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Senior officers at Met ‘untouc
SIR IAN BLAIR, the embattled Metropolitan police commissioner, has been further undermined by claims that his force has become arrogant with power and that a group of senior officers see themselves as "untouchable".
Brian Paddick, the former deputy assistant commissioner who... Read more
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Indian American student sues N
A civil liberties group has sued the New York Police Department (NYPD) on behalf of an Indian student who was detained in July while photographing a subway station here.
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) filed the suit on Thursday... Read more
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Activists seek tougher scrutin
As San Bernardino extends a crime-fighting program to the city's Westside, activists are calling for more civilian oversight of the Police Department.
Some propose a citizens review panel separate from the city's existing police commission.
Others, joined by the city councilman representing the... Read more
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Chicago: Fight police brutalit
Rev. Al Sharpton has a message for the city of Chicago: Do something about police brutality or he will work to ensure that the 2016 Olympics won't come to Chicago.
Sharpton is demanding that the city show evidence of "concrete steps" to... Read more
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New details in Durham Police m
There's new information in the sexual misconduct investigation surrounding some Durham Police officers.
According to published reports a search warrant describes the claims of a prostitute who say she had sexual relations with at least two city police officers. In one... Read more
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Indonesia: Police seen as most
The Indonesian public ranks the police the most corrupt government institution, followed by the judiciary and legislatures, according to a list compiled by German-based Transparency International.
The Indonesian chapter of the organization announced the results of the 2007 Global Corruption Barometer on... Read more
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City Held In Contempt Over Cou
A federal judge has held the city of Hartford in contempt of court, despite objections from its attorneys, who argued that continued enforcement of a decades-old settlement mandating how police should handle citizen complaints was unnecessary and expensive.
In a ruling filed... Read more
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Settlement for Torture of 4 Me
The City of Chicago is preparing to pay nearly $20 million to four men who were once sent to death row after interrogations that they say amounted to torture by the Chicago police, the city’s law department said on Friday.
If the... Read more
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What's wrong with Britain's po
A crisis of integrity has gripped the higher ranks of our police.
Sleaze, incompetence and greed now seem to be spreading like a contagion.
Among too many police chiefs, there is a sense of entitlement - an indifference to the civic... Read more
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Speeding police chief admits '
A SENIOR police chief today admitted his driving ban for speeding had brought roads policing into “a degree of disrepute”.
South Yorkshire Chief Constable Meredydd Hughes added that his conviction had made the job of his colleagues “a little more difficult”.
He was... Read more
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Mexico police chief murder lin
Gunmen killed the police chief of a Mexican city bordering California on Tuesday by shooting him 50 times in an apparent revenge attack after police found a drug-smuggling tunnel under the border.
Gunmen broke into the house of Tecate police chief Juan... Read more
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Parties, police, most corrupt
Three out of four Indians believe political parties and the police are extremely corrupt. Almost half the people who had any contact with the police department in the past year said they had to pay a bribe to get their work... Read more
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Over 30pc paid bribe for servi
The Global Corruption Barometer 2007 survey report released by Transparency International on Thursday says that people in Pakistan who paid bribe for obtaining services in 2007 increased to over 30 per cent from 15 per cent in ’06, a 100 per... Read more
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Lebanon police seek to regain
Lebanon officials are scrambling to regain the public's trust after two police officers lost their jobs after allegedly stealing weapons from the police evidence room.
Patrolman Larry Loveless and Sgt. Fred Jacobs each took a gun without permission, said City Manager Pat... Read more
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Ethics Commission rules on Fol
The Alabama Ethics Commission voted 4-0 on Wednesday to issue a resolution regarding former acting Foley Police Chief David White, who admitted he earned $290 from an outside employer while he was on duty for the city.
Once the administrative resolution... Read more
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Miami Police Taped Roughing Up
A robbery suspect led police on a car chase Wednesday before crashing and taking off on foot, then was swarmed by officers who were videotaped kicking and punching him.
The Miami-Dade Police Department is reviewing the response, said Cmdr. Linda O'Brien.
"We are... Read more
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Speeding police 'not prosecute
Roadside camera photographs of South Yorkshire Police officers caught speeding, but who later had their cases dropped, have been obtained by the BBC.
The pictures were released after South Yorkshire's chief constable, Meredydd Hughes, was banned from driving for speeding at... Read more
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South Africa: Police officer f
A R4 000 bribe from a suspected rapist has cost a police officer not only her freedom but her job too.
The Johannesburg Magistrate's Court yesterday found 30-year-old Zanele Radebe guilty of extortion and sentenced her to three years' house arrest.
She... Read more
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Police cleared over assault cl
An inquiry has cleared police officers who were accused of beating a Teesside man in his own home.
Stephen Whenary, 36, claimed he was beaten by officers called to a domestic dispute at his Stockton home in 2005.
He was charged... Read more
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How does cop keep job after se
Even with a shortage of eligible black men, it's unlikely that a crackhead from Englewood had consensual sex with police Sgt. John Herman.
Let's start with the beady eyes, Nazi mustache and double chin.
But Herman's lawyer, Peter Hickey, ripped the woman... Read more
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Global watchdog says police an
More than one in 10 people around the world paid a bribe in the past year, with police and the judiciary seen pocketing the most illegal money, an international corruption watchdog said on Thursday.
