Cops you won't see on TV's COPS

Latest update:   Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010

Witnesses say New York police officer refused to give CPR to dying 11-year-old

Wisconsin sheriff hopes to restore trust as former sheriff awaits trial on federal drug charges

Arizona cop is fired after threatening to arrest KFC employees over refund policy

Iowa police officer fired after drug charges

Illinois police sergeant had secret life as serial rapist

Two years after being suspended for allegedly groping woman at traffic stop, Texas cop is finally arrested

Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010

Veteran Wisconsin cop, on paid leave for 14 months, remains "under investigation" for misconduct

Florida deputies are demoted for sloppy police work that resulted in improper charges against two suspects

More than $70,000 missing from Tennessee police department's bank account

DC police officer pleads guilty in fatal robbery gone awry

Cincinnati detective convicted of falsely arresting, jailing teen

Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010

Records show Indianapolis Police Chief was heavily involved in immediate response to cop's fatal wreck

California deputy is charged with firing gun in home, filing false sex assault report against ex-

Arts student sues over Pittsburgh police beating

Suspended New Jersey State Police sergeant files whistleblower lawsuit

Suit alleges on-duty sexual assault by Alabama cop

Virginia cop is arrested on assault and firearm charges

New Jersey sheriff's detective is suspended after domestic violence incident

Monday, Aug. 30, 2010

Nevada deputy is charged with statutory sexual seduction

California cop is arrested on hate crime charges

Louisiana cop is charged with on-duty rape of student

Police arrest California deputy in a domestic violence case

Missouri cop is charged in shooting death of Arkansas man following a chase

Nevada police officer is arrested for solicitation of prostitution

Friday, Aug. 27, 2010

Oklahoma deputy is charged with sexual assaults of three women

ACLU urges Los Angeles Sheriff's Department not to equip jailers with torture device

Georgia cops are indicted in tazing of autistic teen

New York county pays $25K to settle police brutality claim

Ohio sheriff's deputy faces kidnapping, menacing charges

Wisconsin cop gets prison time for years of sexually abusing girl

Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010

Tennessee cop is charged with sexual battery during traffic stop

Wisconsin cop is placed on paid leave, probably for rape though officials won't say

Oklahoma cop is charged with two counts of sexual battery, indecent exposure, kidnapping, and first degree rape by instrumentation

Houston Police officer is charged with pulling over motorists, ripping them off

Investigation finds North Carolina cops withheld or distorted evidence in more than 200 cases at the expense of potentially innocent men and women

After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, cops were given hazy directives to "take back the city", and felt they could shoot to kill with impunity

Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010

Minneapolis pays $165K to settle lawsuit over false arrest of zombies

Family of Atlanta woman killed in botched drug raid to receive $4.9 million

Three top officers demoted in Indianapolis over botched internal investigation of officer

Missouri town won't make payment it promised to man framed and jailed by cops

Fired Virginia deputy gets twenty years for robbing same bank three times

Indiana police officer is sentenced to 12 years for on-duty sex acts

Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010

Florida cop is "punished for arson, inappropriate contact," says headline, though "punishment" turns out to be probation

Philadelphia police officer is arrested for assaulting woman

ACLU sues Illinois over absurd law forbiding recording of cops

Airport cop charged with stealing laptop computers from "lost and found"

Ohio cop is charged in beating of 17-year-old girl

Texas guard is arrested, charged for allegedly groping female detainees

Monday, Aug. 23, 2010

Oklahoma police chief gets deferred sentence for beating his wife

Five cops arrested in murder of Mexican city's mayor

Wisconsin police department investigates itself, finds no other police officers were involved after one officer is arrested on drug-related charges

New York cop threatens citizen with jail and rape for being "disrespectful"

Louisiana cop gets a year in jail for sexual assault in jail parking lot

Maryland cop gets 20 months in prison for lying to colleagues, embezzling confidential-informant funds and pocketing jewelry from suspects

Florida cop gets three years in jail for three counts of sexual activity with a minor

Friday, Aug. 20, 2010

Marijuana, crack pipes, a digital scale, gas grenades, homemade silencers and guns found in Tennessee cop's home

Hiring practices are investigated following series of crimes by Oregon deputies

Illinois cop pleads not guilty to drug charges

Fired Texas police officer convicted of doling out cocaine while on the force

Missouri sheriff's deputy is charged with domestic assault

Maryland cop is charged in shooting of dog

Witnesses speak up about Denver police beatdown

Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010

Utah cop gets "diversion" deal that makes ten counts of sexual exploitation of a minor disappear

Massachusetts cop is charged in beating

Oklahoma sheriff is arrested for doc-shopping for prescription pain killers

Brooklyn deputy sheriff arrested for alleged embezzlement from police union

Maryland school cop gets four years in jail for for sexually abusing 16-year-old student

Pittsburgh cop is arrested for shoplifting at Florida theme park

Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010

Texas police officer is charged with soliciting minor via text messages

New Jersey police officer accused of domestic violence is still on duty

Tennessee cop who arrested man rushing his wife to emergency room is placed on paid leave

Indiana cop who's been honored by MADD four times is arrested for drunk driving

Florida deputy is arrested for smuggling drugs into jail

South Carolina deputy is fired for an un-explained "policy and procedure violation"

Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010

Texas school cop is jailed for theft of students' fines

Louisiana cop is indicted for rape and malfeasance in office

New Jersey jail guard is arrested for sexual assault at the prison

Customs officer in Texas charged with murder

Indiana sheriff calls for change in law so a sheriff can be arrested by cops

Florida cop gets a year in jail for falsifying records and official misconduct

Texas cop gets serious jail time for strangling teenage boy (the strangling was on video)

Monday, Aug. 16, 2010

Should a police officer caught on video tackling and beating a 23-year-old man who was doing nothing but talking on a telephone be disciplined? In Denver, that's a controversial question.

West Virginia jail guard is charged with smuggling drugs, gun into jail

Texas cop accused of on-duty sex with hooker

Florida sheriff's deputy sentenced to jail on drug charges

North Carolina cop pleads guilty to second degree murder, felony hit and run, causing personal injury and driving while impaired in the death

Florida man sues over cops' warrantless search and assault

Louisiana sheriff's deputy charged with rape

Friday, Aug. 13, 2010

New York cop arrested in off-duty shooting of lover

ACLU wants probe of cops' alleged evidence tampering in Omaha

NYPD sent a whistle-blowing cop to the pysch ward, and now he's suing

Florida cops sued after firing 42 times at carjacked mom, kids

Cop harasses videographer, then admits it was solely to “intimidate” him

Minnesota cop, arrested for drunk driving, allegedly reaches for officer's gun

Arizona corrections officer guilty of attempting to smuggle cocaine to inmate

California police officer is charged with vandalizing business

Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010

California police officer arrested on grand theft charges

Indiana sheriff is arrested in theft

Brooklyn cops fake report in arrest of internal affairs officers

Forty years after Los Angeles Times reporter Ruben Salazar was killed, Sheriff's Dept still stonewalls about what happened

Oregon deputy under investigation for alleged relationship with criminal defendant

Genuine jail time for guard in Rikers Island beatings

Florida police officer arrested in domestic dispute

Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010

Texas cop's videotaped beating of black handcuffed man is ruled "reasonable"

In two cities, questionable use of excessive force, questionable police policies, and racial discrimination, lawsuits and large pay-outs

First member of disbanded Minneapolis "Strike Force" police unit is charged in beating of boy

Former California jailer is arrested for domestic violence

Pennsylvania cop who's charged with intimidation of witnesses and furnishing alcohol to minors says search warrant that led to his arrest was invalid

Florida police officer charged in 7-Eleven confrontation

Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010

Texas police officer never identified himself before firing the fatal shot

Colorado cops — curiously un-named — are in trouble for slashing tents, pepper-spraying homeless occupants

Wisconsin police officer retires rather than face termination proceedings over excessive force and false reports

Texas police officer is indicted for excessive force

California city faces lawsuit after cops beat man suffering insulin shock

Los Angeles Police investigate themselves over complaints of excessive force

Monday, Aug. 9, 2010

New Jersey cop who abused and presumably raped drunk woman gets to remain a cop

Ohio cop is charged in beating of ex-wife's boyfriend

Maryland cop — curiously un-named — is charged with second-degree assault

New York deputy is arrested for public lewdness, but the details are withheld because the October 2009 incident is still "under investigation"

New Jersey police officer — curiously un-named — is arrested for domestic violence

Why is ignorance of the law an excuse for cops?

