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Should Videotaping the Police Really Be a Crime?
Anthony Graber, a Maryland Air National Guard staff sergeant, faces up to 16 years in prison. His crime? He videotaped his March encounter with a state trooper who pulled him over for speeding on a motorcycle. Then Graber put the video — which could put the officer in a bad light... Read more
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Cops call for inquest to clear names in murder
TWO ex-policeman accused of being involved in murder are pushing to have the case examined by a coroner in an attempt to clear their names.
Peter Lalor, a serving detective sergeant when he was first accused by Office of Police Integrity investigators of being involved in the 2003 murder of male... Read more
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Pope condemns Belgian police raids on Catholic church
The Pope today criticised raids on the Catholic church by Belgian police investigating sex abuse claims.
Pope Benedict described the raids as "surprising and deplorable" and demanded that the church be allowed a role in investigating abusers in its ranks.
Last week, police raided the home of a retired bishop, opened the grave... Read more
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Canada: Police brotherhood tri
Lawyers for the Montreal Police Brotherhood will return to court today to try and quash a coroner's inquiry into the fatal shooting by a Montreal police officer of a Muslim man in Côte des Neiges.
Despite renewed calls from a coalition that an inquiry is needed to answer questions about the death... 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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What makes good cops go bad?
PROVIDENCE—The arrests of three Providence police officers on drug charges raise an important question.
What makes a good cop go bad?
Treat Williams plays a dirty cop in the movie “The Prince of the City.“ The film is based on the real life story of former NYPD narcotics officer Bob Leuci, whose nickname... Read more
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S.F. cops' pasts could jeopard
More than 80 San Francisco police officers have criminal histories or misconduct records that the Police Department withheld and prosecutors did not disclose to defense attorneys in cases in which officers testified, a failure that could put hundreds of felony convictions in jeopardy, The Chronicle has learned.
The potential fallout could... Read more
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Tulsa PD Officer: "I'm Innocen
A Tulsa Police officer who says he’s at the center of a police corruption investigation, gives his side of the story. Officer Jeff Henderson is now on leave of absence from the department as a result of an ongoing grand jury investigation into allegations that Tulsa Police officers fabricated drug deals.... 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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Toronto police corruption case
TORONTO — One of the largest-ever police corruption cases in Canada can go ahead after the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a lower-court ruling.
Last fall the Ontario Court of Appeal ordered the case against five Toronto police officers to trial after years of delays. The country's top court... 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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Police Taser 10-Year-Old Boy
In the same week that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP in Canada apologized to the mother of a 40-year-old man who died after being repeatedly Tasered, two police officers from Indiana were suspended for using the Taser stun gun on a 10-year-old boy.
Robert Dziekanski, 40, was struck several times at... 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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UK: Rape report: 'If the polic
The care and support of rape victims should be given greater priority, according to a review of how cases are handled. One young woman's experience of the system shows there is much still to be done.
When Sally Freeman's 15-year-old daughter told her she had been violently raped, she had hoped justice... 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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Ethics committee won't revise
The Police Ethics Committee has rejected a bid to revise a decision by a police ethics commissioner clearing a Montreal police officer of any wrongdoing when Mohamed Anas Bennis, 25, was fatally shot in 2005.
At the committee’s request, commissioner Nathalie Haccoun (now a municipal court judge) called on an expert from... 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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San Bernardino police captain
The San Bernardino Police Department has demoted a veteran captain whose contentious promotion 16 months ago led him to file a claim against the city.
Officials refused to say why Brian Boom was bumped down to a lieutenant slot but he has been a source of controversy in recent years, both... Read more
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OPI in new police blunder
THE Office of Police Integrity has admitted it wrongly criticised the state surveillance squad in a report tabled in Parliament.
It has been forced to retable the February report after embarrassing and damaging errors were discovered.
The latest OPI mistake comes after the Herald Sun revealed last week that a second... Read more
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NYPD Union Rep Called "Rat" fo
Officer Frank Palestro, the latest cop to call foul on corruption in the NYPD, has gotten serious flak from his fellow police and the union, though he maintains he was just doing his duty. The union delegate and nine-year police veteran was outed after secretly reporting Lt. Susana Seda for behavior... Read more
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Officer claims raw deal
Officer Randall Price understands why many police departments wouldn't hire him. After cycling through eight jobs in 11 years, his work history is marred by multiple firings, allegations of misconduct and brutality claims.
On paper, Price appears to be the quintessential "gypsy cop," an itinerant officer who hops from job to... Read more
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Saudi religious police bar sal
The Saudi religious police have begun cracking down on stores selling any items that are red, heart-shaped or otherwise allude to the banned celebration of Valentine's Day, the Associated Press reports.
The AP, in a dispatch from Riyadh that quotes a Saudi official, says inspectors are even ordering stores to toss out... Read more
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CMC won't release report into
The Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) says it will not publicly release a confidential 2008 report into Queensland Police Service (QPS) officer misconduct on the Gold Coast.
Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson yesterday confirmed the QPS received a report from the CMC two years ago that was sparked by an investigation involving... Read more
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UK: Police corruption probe ov
A JURY must decide whether police corruption played a part in the deaths of a couple murdered in their Trusthorpe home, an inquest heard.
As reported, John and Joan Stirland were found shot dead at their bungalow near Mablethorpe, on August 8, 2004.
Nottingham man Colin Gunn, 40 – who had persuaded police... Read more
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Britain to fight ruling on pol
The British government said Wednesday it will appeal a European court ruling that certain police stop-and-search powers are a breach of human rights.
Under Section 44 of Britain's Terrorism Act 2000, uniformed officers may stop any pedestrian or vehicle and search them, regardless of whether they have reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing.
Human rights... Read more
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China: Fury at lavish wedding
THE DEPUTY airport police chief at Shenzhen in southern China is facing a major investigation and public outrage after holding a wedding banquet for his daughter with 110 tables of guests, who feasted themselves on lobster and shark’s fin soup.
Questions are being asked about how he could afford up to 500,000... 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 concern in the oil exporting nation, where about 14,000 people... 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 confirmed that two supervisors in the internal affairs division's ethics... 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: $1." It was a protest against Chicago’s law on unlicensed... 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 after the boat they were travelling in crashed during the... Read more
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