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* Three Middletown Connecticut police officers are the subject of a lawsuit claiming they took a man’s pants down and performed two anal cavity searches on him in public on the roadside during a traffic stop for an alleged broken headlight even after a drug dog didn’t find anything in his car.
* Four of the eight Houston Texas police gang officers who were recently involved in a videotaped beating of a handcuffed 16-year-old suspect have now been indicted on misdemeanor charges for their roles in that incident. The others, who apparently stood around and let it happen and then failed to report it, don’t seem to have anything to worry about… misdemeanor charges, wow, that’ll make them think twice about beating people.
* The Bartlett Tennessee police department is being sued on allegations that they actively worked to hide the abuse a woman suffered at the hands of her police officer husband who was eventually arrested after he doused the woman in gasoline and threatened to burn her to death.That 'thin blue line' again.
* Bridgeport Connecticut has lost an excessive force lawsuit that resulted in a judgment for $300,000 to a man who suffered a fractured skull and lost sight in one eye after he was beaten by police during a traffic stop.The city stands behind it's officers in that they did no wrong and will appeal. Never mind the fact that 12 citizens FROM THAT CITY convicted the officers.
* A Clackamas County Oregon deputy has been sentenced to 18 days in jail and a brief stint of probation in a plea deal for acts of sexual misconduct involving at least three women who were detained in jail and on home detention. From the article, sheriff Craig Roberts says "We are held to a higher standard in law enforcement." 18 days in jail? higher standard? Really?!?!?!?!
* Two Miami-Dade Florida police detectives are under investigation after they were accused of beating a detainee while interrogating him in jail after he was arrested on allegations that he severely injured a cop. Police are defending their actions while a judge has issued a protection order forbidding any more questioning by cops without prior permission.some of that 'thin blue line' justice.
* A Sealy Texas police officer is the subject of a lawsuit alleging he entered a man’s home without permission or a warrant and then arrested the man on false charges when the homeowner took a picture of him to prove that the officer entered his home without permission.
* A New York NY police officer was arrested in Albany NY on allegations that he followed an 11-year-old girl who was on her way to school and tried to lure her into his truck multiple times until she went to her grandparent’s home and had her grandfather follow the officer to get his license plate number, resulting in his arrest.wonder how many other little girls he's followed, lured, assaulted, or killed?
* The Syracuse New York police union is boycotting an award ceremony for police officers and firefighters after the mayor has refused to approve one award for a narcotics officer who cost the city $17,500 in December when a jury ruled he used excessive force against a suspect. The union says that shouldn’t stop him from being rewarded and is planning other protests, pickets, and even billboards against the mayor. The officer was selected for the reward by his fellow officers.higher standards indeed
* A Saint Mary’s County Maryland deputy who arrested a woman on felony wiretapping charges for trying to videotape cops she thought were harassing people is now under investigation and those charges have been dropped by the county prosecutor who says there’s nothing illegal about recording police.And now the harassment begins. In the article, it states that the woman in question was fined $60 for a faulty tag lite, where 4 extra officers showed up at the scene as 'backup'.
* A now-former Smith County Texas deputy was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 10 years of probation in a plea deal on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges for when he beat a murder suspect with a rifle, handgun, handcuffs, and a rake while off-duty. The man he beat allegedly stabbed a man to death at a party in his home and is still facing murder charges, claiming he did it in self defense.
* Two Philadelphia Pennsylvania police officers will likely face trial on allegations that they broke a man’s jaw while beating him during an arrest for vandalism after an appeals court overturned lower court rulings that dismissed the case. This case already had some interesting coverage including an incident that had the police union protesting against one of the judges involved.
* A Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania police officer is accused of falsely arresting a lawyer on DUI charges even when he didn’t perform any roadside sobriety tests on him. A blood test came back with a 0.00 BAC.
* The now-former police chief of the Mount San Jacinto College California police department has pled guilty to eight felony and two misdemeanor charges including bribery and perjury.
* A Fulton County Georgia deputy was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and related charges after being caught trying to sneak some pot into the jail he worked at.
* The Marco Island Florida police department is being sued by the owners of a 40-year-old pharmacy who claim that the police there are intentionally harassing and stopping their customers in an effort to close them down after they refused to stop serving customers from outside of town.power of life and death again.