Friday, Aug. 6, 2010

Illinois cop who admits beating handcuffed man and lying about it gets probation and weekends in jail

Utah cop is charged for demanding sexual favors in exchange for not filing criminal charges

Administrative leave (a/k/a paid vacation) for Massachusetts cop facing domestic assault charges

West Virginia jail guard is arrested for smuggling drugs and tobacco for inmates

Indiana cop is arrested after shooting woman in squad car and fleeing the scene

Paid leave for Ohio cop after video shows police brutality

Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010

Florida cop is fired for ignoring distress calls and falsifying records

California deputy gets four years for trying to smuggle drugs into jail

Justice Department threatens litigation if nutball Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio continues stonewalling federal investigators

Two Tennessee police officers are arrested for nudity, intoxication

Los Angeles County pays $2.2-million to settle lawsuit over man left paralyzed by police shooting

Ohio cops justify arrest saying woman could have been holding a "cell-phone gun"

Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010

Minneapolis cop who was involved in controversial 2006 killing is indicted for kicking kid in the head

Ohio police captain accused of tampering with evidence

North Carolina cop who quit is charged with sex crime on 13-year-old

Kentucky sheriff is arrested for beating his girlfriend

Connecticut cop is charged with assaulting his ex and another man

Texas cop quits amid accusations of using traffic stops for harassment

Florida deputy is fired for on-duty harassment

Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010

California police officers violate 4th Amendment, make up lie to explain themselves

Maryland man faces jail for videotaping crazed gun-waving cop

Florida corrections deputy charged with sexual battery on teen

Fired Oklahoma deputy sheriff gets 18 months in prison for assaulting three men

Mississippi constable denies involvement in squad car theft or ex-girlfriend's drug use

Un-named Florida deputy is allegedly fired after being charged with aggravated battery on a child and child neglect

Monday, Aug. 2, 2010

Philadelphia cop, charged with theft and receiving stolen property, is committed to mental institution

Presumably fired (article doesn't say) Philadelphia cop gets up to 23 months in prison for propositioning boy and undercover agent

Police Commissioner vows to weed out bad officers from Philadelphia police

Hundreds of FBI agents probed over cheating on surveillance test

High-profile Oklahoma attorneys accused of bribing police officer

Pennsylvania corrections officer is arrested and charged in fatal shooting

Friday, July 30, 2010

Man is acquitted for self-defense killing of cop during illegal home raid — so city sues for reimbursement of expenses for cop's funeral, overtime and sick leave

Tennessee deputy charged with theft

Fired South Carolina cop is charged with criminal sexual conduct and lewd act on a child

Tennessee cop is charged with killing his wife

Pattern in New York: Time after time, cops who break the law aren't criminally charged

Ohio cop is arrested on accusations of domestic violence

Thursday, July 29, 2010

California police Taser autistic teen and then, after family complains, return and arrest teen

Woman sues Oklahoma cops over being strip-searched twice after misdemeanor arrest

"Who do you think you are?", the cop shouted. "Who do you think you're talking to? You can't talk to me that way!"

West Virginia cop gets serious prison time for counterfeiting and child pornography

Fired Hawaii cop gets 30 months for federal firearms charge

Fired Pennsylvania cop is sentenced to 15 years for stealing, dealing cocaine

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Un-named Ohio cop pursuing public beer-drinker drives onto park grass and runs over and kills woman

Georgia cop is convicted of witness tampering, obstruction of justice and possession of a motor vehicle with an altered vehicle identification number

Former Virginia police chief pleads guilty to theft from municipality

Michigan police clearly violate First Amendment in arrest of Christian missionaries

Surveillance video shows Canadian police officer pushing disabled woman to the ground

Federal court rules that police cannot arrest a man for peacefully videotaping a traffic stop

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Illinois police officer is charged with four counts of official misconduct, and promptly placed on paid leave

Ohio police officer arrested, accused of domestic violence

New York cop gets probation for theft from government fund

Fired Utah cop is charged with multiple counts of distributing drugs

Fired Virginia deputy is arrested for possession of stolen property

Hearing held on Maryland cops' out-of-control behavior after off-duty cop is charged with fatally shooting a former Marine

Monday, July 26, 2010

Pennsylvania school cop faces ten counts of aggravated sexual assault

Judge orders Iowa sheriff to attend college course on the First Amendment after finding "a tsunami, a maelstrom, an avalanche, of direct, uncontroverted evidence ... to conclude beyond all doubt that he unquestionably violated" citizen's rights

Witness says Colorado cops shot and killed unarmed man in his home

Homeland Security employee is charged with stealing astronaut Neil Armstrong's Customs paperwork

Nevada cop loses on appeal; murder conviction stands

Friday, July 23, 2010

Florida prison guard gets 90 years in prison for trying to arrange murders behind bars

Kentucky deputy jailer arrested, accused of bribery

Police press release doesn't name officer, but says California cop has been placed on paid leave after being charged with welfare fraud

Homophobic California cops are playing with themselves in public to entrap gay men, then charging men as sex offenders

Six completely legal ways cops can screw you in the USA

Cops' increasingly common defense against police misconduct: Arrest people for photographing police

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Lawsuit claims West Virginia cop who's already in prison for coerced sex sexually harassed another woman

Connecticut cop is placed on paid leave after being charged with attempted larceny and second-degree harassment

Another bloodied and bruised West Virginian complains about cop's police brutality

Former corrections officer in Florida is convicted of child molestation

Fired New Jersey cop gets five years for marijuana trafficking

South Carolina cop is fired, faces drug charge

Supporters of California killer-cop plan rally: "Enough is enough. It's time to stop throwing our officers under the bus."

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Arizona sheriff's spokesman apologizes "to anyone who may have been offended" by sheriff's invitation to white nationalist show's audience to join official "posse"

Texas deputies accused of excessive force against 80-year-old man and his son

Massachusetts trooper is reassigned after third victim complains of sexual harassment

Fired Missouri jailer is charged with assaulting inmates and enlisting a violent inmate to assault others

Indiana town pays $600K to settle lawsuit over cops' strip-search of three high school girls

Indiana deputy may be suspended over videotaped beating of jail inmate

Protesters cite police misconduct during protest over light sentence for California killer cop

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Colorado inmates say they witnessed man's death when jailers restrained, shocked him repeatedly

Retired Florida cop is arrested for theft of antique car and furniture

California deputy is placed on paid leave after being arrested for domestic violence

Oklahoma sheriff is charged with three felonies

Illinois deputy is charged with attempted sex assault of Wisconsin woman

Three Philadelphia police officers are arrested in drug conspiracy

Two New York cops are indicted for alleged illegal search-and seizures

Monday, July 19, 2010

Florida deputy remains on the job after being arrested for beating inmate

Eight Hawaii cops under investigation for fraudulent overtime pay

In non-surprise ruling, New York cop in videotaped false arrest gets no jail time

Wisconsin cop gets long prison term for drunken crime spree

Florida deputy is arrested after being found with cocaine and sex offender

Alabama deputy is asked to resign after being arrested for reckless endangerment and attempting to elude law enforcement

Kentucky jailer is in trouble after investigators find marijuana plants at her home

Friday, July 16, 2010

Off-duty New Hampshire cop Tasers off-duty Massachusetts cop

San Diego Sheriff's Dept says un-named deputy's videotaped beating of Tasered man lying face-down on the ground was justified

Louisiana cops are finally facing charges for 2005 post-Katrina murders

New Mexico jailer is charge with false imprisonment and aggravated battery

Illinois sheriff's deputy is charged with injuring arrestee

Oregon police chief won’t let definition of law get in the way of a few arrests

North Carolina deputy faces a variety of drug-related charges

Illinois jail guard gets 2+ years for misconduct in jailbreak

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Georgia cops arrest and Taser woman who called the police, because heck, she's black

Florida police chief gets 27 months in corruption case

Texas cop who ran stop sign while distracted by computer, striking motorcycle and leaving its driver in critical condition, won't be disciplined

Fired Illinois ex-deputy gets prison in bank robberies

Tennessee cop gets just four months for filing false police reports

Toronto police officer claims assault when bubble touches him

Georgia cop has track record of incompetence in DWI arrests

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Pennsylvania cops are "frustrated" that court won't allow prosecution of drunk non-drivers who sleep it off in their cars

Louisiana police officer arrested for beating ex-girlfriend

7 Cops and an FBI agent charged in Florida mortgage fraud ring

University of Washington police spied on activist group that had shown support for janitors

California sheriff's deputy arrested for assault

Texas jail guard is arrested as illegal immigrant

Tennessee jail guard is arrested for rape

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

California cop accused of rape is placed on paid leave

Aussie cops order handcuffed teen to lie face down on a busy street, where — surprise — he is fatally squashed by traffic

Indiana cop is suspended, his partner quits, after Tasering 10-year-old

Fired Arkansas cop is charged with sexual indecency with a child

Newark has paid $1.7-million since 2008 to settle ongoing police misconduct lawsuits

Indiana city pays $300K to settle lawsuit over cops who unnecessarily Tasered 14-year-old boy, let police dog attack him, then delayed getting victim medical care

Monday, July 12, 2010

Florida deputy who was fired for plotting kidnapping is arrested for stalking

Two unidentified Wisconsin deputies are suspended with pay; sheriff's spokespeople won't say why

Lawsuit says Indiana police officer beat a pregnant woman so severely she had a miscarriage

Several victims of serial rapist complain that Wisconsin cops gave them the runaround and generally demeaned them

Alderman sues Mississippi town over illegal arrest by cop who's not identified in report

Pennsylvania county pays $300K to settle police brutality lawsuit

Three Colorado cops are fired after reporting that cops pepper-sprayed homeless people's property

