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Australia: Drugs found at Vict
DETECTIVES from Victoria's police ethics branch are investigating the discovery of "a small quantity of drugs and drug paraphernalia" in a maintenance room at a Melbourne police complex.
The drugs, described as tablets and powder, were discovered at the St Kilda... Read more
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Elizabeth police sergeant will
An Elizabeth police sergeant who said he was punished after blowing the whistle on police corruption will get to keep his $600,000 jury award, an appellate court ruled today.
The court upheld a 2006 verdict in favor of Sgt. John Guslavage, a... Read more
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Former Brockton cop identified
A former Brockton police officer is facing a charge of receiving stolen property that was taken in a city housebreak last week.
Michael Darrah was identified as a person who brought the items to a Stoughton pawn shop, according to police.
Darrah, a... Read more
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India police file fresh compla
Police in Indian state of Haryana have registered fresh complaints against a former senior police officer convicted for molesting a 14-year-old girl.
Two "first information reports" were filed against SPS Rathore for allegedly charging the girl's brother falsely with a number of... Read more
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Federal court restricts Taser
A federal appeals court this week ruled that a California police officer can be held liable for injuries suffered by an unarmed man he Tasered during a traffic stop. The decision, if allowed to stand, would set a rigorous legal precedent... Read more
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California laws strengthened w
California laws enacted more than 30 years ago to protect honest peace officers from over-zealous internal investigations have become a safety net for bad cops.
The mandates – the most stringent in the nation -- have given troubled officers special privileges that... Read more
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Russia to Crack Down on Police
President Dmitri A. Medvedev, confronting a series of scandals that have diminished the public’s already low confidence in the police, ordered a major overhaul of the force on Thursday that is to include a 20 percent reduction in its size.
Mr. Medvedev... Read more
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Warrant Says Hartford Officer
HARTFORD - — A city police officer accused of assaulting a prisoner in November allegedly boasted to several fellow officers about beating the man.
One of those officers was Sgt. Robert E. Ford Jr., who is assigned to the internal affairs division,... Read more
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Israel: Police force to 'lawye
A decade after shutting down its unit of defense attorneys, the Israel Police has decided to revive it in an effort to improve police officers' performance by making them feel they have the organization's full backing.
"Police officers are sent out... Read more
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Police, info ministry score ‘l
While currently drafting a government regulation on lawful interception, the Information and Communications Ministry has been included on a list of institutions with the highest rates of graft, a survey has found.
The survey, conducted by the Corruption Eradication Commission... Read more
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Alberta Mountie charged with a
An RCMP constable has been charged with assault after a man was injured in police cells in northern Alberta.
Const. Desmond Sandboe has also been charged with obstruction of justice.
The injuries happened Sept. 13 in Lac La Biche, Alta., and charges were... Read more
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Chavez launches national polic
Venezuela on Sunday launched the first part of a national police force intended to end widespread police corruption in the South American nation, which has one of the world's highest murder rates.
Polls show the high crime rate is the population's main... Read more
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Policeman has complaint upheld
FOUR Wagga police officers have won the fight for justice after being involved in a Police Integrity Commission (PIC) investigation.
Detective Senior Constable Timothy Scott Briggs had his complaint upheld, finding the PIC's Operation Whistler (2007) denied him and other officers "procedural... Read more
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UK: Chief Inspector cleared at
FORMER Epping Forest District Commander Jonathan Baldwin has been cleared of all fraud charges against him.
Chief Inspector Baldwin, 42, was removed from the top police job in Epping Forest last year, when an investigation into his mileage claims led to... Read more
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UK: Stephen Lawrence case pair
Fresh suspicions of foul play in the Stephen Lawrence murder case surfaced todaywith the arrest of a former police constable and a serving member of Metropolitan police staff for allegedly withholding evidence from the original murder inquiry.
The swoop on the homes... Read more
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San Luis Obispo slated to pay
San Luis Obispo taxpayers are in line to pay $195,000 to a local business owner for alleged excessive force by police officers during a case of mistaken identity and police negligence.
