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* A Louisiana State trooper has been indicted on three counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile after a hospital contacted the police upon examining a female teenager for possible sexual abuse.
* A Mentor Ohio police officer is under investigation after he was arrested on assault charges for headbutting and beating a little league baseball coach after a game for not giving the officer’s son enough play time. While the officer claims the coach attacked him several witnesses, including the umpire, say he started it all and continued to beat the coach after he fell to the ground.
* The Central Utah Narcotics Task Force has settled a lawsuit for $45,500 to a man they falsely arrested at his place of work based purely on the unverified word of an informant.
* The Tucumcari New Mexico police department and New Mexico State police are the subject of a lawsuit filed by a Hispanic couple alleging that they were detained after stopped for speeding when police siezed their car and $59,000 in cash they had on hand to buy farm equipment at an auction they were heading to. No drugs were found and they are US citizens, but they claim that the officers split up $57,000 of their money between themselves and never logged it into evidence.
* A Warren Ohio police officer was disciplined with a written reprimand for violating policy when he detained three kids, ages 7, 9, and 10-years-old at gunpoint when he thought they were in the process of burglarizing homes. The kids, however, were merely running home from school.
7, 9, and 10 at gunpoint?
* The Prince William County Virginia police are accused of harassing Latinos for things like walking and eating in public while looking Latino after a law similar to Arizona’s high-profile illegal immigration law. The Latino rights group making the claims has asked the US DOJ to investigate.
* A Stamford Connecticut police officer is under investigation after a woman complained that the officer hit on her in a lewd fashion at a traffic stop and, when that failed, he flashed her a picture of his genitals on his cell phone while her 21-month-old child was in the back seat. Prior to leaving the officer gave her his card with his cellphone number written on it. The officer has since been suspended after investigators found the picture in question on his cell phone.
* Members of the Miami Florida police street-crimes unit are under federal investigation over allegations of corruption that include accusations that they have been stealing money and drugs from street-level dealers.
* An Indianapolis Indiana police officer was arrested on two felony arson and criminal mischief charges for allegedly setting a fire in an apartment complex and then going to a payphone to call police. Apparently he’s also been linked to at least 7 other fires but he hasn’t been charged for those yet.
* The city of New York NY will have to pay $3,000,000 to the mother of a man who was shot in the head during a drug raid 10 years ago. The ruling is the result of an appeal filed after the original judgment that awarded her $10.5 million was overturned after an appeal by the city.
* A Chicago Illinois police officer was found guilty of walking out on an $8.00 taxi fare and then threatening the taxi driver at gunpoint when he demanded payment. The officer was convicted for theft of services and aggravated assault in a bench trial and has been on desk duty since the incident. He faces up to a year in prison once sentenced, though it’s more likely he’ll get some sort of probation.
* A Lubbock Texas police officer retired after being on paid leave for 9 months while he was the subject of a criminal investigation into allegations of sexual assault. He retired in January but the newspaper only now found out about it, meanwhile the results of the investigation have been forwarded to the state to determine if he’ll face charges.
* A New Hampshire state trooper was arrested for his role in a bribery scheme ring that was allegedly supplying licenses to illegal immigrants in Massachusetts.
* A Massachusetts state trooper is under investigation for parking in a handicapped parking space while getting some coffee at Dunkin Donuts. While he was inside a concerned citizen took pictures of his cruiser in the spot and then took out a recorder to ask why he did it. The officer then threatened to arrest him, though from the report it doesn’t sound like he’s being investigated for that.
* A Mobile County Alabama deputy has been fired after he admitted to extorting $2,500 from an illegal immigrant at traffic stop during an internal investigation into the complaint. However, no charges have been filed yet.
* A Lawtey Florida police officer has been arrested on bribery and unlawful compensation charges for coaxing drivers to pay him cash during traffic stops.
* A Beaverton Oregon police officer is under investigation on allegations that he failed to report his friend for sexually abusing minors before he was arrested and convicted for molesting at least three juvenile.