Friday, July 9, 2010

Texas cop who isn't named "will likely be disciplined" after firing pepper-gas gun more than a dozen times at people leaving bars at closing time

California cop who drew pistol instead of Taser and killed unarmed man is guilty of involuntary manslaughter

New York prison guard headed to prison for murder

Former New York cop is arrested after illegal handguns, other weapons and drugs are found in his home

Toronto cops accused of rape and torching police cars during G20 summit

Georgia deputy arrested — apparently not for domestic violence, but for becoming combative with responding police officers

Nevada policeman charged with domestic assault

Thursday, July 8, 2010

New York jailers refused diabetic inmate's access to insulin

Wisconsin cop who quit amid allegations of party rape is sentenced to 30 days in jail with work release privileges

Florida police officer is accused of defrauding her own grandmother

Pennsylvania cop gets house arrest for stealing $8,400 from evidence room

North Carolina cop quits amid allegations of stealing cash from suspect's apartment

Lawsuit demands damages after Oregon woman is left brain damaged by fall after unwarranted Tazering

US Customs officer could face jail time

Minnesota cop gets 90 days in jail for molesting a minor

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Wisconsin police sergeant is on paid leave after being arrested for sexual assault

Colorado cop is indicted on eight counts of felony first-degree perjury

Florida cop forced to resign after wrongful arrest caught on video

Father of kidnapping victim says North Carolina cop slammed him to the ground and beat him without warning at a crime scene on Father's Day

California cop turned private eye is charged with bizarre series of crimes

Colorado police officer is suspended (with pay) during excessive-force investigation

Utah cop arrested in prostitution sting

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Family sues after Ohio cops Tazer to death man who was already restrained in hospital bed

Video shows drunk Texas cop firing gun inside another cop's squad car

Illinois inmate bleeds to death as guards ignore him, offer no medication at all for weeks

Oklahoma police chief quits a few hours before being charged with failing to report a car accident

West Virginia cop is charged with unlawful assault, placed on paid leave

Georgia sheriff's deputy arrested, charged with arson

Reprimands all around but no charges or firings as Oklahoma cop makes unlawful traffic stop and his boss lets drunk driver walk because he's buddies with his father

Friday, July 2, 2010

Cop involved in the 50-gunshot killing of New York bridegroom sues victim's estate

Un-identified Chicago police officer arrested on bribery charges

Detroit cop gets a year in prison for bribery scheme

Oregon cop gets 30 months in prison for coercing sex from a prostitute while on duty

Florida sheriff's deputy charged with sexual battery

Fired Virginia cop convicted of dogfighting charges

Two Louisiana cops arrested, third cop resigns, in cocaine distribution bust

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Florida deputy gets probation for beating his wife

Texas cop gets his 15th suspension after using unnecessary force

New Jersey policeman pleads guilty to corruption

Ohio police officers tackle jogging teenagers in purported search for felons

Connecticut cops show a pattern of overreaction

Texas city pays $155K settlement for wreck caused by cop going 81 mph without siren

Gay man claims West Virginia police officers attacked him at his home, breaking his rib and calling him homosexual slurs

South Carolina jail guard arrested on marijuana charge

Pennsylvania cop arrested for beating woman at his home

New Jersey prison guard is sentenced to 6 years in prison for sexual assault

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

West Virginia cop is charged with assault after alleged beating with a beer bottle

Tennessee cop who arrested man for rushing his wife to emergency room is suspended (with pay)

California cop charged with grand theft and child endangerment charges is arrested in court on unrelated burglary charges

Chicago police commander found guilty of lying about torture of suspects

Retired North Carolina cop is charged with first-degree sex offense with a child and felony indecent liberties with a child

No, seriously: Do not talk to the cops

Monday, June 28, 2010

Lawsuit alleges Connecticut cops rectally searched man in plain sight at the corner of Main and Green Streets in Middletown

Veteran NYPD cop busted for stalking 11-year-old girl on way to school

Drunk Chicago cop threatens cabbie at gunpoint ... so colleagues give him back his gun and release him without charges

Oregon deputy gets 20 days in jail for sex with inmates

New York prosecutors finally released surveillance video showing an NYPD officer delivering 20 baton blows to a man writhing on the floor

Whoops, says killer cop, I meant to pull my Taser not my pistol

Friday, June 25, 2010

Lawsuit claims Oklahoma cops Tasered an 86-year-old disabled grandma in her bed and stepped on her oxygen hose until she couldn't breathe

Georgia deputy charged with bringing marijuana to jail

Nevada cop who quit after telling tale of heroics is arrested as tale proves false

Texas man arrested for taking picture of a cop in his own home

Florida police chief suspends detective with long history of brutality complaints

Georgia police chief fired for lying about her discipline of an officer who had sex with a prostitute

Pennsylvania trooper held for trial in arson case

Georgia cop busted for child pornography

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Florida cop gets ten years for shooting man in the back, paralyzing him for life

Canadian prosecutors consider criminal charges against four police officers in Taser death

California cop convicted for dismissing a speeding ticket against a woman in exchange for sex

Atlanta expected to pay $20,000 to 62-year-old woman arrested for asking a police officer a question

North Carolina cop is charged with assault and battery for allegedly punching a man

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Georgia police officer arrested for battery

Florida jail guard arrested for grand theft

Georgia deputy charged with false statements in killing of preacher

Idaho cop sentenced for hit-and-run

Georgia police officer charged with battery, child cruelty

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Pennsylvania cop arrested for threatening his wife's life while vacationing in North Carolina

Tennessee police officer reportedly blocks couple from entering emergency room and later charges husband with evading arrest for staying with ailing wife

Drunk-driving, gun-shootin' Texas cop gets special treatment from fellow cops

Louisiana police officer charged with theft, malfeasance

Washington police chief refuses judge's order to return man's medical marijuana

Maryland cop caught on surveillance camera lying about DUI case acquitted

Monday, June 21, 2010

Alabama police officer surrenders after 11-hour standoff

Florida police officer responds to false burglary call, releases dog on 10-year-old boy

Fired Virginia police officer pleads guilty to trespass

California cop is arrested twice on domestic violence related charges in five months

New York corrections officer kills two people in apparent domestic dispute

Maryland jail guard charged in drug sting

Longtime Michigan sheriff's sergeant charged with felonies

Friday, June 18, 2010

Florida TSA officer gets probation in sex-slave case

Mistakes were made, says Kentucky police chief after battered woman was ignored by cops and died

Retired Indiana cop arrested for domestic battery

Texas cop arrested for abuse of official capacity

Fired Georgia deputy is arrested again on a stalking charge

California cop arrested in prostitution sting

New York prison guard gets probation for stalking ex-girlfriend

Iowa cop charged in road rage case

Florida jail guard is arrested for smuggling contraband

Nevada cops kill father-to-be in botched marijuana raid

Arkansas police charge river guide for trying to rescue 13-year-old girl

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Court lets NYPD keep mum about hundreds of arrests at 2004 Republican convention

Florida correctional officer charged with battering pregnant girlfriend

Three New Orleans police officers and two former officers are indicted in the shooting death of black man who bled to death in police custody

Baltimore cop who allegedly murdered Marine goes missing

Minnesota police officer who robbed bank was under incredible stress, defense lawyer says

Fired New York cop is arrested for chasing and physically beating a woman

Fired Memphis police officer convicted of 2nd-degree murder

Louisiana deputy charged with multiple counts of evidence tampering, weapons violations and drug offenses

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Wisconsin cop charged with physical abuse of 4-year-old

Video shows Seattle cop punching 17-year-old girl in the head

California man shot and killed by police officer photographed his killer just moments before he died, according to prosecutors who have charged the officer with murder

Two un-named Atlanta cops resign over lies and falsified documents regarding botched raid that left old lady dead

Georgia sheriff's deputy convicted for seeking sex with 7-year-old girl

Phoenix police officer is arrested for stealing money from suspected drug dealer

Arkansas detention officer sentenced in inmate beating

Oklahoma police officer is charged with assault and battery after hitting a woman in the face

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Louisiana deputy faces hundreds of counts of malfeasance of office after a three-month State Police investigation alleges he used drugs seized as evidence by his department’s narcotics agents

Illinois campus cop admits abuse, gets 10 years

Georgia police officer charged in daughter's assault resigns

Florida jail guard arrested for lascivious behavior

California sheriff deputy arrested for fraud

LAPD cop charged as drug dealer

Michigan sheriff sergeant charged in missing funds

Florida sheriff's deputy charged with fondling boy, 15

Wisconsin police chief convicted in forgery case

Monday, June 14, 2010

New York cop charged in federal probe into human trafficking

Wisconsin cop found guilty of seven counts of repeated child sexual assault, exposing a child to harmful materials, and physical abuse

California ex-cop gets long prison term for string of armored car robberies

Washington cop accused of pulling gun in off-duty road rage

Mississippi police officer fired after being charged with child pornography

Houston cop makes bail, is ordered to stay away from women he allegedly sexually assaulted while on duty

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Video claims to depict fatal beating of immigrant by border patrol

Ohio cop gets three years in prison for stealing $29,903 from sheriff’s office storage area

