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Police accused of targeting young Africans and Afghans
POLICE in Flemington have been accused of unlawful imprisonment in routinely detaining African and Afghan youths at the base of housing estates while running a check on their names.
According to a complaint to the Office of Police Integrity, detention while names are being run through police databases is racial profiling and... Read more
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Dallas officer fired for allegedly threatening prostitute
Sex... or arrest. A prostitute says that's the choice a Dallas police officer forced her to make on Friday night.
The department moved quickly Tuesday to fire Officer Jeffrey Thorn because he is still on probation.
As News 8 first reported, undercover officers were working on Friday night as part of their summer... 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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"Policeman used excessive forc
A URANQUINTY man struck repeatedly with a police baton and sprayed in the face twice with capsicum spray has made an official complaint of excessive force, Wagga District Court was told yesterday.
The complaint was revealed by David Barron, solicitor for Lance Hume Hull, during 69-year-old Hull's appeal against jail terms handed... Read more
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Australia: Police discriminati
A survey of African residents in Melbourne has prompted more allegations of racism in Victoria, this time against the police.
The report by a coalition of Melbourne legal centres claims discriminatory treatment of African youths by police has led to increased tensions.
One such claim of discrimination comes from Ethiopian man Daniel Haile-Michael,... Read more
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Montreal protesters fear cops'
MONTREAL – A group that organizes an annual and controversial anti-police brutality march that last year was the scene of more than 200 arrests says it had nothing do with an attack by vandals early yesterday that left 11 Montreal police squad cars smashed and a neighbourhood police station splashed with... Read more
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Report highlights NSW cops' mi
They pledge to serve and protect but NSW police officers sometimes stray outside the law when not in uniform, a report shows.
Men, senior constables, and those aged in their late 30s are the most common offenders, a research paper into off-duty officer misconduct released by the Police Integrity Commission (PIC) has... Read more
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Top cop orders probe on OPI
Senior Victorian police are investigating the Office of Police Integrity - the body charged with probing allegations against police - over claims that OPI investigators tampered with vital evidence in an anti-corruption ''sting''.
In an unprecedented role switch, Chief Commissioner Simon Overland has ordered his office to look into allegations that OPI... Read more
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Woman jailed for asking ‘why'
A woman jailed for 10 hours after she challenged the authority of a policeman has filed suit in federal court against the officers and the Atlanta Police Department, claiming they violated her civil rights, used excessive force on her and subjected her to emotional distress.
The suit said the officers were acting... Read more
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Marblehead officer suspended i
Police Sgt. Marion Keating was handed a 50-day suspension without pay last night by a unanimous Board of Selectmen.
Keating was unsmiling after the board agreed to follow a recommendation by Town Administrator Tony Sasso. Her lawyer, Stephen Pfaff, vowed to seek arbitration or an appeal before the Civil Service Commission.... Read more
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City of Montreal blocking inqu
The Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission is accusing the city of Montreal and its police force of trampling human rights and blocking their investigation of alleged racial profiling cases by Montreal police.
The commission is looking into several such cases and they've subpoena'd police officers to tell their side of... Read more
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Former police boss violates et
Former National Police top detective Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji has sparked fresh controversy following his surprise appearance at a murder trial involving ex-antigraft leader Antasari Azhar.
The police general, who made headlines following his controversial analogy of Gecko versus Crocodile regarding the battle between the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the police,... Read more
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Indian police suspended over g
Five police officers in Mumbai have been suspended over claims that they spent Christmas Eve partying with some of the city's most notorious criminals, the state government said.
Grainy photographs and security camera footage broadcast by the Indian media appeared to show the officers dancing with key figures from a gang led... Read more
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City's Muslims Report Harassme
Coming from a family with members who work in law enforcement, Yasmin Nasser used to look at police officers as honest, upstanding and there to protect all members of society. Today, though, Nasser said, she feels uneasy when she walks by cops and, for a brief period, tried staying away from... 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 fairness".
The secondary investigation, Operation Alford, found Senior Constable Christopher John... 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 the so-called police code of silence and reporting other cops'... 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, the U.S. attorney's office said.
Patrolman John H. Douglas, 34, a... 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, St. Rose of Lima Church filed a complaint that police... 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 and was acting superintendent for about a year, heeded requests... 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 a crowded gay bar.
The lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal and... 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 its Web site as "your one-stop shop for Texas Concealed... 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 of the $499,000 settlement Saturday. They will get the rest... 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 of internal-affairs complaints. But 42 people -- including accused criminals,... Read more
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Dallas Police Improperly Cite
Dallas police officers have improperly cited drivers for not being able to speak English 38 times in the past three years, Chief David Kunkle said Friday.
The discovery came after a woman was pulled over earlier this month for making an illegal U-turn and was given a ticket for being a "non-English... Read more
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Ethics hinder free meals for c
There is an old adage that goes, "If you want to find good food, just look where the truckers and cops eat."
While this may be true for truckers, it is usually not the case for police officers.
Did you ever wonder why certain food establishments always seem to have three or four... Read more
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Police officers posing as 'pro
The Quebec Police Ethics Committee has ordered a review of the conduct of three provincial police officers who posed as protesters at the summit of the three North American leaders in Montebello, Que., in August 2007.
The ruling comes after the police ethics commissioner rejected a complaint in May 2009 filed by... Read more
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Randolph police officers lose
Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said Monday that two members of the township's police department will lose their jobs and be placed in the county's pre-trial intervention program after they allegedly "unarrested" the relative of a police officer for drunk driving, then deleted department records on the matter.
According to Bianchi, Officer... Read more
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Chicago police probed for posi
The Chicago Police Department is investigating several of its officers accused of forcing a college student they arrested during last month's G-20 summit in Pittsburgh to pose for a group photo with them.
The department, which has been dogged by embarrassing allegations of misconduct in recent years, began investigating the Pittsburgh claims... Read more
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New cops led astray by rotten
A CABAL of experienced Victoria police see themselves as "guardians" of a counter-culture that promotes self-interest ahead of ethical service and encourages rule-breaking among younger officers as a necessary part of the job.
Victoria's police watchdog, the Office of Police Integrity, yesterday handed down its annual report, exposing the practice of some... Read more
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Nixa police chief says traffic
Nixa -- Police Chief James Bacon said he's worried about the perception of his department after video and a complaint was made public against officers involved in the Sept. 11 traffic stop of a 16-year-old female.
The parents of Anne Pierce filed a five-page complaint Oct. 2 against the Nixa Police... Read more
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