* A Chaves County New Mexico deputy, who recently won a council seat in nearby Roswell, was fired for crashing into a fence post with his cruiser while he was talking on his cellphone and then lying to investigators about how it happened.
* A now-former Jefferson Parish Louisiana deputy was arrested for illegally obtaining prescription medication by fraud. She resigned last month while under investigation.
* A San Francisco California police sergeant is the subject of a sexual harassment lawsuit by a former police officer who claims that she was drummed out of the force after she declined his sexual advances.
* A New York NY police officer has been suspended without pay after being arrested on DUI charges in an apparent alcohol-related accident.without pay? that doesn't happen often.
* A North Carolina State Patrol major who was the spokesman for the agency has resigned and issued a written apology amid an investigation into inappropriate text messages he allegedly sent to his secretary.
* A New Albany Indiana police officer who made news when he was investigated for telling officers at role call that the worst mistake in American history was giving blacks civil rights is back in the news again now that he’s under investigation for claiming sick leave to get out of sensitivity classes he was ordered to attend because of that flap… Apparently,while he was too sick to sit in a classroom, he wasn’t so sick that he couldn’t work his off-duty job while he skipped classes.
* A Memphis Tennessee police sergeant received a diversionary sentence after pleading guilty to embezzling $25,000 from the police union while he was president there. He also has to pay the money back.what would happen to you or I if we stole 25k from the police union?
* The city of Dayton Ohio has settled a lawsuit for $27,000 to a couple who racked up $64,000 in medical bills after they were hit by a patrol car going the wrong way down a one-way street without emergency lights or siren activated.WTF?
* Two Richmond Kentucky police officers have been fired and another has resigned over their involvement in a strange group sex incident that ended up with several being charged, but acquitted, for things like witness tampering, assault, and intimidation… there weren’t any, er, details in the articles I found.weird
* A Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin police officer has resigned after his license was suspended for 9 months in a no contest plea deal over DUI charges.
* A Farmington New Hampshire police detective has been indicted for stealing over $1,000 from evidence after an investigation was launched to look into missing items from the department’s evidence room.It's called 'grand theft', a felony, but think he'll see that charge?
* And finally… A Broward County Florida deputy is facing fraud charges after filing a false accident report in order to get $600 from insurance for what he spent on Def Leppard concert tickets he and his wife couldn’t use when their babysitter canceled on them… Hey, at least it wasn’t Nickelback.
* Four of the eight Houston Texas police gang officers who were recently involved in a videotaped beating of a handcuffed 16-year-old suspect have now been indicted on misdemeanor charges for their roles in that incident. The others, who apparently stood around and let it happen and then failed to report it, don’t seem to have anything to worry about… misdemeanor charges, wow, that’ll make them think twice about beating people.
* The Bartlett Tennessee police department is being sued on allegations that they actively worked to hide the abuse a woman suffered at the hands of her police officer husband who was eventually arrested after he doused the woman in gasoline and threatened to burn her to death.That 'thin blue line' again.
* Bridgeport Connecticut has lost an excessive force lawsuit that resulted in a judgment for $300,000 to a man who suffered a fractured skull and lost sight in one eye after he was beaten by police during a traffic stop.The city stands behind it's officers in that they did no wrong and will appeal. Never mind the fact that 12 citizens FROM THAT CITY convicted the officers.
* A Clackamas County Oregon deputy has been sentenced to 18 days in jail and a brief stint of probation in a plea deal for acts of sexual misconduct involving at least three women who were detained in jail and on home detention. From the article, sheriff Craig Roberts says "We are held to a higher standard in law enforcement." 18 days in jail? higher standard? Really?!?!?!?!
* Two Miami-Dade Florida police detectives are under investigation after they were accused of beating a detainee while interrogating him in jail after he was arrested on allegations that he severely injured a cop. Police are defending their actions while a judge has issued a protection order forbidding any more questioning by cops without prior permission.some of that 'thin blue line' justice.
* A Sealy Texas police officer is the subject of a lawsuit alleging he entered a man’s home without permission or a warrant and then arrested the man on false charges when the homeowner took a picture of him to prove that the officer entered his home without permission.
* A New York NY police officer was arrested in Albany NY on allegations that he followed an 11-year-old girl who was on her way to school and tried to lure her into his truck multiple times until she went to her grandparent’s home and had her grandfather follow the officer to get his license plate number, resulting in his arrest.wonder how many other little girls he's followed, lured, assaulted, or killed?
