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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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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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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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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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Federal court restricts Taser
A federal appeals court this week ruled that a California police officer can be held liable for injuries suffered by an unarmed man he Tasered during a traffic stop. The decision, if allowed to stand, would set a rigorous legal precedent for when police are permitted to use the weapons and... 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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Bangladesh: Getting Police Ref
After decades of misuse and neglect, Bangladesh’s police are a source of instability and fear rather than a key component of a democratic society. Human rights abuses are endemic and almost all Bangladeshis who interact with the police complain of corruption. With an elected government in place again, there are now... 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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Ex-Montreal police chief criti
A former Montreal police chief says the Surete du Quebec did not follow proper procedure during its probe into the shooting death of a Montreal teenager, but Jacques Duchesneau insists police officers as a whole are qualified to investigate their own.
Duchesneau, in a recent interview with ctvmontreal.ca, criticized the investigation... Read more
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Central Point police force get
CENTRAL POINT — The city's police department this week became the first in the nation to earn a Certificate of Excellence in Integrity from the nation's largest provider of law enforcement ethics training.
Neal Trautman, director of the National Institute of Ethics, based in Long Beach, Miss., awarded the certificate to the... Read more
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How to prevent police miscondu
In 2006, a Pittsburgh police officer arrested a motorist who made a crude gesture to him. The man was arrested, convicted, and appealed. Attorneys for both sides have reached a tentative settlement in which the city will pay $50,000 to him and to train its officers to grasp the concept... Read more
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Editorial: Cleaning up act
Union home minister P Chidambaram has, in his admonishment of the Mumbai police, pointed to a very unfortunate trend which has developed lately -- senior police officers using the media to score points off each other. The run up to the first anniversary of the November 26 terror attacks saw a... Read more
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Fixing Mexico police becomes a
Reversing police corruption that has tainted whole departments, shattered faith in law enforcement and compromised one of society's most basic institutions is proving difficult, but not impossible.
The lie-detector team brought in by Mexico's top cop was supposed to help clean up the country's long-troubled police. There was just one problem: Most... Read more
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Jamaica: POA supports polygrap
THE Police Officers Association (POA) yesterday voiced support of polygraph testing for all police officers, saying that members of the constabulary must be held to a higher standard.
Chairman of the POA, Superintendent Michael James, said although there were concerns, all members of the association - which represents cops ranked from deputy... Read more
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New York City: Gunfire by Poli
New York City police officers fired their weapons about 16 percent less last year than in the previous year, according to a Police Department report released on Monday.
The release of the report came as the New York Civil Liberties Union pressed ahead for more details about police-involved shootings. On Thursday,... 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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Reprimanded Police Sgt. Teachi
A former Phoenix police sergeant who was reprimanded for showing porn to a female co-worker is now taking heat from Minneapolis police officers, authorities said.
Former Sgt. Ron Snodgrass now teaches required law enforcement classes to officers in the Twin Cities.
One of the classes the former sergeant is scheduled to teach deals... 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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USA: Police stop more than 1 m
A teenager trying to get into his apartment after school is confronted by police. A man leaving his workplace chooses a different route back home to avoid officers who roam a particular street.
These and hundreds of thousands of other Americans in big cities have been stopped on the street by police... Read more
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City of South Gate settles off
A group of 16 officers alleged that they faced racial discrimination and harassment after the ouster of a Latino police official in 2002.
The city of South Gate has paid out $18 million to settle lawsuits filed by a group of officers who said they faced racially-motivated discrimination, harassment and retaliation in... Read more
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Inquiry Looks at Treatment of
Federal authorities have opened an investigation into allegations of “discriminatory policing” by the Suffolk County Police Department over how officers responded to reports of crimes against Latinos, a Justice Department spokesman said Monday.
Latino residents and their advocates have accused the police in that Long Island county of systematically failing to... Read more
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Actions of New Orleans cops in
When state officials in 2006 booked Dr. Anna Pou with murder, saying she euthanized some of the sickest patients in an overwhelmed, flooded hospital where 34 patients died, Louisianans mostly rallied to Pou's cause.
A grand jury rejected charges and Attorney General Charles Foti, who had ordered the doctor arrested, was bounced... Read more
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The murky world of informants
In the movies, cops slip their snitches $20 or $50 in a back alley and give them a black eye so their friends don't think they're squealing.
In real life, informants are registered and have government-sounding titles - "DEA-numbered source," for example. They operate under offices with cryptic acronyms such as CIRC,... Read more
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