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Cops face more scrutiny with n
Smaller police services could find themselves stretched for staff under a new provincial office that allows third-party complaints and may have them investigate misconduct in other police departments.
The Office of the Independent Police Review Director opened last month with 10... Read more
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Australia: A real review would
An independent body to monitor integrity would be good for Victoria.
FOR the past five years, successive Labor Governments have stubbornly refused to entertain the idea that Victoria would benefit from an anti-corruption agency and a more comprehensive suite of integrity institutions.
In... Read more
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UK: Police officers using ster
An internal police report is warning that steroid use by police officers could leave them open to corruption.
Detective Chief Inspector Gary Goacher spent three years at the front line fighting police corruption as the head of the professional standards unit at... Read more
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Central Point police force get
CENTRAL POINT — The city's police department this week became the first in the nation to earn a Certificate of Excellence in Integrity from the nation's largest provider of law enforcement ethics training.
Neal Trautman, director of the National Institute of Ethics,... Read more
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Hit back if police officer att
Ordinary citizens have the right to defend themselves against police officers who launch illegal attacks on them, Russia's interior minister said Thursday.
Rashid Nurgaliyev was speaking at a meeting with students in the Moscow Region just days after police officers in both... Read more
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How to prevent police miscondu
In 2006, a Pittsburgh police officer arrested a motorist who made a crude gesture to him. The man was arrested, convicted, and appealed. Attorneys for both sides have reached a tentative settlement in which the city will pay $50,000 to... Read more
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Editorial: Cleaning up act
Union home minister P Chidambaram has, in his admonishment of the Mumbai police, pointed to a very unfortunate trend which has developed lately -- senior police officers using the media to score points off each other. The run up to the... Read more
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Former state police superinten
The former acting superintendent of the state police violated state Public Officers Law during the so-called “Troopergate” scandal but won't face any penalty, the state Commission on Public Integrity announced Tuesday.
Preston Felton, who rose through the ranks in Middletown-based Troop F... Read more
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Sheriff: NOLA Police Veteran C
A New Orleans police veteran was caught shoplifting this weekend, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's deputies said, but the detective said he's confident that he didn't break the law.
Security personnel at the JC Penney store at the Lakeside Shopping Center said Detective Don... Read more
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Greece: Agency to probe police
Citizens’ Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis yesterday heralded the creation of an agency to investigate alleged cases of abusive or violent treatment of citizens by police after sacking two officers for allegedly mistreating a 35-year-old immigrant in front of her child in... Read more
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Men in police uniforms beat ma
Three unidentified men dressed in police coats beat a man to death in southeast Moscow on Tuesday, a law enforcement source said.
"The attackers beat the man with batons and then disappeared. He died of his injuries at the scene," the source... Read more
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Canada: Independent unit to pr
Nova Scotia is setting up an independent unit to investigate accusations of police wrongdoing.
Justice Minister Ross Landry said the province will fund seven positions for the new investigative team, which will be independent from the various police agencies around Nova Scotia.
Many... Read more
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Police integrity stings -- ano
Baltimore prosecutors today dropped criminal charges against a Baltimore police officer who was caught in an undercover integrity sting. It's another in a string of failures over the years in police attempts to target corruption this way.
Like othr cases in years... Read more
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Atlanta Police Department Sued
ATLANTA — A national gay rights group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the city of Atlanta and the Atlanta Police Department on behalf of 19 people who say they were illegally searched and detained during a late-night raid on... Read more
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Mexico tries to shape up cops
The lie-detector team brought in by Mexico's top cop was supposed to help clean up the country's long-troubled police. There was just one problem: Most of its members themselves didn't pass, and a supervisor was rigging results to make sure others... Read more
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Jamaica: Only outsider as comm
A police officer with 40 years experience in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is convinced that no commissioner coming from within the ranks can solve the problem of police corruption, as more than 80 per cent of all senior officers, he... Read more
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Paparazzi Help Convict Police
By his own admission, what the police chief of Martins Ferry, Ohio, did in May was at the very least stupid. On Monday, a jury concluded that it was also illegal.