LAPD officer arrested after allegedly selling $4,200 worth of meth to federal informant

Un-named New Jersey cop caught as customer in prostitution sting

California cop charged with selling fake cocaine

Friday, June 11, 2010

Texas police chief arrested for alleged connections to Mexican drug cartels

California school cop arrested on suspicion of molesting several female students

New Jersey prison guard convicted of possession of heroin and filing false police reports

700+ page complaint file shows aspects of Massachusetts police officer's past are "scary"

South Carolina deputy sentenced to 400 years 2006 double murder case

Michigan police won't identify deputy who's been arrested and jailed over domestic assault

South Carolina deputy arrested on domestic violence charge

Cops investigate Illinois ex-cop for alleged murder of wife

Police and courts regularly abusing wiretap laws to arrest people for filming cops misbehaving in public places

Mexican teenager on Mexican side of the border shot dead by US border agent

North Carolina deputy is charged and fired after allegedly beating his wife and daughter

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Security video shows Cincinnati police officer exposing himself to workers at Sears store

Michigan deputy is charged with choking Michigan state trooper

New York police officer who pleaded guilty to official misconduct for taking three pizzas as payment for covering up a woman's traffic ticket now admits he faked his own shooting

Missouri cop found guilty of filing false report

"This will not occur in the future", official says after Georgia cops arrest and jail wrong man

Connecticut cop charged in hit-and-run

Georgia cop is charged with trespassing and violation of oath

Missouri woman say she was raped by school cop when she was 16

Seattle cop is fired under new policy requiring honesty, after failing to admit punching a man who complained about being Tasered

Medical assistance dog must be put down after being shot by Kentucky cops

Washington jail guard charged for 2008 assault of inmate

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Nebraska CSI chief sentenced to prison for planting false evidence in murder investigation

"Details remain sketchy" after Illinois man is Tasered to death by police

New Jersey cop charged with misconduct over two other New Jersey cops' obstruction of criminal investigation

Texas school cop is arrested for falsifying records

NYPD officer found guilty in off-duty bar brawl

Tennessee police officer is charged with domestic assault and vandalism

Tennessee police chief quits after pulling gun on town's fire chief, says he was just playing

California cop drives drunken police chief home instead of citing him for DWI

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Un-named off-duty Maryland cop shoots and kills man after bar argument

California police sergeant arrested on suspicion of shoplifting

Maryland police again illegally threaten citizens with arrest for filming them in public

South Carolina cop sentenced to 400 years for fraud related to the deaths of his mother and stepfather

Video shows LAPD officer kicking cyclist before pouncing on videographer

Ohio cop indicted for torching car

Florida police officers accused of falsifying crash report now face federal lawsuit

Montana sheriff is investigated for improper use of property from evidence room

Monday, June 7, 2010

Houston policeman charged with on-duty rapes

Armed off-duty Nevada cop stages mock — but un-announced &mdash terror attack at hospital

New York pays record $9.9-million settlement to man framed by cops and imprisoned for nineteen years

State Supreme Court says Ohio cops can guesstimate drivers' speed to issue tickets

How the police can seize your stuff when you have not been proven guilty of anything

News videographer sues Oakland Police Department for assault caught on video

Friday, June 4, 2010

Iowa cop who tried to rape woman in squad car gets plea bargain deal

Kentucky cop pleads guilty in drug case

Texas cops accused of withholding evidence

Louisiana cop arrested for beating his girlfriend

Florida police officer arrested after allegedly offering "roadside fees" for drivers to avoid points on licenses

"This is not a criminal investigation", says city flack as Wisconsin police chief is placed on leave during investigation

ACLU alleges Detroit cops retaliate when challenged

Thursday, June 3, 2010

North Carolina trooper seeks reinstatement after killing neighbor's kitten

Indiana police officer accused of setting apartment blaze

Chicago police officer is found guilty of threatening cabbie with gun over $8 fare

Florida police officer charged with bribery during traffic stops

North Carolina narc pleads guilty of skimming drug money

South Carolina deputy quits after only a week of paid suspension amid investigation of driving squad car while drunk

Houston police officer arrested on outstanding theft warrant

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Texas cop pleads guilty in sexual assault of young girl who was assisting in police "sting"

Illinois cop gets probation for beating handcuffed man

Ohio sheriff charged with theft in office

Former Indiana police officer facing felony charges over prescription drug theft

Ohio police officer arrested after reportedly assaulting coach at Little League game

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Pennsylvania police officer arrested in Delaware, charged with sexually abusing three girls repeatedly over nine years

New York cop arrested after allegedly breaking wife's nose

Two New York police officers are arrested in unrelated domestic violence incidents

Mother claims Texas police officer, who's been arrested for terrorist threats, also assaulted her teenage son

Virginia cases in jeopardy after convicted felon is fired from sheriff's office

Florida cops like to handcuff/confine prisoners before administering beatings

New York cop in SUV accidentally runs over sunbather

Friday, May 28, 2010

New York cops livid at being asked not to shoot to kill

Indiana jail guard arrested for trafficking contraband with an inmate

Virginia sheriff's deputy is arrested for sexual relationship with inmate

Atlanta police drug investigators would often bend and break the rules, lie to get search warrants and work extra jobs when they were on city time

Florida police officer already charged with falsifying a police report now faces additional charges

Suspended New Jersey police chief is charged with official misconduct

Minnesota sheriff's deputy is charged with stealing drugs from department

Crooked Florida deputy is still on payroll four months later, despite an assurance otherwise from sheriff

Kentucky deputy jailer is arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs into jail

Oregon cop is sentenced to 180 days in jail after stealing drugs in a home burglary

All cases linked to coke-dealing Missouri police officer are dismissed

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Fired Texas sheriff's sergeant charged with sexual assault of 14-year-old

Indiana corrections officer gets four years for rape

Detroit cop who killed 7-year-old was sued over acts in previous no-knock raid

Arkansas cops enter wrong address on drug raid

Jury finds Iowa police officer violated rights, awards victim one dang dollar

Indiana cops get reassigned to desk duty after beating the crap out of teenager

Canadian cop charged with sexual assault and criminal harassment

New Jersey town pays $55,000 to settle police brutality lawsuit

Un-named North Carolina cop is allegedly fired over use of excessive force

Uproar continues over killing by cop and cover-up by City Hall

Canadian man sues after being choked, kicked and pepper sprayed by cops

Virginia cop charged with inappropriate contact with a juvenile

New York jail guard already convicted of murder is charged with jailhouse drug smuggling too

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Texas cops seize 400 marijuana plants that aren't

Former police sergeant jailed after lying about speeding fines

Texas jail illegally blocks inmate's abortion

New Jersey police officer sentenced to five years for kicking suspects

Fifth New Orleans police officer charged in connection with Danziger Bridge shootings

Illinois cop arrested for aggravated domestic battery

Former Washington cop who quit under cloud but wasn't prosecuted is arrested for bank robbery

Drug-dealing Colorado cop gets probation

Jailers place witness and suspect in same cell, and — surprise — violence erupts

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Chicago cop who led police torture squad finally comes to trial

Wisconsin cop arrested for disorderly conduct

Indiana sheriff's deputy accused of taking cash

Disgraced former New York police officer already convicted of trying to bribe a teenager for oral sex is on trial again for using his badge to prey on women

Fired Tennessee deputy arrested for writing bad checks

Indiana cop arrested for stealing tax payments

Michigan cops have a hard time with new protocol that calls for not destroying all grow lights and equipment during pot raids

New York cops have greatly increased stop-and-frisk marijuana arrests, targetting mostly minorities, of course

Monday, May 24, 2010

California cop pleads guilty to sexual battery

New York cop charged with sexual misconduct

"Surprise" at second assault charge against Canadian Mountie

New York cop admits filing false report

Florida police officer charged with drug trafficking

Florida cop accused of steal $131K

Two New York police officers, two courts and charges of eliciting sexual favors

Friday, May 21, 2010

Illinois police chief operated prostitution scam out of his own department

Audiotape reveals Texas cops' conspiracy to file false charges

Illinois cop gets jail for sex with 16-year-old

Missouri sheriff's deputy charged with sexual assault

Virginia police officer arrested for offenses involving children

Missouri jail guard sentenced for smuggling fake heroin

Tennessee cop is reassigned after being arrested for domestic assault

Virginia cop gets suspended sentence for making a false report in drug bust

Kentucky cop is suspended again, this time over forged receipt

Texas cop arrested for criminal mischief and assault

Arizona cop arrested for sexual conduct with a minor

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Texas sheriff's department won't name jail guard facing drug charges

Washington sheriff's deputy shoots in-laws, kills himself

New Mexico jail guard charged with smuggling heroin, marijuana and meth

Federal narc charged with stealing money in sting operation

Aussie detective found guilty of murder after he killed his wife by pushing her off a cliff

Florida police officer arrested in drug sting

New Jersey cop charged with sending lewd video to 13-year-old

Wisconsin cop arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct

Former cop arrested for impersonating cop in North Carolina

Philadelphia cop charged with assault, stalking day after retirement

Connecticut cop pleads no contest in theft of Taser

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Fired New York cop is indicted over money missing from Police Benevolent Association