Attorneys for both the city and Jeff Milne, owner of Babbo’s... Read more
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Canada: 'Blue wall' of police
In the final year of her Edmonton police career, Monique Prefontaine claims she was intimidated, harassed and saw her reputation eroded by gossip and innuendo.
She became a pariah, Prefontaine tearfully testified yesterday to the Law Enforcement Review Board, for breaking... Read more
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Mexico: Three Dozen Tijuana Po
Three dozen Tijuana police officers accuse the city’s police chiefs, and soldiers in the Mexican Army of using torture to try to force them to confess their ties to organized crime.
Tijuana's police Chief Julian Leyzaola is on a crusade to... Read more
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Former police chief indicted
The former police chief in Columbia was indicted Wednesday on false pretense and embezzlement charges.
Joe Vann Parkman, 47, was arrested by investigators with the Public Integrity Division of the Attorney General's Office following the indictment.
The indictment alleges that on or about... Read more
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How a city police 'integrity s
Criminal charges against a Baltimore police officer fell apart last month after questions arose over whether internal investigators had searched his locker before obtaining a warrant, among a number of other questions and inconsistencies, according to a review of documents.
Police have... Read more
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Chicago Police Board fires cop
Anthony Abbate was formally fired Tuesday, nearly three years after his off-duty pummeling of a female bartender was caught on video and blasted around the world, tarnishing the image of Chicago police.
The decision, by the Chicago Police Board, was long expected... Read more
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Chicago's Thick Blue Wall
Christopher Drew had every intention of getting arrested. The 59-year-old artist and executive director of the Uptown Multi-Cultural Art Center in Chicago set about his city earlier this month in a red poncho and a sign that read "Art for Sale:... Read more
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3 police officers among 5 peop
Five people, including three police officers, have been indicted on charges related to the beating death of a Latino man in rural Pennsylvania in July 2008, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
Two indictments charge the five with federal hate crimes, obstruction of... Read more
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Police officers caught in booz
WA Police say they are disappointed that two off-duty police officers were caught up in the weekend crackdown on drunken violence.
Operation Unite was a national coordinated police blitz on nightspots across Australia.
One officer was issued with a move-on notice in Northbridge.... Read more
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Feds arrest city cop
WOONSOCKET — A city policeman was arraigned Thursday in federal court on criminal charges of beating a 16-year-old boy in police custody and then attempting to engineer a coverup by pressuring fellow officers to lie about his actions to FBI investigators,... Read more
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Bangladesh: Getting Police Ref
After decades of misuse and neglect, Bangladesh’s police are a source of instability and fear rather than a key component of a democratic society. Human rights abuses are endemic and almost all Bangladeshis who interact with the police complain of corruption.... Read more
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Kurdish Zerevani and Arab Poli
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Dozens of Kurdish Zerevani policemen stood alongside hundreds of their Iraqi Arab counterparts as they graduated Dec. 11 from an intensive nine week police training course here that built on their skills and broke down cultural barriers.
The... Read more
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Forensic services officer on t
A police forensic services officer is facing charges after allegedly stealing a part from the car of the man charged with throwing his daughter off West Gate Bridge.
The revelation comes just days after the Victorian Ombudsman released a scathing report that... Read more
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Nigeria: Amnesty International
Amnesty International has released a new report saying Nigerian police are responsible for hundreds of unlawful killings every year.
Under Nigerian law police officers are allowed to shoot suspects and detainees who try to escape or avoid arrest. Amnesty International says... Read more
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Brazil's police killings conde
More than 11,000 people have died at the hands of authorities in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo since 2003. The rights group says the cities' police forces are fraught with mafia-like corruption.
The police killing earlier this year of 22-year-old clerk... Read more
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Wiretaps in Toronto police cor
Recordings of wiretapped phone calls that formed the basis of the Crown's corruption case against two Toronto police officers can now be revealed because charges against the two were thrown out.
