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State Investigates South Carolina Highway Patrol For State Law Violations By Troopers After Videos Surface Of Racial Slurs, Death Threats, And Running Down People With Patrol Cars

Posted on March 24, 2008
COLUMBIA, SC - The State Law Enforcement Division has joined a federal investigation into the South Carolina Highway Patrol. SLED Chief Reggie Lloyd said his agency will look into possible state law violations by troopers, such as misconduct or assault...

Durango Colorado Police Officers Cari Green, Amber Ortiz, And Tony Romero Quit Before Firing Amid MySpace Photo Scandal

Posted on March 24, 2008
DURANGO, COLORADO - At least three Durango Police Department officers have lost their jobs after posting personal photos on MySpace, a popular Web site for social networking. The officers - Cari Green, 24, Amber Ortiz, 28, and Tony Romero - were given the option to resign or face termination, and on Feb...

Lawsuit Charges Brewster Washington Police Chief Ron Oules After Attack On Woman Motorist - Bogus Charges Against Woman Don’t Stand Up In Court

Posted on March 24, 2008
SPOKANE, WA - A woman arrested in a violent confrontation with Brewster Police Chief Ron Oules has filed a civil rights and personal injury lawsuit against him and the city. Alejandra Solis was acquitted by a jury last May after being charged with third-degree assault of an officer...

Veteran Chicago Illinois Police Officer Arrested By Kentucky State Police, Suspended. DEA Involved - Details And Name Hidden From Taxpayers

Posted on March 24, 2008
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - A veteran Chicago police officer was stripped of his police powers after he was stopped last week by Kentucky State Police in the town of London, authorities said. A spokesman for the Kentucky State Police wouldn’t say why the officer was stopped, because the matter was still under investigation...

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Passaic County New Jersey Sheriff’S Officer And Former Haledon Council Member Alan Souto Arraigned On Charges Of Stealing 11 Pounds Of Cocaine, 3 1/2 Pounds Of Heroin

Posted on March 24, 2008
PASSAIC COUNTY, NEW JERSEY - A Passaic County sheriff?s officer and former Haledon council member was arraigned in state court Monday on charges he stole five kilos of cocaine and 1.6 kilos of heroin from an evidence room he supervised. Alan Souto, 39, pleaded not guilty before state Superior Court Judge Marilyn Clark in Paterson and [...

Murfreesboro Tennessee Police Officer Lt. Alan Smith Suspended For Role In Controversial Traffic Stop Involving Deputy Police Chief Randy Garrett’s Son For Drunk Driving

Posted on March 24, 2008
MURFREESBORO, TN — A Murfreesboro police officer is suspended for his role in a controversial traffic stop. Lt. Alan Smith was suspended without pay for 20 days for his role in a traffic stop involving Deputy Police Chief Randy Garrett?s son. Last month, Kevin Garrett, was pulled over on suspicion of drunken driving...

St. George Utah Jail Officers And Many Other Law Enforcement Officers Disciplined - Huge Docket, Maybe The Largest In State’s History

Posted on March 24, 2008
ST. GEORGE, UTAH - In what might be the largest docket in its history, the state’s police board Monday booted or disciplined more than 30 peace officers accused of wrongdoing. That included action against the former Helper police chief and four Utah County jail officers all accused of sexual misconduct...

Orange County Sheriff’s Department Wanted To Keep Grand Jury Investigation Transcripts Secret After Jail Beating Death, Judge Says “Not Yours”

Posted on March 24, 2008
SANTA ANA, CA - An Orange County Superior Court judge today denied a request by the Sheriff’s Department to delay the release of thousands of pages of transcripts from a grand jury investigation into the 2006 slaying of a jail inmate. Judge James A...

Phoenix Arizona Police Officer Steve Soha Left Go Without Charges Or Citation After Drunk Driving Stop

Posted on March 24, 2008
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - Gilbert police have arrested an off-duty Phoenix police officer on suspicion of DUI on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day. Steve Soha was pulled over for a traffic violation at 9:32 p.m., a Gilbert police spokesman said. Soha was not cited or charged as of Monday night...

Chief Wants Columbus Ohio Police Officer Lisa M. Smith Fired For Hitting 13 Year Old Kid On Bicycle, Driving Off

Posted on March 24, 2008
COLUMBUS, OHIO - A Columbus police officer accused of hitting a 13-year-old bicyclist with her van then driving off should be fired, Police Chief James G. Jackson said. The recommendation from Jackson came a week before Lisa M. Smith, 44, is due to be sentenced for the Nov...