Probation and house arrest for Nevada cop who demanded sex at traffic stops

Reality show camera captured Detroit cop's shot that killed 7-year-old

New Jersey cop charged with obstruction, witness tampering

New York deputy sentenced to jail on menacing, sex abuse convictions

Iowa cop charged with drug possession

Portland police chief is fired as city pays $1.6-million to settle wrongful death lawsuit against police

Florida deputy arrested, charged with choking his girlfriend

South Carolina police chief faces misconduct charges

Missouri prison guard sentenced for trying to smuggle drugs to prisoners

Oregon jail deputy arrested on sex accusations

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Chicago pays $16.5-million to settle class action suit over police brutality

Minnesota cop charged with possession of illegal steroids

California police officer behind bars on drugs, weapons charges

Minneapolis police accused of illegal strip search

Philadelphia police officer lied about being shot by black man

Chicago cop accused of lying to FBI over alleged scheme to try to fix Police Board case

Police brutality justice completely dependent on good YouTube videos

Texas cop is acquitted in shooting of wrong black man

Monday, May 17, 2010

Sleeping on couch, Detroit girl, 7, fatally shot by cop

Heart attack for 76-year-old woman as Georgia cops raid wrong house

Ohio cop found guilty of felonious assault for videotaped shooting of motorcyclist in the back, leaving victim paralyzed

Alaska cop and DARE leader resigns amidst "serious allegations" that police department won't detail

Second Mississippi police officer is charged in arson case

Texas cop gets probation for kicking down the apartment door of his estranged wife's male friend, threatening him with a gun, then, after the man jumped off a second-story balcony to escape, firing a gun in his direction

Friday, May 14, 2010

DA is AOK with cop who killed man who was wearing same color shirt as a robbery suspect

Ohio cop is suspended over extramarital on-duty boinking of mayor

Honolulu police officer guilty in Vegas drug case

Pennsylvania police violate constitution by citing hundreds just for cursing

Utah town pays $125,000 to settle lawsuit over on-duty sexual assault by policeman

New Jersey police officer is convicted on insurance fraud charges

Philadelphia cop is charged with terroristic threats, stalking, simple assualt, rechelssly endangering another person and harassment

Investigation reveals that Nashville Police "fudged" their impressive crime-solving stats

Delaware cop pleads guilty in pepper-spray incident

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Los Angeles cop gets probation for attempted sexual assault

Indiana woman wins $23,000 in damages over cops' illegal search and seizure

Tennessee man sues over false arrest and 14-day jailing

Alabama cop is placed on paid leave after arrest on theft charges, but cops say his suspension isn't related to the arrest

Oops — Utah police officer failed to document seizure of money, drugs — can you guess why?

California cop's killing of bystander in robbery is ruled "legally justified"

Two Massachusetts drug cops are placed on paid leave while cops conduct "complete and thorough investigation" of unexplained circumstances

New Jersey police officer tries to blow whistle on department

Tennessee police officer arrested for two counts of sexual battery

Federal law enforcement officer sentenced on fraud charge

Hawaii police officer arrested on drug charges

Chicago cops say no crime has occurred when store employee strangles black shoplifter to death and coroner calls it homicide

Indiana cop who's been on paid leave during five month investigation into charges police won't discuss announces his retirement

Retired police officer charged with killing

Colorado man sues after being beaten by cops, allegedly

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Detroit cop gets probation for phony drug/gun arrest

Retired Ohio police chief is charged with exposing himself

Arizona sheriff's deputy arrested on federal drug charges

Louisiana sheriff's deputy faces dozens of federal charges

Maryland jail guard is arrested on 15 counts of cocaine possession and distribution

Massachusetts deputy resigns after sexual misconduct accusation

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Tennessee cop quits while under investigation over something, but authorities won't say what

In Virginia town, "yet another high-ranking and long-serving" cop is placed on paid leave as investigation starts

New Orleans Mayor asks feds to reform city's notorious police department

NYPD officer charged for role in trafficking ring

Florida deputy arrested for domestic battery

Monday, May 10, 2010

North Carolina cop gets two-day suspension for leaving barely-dressed homeless man to freeze to death

Chicago cop who shot gun to prove cops are treated the same as other people is acquitted despite video

California police chief allegedly wrote fraudulent checks

Oregon school cop loses post over affair with recently graduated student

Seattle Police launch internal investigation after video of police beating innocent man is aired on local TV

Drug-addled CIA agent might be in trouble for threatening cops

Friday, May 7, 2010

South Carolina sheriff accused of dealing drugs from police SUV

In clandestine NYPD tapes, police precinct bosses threaten street cops if they don't make their quotas of arrests and stop-and-frisks, but also tell them not to take certain robbery reports in order to manipulate crime statistics

BC cop who pled guilty to incest gets a year of home detention

Missouri SWAT team raids home, shoots the family's two dogs in front of a seven-year-old child, finds only a small amount of pot — and charges father with child endangerment

Former California cop convicted of robbing four armored cars

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Cops in Oregon are on steroids, and the chief covered it up

Indicted West Virginia cop accused in civil suit of coercing informant into sex

Atlanta cop charged in child molestation case

Florida cop is charged with misdemeanor domestic battery

Pennsylvania deputy constable charged with 'reckless' behavior

Colorado jailer convicted of perjury and official misconduct

Mississippi police officer charged with stalking

Virginia "dirty cop" gets two years in marriage and immigration fraud case

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Pennsylvania cop is charged after off-duty water fight escalates to murder

North Carolina police accused of stalking Latino church

Ohio jailer gets brief suspension for third assault on inmate

California county pays $750,000 to settle suit by former jail inmate

Pennsylvania deputy ousted in porn scandal

New Jersey pays $5-million to ex-cop who was brutally arrested by other cops

Alabama deputies visit wrong house, shoot, kill dog

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Texas narcotics cop is charged with capital murder in the brutal death of his mentally disabled brother

Illinois cop is placed on paid leave after violating an order of protection against his wife

Kentucky corrections officer is arrested on theft and misconduct charges

New Jersey cop sentenced to prison for assault on girlfriend, endangering child

Massachuestts police officer arrested on assault charge

South Carolina sheriff arrested on federal drug charge

Texas cop arrested on drug charges

Monday, May 3, 2010

Texas cop caught smoking doobie in squad car

Convenience store's surveilance video shows Michigan cops stealing pizza, punching a clerk, and posing as Homeland Security

Tennessee cop gets jail time for pouring gasoline on girlfriend and threatening to torch her

Vermont police chief gets six months for using underlings as drug runners

Alabama cop pleads guilty to theft

Alabama cops skip fingerprint check and jail innocent man for four months

New Jersey police chief is charged with insurance fraud

Alabama police officer charged with theft

California student whose violent arrest was videotaped announces lawsuit

Pennsylvania jail guard is charged with using a jail computer to research and share female inmate's personal information

Pennsylvania police officer may face conspiracy charge

California Supreme Court upholds death penalty for ex-cop

Friday, April 30, 2010

Michigan police department says dash-cams aren't working, after cop they don't name runs down bicyclist

New York police chief convicted of cover-up, lying, says he drew strength from the Bible

Chicago Police arrest members of victim's family after charges against cop for DUI and killing two people are dropped

As victim sues, Florida cop gets "written reprimand" for use of excessive force and poor judgment

Florida sheriff demoted whistle-blower cops, says lawsuit

Washington cyber security expert sues police over false arrest, suppression of evidence

Georgia cop charged in drowning death of another cop

Florida deputy charged with beating boyfriend, who's another Florida deputy

Florida cop arrests man for asking for his badge number

Warrant issued for California cop over on-duty rape in squad car

Fourth New Orleans cop pleads guilty in Danziger case

Thursday, April 29, 2010

North Carolina cop gets no jail time for causing fatal wreck driving 111 mph without lights or siren

West Virginia student at police academy alleges severe beating by police instructors

Arizona's nutball sheriff allegedly misspent money intended to pay jail employees

Philadelphia police detective who tipped off a notorious drug gang to impending police raids gets a huge break at sentencing

Wisconsin cop charged with mishandling evidence in sexual assault case

Did Tennessee Police Chief commit suicide?