* A Hastings Minnesota police officer was charged with false reporting and leaving the scene of accident. Allegedly he ran into a telephone pole after drinking and then ran home to call police and report that he was the victim of a carjacking. He later confessed to lying about what happened but, by that time, he only blew a .03 on a breathalyzer test.
* A Washington State trooper was arrested on a domestic assault charge after his teen daughter called 911 while he fought with his wife.
* A Clinton South Carolina police officer is set to plead guilty to a reduced official misconduct charge for coercing woman into giving him oral sex under threat of arrest.
* A Lansing Michigan police officer is the subject of a lawsuit filed by the family of man left seriously injured in a crash that occurred while the officer was allegedly speeding to a call without his lights or siren activated.
* Lewiston Maine police officers are accused of overreacting and using excessive force when they broke up a large party at college campus. However, one officer suffered a broken leg in the incident that involved about 100 of 200 college students who refused to disband when ordered.
* A Hillsborough County FL deputy is on unpaid leave after he was arrested on driving under the influence charges.
* The Austin Texas police chief is accused of breaking the law by sending a report that was critical of a fatal officer-involved shooting to a colleague of his to poke holes in the report while he was withholding the report from the public using public employee privacy laws. A local civil rights activist says it’s illegal because, by doing so while protecting the report with privacy laws, he violated that same privacy law.
* A La Crosse Wisconsin police officer is the subject of a lawsuit filed by man alleging he was falsely arrested on a sexual assault charge. He claims that he was arrested after a woman accused him of groping her at a bar but the police officer was negligent by not listening to witnesses who refuted her story and for not looking at surveillance video that exonerated him.
* Finally, a lawsuit against two Lynchburg Virginia police officers ended oddly when the jury announced they could not reach a decision in the case… but only after the judge denied their request to make a statement when they read their verdict. The suit alleged that the officers falsely arrested a business owner for demanding that the officers leave his property while they were blocking the entrance with their cruisers. It’s a safe bet that the case will be retried.
* A Mentor Ohio police officer is under investigation after he was arrested on assault charges for headbutting and beating a little league baseball coach after a game for not giving the officer’s son enough play time. While the officer claims the coach attacked him several witnesses, including the umpire, say he started it all and continued to beat the coach after he fell to the ground.
* The Central Utah Narcotics Task Force has settled a lawsuit for $45,500 to a man they falsely arrested at his place of work based purely on the unverified word of an informant.
* The Tucumcari New Mexico police department and New Mexico State police are the subject of a lawsuit filed by a Hispanic couple alleging that they were detained after stopped for speeding when police siezed their car and $59,000 in cash they had on hand to buy farm equipment at an auction they were heading to. No drugs were found and they are US citizens, but they claim that the officers split up $57,000 of their money between themselves and never logged it into evidence.
* A Warren Ohio police officer was disciplined with a written reprimand for violating policy when he detained three kids, ages 7, 9, and 10-years-old at gunpoint when he thought they were in the process of burglarizing homes. The kids, however, were merely running home from school.
7, 9, and 10 at gunpoint?
* The Prince William County Virginia police are accused of harassing Latinos for things like walking and eating in public while looking Latino after a law similar to Arizona’s high-profile illegal immigration law. The Latino rights group making the claims has asked the US DOJ to investigate.
* A Stamford Connecticut police officer is under investigation after a woman complained that the officer hit on her in a lewd fashion at a traffic stop and, when that failed, he flashed her a picture of his genitals on his cell phone while her 21-month-old child was in the back seat. Prior to leaving the officer gave her his card with his cellphone number written on it. The officer has since been suspended after investigators found the picture in question on his cell phone.
* Members of the Miami Florida police street-crimes unit are under federal investigation over allegations of corruption that include accusations that they have been stealing money and drugs from street-level dealers.