* The Syracuse New York police union is boycotting an award ceremony for police officers and firefighters after the mayor has refused to approve one award for a narcotics officer who cost the city $17,500 in December when a jury ruled he used excessive force against a suspect. The union says that shouldn’t stop him from being rewarded and is planning other protests, pickets, and even billboards against the mayor. The officer was selected for the reward by his fellow officers.higher standards indeed
* A Saint Mary’s County Maryland deputy who arrested a woman on felony wiretapping charges for trying to videotape cops she thought were harassing people is now under investigation and those charges have been dropped by the county prosecutor who says there’s nothing illegal about recording police.And now the harassment begins. In the article, it states that the woman in question was fined $60 for a faulty tag lite, where 4 extra officers showed up at the scene as 'backup'.
* A now-former Smith County Texas deputy was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 10 years of probation in a plea deal on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges for when he beat a murder suspect with a rifle, handgun, handcuffs, and a rake while off-duty. The man he beat allegedly stabbed a man to death at a party in his home and is still facing murder charges, claiming he did it in self defense.
* Two Philadelphia Pennsylvania police officers will likely face trial on allegations that they broke a man’s jaw while beating him during an arrest for vandalism after an appeals court overturned lower court rulings that dismissed the case. This case already had some interesting coverage including an incident that had the police union protesting against one of the judges involved.
* A Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania police officer is accused of falsely arresting a lawyer on DUI charges even when he didn’t perform any roadside sobriety tests on him. A blood test came back with a 0.00 BAC.
* The now-former police chief of the Mount San Jacinto College California police department has pled guilty to eight felony and two misdemeanor charges including bribery and perjury.
* A Fulton County Georgia deputy was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and related charges after being caught trying to sneak some pot into the jail he worked at.
* The Marco Island Florida police department is being sued by the owners of a 40-year-old pharmacy who claim that the police there are intentionally harassing and stopping their customers in an effort to close them down after they refused to stop serving customers from outside of town.power of life and death again.
* A Chaves County New Mexico deputy, who recently won a council seat in nearby Roswell, was fired for crashing into a fence post with his cruiser while he was talking on his cellphone and then lying to investigators about how it happened.
* A now-former Jefferson Parish Louisiana deputy was arrested for illegally obtaining prescription medication by fraud. She resigned last month while under investigation.
* A San Francisco California police sergeant is the subject of a sexual harassment lawsuit by a former police officer who claims that she was drummed out of the force after she declined his sexual advances.
* A New York NY police officer has been suspended without pay after being arrested on DUI charges in an apparent alcohol-related accident.without pay? that doesn't happen often.
* A North Carolina State Patrol major who was the spokesman for the agency has resigned and issued a written apology amid an investigation into inappropriate text messages he allegedly sent to his secretary.
* A New Albany Indiana police officer who made news when he was investigated for telling officers at role call that the worst mistake in American history was giving blacks civil rights is back in the news again now that he’s under investigation for claiming sick leave to get out of sensitivity classes he was ordered to attend because of that flap… Apparently,while he was too sick to sit in a classroom, he wasn’t so sick that he couldn’t work his off-duty job while he skipped classes.
* A Memphis Tennessee police sergeant received a diversionary sentence after pleading guilty to embezzling $25,000 from the police union while he was president there. He also has to pay the money back.what would happen to you or I if we stole 25k from the police union?
* The city of Dayton Ohio has settled a lawsuit for $27,000 to a couple who racked up $64,000 in medical bills after they were hit by a patrol car going the wrong way down a one-way street without emergency lights or siren activated.WTF?
* Two Richmond Kentucky police officers have been fired and another has resigned over their involvement in a strange group sex incident that ended up with several being charged, but acquitted, for things like witness tampering, assault, and intimidation… there weren’t any, er, details in the articles I found.weird
* A Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin police officer has resigned after his license was suspended for 9 months in a no contest plea deal over DUI charges.
* A Farmington New Hampshire police detective has been indicted for stealing over $1,000 from evidence after an investigation was launched to look into missing items from the department’s evidence room.It's called 'grand theft', a felony, but think he'll see that charge?
* And finally… A Broward County Florida deputy is facing fraud charges after filing a false accident report in order to get $600 from insurance for what he spent on Def Leppard concert tickets he and his wife couldn’t use when their babysitter canceled on them… Hey, at least it wasn’t Nickelback.