Former Springfield Massachusetts Police Officer Robert C. Jacobson Arrested, Charged With Shoplifing At Home Depot

Posted on March 24, 2008
PALMER, MA - A former Springfield police officer was arraigned today in Palmer District Court on a shoplifting charge after he allegedly tried to return a fan and paint he did not pay for at the Home Depot store in Wilbraham. Robert C. Jacobson, 52, of Springfield, had an innocent plea entered before Judge Patricia C...

Former Bloomington IL Police Officer Jeff Pelo’s Serial Rape Trial Delayed

Posted on March 24, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, IL ? The trial of a former Bloomington police officer accused of raping four women is being delayed by the DNA testing of hair found at the home of one of those women. Prosecutor Mark Messman said the FBI crime lab discovered a human hair on a pillow case during a review of evidence collected [...

Incompetent Lowell Massachusetts Police Officers Led To Innocent Retarded Man’s 16 Years In Prison - Lowell, Known Locally As The Worst Department In The State

Posted on March 24, 2008
LOWELL, MA - Local brother and sister attorneys David and Tanis Yannetti recently shared a legal victory in the long running legal case of Roland Phinney. They cleared a man who served 16 years for a crime he didn?t commit. On March 10 Phinney was acquitted of charges of murder, completely overturning a conviction in 1990 for [...

Denver Colorado May Pay Settlement After Police Officer Ryan Burke Brutally Beat Handcuffed Man

Posted on March 24, 2008
DENVER, CO - A man who claims Denver police roughed him up while he was handcuffed is poised to receive a $5,000 settlement from the city. Tonight, the City Council will decide whether or not to settle an excessive-force lawsuit filed by Chandler Lyles, who allegedly suffered a serious shoulder injury ? including a broken clavicle [...

Child Molestation Charges Dropped Against Man Because Contra Costa California County Deputies Obtain Search Warrant With Bogus And Missing Information

Posted on March 24, 2008
MARTINEZ, CA — The District Attorney’s Office today dropped all charges against James Toland, a renowned Bay Area vocal coach who had been accused of molesting three teen boys during private lessons at his Lafayette home. Deputy district attorney Satish Jallepalli made the announcement after Superior Court Judge John Sugiyama ruled inadmissible any evidence obtained under [...

Former Lynnwood Washington Deputy Police Chief Paul Watkins Pleads Guilty After Stealing Cash And Other Evidence For A Slap On The Wirst

Posted on March 24, 2008
LYNNWOOD, WA - A former Lynnwood deputy police chief was sentenced Friday for stealing cash and other evidence. Flanked by his daughters, Paul Watkins left the federal courthouse after an emotional sentencing hearing. He will serve 15 months in federal prison, and pay $75,000 in restitution...

RCMP Strips Crucial Details From Taser Weapon Firing Reports As Use Skyrockets Across Canada

Posted on March 24, 2008
OTTAWA, CANADA ? The RCMP is stripping crucial details about Taser firings from public reports as use of the controversial stun guns skyrockets across the country. A joint investigation by The Canadian Press and CBC found the Mounties are now refusing to divulge key information that must be recorded each time they draw their electronic weapons...

Veteran Atlanta Georgia Narcotics Police Officer Wilbert Stallings Pleads Guilty After Home Search Without A Warrant, Making It Look Like A Break-In

Posted on March 24, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - A 23-year Atlanta Police Department veteran pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to violate civil rights by searching a private residence without a warrant, federal prosecutors said. Wilbert Stallings, 44, of Conyers, a sergeant in the department’s narcotics unit, faces up to 10 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines...

Man Awarded $1.3 Million After 9 Of 120 Bullets Shot By Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff’s At End Of Low Speed Chase

Posted on March 24, 2008
LOS ANGELES, CA - Winston Hayes, 46, suffered nine bullet wounds in a 2005 incident in which deputies fired 120 shots at him at the end of a low-speed pursuit. Hayes won the excessive-force verdict against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on March 7, after a four-week trial and 10 days of deliberations...

Former Lebanon Ohio Poice Officer Larry Loveless Indicted For Stealing Gun From Evidence And Selling It

Posted on March 24, 2008
LEBANON, OHIO - A former Lebanon police officer has been indicted on two felony charges alleging “he took a handgun from evidence and sold it,” a Warren County grand jury report says. Larry Loveless, 36, of Milford, faces charges of theft in office and theft of a firearm...