Florida jailer arrested after traffic stop yields marijuana, drug paraphernalia

Texas cop fired for falsifying report

Wife-beating New Jersey cop faces prison time and possible firing

Sunday school teacher sues for constitutional violations, assault and battery, unreasonable force, after Kentucky cops conduct unwarranted home invasion raid

Colorado deputy resigns after Tasering thirty high school students at job fair

FBI investigation finds abuse and elaborate cover-up by Tennessee sheriff

31 years later, British police apologize for the long covered-up beating death of anti-racist protester

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Indiana cop is suspended for vandalizing another Indiana cop's boat

Pro football player shielded from rape charge by cop buddies

Virginia cops are channelling the ghost of Rosemary Woods

Minnesota cop charged with violating restraining order in domestic violence case

Florida Sheriff's employee accused of embezzling $100K

Alabama sheriff under fire for using drug forfeiture money to buy gifts for staff

Texas deputy arrested as peeping tom

Un-named Wisconsin police officer is arrested in a drug investigation

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Philadelphia police officer charged with indecent exposure, official oppression and false imprisonment

New Jersey police officer is charged with official misconduct, theft by deception and tampering with public records

California cops raid tech reporter's home, probably illegally

Off-duty Ohio prison guard is arrested for pepper spraying man at a local bar

New York cop charged with petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property

Ohio cop admits asking for sexual favors in exchange for dropping charges

California cop is arrested for unlawful use of an electronic tracking device

Monday, April 26, 2010

Despite suicide threats, Florida police sergeant remains armed and on duty

Un-named Oklahoma cop shoots another cop when he meant to shoot burglary victim's dog

Despite pleas, Texas cops tow disabled man's car, leaving him stranded

Florida Sheriff predicts cop will be cleared in killing of doorbell-ringer, as "investigation" begins

New York cops snap padlocks, impound hundreds of bikes as "security" before Obama visit

Florida police officer is charged with aggravated child abuse

Three California deputies charged in beating of inmate

Oklahoma cop gets 20 years for five armed robberies

Florida deputy who served time for murder is arrested for threatening family of victim

Louisiana deputy arrested for selling drugs, cell phone to inmate

Former Indianapolis deputy constable sentenced to 14 months for conspiring to commit bribery

Friday, April 23, 2010

Florida cop gets probation for child sex crimes

Six men say that 20 Chicago cops assaulted, Tasered and maced them in a private home, with a helicopter hovering overhead, because the men had shouted that "the kids were OK" as cops patted down a group of 10- and 11-year-old kids on the street

Second Tulsa cop is placed on paid leave as feds' investigation of fabricated drug buy continues

Florida deputy gets probation for armed standoff

Fired New York police chief pleads guilty in assault case

Oregon cop gets five years in prison for huge kiddie porn stockpile

Seattle police withheld evidence in low-level arrest, civil rights activist learns

California sheriff's deputy charged with assaulting ex

Second candidate for sheriff in West Virginia is arrested

California cop charged with using GPS device to track lover

New York cop pleads guilty to sex crimes

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Three North Carolina deputies indicted for embezzlement of drug funds

Iowa cop gets prison time for taking money and a gun from sheriff's office

Florida cop charged with sexual assault on 15-year-old

Florida deputy charged with giving confidential information to suspect in drug cartel case

Louisiana deputy arrested on child porn charges

Tennessee deputy and sexual predator sentenced to 188 months

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Cop who headed Pennsylvania sex-crimes unit is charged in sex assault at police station

Mississippi trooper could face another molestation trial

Missouri Highway Patrol gives high school students educational grenade experience
Alleged investigation concludes it wasn't racial profiling that caused white cop to pull gun on grade-school kids and search their backpacks

Maryland cop is fired after pulling gun in argument at bar

Arizona cop fired for dishonesty, misuse of state property, and "other issues"

Alabama cop is charged with wife-beating

Florida cop gets one-day suspension for 31st disciplinary action

Ohio cop is placed on paid leave while colleagues investigate him for domestic violence

Two more police officers suspended over videotaped beating at University of Maryland

New Jersey police officer is accused of altering time sheet to hide $1,800 theft

Mississippi cop pleads guilty in theft of items from people during a traffic stop

Texas police union official indicted in $200,000 theft

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Ohio police officer who drove drunk on the job resigns, faces no charges

Tennessee deputy sentenced to 15 years for detaining and raping a female motorist, and more

Missouri deputy sheriff sentenced to prison for sexually abusing teenage girl

Arizona police officer arrested for hitting girlfriend

New York police officer charged with bribery, misconduct, fired

US Capitol Police officer arrested on child porn charge

Louisiana police officer arrested for child trafficking

Illinois trooper gets probation for 126 mph squad car collision that killed two teenagers

Maryland police officer pulls gun during traffic stop; colleagues arrest motorcyclist for filming the incident

Monday, April 19, 2010

Rhode Island cop convicted of raping lesbian at police substation

Drunk cop killed woman, then was allowed to supervise the investigation, family says

Kansas town pays $5K to settle lawsuit after man is arrested for flipping cop the bird

San Francisco subway cops temporarily lose Taser privileges after shocking 13-year-old bike rider

Fourth New Orleans police officer charged in cover-up of post-Katrina shootings

Michigan deputy is suspended after police say he twice sexually assaulted a woman

15-year veteran Illinois cop is charged after unprovoked baton beating of driver is caught on tape

Florida cop gets ten years of probation for stealing drugs from evidence room

Colorado cop faces charge for arresting and jailing emergency medical worker who sought to help domestic violence victim

Friday, April 16, 2010

Off-duty Colorado deputy accused of gunplay at Grumpy's Saloon

Iowa police chief is subject of two separate investigations

President of Portland police union admits to local 'road rage'

Chicago OKs $3 million to settle lawsuit by woman injured by police chase

Justice Department moves to reform notorious New Orleans Police Department

Thursday, April 15, 2010

New York cop gets probation for acting as lookout in uniform during theft

South Carolina cop pleads to guilty to misconduct

Men accuse New York cops of police brutality

Florida cop arrested on federal drug and weapons charges

Pennsylvania detective pleads guilty for stealing drug money from evidence room

Texas police detective is placed on paid leave pending drug investigation

Tennessee cops quit after leaving police dog to die of dehydration in crate

Colorado sheriff's deputy uses stun gun on 30 high schoolers at job fair

28-year veteran Colorado police officer pleads guilty to drug possession

Internal probe concludes that un-named New York deputy's Tasering of judge was accidental

New York town's police chief suspended with pay for interfering in investigation

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Former ATF agent and Oklahoma cop are arrested for fabricated drug buy that sent two to prison

Maryland police chief says he's "disappointed" after viewing video of cops beating students

Florida deputy is reprimanded for "joking" Tasering of colleague

California cop arrested for sexual assault during freeway traffic stop

Un-named Wisconsin jail guard arrested for second-degree sexual assault of a child

17-year veteran cop in Louisiana is suspended with pay for mishandling evidence

Florida cop gets 90 days for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill

Michigan man says police killed his dog and beat him up

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Alaska ex-cop sentenced to four years in prison for attempted possession of child pornography and violating probation terms in earlier child porn case

Connecticut cop is put on six months paid leave for having a "personal relationship with an adult Police Explorer"

After conviction for evidence tampering, Nebraska "CSI" chief asks for retrial

Mayor weighs possible disciplinary action against jailed New York cop

California cop and jail guard jailed in connection with kidnap and rape

California deputies violated policy when raiding home with bails bondsmen

Missouri deputy sentenced to 14 years for forcing teen to give him oral sex

Tennessee deputy arrested after bar fight

Ohio jail guard gets year in jail on four counts of smuggling contraband behind bars

Border Patrol officer in Texas gets eleven years for bribery, transporting of illegal aliens, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine

Monday, April 12, 2010

Arizona family sues after seizure-prone inmate dies of brain hemorrhage when famed nutball sheriff denies access to medicine or medical help

Innocent victim of cop's fatal drunk driving wreck is jailed for two months in cover-up

Charges dropped and lawsuit filed after victim (who's a cop) obtains video of his arrest, vividly contradicting arresting officer's report

High-ranking North Carolina cop is placed on paid leave for ... police officials won't say for what

Massachusetts man charged with illegal wiretapping for videotaping cops on public road

Florida deputy fired after kidnap plot accusation

Arizona police detective accused of illegally accessing database

Ohio sheriff’s deputy pleads guilty to sexual contact with a young boy

California cop is placed on paid leave as he's indicted after a years-long FBI investigation into abuse of suspects

Indiana cop arrested for trying to solicit sex from a teenager online

ATF agent apparently kills wife, self in Arizona

Friday, April 9, 2010

Virginia cops said snapshot didn't exist, but twenty years later it seems to exonerate convicted killer

Court OKs lawsuit against Texas cop who framed innocent man

Assault charges filed against California deputies accused of punching and kicking inmate

Michigan cop suspended for "inappropriate" use of computer system

Un-named Georgia cop is arrested because false arrest was videotaped

Virginia cops won't let public see dash-video of controversial killing

Alabama cop charged with indecent exposure

More than 70 Ohio cops call in sick to protest pensions and health care issues

Officials won't say why Massachusetts cop was fired

Head of Texas police department's internal affairs unit is fired after investigation

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Baltimore police officers ordered to pay $7.4M for beating man to death in police van

Off-duty Oregon police officer pulls gun during traffic incident

Whistleblower cop in Texas says public safety was at risk during a botched undercover drug bust

Two off-duty California police officers are arrested in connection with alleged kidnapping, rape

Texans question cops' use of wild movie-style car chase tactics that led to flipped van

Texas town pays undisclosed amount to settle police brutality lawsuit

Kentucky cop who quit after wrecking cruiser while on oxycodone and cocaine is indicted on burglary, drug-conspiracy charges

Georgia police officer had sex with spa worker, says woman’s lawyer, and she has the DNA-soaked condom to prove it

