jaw, all allegedly because he asked to speak to a supervisor.


New York NY police are being sued by a man claiming he was subjected to a cavity search in public while he was detained in a case of mistaken identity when he walked into a store to buy something during an ongoing drug bust.


A Memphis TN police officer has resigned before he was officially arrested for robbing two Hispanic men during a traffic stop. The charges were filed after he signed a statement admitting to the act.


A Toronto ON police officer has been charged with criminal harassment on allegations he repeatedly harassed a woman on a commuter train.


A Louisiana State trooper was arrested after he was involved in an unspecified altercation outside of a nightclub while he was on medical leave for unspecified reasons.


A Lafayette Parish LA sheriff’s lieutenant has been fired over allegations of sexual harassment that were made as part of a now-settled lawsuit which resulted in an unspecified payment to a female sheriff’s deputy.


A Broward County FL deputy has become the eight sheriff’s employee arrested as part of an ongoing jail misconduct probe. He’s accused of accepting money in exchange for smuggling goods into the jail for inmates.


A San Francisco CA police officer has been arrested on allegations that he stole the registration sticker from a motorist he pulled over then put that sticker on his own personal car.


Before I close for the day, I did want to mention that the Houston Texas police department finally released a controversial video from an incident last year where a 15-year-old burglary suspect was hit by a police cruiser and surrendered before several officers began repeatedly stomping on him, kicking him, kneeing him, and punching him. Ultimately, four officers were criminally indicted, three were fired, and five received 2-day suspensions, all of which are in our database so this isn’t an additional report but worth mentioning. I cannot embed the video as of this moment

An Florida Atlantic University FL

An Florida Atlantic University FL police officer has been arrested on an attempted murder charge after he admitted to shooting a female escort multiple times in an apparent dispute over payment for sex after he had contacted her via an internet advertisement. The shooting left the woman in serious condition and she will likely be paralyzed, according to doctors. [0]


Two Carver County MN deputies are the subject of a lawsuit alleging they illegally entered a woman’s home while she was baking cookies with her 4-year-old granddaughter then used excessive force when they arrested her on false obstruction charges when she requested that they leave when they asked to search the home after a neighbor called 911 about a verbal dispute in her driveway between her daughter and her husband that she wasn’t even aware of. The charges were later dropped against the woman. [3]


A Yonkers NY police officer was indicted on multiple charges including assault, official misconduct, and filing false reports on allegations that he went into a bar while on duty in response to a call from his brother and he attacked two people there, arresting one of them on false charges in order to cover up for the assault. His partner, who was with him that night, is also the subject of an internal investigation regarding that incident. [0]


Honolulu HI has settled a lawsuit for $240,000 to a US Army veteran who was detained by a SWAT team and held on a mental health hold all because a police officer thought he might be a terrorist because of his middle-eastern heritage. [0]


A New York NY narcotics officer has been convicted of conspiring with his narcotics team to steal drugs from suspects and use them to pay off informants. He’s the second officer to be convicted in association with the alleged conspiracy so far. [0]


A Brookshire TX police officer has been fired and arrested on official misconduct and theft of a person charges after he was caught in a sting operation stealing money from an undercover FBI informant posing as a motorist during a traffic stop. The sting was performed after police received complaints about thefts by the officer. [1]


A Pennsylvania State trooper was convicted of obstruction for coercing a DA to drop molestation charges against his girlfriend. [0]


Six Glendale CA police officers are on paid leave while under investigation over at least four different incidents but the police chief and officials are refusing to elaborate as to what the allegations against the officers might be. [4]


An Inkster MI police lieutenant was awarded $700,000 by a jury that found the police chief had racially discriminated against him and retaliated against him over his testimony in another discrimination lawsuit by transferring him afterward. [0]


Pinellas Park FL police officer has been charged with official misconduct after resigning during an investigation over drugs and a gun that were missing from evidence in cases that he was involved in. [0]


A Texas State trooper has pled guilty to delivery of controlled substance charges after he was caught selling $800 worth of illegal steroids to an undercover officer in a sting operation. [0]


A Mobile AL police officer has retired while he was the subject of an internal investigation over allegations that he was caught shoplifting at a WalMart, even though he was never charged. [1]


A Proctor MN deputy police chief who also serves as a councilman has been sentenced to probation on drug charges and a related firearm charge that he pled guilty to. The judge in this case expressed doubts about the man’s story that he merely misplaced evidence, saying if a suspect he arrested gave him the same story that he wouldn’t have bought it either, but gave him the suggested sentence anyway. [0]


A Hackensack NJ police officer has been suspended for 75 days for driving her police cruiser with a suspended license and for personal use of a departmental computer while on-duty. [0]


And finally, a New Haven CT police officer has been suspended with pay after the police chief found out that he had already been convicted on a DUI charge and sentenced to 10 days in jail after he was already in jail. The officer was arrested on that charge after he had called in sick that day, which led to a disciplinary suspension before that. [1]

An Ely MN police officer

An Ely MN police officer has been charged with malicious punishment of a child on allegations that he shoved his 6-year-old daughter into a wall then slapped her across the face.

A Martin County NC deputy

A Martin County NC deputy was arrested on assault charges for allegedly punching his girlfriend in the face, knocking her two front teeth loose in the process. Oddly, he was arrested by officers he used to work with at a different police department.