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Notts cop in £250000 fraud
DETECTIVE Constable Samantha Chapman had found Robert Alexander "charming" when she met him during an inquiry into his business dealings in 2004.
By the time he was charged in November 2004 with deception offences, the pair had become close.
After being convicted of... Read more
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Aspen PD officer fired
The Aspen Police Department fired an 18-year veteran of its force Friday after another officer suspected he had been under the influence of alcohol on the job. A breath test allegedly confirmed it.
Jim Crowley, a patrol officer and former detective,... Read more
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Jamaica: Police Citizens' Char
The following is part one of an edited version of the Police Citizens' Charter which was launched on behalf of the Jamaica Constabulary Force by Commissioner of Police, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, at a press conference on Tuesday, August 19.
CORE VALUES
RESPECT... Read more
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Accusations of Met cover-up pu
Whistleblowers accuse police of turning a blind eye to reports that murdered special constable was running an escort agency
Sir Ian Blair faces a new investigation after whistleblowers accused the already embattled Metropolitan Police Commissioner of turning "a blind eye" to corruption... Read more
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South Korea: Police in Quagmir
NPA Chief Faces Growing Calls to Step Down
It is no longer news that the National Policy Agency (NPA) has been blamed for incompetence, corruption, brutal crackdowns on demonstrators and human rights violations. A series of recent incidents are further tarnishing the... Read more
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UK: Police support officer sus
Paul Ryan has been ordered to stay at home after allegedly impersonating Hitler while on duty.
Mr Ryan, a Police Community Support Officer working for the Safer Neighbourhoods Team in Swiss Cottage, north London, is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police... Read more
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Police Officer investigated fo
A Medical Lake police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave while under investigation on claims of sexual misconduct while on duty.
Medical Lake Police Sergeant Joseph Mehrens has been under investigation by the Spokane County Sheriff's Office, which has forwarded... Read more
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Cop accused of fondling girl
HUNTINGTON, Ind. - On Thursday, the Huntington Police Officer accused of sexual misconduct with a minor was in court for the first time.
"Sexual misconduct with a minor's categorized by either a devious sexual conduct or some kind of illegal touching and... Read more
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Top Asian officer sets out rac
Britain's most senior Asian police officer yesterday directly accused Sir Ian Blair, the Met commissioner, of repeatedly racially discriminating against him.
Tarique Ghaffur, an assistant commissioner at Scotland Yard, accused his chief of a catalogue of unfair treatment as the civil war... Read more
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Officer pleads no contest in p
A San Diego police officer charged in the death of his canine partner pleaded no contest Thursday to a misdemeanor charge of animal endangerment and was ordered to pay for the dog.
Paul Hubka, who was not present at the hearing,... Read more
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Former cop to go on trial in '
A former Harvey police detective is scheduled to stand trial Sept. 9 on charges he removed from police custody a gun that was evidence in a criminal case.
Hollis Dorrough Jr., of Chicago's Marquette Park neighborhood, is charged with perjury, obstruction of... Read more
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Under the spotlight - police m
ALLEGATIONS of police brutality and misconduct are plaguing the Grassy Park Police Station, but the question remains: what is being done to prevent the problem?
Since the beginning of this year, a number of allegations have been reported. Dikeledi Phiri, spokesperson... Read more
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Law enforcement and challenge
By Akin Oyebode
Nigeria is at a crossroad. Even if the house has not fallen, it is self-evident that the edifice is tottering. We are in the grip of a collapse of values, general disillusionment, self-doubt and apprehension of the reality that... Read more
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Police plant knife after their
POLICE covered up for one of their officers who assaulted a man in Wagga Wagga and planted a carving knife at the scene to incriminate the victim, a court heard yesterday.
Allan Hathaway is suing the state of NSW for aggravated damages... Read more
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Baja officers dismissed in eff
TIJUANA – Top Baja California law enforcement officials Wednesday announced the dismissal of 129 police officers, investigators, prosecutors and other members of law enforcement agencies across the state.
Those fired include 90 municipal police officers, 66 of them from Tijuana; 34... Read more
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USA: Ross fires officer set to
Ross commissioners have fired an 18-year veteran of the police force who is scheduled for a second Navy deployment to Iraq next month.
Commissioners voted 8-0 to fire Patrolman Robert Gaertner at their business meeting Monday night.
