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Canada: Critics question colla
The head of the civilian board that oversees Toronto police wants to know why a major cop corruption trial has collapsed.
If there are any "deficiencies, they will be dealt with," Alok Mukherjee, chair of the Toronto Police Services Board, said Thursday.
Critics say the demise of the case against two formerly high-profile... 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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Montreal police officers clear
Four Montreal police constables have been cleared of wrongdoing after the provincial police ethics committee determined two searches made at the home of a suspect they sought in an assault were done by the book.
On Sept. 2, 2008, Constables Alexis Marcotte and Robert Tessier took a complaint from an 18-year-old... Read more
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OPI called in as police files
THE Office of Police Integrity has joined an investigation into the State Government's decision to provide police files on protesters to the private consortium building Victoria's $3.5 billion desalination plant.
The broadening of the investigation comes as the Government and Victoria Police send conflicting signals about how often police data about protesters... Read more
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Cops face more scrutiny with n
Smaller police services could find themselves stretched for staff under a new provincial office that allows third-party complaints and may have them investigate misconduct in other police departments.
The Office of the Independent Police Review Director opened last month with 10 investigators for the province, giving the public another civilian agency... Read more
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Australia: A real review would
An independent body to monitor integrity would be good for Victoria.
FOR the past five years, successive Labor Governments have stubbornly refused to entertain the idea that Victoria would benefit from an anti-corruption agency and a more comprehensive suite of integrity institutions.
In response to repeated calls for a broad ranging anti-corruption commission... Read more
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Greece: Agency to probe police
Citizens’ Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis yesterday heralded the creation of an agency to investigate alleged cases of abusive or violent treatment of citizens by police after sacking two officers for allegedly mistreating a 35-year-old immigrant in front of her child in central Athens.
“Those two gentlemen are to leave the police force... Read more
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Canada: Independent unit to pr
Nova Scotia is setting up an independent unit to investigate accusations of police wrongdoing.
Justice Minister Ross Landry said the province will fund seven positions for the new investigative team, which will be independent from the various police agencies around Nova Scotia.
Many people don't trust police to investigate fellow officers, so the... Read more
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Cop faces fresh brutality hear
THE Crime and Misconduct Commission wants allegations against a Brisbane policeman reheard, after the officer was twice cleared of slapping, punching and throwing handcuffed offenders across a room.
The CMC's Supreme Court application for a judicial review of the case of Constable Patrick Brian Gardiner may stoke the already high tensions between... Read more
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Civil rights organizations cal
Local and state leaders of the NAACP, the Hispanic Organization for Progress and Education, and the Missionary Baptist State Convention of Tennessee called for an end to alleged “police brutality and misconduct” in Rutherford County Monday morning.
From the steps of the Murfreesboro City Hall, Gloria J. Sweet-Love, President of the Tennessee... Read more
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Did cops cover A-list cocaine
THE Police Integrity Commission (PIC) has investigated eastern suburbs police officers for allegedly turning a blind eye to Richard Buttrose and his cocaine dealings over the past decade.
The Sunday Telegraph has been told a number of senior police from the area have been moved or replaced in recent years as... Read more
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UK: Transparency on police mis
for Scotland has said.
Commissioner John McNeil issued the guidance to the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) after Tayside Police chose not to follow up two cases of misconduct proceedings against its officers following allegations of assault on members of the public.
The Procurator Fiscal decided not to take action... Read more
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PIC looks at 3000 cases, charg
IT'S not often that the annual report of a government agency reads like a crime novel.
There was one police officer meeting a criminal in a nightclub, another giving information to bikies who use it to threaten witnesses in a murder trial, and off-duty cops on drugs flashing their badges to get... Read more
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Special Report: Who Polices th
Quebec's system of cops investigating each other must be scrapped because officers usually can't be objective, critics said as a CTV investigation reveals that such probes rarely lead to criminal charges.
Under Quebec law, an outside police force is called in whenever officers are involved in shootings or other incidents that affect... 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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Canada: New police complaints
Seventeen months past deadline, the Ontario government has finally set up its new police complaints system.
The new Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD), which officially opened its doors to the public Monday, is expected to change the province's approach to investigating complaints against any provincial, regional or municipal... Read more
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Policemen hoped to sell seized
The New South Wales Police Integrity Commission has found two Liverpool detectives engaged in police misconduct by seizing drugs and illegal tobacco with the intention of selling them.
Naasser Mohammad Battal and a second officer code-named LP1 were removed from the police force earlier this year when they were charged with a... Read more
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Citizen panel to examine the S
The Sarasota city commission approved a citizen panel Monday night to examine and advise the Sarasota Police Department. The blue ribbon citizen's panel is made up of eleven community leaders with diverse ethnic, social, and educational backgrounds.
Their job will be to investigate the policies, actions, management, and ethics of the... Read more
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OPI accuses police of underwor
Friendships between some Victorian police officers and criminals and the leaking of secret information continues to put lives at risk, says the police corruption watchdog.
In its annual report, the Office of Police Integrity (OPI) said cells of corrupt officers who associate with the underworld were exerting a damaging influence on the... Read more
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Maldives: PIC launches investi
The Police Integrity Commission (PIC) have begun an investigation into the allegations of police brutality during a demonstration held outside parliament on Monday, which led to the detention of 20 protesters.
Speaking to Minivan News today, PIC President Shahinda Ismail said commission members had all viewed clips of the protests on television,... Read more
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Police files leak still a myst
Victorian corruption investigators are yet to uncover who leaked top-secret Victoria Police surveillance files to underworld figures and a gangland hitman more than a year ago.
The revelation that the Office of Police Integrity and police have been unable to pinpoint the source of the leak comes after the police watchdog yesterday... 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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Report calls for review of D.C
The D.C. Police Complaints Board, an independent agency that investigates reports of police misconduct, is calling on police to improve the monitoring of complaints that officers fail to respond appropriately to hate crimes, including anti-LGBT hate crimes.
The board delivered the request, part of a nine-page report released Sept. 30, to Mayor... Read more
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New Orleans Police Face Swarm
NEW ORLEANS — In its September newsletter, underneath a notice about using antibacterial wipes during flu season, the local Fraternal Order of Police reminded New Orleans officers they had a right to be represented by a lawyer when questioned by the F.B.I., whether as a witness or as a potential target.
The... 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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NAACP Official: Police-Miscond
Videotaped evidence of police misconduct will help the NAACP document trends, but will also help in court, said James Bible, president of the organization’s Seattle-King County branch.
Bible spoke Saturday as part of the weekend gathering of the Alaska-Oregon-Washington NAACP state conference, hosted by the Bremerton NAACP branch and the organization’s local... 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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Officers sorry for 'stupid' nu
The Queensland Police Union (QPU) says the officers being questioned over a nude buck's party escapade are sorry for their actions.
It is believed up to five officers were in a police bus at Capalaba on Brisbane's bayside on Sunday afternoon, when two of them got off and ran around it... Read more
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Officers under fire after Duss
Three officers from the Sherbrooke Police have been summoned to appear before the Police Ethics Committee of Quebec for their conduct in the March 2008 arrest of prominent criminal-lawyer Michel Dussault.
The commissioner of Police Ethics in Quebec, Claude Simard, cited the three agents to come and explain their behavior in... Read more
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An Authority in Question
For years the Minneapolis Civilian Police Review Authority has been a source of controversy. Now a reinterpretation of data laws calls into question whether or not it even works. Some former members say it doesn’t.
On May 2, 2007, at 6:30 p.m., nine members of the Minneapolis Civilian Police Review Authority sat... Read more
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