* An Indianapolis Indiana police officer was arrested on two felony arson and criminal mischief charges for allegedly setting a fire in an apartment complex and then going to a payphone to call police. Apparently he’s also been linked to at least 7 other fires but he hasn’t been charged for those yet.
* The city of New York NY will have to pay $3,000,000 to the mother of a man who was shot in the head during a drug raid 10 years ago. The ruling is the result of an appeal filed after the original judgment that awarded her $10.5 million was overturned after an appeal by the city.
* A Chicago Illinois police officer was found guilty of walking out on an $8.00 taxi fare and then threatening the taxi driver at gunpoint when he demanded payment. The officer was convicted for theft of services and aggravated assault in a bench trial and has been on desk duty since the incident. He faces up to a year in prison once sentenced, though it’s more likely he’ll get some sort of probation.
* A Lubbock Texas police officer retired after being on paid leave for 9 months while he was the subject of a criminal investigation into allegations of sexual assault. He retired in January but the newspaper only now found out about it, meanwhile the results of the investigation have been forwarded to the state to determine if he’ll face charges.
* A New Hampshire state trooper was arrested for his role in a bribery scheme ring that was allegedly supplying licenses to illegal immigrants in Massachusetts.
* A Massachusetts state trooper is under investigation for parking in a handicapped parking space while getting some coffee at Dunkin Donuts. While he was inside a concerned citizen took pictures of his cruiser in the spot and then took out a recorder to ask why he did it. The officer then threatened to arrest him, though from the report it doesn’t sound like he’s being investigated for that.
* A Mobile County Alabama deputy has been fired after he admitted to extorting $2,500 from an illegal immigrant at traffic stop during an internal investigation into the complaint. However, no charges have been filed yet.
* A Lawtey Florida police officer has been arrested on bribery and unlawful compensation charges for coaxing drivers to pay him cash during traffic stops.
* A Beaverton Oregon police officer is under investigation on allegations that he failed to report his friend for sexually abusing minors before he was arrested and convicted for molesting at least three juvenile.
* A Hastings Minnesota police officer was charged with false reporting and leaving the scene of accident. Allegedly he ran into a telephone pole after drinking and then ran home to call police and report that he was the victim of a carjacking. He later confessed to lying about what happened but, by that time, he only blew a .03 on a breathalyzer test.
* A Washington State trooper was arrested on a domestic assault charge after his teen daughter called 911 while he fought with his wife.
* A Clinton South Carolina police officer is set to plead guilty to a reduced official misconduct charge for coercing woman into giving him oral sex under threat of arrest.
* A Lansing Michigan police officer is the subject of a lawsuit filed by the family of man left seriously injured in a crash that occurred while the officer was allegedly speeding to a call without his lights or siren activated.
* Lewiston Maine police officers are accused of overreacting and using excessive force when they broke up a large party at college campus. However, one officer suffered a broken leg in the incident that involved about 100 of 200 college students who refused to disband when ordered.
* A Hillsborough County FL deputy is on unpaid leave after he was arrested on driving under the influence charges.
* The Austin Texas police chief is accused of breaking the law by sending a report that was critical of a fatal officer-involved shooting to a colleague of his to poke holes in the report while he was withholding the report from the public using public employee privacy laws. A local civil rights activist says it’s illegal because, by doing so while protecting the report with privacy laws, he violated that same privacy law.
* A La Crosse Wisconsin police officer is the subject of a lawsuit filed by man alleging he was falsely arrested on a sexual assault charge. He claims that he was arrested after a woman accused him of groping her at a bar but the police officer was negligent by not listening to witnesses who refuted her story and for not looking at surveillance video that exonerated him.
* Finally, a lawsuit against two Lynchburg Virginia police officers ended oddly when the jury announced they could not reach a decision in the case… but only after the judge denied their request to make a statement when they read their verdict. The suit alleged that the officers falsely arrested a business owner for demanding that the officers leave his property while they were blocking the entrance with their cruisers. It’s a safe bet that the case will be retried.
