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Ramsey vows to weed out bad officers from Philadelphia police
In the aftermath of the Philadelphia Police Department's latest scandal - the arrest of a 26-year veteran on charges of stealing cash from a bar - few would argue with Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey's announcement Friday that the department needs to find a way to weed out corrupt officers.
Ramsey's... Read more
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Ghana: IGP calls on personnel
The Inspector General of Police, Mr Paul Tawiah Quaye, has said the tenets of democratic policing enjoin personnel of the Ghana Police Service to work within the confines of the law and abide by the code of conduct governing the service.
"This will enable you to eschew all forms of negative tendencies... Read more
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Pakistan: 284 cops get awards,
As many as 284 policemen have been given awards during the current year as acknowledgment to their services, the police spokesman said. Islamabad Police have adopted the idea of awarding the policemen to improve their efficiency and adopted a policy of zero tolerance against corruption, which is being aggressively pursued.
A total... Read more
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New Zealand: Police officers w
The country's 8654 sworn police officers have been warned to beware of becoming corrupted with the growth of organised criminal gangs.
Police Association president Greg O'Connor said today there would always be wayward police officers who committed crimes but there was no evidence yet of widespread corruption where police and gangs worked... Read more
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Baltimore police idle Comstat
The Baltimore Police Department has suspended a statistics-based management tool that has been a hallmark of the department for more than a decade, saying weekly information-sharing meetings had grown "stale" and "laborious."
Using numbers and maps to spot problem areas, connect incidents and discuss tactics, police commanders and investigators had gathered in... Read more
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Inspector general to top cop:
The New Orleans Inspector General had some strong words for the city's top cop "obey the law."
Ed Quatrevaux sent Mayor Ray Nagin a letter, demanding that he instruct his police chief to cooperate with investigations by the IG's office and the independent police monitor.
"The NOPD has not turned over the documents... 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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Australia: Real leadership mea
Two complex and intriguing issues have unintentionally revealed how the Brumby government responds when uncomfortable truths are exposed. The first is the Office of Police Integrity (OPI), set up to investigate police corruption. The second is violence against Indians in Melbourne. The issues are distinct in many ways, but in both... Read more
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USA: Riverside police chief re
Riverside Police Chief Russ Leach stepped down Thursday just three days after he crashed a city-owned car under circumstances that have raised questions about his behavior and his department's response.
City Manager Bradley Hudson said Leach's retirement for "medical reasons" was effective immediately. He also announced a "sweeping Internal Affairs investigation" into... Read more
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Israel: Police force to 'lawye
A decade after shutting down its unit of defense attorneys, the Israel Police has decided to revive it in an effort to improve police officers' performance by making them feel they have the organization's full backing.
"Police officers are sent out into the streets, which are a dangerous place," explained Brig.... 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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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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Jamaica: Only outsider as comm
A police officer with 40 years experience in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is convinced that no commissioner coming from within the ranks can solve the problem of police corruption, as more than 80 per cent of all senior officers, he insists, have question marks over their heads.
"It is something that... 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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State Auditor blasts St. Louis
The St. Louis Police Department needs to do a better job policing itself -- that's the message of a critical state audit released today.
Citing a long list of problems, including the towing lot scandal, money stolen from the evidence vault, travel junkets and questionable overtime pay, State Auditor... Read more
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Zimbabwe: Shun Corruption, Sen
NEWLY promoted senior police officers have been warned not to abuse their powers, but to discharge their duties diligently and shun corruption.
Speaking at the conferment of ranks to newly promoted superintendents in Harare last week, Police Commissioner- General Augustine Chihuri said their promotion came along with enormous tasks which included power... Read more
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N.J. police: Separating good c
Two Randolph cops confessed this week to covering up a drunken driving arrest for the relative of a fellow colleague.
The officers, Patrolmen Stephen Kepler, 49, and Shawn Boyhan, 31, admitted they deleted the arrest record and tweaked the official police report to cover up the crime. Now they’re both out of... Read more
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Iran to Tighten Disciplinary R
Iran's Police Chief Brigadier General Ismail Ahmadi Moqaddam on Wednesday said that the country plans to enhance discipline among its law enforcement forces in a bid to prevent abuse and maltreatment of suspects and culprits like what happened in the Kahrizak detention center.
"The NAJA's (Iran's law enforcement police force)... Read more
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Officials release proposal to
St. Paul, Minn. — Department of Public Safety Commissioner Michael Campion has released a proposal to create an oversight board and install video cameras in police squad cars, in response to alleged misconduct by the now-defunct Metro Gang Strike Force.
Commissioner Michael Campion released the proposed strategy on Wednesday, following concerns... Read more
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Canada: B.C. police chiefs cal
RCMP brass in B.C. and the chiefs of several municipal police forces say it is time the provincial government set up a new independent agency to investigate allegations of misconduct by police officers.
RCMP Supt. Bill McKinnon said a new civilian-led agency is needed to restore public confidence in police in the... Read more
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Minneapolis police union assai
Minneapolis policeman Jason Andersen had become "a high-profile officer" and was singled out for firing even though other officers had been accused — and even convicted — of worse violations than the domestic assault charge he once faced, an attorney for the Minneapolis Police Federation said Thursday.
"This case represents one... Read more
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Tension as under-fire Thai pol
Thailand's national police chief resigned on Wednesday, days after an anti-graft body held him responsible for deadly clashes between anti-government protesters and police last year.
General Patcharawat Wongsuwan handed in his resignation to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva just hours after the premier shifted him to a desk job, following months of trying... Read more
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