The chief, Barry P. Carpenter, was convicted of three of six... Read more
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BART Police Caught Brutalizing
The Bay Area Rapid Transit system has found itself in the midst of another incident after video surfaced showing a BART officer slamming a man into a glass barrier at a transit station, shattering the glass.
Though the man was acting unruly,... Read more
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USA: Chicago police sergeant c
The head of the Chicago police sergeants' union was charged with looting union dues to pay for steak dinners, gambling trips to Las Vegas and a second residence in the city's Sauganash neighborhood.
Sgt. John Pallohusky, a 21-year veteran assigned to the... Read more
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Officer must face trial on dru
A Tulsa police officer was bound over for trial Friday on an upgraded charge of possessing cocaine with an intent to distribute it.
Tulsa County Special Judge Kirsten Pace determined at a preliminary hearing that there was probable cause to proceed... Read more
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Cop faces fresh brutality hear
THE Crime and Misconduct Commission wants allegations against a Brisbane policeman reheard, after the officer was twice cleared of slapping, punching and throwing handcuffed offenders across a room.
The CMC's Supreme Court application for a judicial review of the case of Constable... Read more
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Sarasota police chief suspende
Sarasota has fired one of its police officers and suspended its police chief and another officer following a controversial arrest on June 26.
The disciplinary actions were taken based on an investigation conducted by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. The results of... Read more
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Probe of Harrison police may h
HARRISON — A recent probe into police misconduct apparently had a chilling effect on police officers’ ticket writing, leading to a drastic drop in town revenue from fines, town officials said.
Revenue for fines and forfeited bail, which totaled $654,404.98 at the end... Read more
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Arkansas police officer uses T
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A police officer in a small Arkansas town used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl after he said her mother gave him permission to do so. Now the town's mayor is calling for an investigation... Read more
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Fixing Mexico police becomes a
Reversing police corruption that has tainted whole departments, shattered faith in law enforcement and compromised one of society's most basic institutions is proving difficult, but not impossible.
The lie-detector team brought in by Mexico's top cop was supposed to help clean up... Read more
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Civil rights organizations cal
Local and state leaders of the NAACP, the Hispanic Organization for Progress and Education, and the Missionary Baptist State Convention of Tennessee called for an end to alleged “police brutality and misconduct” in Rutherford County Monday morning.
From the steps of the... Read more
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Jamaica: POA supports polygrap
THE Police Officers Association (POA) yesterday voiced support of polygraph testing for all police officers, saying that members of the constabulary must be held to a higher standard.
Chairman of the POA, Superintendent Michael James, said although there were concerns, all members... Read more
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New York City: Gunfire by Poli
New York City police officers fired their weapons about 16 percent less last year than in the previous year, according to a Police Department report released on Monday.
The release of the report came as the New York Civil Liberties Union... Read more
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Russia: More policemen confess
Russia's Interior Ministry is investigating charges of police corruption made by Russian police officer Aleksey Dymovsky. Meanwhile, more revelations are surfacing on the Internet of corruption in the police.
Propeller An ever-increasing number of former law-enforcement officers are posting videos online, talking... Read more
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Mozambique: Watchdog decries k
Amnesty International is calling for an end to deadly police violence in Mozambique.
In a report released Sunday, the international human rights watch dog returned to a stubborn problem in the southeast Africa country. The report details the deaths of five people... Read more
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Dallas County constable's outs
Dallas County Constable Roma Skinner's relationship with some of his deputies doesn't end with the close of the workday.
Skinner's chief deputy also works for him as a concealed-handgun instructor at the Academy for Firearms Training, a private business described on... Read more
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Unified Government to pay $499
Wyandotte County’s Unified Government will pay almost a half million dollars to settle a Kansas City, Kan., police misconduct lawsuit related to a disturbance at a teen’s birthday party.
Seven family members and two friends at the November 2005 party received half... Read more
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Oceanside police officer charg
An Oceanside police sergeant has pleaded not guilty to charges of grand theft, receiving stolen property and conspiracy for allegedly stealing from Home Depot through his girlfriend's employer.
Sgt. Walter McWilson was arraigned in Vista Superior Court Thursday.
San Diego County... Read more
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Russian policemen turn to YouT
When a police officer posted a video on YouTube complaining of rampant abuse in Russian law enforcement, it seemed like a lonely voice in a sea of social media.