On Monday, Superior Court Justice Bonnie Croll stayed corruption charges against... Read more
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Police drug unit head suspende
THE head of the Victoria Police drug and alcohol unit has been suspended after allegations of serious misconduct contained in an ombudsman's report released today.
In a scathing report tabled to state parliament, ombudsman George Brouwer raised concerns over shoddy work... Read more
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Former Utah Public Safety Comm
The former commissioner of the Utah Department of Public Safety has been stripped of his badge. The Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (POST) voted to revoke Col. Scott Duncan's peace officer certification following his conviction on prescription drug-related charges... Read more
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Ex-N. Vegas officer pleads gui
A former North Las Vegas police officer accused of seeking dates and sexual favors from women he stopped for traffic violations has reached a plea deal in the case.
James Vernon Clayton pleaded guilty Tuesday in Clark County District Court to... Read more
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Montreal police officers clear
Four Montreal police constables have been cleared of wrongdoing after the provincial police ethics committee determined two searches made at the home of a suspect they sought in an assault were done by the book.
On Sept. 2, 2008, Constables Alexis... Read more
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Gibraltar Holds 4 Spanish Poli
Gibraltar authorities held four Spanish police after they pursued suspected smugglers into the British territory Monday, creating a second test on the relationship between the two nations in less than a month.
The Spanish civil guards followed the two suspects onto rocks... Read more
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Canada: Corruption charges dis
An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed corruption charges against three former downtown Toronto police officers, including a son of a former chief of police, for unreasonable delay in bringing the case to trial.
Bill McCormack, Rick McIntosh and George Kouroudis were... Read more
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OPI called in as police files
THE Office of Police Integrity has joined an investigation into the State Government's decision to provide police files on protesters to the private consortium building Victoria's $3.5 billion desalination plant.
The broadening of the investigation comes as the Government and Victoria Police... Read more
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Ex-Montreal police chief criti
A former Montreal police chief says the Surete du Quebec did not follow proper procedure during its probe into the shooting death of a Montreal teenager, but Jacques Duchesneau insists police officers as a whole are qualified to investigate their own.... Read more
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Hermosa Beach settles police m
The city of Hermosa Beach this week paid more than $200,000 to settle a long-running lawsuit that alleged police misconduct and sparked a federal investigation.
The $212,000 payment finalizes a settlement reached in August, just weeks before the trial date of... Read more
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USA: N.J. state trooper sues,
A New Jersey state trooper has filed a federal civil lawsuit saying she was sexually assaulted and impregnated by a superior officer.
Trooper Alexis Hayes accused Lt. Thomas King, a 26-year veteran, of getting her drunk, obtaining a key to her hotel... Read more
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Ex-Mt. San Jacinto College pol
A former community college police chief in Riverside who allegedly stole ice cream from a push cart vendor he arrested, surrendered Wednesday to multiple felony charges relating to a towing company kickback scheme.
Kevin Harold Segawa, 39, former police chief at... Read more
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Jamaica: Three more cops get t
In a move aimed at tackling widespread police misconduct in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), three former narcotics officers have been retired in the public's interest, and stripped of an attractive retirement package.
The affected members have been identified as Woman Corporal... Read more
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Feds open probe of alleged Eas
After examining nearly two dozen allegations that the East Haven Police Department engages in race-based violence and racial profiling, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Deparment of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office have formally opened an investigation.
In March 2009,... Read more
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Peru's kill-for-fat gang may b
Remember that grisly story two weeks ago about a Peruvian gang that murdered people and extracted their fat to sell to European cosmetics companies?
Seems it was big fat lie concocted by police — perhaps to conceal police murders of drug dealers,... Read more
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Guyana: Misrepresenting police
Hardly a month goes by that there is not some fresh outrage in the Guyana Police Force to appal the public. Each crime reminds the country of how much was lost when the misguided decision to abandon the Guyana-British Security Sector... Read more
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Witness suggests brutality by
A friend of Kenneth Howe, the Worcester man who died after an alleged confrontation with police last week, has described to investigators a series of events that differs dramatically from authorities’ official version - and suggests that police brutality may have... Read more
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