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Police slammed on 'going in ha
VICTORIA'S corruption watchdog has condemned the state's police for failing to change their "go in hard" culture on the use of force, warning that urgent reform is required to ensure officers are better equipped to handle violent confrontations.
The Office of Police Integrity report, tabled in state parliament yesterday, found officers were inadequately trained to deal with volatile situations, especially those involving people with mental health issues or drug and alcohol problems.
Force command needed to retrain officers to negotiate and communicate better during conflict,... Read more
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Chicago Tribune - United State
12 July 2007
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Ex-trooper who made couple str
A former state trooper who ordered a young couple to strip naked and run around as punishment during a traffic stop must pay each victim $500,000 in compensatory and punitive damages, according to a civil judgment in U.S. District Court Wednesday.
Jeremy Dozier of Beach Park already had been convicted of bribery and official misconduct in Cook County Circuit Court for the incident, which occurred in June 2005 after he came across the couple in a car parked on the shoulder of Interstate Highway 94.
U.S. District Judge William Hibbard on Wednesday determined Dozier violated the constitutional rights of Dimitry Baum and Maria "Masha" Boyko of Chicago, who feared for their lives and have since been in counseling, their written statements in court said.
The couple, who fled and called police, were told by an Illinois State Police dispatcher to drive to the Lake Forest Oasis, where an officer would meet them for help. Upon arrival, they realized the officer responding to the call was, again, Dozier.
"At the time, I sincerely believed that Dozier intended on raping me and murdering my boyfriend and me," said Boyko, according to an affidavit. "To this day, I believe that if we had not fled when we did, we would not be alive today."
Dozier did not respond to the lawsuit and was not represented by a lawyer, a federal court clerk said.
"Obviously, they are very happy with the outcome," said Blake Hannafan, a Chicago lawyer representing the couple. The couple sued the 911 dispatcher and a supervisor.
Last November Dozier was convicted of official misconduct in a similar case in Lake County, in which he forced a teenage couple parked behind a Gurnee hotel to strip.
Dozier had worked 10 years as a state trooper.
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