Officials offered no details on why... Read more
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Australia: Police officer susp
A POLICEMAN has been suspended after he allegedly slashed recorded speeds and the resulting fines given to motorists he had nabbed.
Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon today confirmed the officer had been stood down on full pay.
He was suspended last Friday after... Read more
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Harvard Investigates Univ. Pol
Harvard University will launch an examination of the campus Police Department following long-running complaints that officers have unfairly treated black students and professors and, in an incident this month, a black high school student working at Harvard.
President Drew Gilpin Faust announced... Read more
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Kidnapper cop fired
A former Montreal cop who used a fake arrest warrant to kidnap a 19-year-old woman has been officially fired by the police ethics committee.
Richard Kilsdonk had already been sentenced to two years less a day to be served in the... Read more
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Waterloo police chief accused
Waterloo Police Chief Tom Jennings is accused of assaulting a 16-year-old boy who lives on his street, and the local police officer’s union is calling for him to be put on administrative leave.
Mayor Tim Hurley has said that Jennings will continue... Read more
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Officer suspect for fraud at O
A POLICE corruption investigator is facing the sack over allegations he skimmed up to $3000 from Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog.
The Office of Police Integrity last night confirmed it had suspended a staff member for a disciplinary breach.
The Herald Sun believes a... Read more
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NAACP wants federal probe of M
MOSS POINT — The Jackson County NAACP is asking the FBI to look into complaints about possible police misconduct in Moss Point.
The request comes days after city leaders said they would not reinstate a citizen-review board to oversee Moss Point police... Read more
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South Africa: Cop & wife up fo
44-year-old police officer and his wife are due to appear in the Kokstad magistrate's court on Monday after being arrested for corruption, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Monday.
Superintendent Zandra Wiid said the two also faced charges of defeating the ends of... Read more
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El Salvador's police chief res
El Salvador's national police chief stepped down on Saturday after local media reports accused two close advisers of corruption and links with drug traffickers.
Two aides to police chief Francisco Rovira resigned on Friday after media investigations said one ran a... Read more
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Nigeria anti-graft police sack
Nigeria's anti-corruption police said on Sunday it had sacked 11 of its own officials, most of them for lying about their academic credentials and one for trying to defraud a suspect.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Nigeria, a West... Read more
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Metro officer charged with rap
INDIANAPOLIS - The SWAT team arrested a metro police officer for allegedly raping a woman while on duty.
Investigators said it happened on the east side last Friday.
Officer Anthony Smith is facing seven felonies including rape and sexual misconduct. The... Read more
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Lovejoy accuses Arpaio's offic
A Chandler police sergeant acquitted last week in the death of his canine partner has hired a prominent legal adversary of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Sgt. Tom Lovejoy has retained attorney Michael Manning, who has won previous high-profile cases against... Read more
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Corruption trial probes police
Evidence handling and a second videotape involving a car search consumed most of Thursday in the federal corruption trial of two top aides and friends of Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher.
Mark Naylon, Fletcher's spokesman and the best man at his second... Read more
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Beaumont Police Officer Fighti
A Beaumont Police Officer who admits engaging in sex during an undercover investigation faced tough questions in court today.
Keith Breiner is asking a judge to let him keep his job until a jury can hear his case.
Last month, the police chief... Read more
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Mexico targets bad cops
Facing public outrage over runaway crime, Mexico's federal and state leaders on Thursday unveiled a coordinated plan to purge police forces nationwide and rebuild the country's justice system.
"The truth is we are all responsible," President Felipe Calderon told the National Conference... Read more
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Hotline Designed to Crackdown
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi hopes citizens take advantage of a newly created Justice Integrity Hotline.
The hotline is designed to crackdown on police misconduct.
Brizzi announced the hotline after a string of arrests and suspensions involving local police officers--including an... Read more
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Canada: Halifax cops were too
A demonstration is planned for Thursday at the Halifax police station to protest alleged police misconduct.
Those who watched Halifax Regional Police arrest a number of protestors last month at the start of the Chebucto Road widening project are demanding accountability.
"Those of... Read more
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Cop faces misconduct charge af
A police marksman will face misconduct charges after a civilian was shot during a firearms awareness training session.
The 999 operator was shot in the torso on May 30, 2007, on police property in Kidlington, Oxfordshire.
Following an Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)... Read more
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Complaints Against N.J. State
A new report by the New Jersey State Police says the number of complaints lodged against its 3,000 member force is up from last year, as is the number of troopers it disciplined.