Figures from Berlin-based watchdog Transparency International (TI) showed... Read more
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When their complaints went unh
The meeting at the Urban League in south Minneapolis on Sept. 11 would be pivotal. A group of black police officers laid out its allegations of race discrimination to the city's civil rights director.
They left with the expectation that some... Read more
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No more brave policemen
This year two officers were on plain clothes patrol in Liverpool. One of them noticed a man acting suspiciously near a betting shop. He was walking nervously towards and away from its entrance. Eventually he pulled a mask over his head... Read more
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UK: Police misconduct costs fo
Police forces have paid out more than £44 million in compensation and damages in the past five years, mostly to victims of alleged police misconduct, The Times has learnt.
The bulk was paid out for wrongful arrests, assaults, malicious prosecutions and... Read more
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Female lieutenant demoted in p
EAST HARTFORD - A female police lieutenant was demoted to officer and suspended without pay for one week, after being charged with sexually harassing a male subordinate.
Ending a lengthy internal affairs investigation, local officers Lisa Freeman and Jay Malley were... Read more
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Former Sergeant Under Investig
Drew Peterson is not only a suspect in his fourth wife's disappearance and his third wife's death, the former police officer is now under investigation for police misconduct, ABC News has learned.
The Bolingbrook Police Department, where the 53-year-old was a... Read more
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India: Cops do it again!
A 26-year-old youth was allegedly slapped by two city policemen today for waiting beside an exit gate at Eden Gardens after the fourth day's play between India and Pakistan got over. The youth was waiting for the crowd to disperse so... Read more
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Police sergeant resigns amid a
A MARRIED senior police officer has resigned amid allegations of misconduct.
Sergeant Pete Abrams stepped down from his post after he was made aware of the complaints against him by two women.
It has been confirmed the allegations are of a sexual nature... Read more
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Trial begins for former police
A former Chicago police sergeant went on trial today for allegedly raping a woman in 2004 after picking her up in his squad car. John Herman, 42, faces charges of aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated kidnapping and official misconduct over the... Read more
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Police Corruption: Cops Hit th
It all started with a dead gigolo named Shane.
Who would have thought that, four years after the murder of Shane Chartres-Abbott in June 2003, an initially unrelated probe into inappropriate emailing would culminate in the resignations and suspension of several... Read more
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Britain and the Nigeria Police
The recent decision of the Federal Government to enlist the help of Britain in the effort to reorganise the Nigeria Police signposts the despair and desperation of the Nigerian government to address the worsening security problem in the country. The Minister... Read more
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NYC Bouncer Blames Police for
A bouncer accused of killing three men took the witness stand at his murder trial on Monday and offered a surprise defense: The police did it.
Stephen Sakai told jurors in state Supreme Court in Brooklyn that at the time of the... Read more
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Police deal takes Bosnia close
Bosnia-Herzegovina will initial its pre-accession agreement with the European Union today after Muslim, Serb and Croatian parties adopted an "action plan" for police reform, the main obstacle to starting integration with the 27-member bloc for the past two years.
Olli Rehn, EU... Read more
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Australia: Police ethics face
VICTORIA Police's credibility will come under further pressure as the state's corruption watchdog turns its attention to the trouble-plagued St Kilda station.
Office of Police Integrity hearings on the station, which has been embroiled in controversy this year, could intensify calls for... Read more
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New Canaan police review ethic
Eleven New Canaan police officers crossed an ethical line when they accepted discounted service from an alarm company, but the subsequent investigation reveals confusion about where that line was drawn.
Some of the officers said they believed the deals the company cut... Read more
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Chief Paul gets ‘corruption’ r
THE Report into allegations of ongoing corruption in the Southern Division of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, by Supt Chandrabhan Maharaj, has been handed over to the Commissioner of Police, Trevor Paul.
ACP Glenroy Woodley and UK Supt Michael Allen of... Read more
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Nigeria Police Chief blasts th
THOUGH he plays squash and not football, he is a die-hard Arsenal fan and is never tired of saying this. To many people, Felix Ogbaudu, the commissioner of Police, Rivers State, is not only a simple man but also one commissioner... Read more
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Ex-cop's defence funding block
A FORMER Victorian assistant commissioner is unlikely to gain access to the coffers of the state's police union to fund his legal battle against possible corruption charges, despite rejoining the union when he discovered he was under investigation.
Noel Ashby, who resigned... Read more
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Police brutality: A (rare) rea
In 2004, a man who allegedly ran from and then struggled with Knoxville police was kicked by an officer after he had been handcuffed and stopped resisting.
In 2005, an unarmed, mentally disabled woman was shocked repeatedly in her front yard by... Read more
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Complaint cites police leaders
DEPTFORD TWP. A police sergeant has filed criminal complaints against two superior officers, including the chief of police here, accusing them of witness tampering, obstruction and lying on the witness stand.
The allegations, filed on Friday in municipal court in Deptford... Read more
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Police officer is fired for pr
A Jamestown police officer suspended for making a crude comment to a female officer of the department has been fired following a series of civil service hearings on professional misconduct.
Tim Smeraldo, an 18-year veteran of the department, was terminated Wednesday,... Read more
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