Since then, three more officers have come forward with their own YouTube videos... Read more
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UK: Police officer forced to r
A police officer has been sacked and another forced to resign for taking drugs while off duty.
Last month five officers faced a misconduct hearing over several days.
Thames Valley Police has confirmed that one uniformed officer based in Milton Keynes was required... Read more
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South Africans must cut out ’b
Deputy Police Minister Fikile Mbalula on Wednesday said South Africans needed to take a stand against corrupt police officers.
Mbalula was met with a barrage of complaints about police corruption, and their failure to address the escalating crime in the area, at... Read more
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Russian police officer’s video
When the Russian police officer Alexei Dymovsky posted a pair of videos on his personal website accusing his superiors of corruption, few of his allegations could have surprised his countrymen.
In an emotional plea to the Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin, Mr... Read more
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Russia admits police corruptio
The Russian government has admitted that parts of the police have been turned into what the interior minister has described as criminal businesses.
It is the most frank admission so far of corruption and other crimes being committed by members of the... Read more
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State Auditor blasts St. Louis
The St. Louis Police Department needs to do a better job policing itself -- that's the message of a critical state audit released today.
Citing a long list of problems, including the towing lot scandal, money stolen from the evidence vault,... Read more
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Scottsdale Police Shoot, Paral
The family of David Hulstedt has launched ScottsdalePoliceShooting.org, to outline the police misconduct and coverup that followed the Scottsdale Police Department's nearly fatal assault on David Hulstedt in November of 2008.
Highly publicized through the media worldwide, Scottsdale Police dispatchers mistook a... Read more
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Russia: Police officer fired f
A Russian police officer who decried corruption among colleagues in his video blog has been fired and threatened with a lawsuit, Interior Ministry officials said Monday.
The allegations laid out on the Internet by Alexey Dymovsky, who served in the Black Sea... Read more
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Soldiers wary of often corrupt
When soldiers tried to halt a suspicious-looking SUV that was being escorted through Monterrey by a state policeman, the officer radioed for backup. In minutes, police from 40 patrol cars surrounded the troops, drawing their guns and sending the soldiers diving... Read more
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Former Avon Park officer plead
Former Avon Park police officer Alberto Perez pleaded guilty Monday morning to charges of extortion and official misconduct.
As per the plea agreement he entered into, Perez was sentenced to 18 months in the Florida State Prison system and an additional 42... Read more
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Police-Misconduct Reviews On R
Here's a statistic you don't hear from the Chicago Police Department: More than 1,000 officers had complaints lodged against them in just a three-month period.
That's according to the Independent Police Review Authority. So are these numbers as bad as they... Read more
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Australia: Rogues gallery of c
THEY'RE the most corrupt cops in NSW. They perform their duties while secretly dealing drugs, tipping off bikie gangs and accepting bribes.
Their names, contained in the Police Integrity Commission's annual report, provide an insight into the corruption and misconduct hidden... Read more
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USA: Ex-head of NY police plea
Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty on Thursday to lying to White House officials and tax evasion charges in a deal that could send him to prison for almost three years.
Kerik, who as head of the police... Read more
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Fort Worth police suspend 3 of
After a four-month internal investigation, the Fort Worth Police Department announced Thursday that it had suspended a sergeant and two officers in connection with a summer raid on a gay bar in which authorities clashed with hundreds of bar patrons.
Though the... Read more
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Was Gillette a rogue deputy or
John Gillette was either a rogue deputy or a “squared away” cop whose way of doing business was a model for others in the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office.
Department brass have said Gillette was the latter, even after he had accumulated dozens... Read more
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Malaysia: Two police constable
Two police constables pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to five counts of bribery, allegedly committed four year ago.
Mohamad Fadzly Yusof @ Mat Noor, 29, faces three charges and Muhamad Rosli Mustaffa, 46, two. Both are attached to... Read more
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Speeding ticket recipients all
Jericho residents tell stories that, if, true, paint a picture of a corrupt small town police department.
In the latest chapter in the ongoing Jericho traffic ticket drama, Bill Masterson of Holly Springs, Mississippi, says he wasn't speeding when a Jericho police... Read more
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