Jacksonville Florida Rescue Workers Wanted To Argue Instead Of Transporting Sick Baby To Hospital - Baby Dies

Posted on March 24, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA - The mother and grandmother of a 2-week-old boy who died after they called 911 believe the baby might be alive if paramedics had acted more quickly. William Clifton was born Feb. 23 and almost immediately had health issues. He spent three days in pediatric intensive care because of respiratory problems...

Judge Rules That Crazed Toronto Canada Police SWAT Team Police Officer Michael Fonseca Used Excessive Force In 2 Minute Taser Weapon Attack On Fully Restrained Handcuffed Man

Posted on March 24, 2008
TORONTO, CANADA - A Toronto police emergency task force officer used “unnecessary force” when he fired his Taser at a man “lying face down on the floor, handcuffed … fully restrained and compliant,” an Ontario Superior Court Justice ruled yesterday...

McAllen Texas Federal Probation Officer Juan D. Muniz Arrested, Charged With Accepting Bribes

Posted on March 24, 2008
MCALLEN, TX - A federal probation officer in McAllen is accused of accepting bribes in exchange for providing sensitive government documents. A bond hearing is Monday for 28-year-old Juan D. Muniz, who had his initial court appearance Friday in Brownsville...

Washington DC Metro Transit Police Officer Michael K. Fultz Arrested, Charged With Drunk Driving

Posted on March 24, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC ? An off-duty Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Transit Police Officer was arrested around 3:30 p.m. Sunday by the Ohio Highway Patrol after officials received reports of an erratic driver on Interstate 70. Michael K. Fultz, 46, of 3351 Esquarre Court, Woodbridge, Va...

Supreme County To Hear Utah Case Where Officers Invaded And Searched Home Without A Warrant

Posted on March 24, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - The Supreme Court stepped into two criminal cases Monday, one that will help define the limits of warrantless police searches and the other interpreting a law on guns and domestic violence. Five police officers from Utah asked the court to consider whether officers may enter a home without a search warrant when an [...

Lawsuit Charges Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Jeffrey Miller And Three Ranking Officials In Whistle-Blower Lawsuit

Posted on March 24, 2008
PITTSBURGH, PA - A state trooper said he was reassigned and demoted after he gave another trooper a speeding ticket and after he filed an internal complaint against two other troopers who allegedly brandished firearms while arresting an unarmed civilian...

$400,000 Awarded After Altered Picture Of Former Springfield Massachusetts Police Officer John Brock Is Posted In Police Station

Posted on March 24, 2008
SPRINGFIELD, MA - A former Springfield police officer whose photograph was superimposed over a woman in a bikini has been awarded $400,000 in a sexual harassment lawsuit. John Brock said that image and other doctored pictures featuring his likeness were posted at police headquarters, creating a hostile work environment...

Carroll County Arkansas Sheriff Accepts $20,000 In Bribes From Contractor To County, Receives A Slap On The Wrist

Posted on March 24, 2008
State: ARKANSAS ADVISORY OPINION NO. 2007-EC-005 Issued October 19, 2007 The Arkansas Ethics Commission has received a written advisory opinion request from Robert T. Rogers II, the Prosecuting Attorney for the 19th Judicial District East. In his opinion request submitted on behalf of Carroll County, Mr...

Former Hastings Minnesota Police Officer Valerie Scharfe’s Excuses After Writing Bogus Traffic Warning Tickets To Meet Department Quotas Now Include Vision, Side Effects From Medicine (Only 1yr Of Meds, 2yr Of Bogus Reports), And Finally (Drumroll) Sexual Harassment, Sexual Discrimination, Defamation, Malicious Prosecution - And There Could Be More (Full Moon, Tides?) Coming

Posted on March 24, 2008
HASTINGS, MN - Former Hastings Police Sergeant Valerie Scharfe is refuting charges that she intentionally filed false traffic warning tickets. Scharfe said the alleged discrepancies were the result of vision problems she was suffering from, which were side effects from medication she was taking to deal with what she called a hostile work environment at [...

Folsom California Thought Police Arrest And Jail Man On Huge Bail Because Children’s Mother Was “Creeped” Out When He Spoke To Kids

Posted on March 24, 2008
FOLSOM, CA - After an El Dorado Hills mom reported observing a strange man speaking with her two children at each of three children’s-story events, deputies arrested the man at his Folsom home. Victor Emmer, 49, was arrested March 13 on suspicion of loitering where children gather...

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