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UK: Policeman faces misconduct charge over London G20 death
The riot squad officer who was captured on video pushing Ian Tomlinson to the ground during last year’s G20 protests shortly before the newspaper seller died will face proceedings for gross misconduct, Scotland Yard said on Tuesday.
The officer, named by media as Police Constable Simon Harwood, shoved Mr. Tomlinson, 47, in... Read more
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Investigation Completed into Corruption in Greece Police Department
GREECE, NY: The head investigator into corruption in the Greece Police Department announced "mission accomplished" Friday afternoon.
Former Deputy State Police Superintendent Joseph Loszynski was hired to look into accusations of wrongdoing in the department.
Loszynski released his final report Friday and said he referred several cases to the DA's office for prosecution.... Read more
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Two New Orleans police officers indicted in 2005 beating death
Two officers in the troubled New Orleans Police Department have been indicted in connection with the beating death of a civilian in 2005, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
The federal indictment alleges that Officer Melvin Williams kicked the victim and struck him with a baton, fracturing his ribs and rupturing his... Read more
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New Orleans mayor asks feds to
The new mayor of New Orleans has asked the Justice Department to review the city's embattled police department.
In a letter sent Wednesday, Mayor Mitch Landrieu asked Attorney General Eric Holder to assign a team from the department's civil rights division to help the city address and prevent police misconduct.
"I have inherited... Read more
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Australia: Whistleblow cop cas
THE former officer who blew the whistle on WA police "lying in court and competing over the number of arrests they could make" is taking her allegations to the Corruption and Crime Commission.
And the one-time first-class constable says she has recruited another former officer, who shares her concerns, to support... Read more
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L.A. County Sheriff's Departme
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is investigating allegations of misconduct by deputies involved in a drug case that was dismissed last week after records appeared to contradict their account of a drug possession arrest.
Prosecutors said the inconsistencies prompted them to drop a felony charge Wednesday against Tatiana Anjuli Lopez, 26.... Read more
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Ex-Gaylord police chief senten
The former police chief of Gaylord, Minnesota was sentenced Monday on one charge of misconduct of a public officials for his role in an alleged "bugging" scheme.
A judge put Dale Lee Roiger, 60, on probation, ordered him to complete 15 days of electronic home monitoring, complete 15 days of community service... Read more
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Officer's appeal exposes probl
CARROLLTON – A police officer who was fired and accused of criminal mischief over a house egging is back on the job after a favorable ruling by an independent hearing examiner.
But Officer Jennifer Cackler's appeal exposed other problems with officers on the Carrollton police force. The department has been in... Read more
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FBI investigating Seattle poli
The FBI says it has launched an investigation into the controversial beating of an innocent man by Seattle police officers.
Federal agents said the findings of the routine investigation will be forwarded to the Civil Rights Section of the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.
Meantime, police sources have identified Officer Mary Woollum... Read more
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Australia: Ombudsman refuses O
THE Victorian Ombudsman's office has decided against initiating any investigations into Victoria Police and the conduct of the Office of Police Integrity, despite the OPI having been described as illegal, corrupt and "reprehensible" by one of the state's leading defence lawyers.
THE Victorian Ombudsman's office has decided against initiating any investigations... Read more
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Newark Police Officer Indicted
Police Detective Angel Pared, 28, of Newark was indicted on charges of using excessive force in the arrest of a 15-year-old male juvenile.
It is alleged that on March 24, 2010 Pared assaulted a 15-year-old and then subsequently arrested the young man in the vicinity of 55 Spruce Street in Newark. Pared's... Read more
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Newark Police Officer Indicted
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that an Essex County Grand Jury returned a four-count indictment charging Police Detective Angel Pared, 28, of Newark with using excessive force in the arrest of a 15-year-old male juvenile.
It is alleged that on March 24, 2010, at approximately 10 p.m., Detective... Read more
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US police beat Chinese diploma
Three Houston police officers have been confined to desk duty after beating a Chinese diplomat in the parking garage of the Chinese Consulate.
Houston's mayor, Annise Parker, said the guilty officers' responsibilities would be limited till it is clear as to why they arrested and beat Chinese diplomat Yu Boren last... Read more
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BART police pull Tasers, will
BART Police Department stripped its officers of Tasers on Thursday, days after a sergeant fired the electric darts of his stun gun at a 13-year-old boy fleeing from police in Richmond on his bicycle, sources told The Chronicle.
BART officials, who said officers would be retrained to use the devices, attributed the... Read more
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Former Tulsa agent accused of
Brandon J. McFadden, 33, a former agent with the Tulsa office of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, was booked into the jail Thursday on a hold for U.S. marshals, jail records show.