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

New York police officer who's in jail for violating probation is arrested for breaking jailhouse window

Texas deputy sentenced to 10 years for massive methamphetamine ring

Virginia police chief pleads guilty in theft and re-sale of 9mm Glock pistol

Florida deputy, corrections clerk fired, two more deputies suspended after internal affairs investigations

Wisconsin police sergeant demoted for conduct unbecoming an officer and mishandling evidence could face criminal charge

Maryland cop charged with drunk driving after wrecking police cruiser

California sheriff's department launches internal investigation after deputies enter woman's home

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Surveillance video shows Vermont cop repeatedly shooting jailed man with pepperball gun for 40 minutes

Louisiana cop arrested for wife-beating

New Jersey cop is arrested for arson and insurance fraud

Texas cop gets eleven years for bribery, cocaine trafficking and smuggling undocumented immigrants

Indiana sheriff faces nearly a dozen counts in a sexual harassment and intimidation case

Indiana police defend use of Taser on 11-year-old

Minnesota deputy charged with 18 counts of sexual abuse of three teenagers

Monday, April 5, 2010

Nebraska "CSI" chief, fired a week after being convicted of planting evidence, says he'll fight dismissal

Illinois jail guard charged in murder plot

12-year-old arrested and hauled off in handcuffs for doodling sues NYPD

"I don't need a warrant, ma'am, under federal law"

Third New Orleans police officer in Danziger probe will plead guilty, attorney says

Oklahoma sheriff's deputy arrested, accused of pawning property

Officials say they're "probing" the lack of drunk driving charges against Maryland cop who failed a field sobriety test after driving car into ditch

New York cop-turned-robber gets five years in prison

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Iowa cop charged with methamphetamine possession after crashing squad car

New York cop who was forced to quit pleads guilty to false statements about illegal firearm sale

"Questions raised" about un-named California cop shooting gun at SUV in rush-hour traffic

More complaints against Texas police department surface

New York City pays $98,000 to settle police brutality lawsuit

California cop accused of assault with a firearm, knife

Two Massachusetts cops are fired following charges of assault

Woman sues Florida sheriff, claims false imprisonment

Former acting police chief in North Carolina is put on paid leave during investigation of unspecified misconduct

Four un-named Massachusetts police officers suspended after alleged off-duty beating

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Pennsylvania police sergeant gets probation for buying marijuana in undercover drug operation

Illinois deputy arrested for stealing 12-gauge shotgun and money from suspect's wallet, stealing a

Pregnant woman suffers a miscarriage due to rough treatment by Georgia cops

Dangerous gun stolen from Florida SWAT officer's unlocked car

Football player says he was assaulted by California cop

California cops put on alert as misconduct investigation gets underway

Virginia police officer pleads guilty to mail fraud

Newspaper keeps details of Utah cop's crime vague, but high school resource officer gets home detention for "looking for a partner 'much younger than himself'"

Four years later, Illinois cop admits punching cuffed man

Friday, April 2, 2010

Long, looong list of incriminating evidence against New York police chief

Maryland cop indicted for payroll falsification

Feds charge South Carolina police officer in connection with alleged abuse of homeless

Feds file new indictment against New York cop

Michigan cop convicted of bank robbery is arrested for robbing another bank

British police criticized for staging mock burglaries

Nebraska "CSI" chief is convicted of evidence tampering

Florida jail's chief resigns after two escapes and other security lapses

Louisiana cop arrested for drunk driving in squad car

Georgia police officer charged with running a chop shop and obstructing a federal investigation

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Ohio mother suspects racial profiling as her three sons, age 7, 9, and 10, are held at gunpoint by un-named cop while walking home from school

Lawsuit claims New Jersey police department imposes a quota system

South Carolina cop who quit now faces civil rights charges

Arizona man sues cops over jailhouse attack while cop who beat him remains on paid leave

Did a racist coup in a northern Louisiana town overthrow its black mayor and police chief?

Florida jailer quits after drawing gun in rage at Taco Bell

Rhode Island police officer fired after repeated sex on duty

New York police officer charged in car theft ring

Fired Texas cop gets probation for misusing credit

Illinois cop arrested for official misconduct and theft

Dozens allege brutality by Detroit cops' gang squad

Monday, Mar. 29, 2010

New Jersey cops planted drugs on suspects; 185 prisoners released as officer pleads guilty

Tainted evidence at San Francisco police lab could quash upwards of 750 drug prosecutions

Lawsuit claims Illinois cops beat men at taco restaurant

Illinois deputy gets year in jail for one count of racketeering and four counts of mail fraud

Massachusetts police officer indicted in injury pay scam

California deputy accused of felony DUI had crashed half an hour earlier — and fellow deputies let him go

"I keep asking them ‘What did I do wrong?’ He keeps saying 'shut up'"

Washington cops Tazer pregnant woman three times when she refuses to sign parking ticket; Court says this is AOK

Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper pleads no contest in kicking case

FBI investigating alleged corruption in Colorado cops' drug task force

Sunday, Mar. 28, 2010

Tennessee cop indicted for making up shooting story

Minnesota cop gets six months for first degree burglary

Arkansas cop quits amid allegations of beating

British police force nominates itself for award over case of schoolgirl killed by officer

Washington police officer may face murder charge over shooting

California officer charged with fraud in sex club shooting

Saturday, Mar. 27, 2010

Detroit cop gets probation for embezzling police funds

One of the California transit cops involved in killing un-armed man at subway station is fired after a year and a half of paid leave

Un-named off-duty Illinois cop pulls over cars from funeral procession

Ohio cop is suspended for pilfering nude photos from another cop's cell phones

Ohio deputy charged with assaulting a police officer, criminal trespass and resisting arrest

Suspended New York cop arrested again on forged prescription charges

Alabama police chief praises narcotics investigator who quit after sex allegation as "a good cop who made a bad decision"

Illinois officer charged with bringing pot, phone, DVDs into jail

Police union controls arbitration process in Philadelphia, so most "fired" cops are reinstated

Pennsylvania cop allegedly shoots, kills wife; turns gun on self

Judge orders California sheriff's department to stop keeping secret names of officers involved in controversial shootings

Connecticut police sergeant demoted 2nd time over ignoring 9-1-1 call

New Hampshire police chief gets four years for embezzling funds from food drive

Masturbating in the park can't be public lewdness, ex-cop argues, because he was behind bushes

Friday, Mar. 26, 2010

Tennessee police crossing guard arrested for sexual battery against two minors

Virginia police brutality lawsuit advances

Civil rights activists seek federal probe of police department in Torrance, California

Missouri cop faces child pornography charges over cell phone photos of under-age girlfriend

FBI probes police brutality in Pittsburgh

Massachusetts town ponders civilian oversight of police after videotape shows cop using flashlight to beat arrested man senseless

San Francisco pays $135K to settle police brutality lawsuit

California lawsuit claims racial profiling, police brutality and false arrest

Mississippi family claims police brutality

California woman claims negligence, excessive force by Mountain View police

Another officer filed the brutality complaint against Illinois cop

Danziger Bridge case suggests culture of corruption at NOPD

California sheriff's deputy charged with burglary

Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010

Illinois cops left evidence and guns to rot when police station closed

New Jersey cop admits fraud, forgery

North Carolina cop gets ten years for drug dealing

Arkansas probation officer fired for unlawful sex with a person on probation

Man surrenders to Oregon SWAT team for crime which hadn't happened

New Jersey radio journalist threatened with arrest for filming cop

Texas victim of police brutality speaks out

Arizona cops investigate brutality claim, since victim is city councilman

North Carolina cop quits, investigation into police brutality allegedly continues

Virginia county pays $100K to settle police brutality lawsuit

No police officers were disciplined over massive televised brutality during G20 protests, says report

Massachusetts city pays $47K to settle police brutality lawsuit

Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2010

New York cop arrested on bribery, forgery and a dozen other charges

Georgia cop who ambushed and killed preacher wasn't even authorized to be carrying a gun or a badge

Florida corrections officer arrested for aiding escapee

Hawaii cop charged with attempted theft, two counts of second-degree theft, seven counts of promotion of a dangerous drug, seven counts of tampering with physical evidence, seven counts of second-degree forgery and one count of prohibited fixing of tickets

Surveillance video shows Washington sheriff's deputy kicking a young girl, slamming her to the jail cell floor and striking her repeatedly

"He was swearing a lot, mistreating everybody (and) using the racial language," said the driver's girlfriend, who recorded the officer with her cell phone

Investigators say Texas ex-cop used his police training in crime

Suspended 23-year veteran Indiana cop is caught in FBI sting

Missouri cop gets probation for theft of government property

New Jersey cop pleads guilty to bogus arrests

Bronx man sues after missing father's funeral due to wrongful arrest

Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010

Unarmed, autistic, black man shot and killed by Los Angeles Police

Woman accuses New Jersey police of secretly videotaping her in bathroom

Texas drug officer's cases re-examined after credibility questioned

Retired Michigan police sergeant claims officers used excessive force

Tapes suggest Colorado detective fabricated injuries

Utah officer charged with assault of accused cop shooter

Connecticut ex-cop charged with embezzling funds from Police Benevolent Association