In all, 91 troopers were hit with penalties that... Read more
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2 more IMPD officers face disc
Two more Indianapolis police officers are in trouble after internal investigations, police said Wednesday.
Officer Christopher Poindexter, 34, was arrested Aug. 14 after, police say, he filed a false report to cover up an accident in which his fiancee sideswiped a vehicle... Read more
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Mexico outraged over corrupt p
After kidnappers in police uniforms set up a fake checkpoint to snatch 14-year-old Fernando Marti off a Mexico City street, his businessman father paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom, and waited for his son's safe return.
Instead, the boy and... Read more
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Ex-police officer faces court
A retired police officer appeared in court today charged with money laundering and misusing police information.
David Thomas Lloyd, a retired South Wales Police officer and former member of police staff, allegedly hid an unspecified quantity of criminal cash in a coolbox... Read more
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Police Ethics Committee: Offic
The Police Ethics Committee has found a Montreal police officer and his partner negligent in duties relating to the arrest of a homeless man nine years ago.
The officer was, however, cleared of charges of unnecessary force on Jean-Pierre Lizotte, who died... Read more
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Panel faults police misconduct
The Boston Police Department's handling of police misconduct allegations shows signs of slipshod investigations and unfair treatment of complaining witnesses, according to a report to be released today by an independent panel.
Of 19 individual cases of alleged officer misconduct that the... Read more
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Former police officer arrested
A POLICE officer turned teacher is the latest suspect in an alleged corruption probe.
Detectives raided a house in West Yorkshire and arrested a man in his 40s as he returned from holiday.
The suspect, named locally as Simon Alistair Harrison, known as... Read more
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UK: Met police chief 'bugged A
Britain's most senior police officer of Asian origin was illegally bugged and put under surveillance on the orders of the Metropolitan police chief, leaked Scotland Yard documents have revealed.
According to the papers, over 300 telephone calls of Assistant Commissioner Tarique... Read more
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Corruption trial of sheriff's
A 10-second FBI video clip of two top Ramsey County sheriff's aides stashing $6,000 in purported drug money is either evidence of corruption or a stupid practical joke, according to opening statements in their federal trial Tuesday.
"Our criminal justice system fails... Read more
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Oakboro police officer suspend
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) is investigating one of Oakboro Police Department’s part-time police officers, according to information released Tuesday.
“The investigation is still pending with SBI, and we’re really not sure how long it will continue,” said Lt. George Burris,... Read more
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Portsmouth Police Chief Invest
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio -- The investigation of suspended Portsmouth Police Chief Charles Horner has been completed according to a news release from Mayor James Kalb.
Back in May, Horner was suspended as chief after a lawsuit was filed against Horner and the City... Read more
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UK: West Midlands Police offic
A WEST Midlands police officer has been arrested on suspicion of theft and possession of Class A drugs.
The 47-year-old officer is currently on police bail and has been suspended on full pay while investigations continue.
He was arrested on June 4.
He could... Read more
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Police Said Officer Handled Si
A San Marcos, Texas, police officer has been accused of inappropriate behavior during a traffic stop which may have lead to a dog's death.
Officer Paul Stephens spotted driver Michael Gonzalez speeding down Interstate 35 and pulled him over for clocking... Read more
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Canada: Police corruption prel
A three-year-long preliminary inquiry into what was described as part of the worst corruption scandal in the history of the Toronto police force ended quietly here yesterday, with the withdrawal of two "duplicate charges" against one of the officers.
Former police union... Read more
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Police deliberately botched fa
WINNIPEG - A lawyer acting for the family of a woman killed in a traffic collision with a police officer has accused Winnipeg police of deliberately conducting a faulty probe of the crash.
Gene Zazelenchuk, acting for the family of Crystal Taman,... Read more
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Denver police face civil right
A lawsuit by five plaintiffs alleges civil rights abuses by Denver police accused of repeatedly making false arrests.
The five named in an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit alleging false arrest Monday represent a "rainbow coalition of victims," said the Denver Post... Read more
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Policeman fights to clear name
The Police Integrity Commission (PIC) has launched an inquiry into how a New South Wales detective's promotion was terminated after he was cleared of wrongdoing over allegations of police brutality.
Detective Senior Constable Tim Briggs was last year terminated from the... Read more
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