McFadden pleaded not guilty during a hearing at 2 p.m. today in federal court to... Read more
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Two Officers Arrested in Conne
Westminster Police Officer Anthony Nicholas Orban swore to protect his community and defend the rights of citizens, but he allegedly failed to uphold that oath. He is accused of abducting a 24-year-old woman from a mall parking lot in Ontario, Calif., forcing her to drive to a commercial complex in Fontana,... Read more
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UK: IPCC watchdog under attack
The police complaints watchdog should stop employing retired officers to investigate the public’s concerns about their former forces.
A committee of MPs said it was shocked that the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) routinely employed former police officers as investigators.
“Public confidence in the impartiality of the IPCC is bound to... Read more
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Dallas County constable, three
Dallas County Precinct 3 Constable Ben Adamcik and three of his deputies were served Monday with grand jury subpoenas by District Attorney Craig Watkins' public integrity unit.
Adamcik, Chief Deputy Richard McKnight, and Deputies Anthony Lewis and Bertha Roop are ordered to appear before the grand jury on Friday.
Adamcik, a... Read more
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Australia: Brave cop in sack f
A POLICE hero who took a bullet for the community has been forced to spend more than $300,000 in a legal battle to clear his name.
The Office of Police Integrity, which sacked Valour Award winner John Kapetanovski, has been found to have acted unfairly by dismissing him.
The OPI has also... Read more
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Danziger Bridge case suggests
When an investigator needed an identity for a fabricated witness in the Danziger Bridge police shooting, prosecutors say, he looked to his fellow officers for help.
"Hey, somebody give me a name!" the veteran NOPD supervisor allegedly called out to a group of officers. Another cop, former New Orleans police detective Jeffrey... Read more
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Former Syracuse police detecti
Syracuse, NY - Former Syracuse police Detective James Mills apologized to his colleagues and the Syracuse community as he was sentenced this afternoon for a perjury conviction that cost him his career.
“I didn’t mean to let them down. I made a mistake. I’m human,” Mills said as he stood before City... Read more
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RI police officer to stand tri
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Providence police officer accused of raping a woman in a deserted police substation and then showing up to take a report after she called 911 heads to trial this week at an already difficult time for the department.
Marcus Huffman faces charges of first-degree sexual assault. Opening statements... Read more
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How some cops cross the line
A probationary officer resigned from the Lancaster Police Department after he was charged with beating a teenager at a New Year's party.
The Cheektowaga Town Board last month fired a town officer who exchanged threatening text messages with an ex-girlfriend.
And the trial of a Niagara Falls officer who faces a lengthy list... Read more
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Post-Katrina reports detail al
Baton Rouge police officers routinely harassed black people, resorted to unnecessary violence and conducted illegal searches in the days after Hurricane Katrina, out-of-state troopers claimed in reports recently released by the Police Department.
One trooper said Baton Rouge officers referred to black people as “animals” that needed to be beaten down. Troopers... Read more
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Bad boys: why rookie police ar
ROOKIE police officers in NSW are doing more than their fair share when it comes to misbehaving, a study has found.
Probationary constables - those in their first year - make up 7 per cent of the force but are responsible for almost 12 per cent of allegations of off-duty misconduct.
The research... Read more
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Ex-police officer admits role
A second former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with police shootings of civilians on a Louisiana bridge in the days following Hurricane Katrina, authorities said.
Jeffrey Lehrmann, a former police detective who now works as a special agent for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, pleaded guilty in federal court... Read more
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'Poor judgment' leads to 2 cop
The Quebec Police Ethics Commission has ordered that two police officers be suspended without pay following an accident that injured two Montreal women.
Sûreté du Québec Constable Stéphane Sasseville was suspended for 30 days for the charges involving each woman, to be served concurrently, for not using his patrol car with care... Read more
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Drug arrests latest black mark
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — After three Providence police officers were arrested last week in a cocaine-peddling sting, Chief Dean Esserman called it a "hard day" for the department.
The department has endured its share of hard days in recent years despite Esserman's vows in 2003 to reform the conduct of a department marred... Read more
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Portland officials call for ov
The city auditor and Commissioner Randy Leonard, faced with growing community demands for accountability after controversial police shootings and a death in police custody that's taken three years to investigate, want to give Portland's police oversight division the muscle they say it needs to be effective.
Auditor LaVonne Griffin-Valade and... Read more
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Cop threw bed during arrest cl
A man who was awarded more than $300,000 in damages after being assaulted by police may have been accidentally hit by a bed rather than deliberately bashed with a baton, an appeal court has heard.
Allan Hathaway sued the state of NSW over his arrest in Wagga Wagga in 2003 which... Read more
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