Oklahoma "Officer of the Year" sentenced to four years in $4 million Ponzi scheme

Wyoming woman sues, alleging that police used excessive force in breaking down her door, setting off an explosive that started a fire, and using her as a "human shield" while searching her home for illegal drugs

New Jersey detective says he was shocked, shocked that crime ring was led by three officers of the law

Monday, Mar. 22, 2010

Texas cops sought to suppress dash video that contradicts officer's version of events

Sci-fi writer found guilty of wildly unlikely "assault" of border guard (compare with the author's account)

Un-named Wisconsin deputy faces child sex charges dating back more than a decade

Arizona police officer resigns; had sex with women he met on duty

Former police officer from three Texas towns accused in connection with kidnapping-turned-shooting

69-year-old woman sues Texas cops over police brutality

Former Florida cop impersonates officer

Georgia sheriff says fired deputy taped grenade to inmate's neck

Florida police captain charged with witness tampering

Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010

Tall black man sues California cops after being twice mistaken for short white man and twice arrested

'Liquored-up' cop fired off gun on St Patrick's Day

California sheriff's deputy jailed in child molestation case

Louisiana cops use excessive force and arrest people unnecessarily at the St. Patrick’s Day parade

Oregon gets prison time for assaulting and threatening his ex-wife

Illinois police commander arrested for harassment

Un-named Louisiana police officers accused of misconduct

South Carolina police officer accused of identity theft out of jail

Saturday, Mar. 20, 2010

Tennessee jurisdiction pays $95,000 to settle lawsuit after un-named jailer rips inmate's teeth from his mouth

Hawaii woman sues police department alleging sex abuse

Montana cop arrested on domestic assault charges

Ohio cop gets four years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman in his custody

Montreal police arrest more than 100 at protest against police abuse of power

Ohio deputy sheriff arrested in drug plot

Virginia deputy charged with sex crimes

Friday, Mar. 19, 2010

Brooklyn cops raid elderly couple's home 50 times looking for crooks, and never find anything

Seven Louisiana guards indicted on charges of molesting girl inmates at juvenile detention center

South Carolina police officer suspended without pay after being charged with assault and kidnapping

New York police detective gets probation for perjury

Hundreds of cops swarm minority neighborhoods as nutball Arizona sheriff conducts 14th obviously unconstitutional "crime and immigration sweep" since 2008

California cop gets three months for embezzling $70K from police officers association

New Jersey cop gets 3-5 years for domestic violence charges

Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010

Oregon cop sics police dog on homeowner, not prowler

California cop alleges cover-up of police chief's drunk driving wreck

Nevada investigators say they're taking seriously allegations of cop having sex on-duty

Pennsylvania cops involved in caught-on-tape beating are reinstated with back pay

Two Louisiana cops disciplined after out-of-state cops complain of widespread illegal arrests and excessive force

Professor accuses Denver cops of racial bias, racketeering

North Carolina cops' personnel files are confidential, public doesn't get to know which cops have violent crimes on their records

Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2010

Florida jailer is suspended when video shows Tasering of inmate who refused to pick up her shoes

Georgia cop is arrested for child molestation

South Dakota deputy faces theft charge

California sheriff's lieutenant charged in alleged shooting incident

Texas police officer gets 7 years for drug charge

Tennessee cop quits over gang connections

Arizona cop admits relationship with girl in the department's youth education program

Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010

Video shows un-named New Jersey cop kicking suspect

More than 100 cases must reviewed because of potentially falsified and inaccurate tests by FBI analysts

Federal investigations reveal a California city's police department in turmoil

Woman declines to cooperate with South Dakota police investigating her partner so cops report her to Air Force as a lesbian, where she's promptly discharged for being gay

UK cops use racial profiling to target blacks, Asians

Two Kentucky cops accused of plying 13-year-old girls with booze in a raucous evening of alleged lap dances and pornography flicks

Former Arkansas police chief is arrested for helping a convicted felon pose as a police officer

Ohio police officer charged with menacing after brandishing gun

Un-named Texas cop shoots her husband, another Texas cop

Monday, Mar. 15, 2010

Texas deputy gets 20 years for involvement with in massive drug trafficking ring

Maryland prison worker is charged with smuggling heroin, syringe to an inmate

Maryland guard charged for bringing pot and other contraband to jail (not the same as above)

Oklahoma prison guard charged with bringing and possessing contraband in a penal institution

Michigan cop is suspended after drunk and disorderly at restaurant

Jury awards millions to New York man hit by squad car

Alabama cop resigns amidst allegations that he had inappropriate sexual contact with an underage girl

Sunday, Mar. 14, 2010

Texas cop convicted of bank robbery

North Carolina police officer accused of sex crimes against minor girl

New York deputy pleads guilty to sex abuse

Ohio cop gets life for two counts of murder, tampering with evidence, domestic violence, and use of an illegal silencer on the murder weapon

Jailed Scotland Yard cop is "deeply upset" that his cellmate is a child rapist

Indiana cop pleads guilty in attempted robbery

For two years, defense attorneys were kept in the dark about criminal record of California crime lab technician

Friday, Mar. 12, 2010

Sexual abuse of children by retired Idaho police officer could extend back 30 years

New Jersey police officer arrested for bank fraud

Musician sues for constitutional violations, assault and battery, and false imprisonment after being arrested by Oklahoma cop for disrespecting US flag

San Francisco crime lab technician accused of skimming cocaine

Second former New Orleans police officer charged in cover-up of Danziger Bridge murders

Nevada constable arrested for burglary

California cop gets 15 years for robberies

Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010

California sheriff's lieutenant charged with 120 counts of sexual battery

Missouri police officer charged with stealing drugs from evidence room

Washington deputy made porn from arrest, woman says

Ohio cop fired after being caught masturbating in department store gets 60 days in jail

DEA officer gets 18 months for using position to harass ex-girlfriend

Kentucky deputy arrested on domestic violence charges

Pennsylvania prison officer held for smuggling contraband into jail

Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010

News report slathers praise on Illinois cop arrested on unspecified charges

Ohio cop who stole and sold impounded vehicles gets 90 days in jail

Wisconsin deputy suspended after alleged lewd conduct with teen

Florida police officer charged with ramming vehicle in domestic incident

West Virginia woman alleges rape by trooper

New Jersey cop who was convicted of criminal sexual contact charge comes back two years later to challenge stipulation that he can't take public employment

Oakland pays $10K to settle lawsuit over arrest without cause

Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2010

Cops won't comment on video which shows Minnesota cops lied about reason for pulling over black motorist whose Tasering was not mentioned in official reports

Two New York City police officers charged in $1 million perfume heist

West Virginia woman alleges rape by state trooper

New York cops stopped and searched 2,798,461 people, of whom just 287,218 were white

UK police 'got teenager drunk' for confession

More charges against Texas cop already facing sexual assault prosecution

Idaho cop retires to face charges of lewd conduct with infant

Monday, Mar. 8, 2010

Florida policemen wearing protective gear weren’t able to bring down a crippled man without using assault rifles

Ex-West Virginia deputy sent back to prison on sex crimes

Three Rhode Island cops charged in cocaine-dealing operation

Wisconsin cop arrested for domestic violence-related disorderly conduct

Michigan cop gets 30 months for using seized drugs as evidence to falsify search warrants, fake drug deals, embezzle money, and present false evidence

Minnesota prison guard gets one year for for smuggling contraband to inmate

Colorado deputy gets 90 days for attempting to smuggle narcotics into jail

Sunday, Mar. 7, 2010

Wisconsin cop gets 18 months for beating suspect in squad car

Washington vice detective gets 130 lap dances, makes no arrests

Florida deputy charged with smuggling contraband into jail

Un-named Wisconsin deputy is suspended pending investigation of unspecified charges

Kentucky cop arrested for driving police cruiser while intoxicated
Illinois police lieutenant arrested for theft, official misconduct

Louisiana grandmother alleges police pepper-sprayed her unnecessarily

Saturday, Mar. 6, 2010

Iowa cop quits after being charged with aggravated assault in road-rage incident

Florida cop is "bad" but not racist, says police chief after cop is finally arrested for targeting minorities with false tickets

Chicago pays $78K to settle lawsuit after cop illegally orders nurse to draw blood from drunken-driving suspect

"There were a couple of hundred drunk kids trying to walk home, and there were an equal number of cops trying to beat the [expletive] out of them."

Ohio police officer charged with online threats

Florida sheriff settles another Taser lawsuit for $95,000

California deputy arrested for sexually molesting a 13-year-old girl

Friday, Mar. 5, 2010

Kentucky deputy loses job after locking himself in cell and trying to shoot his way out

Illinois cop doesn't like the way he was treated ... by cops in another jurisdiction

Retired California cop charged: 2 boys said football coach molested them

After spending years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in development costs, Detroit officials admit that their long-promised computer system for identifying problem cops doesn't work

New scandal-tainted New York state police chief takes over for old scandal-tainted state police chief

Kentucky cop is busted as alleged marijuana dealer

Fired (pending appeal) Minnesota cop gets 30 days after breaking and entering is pled down to disorderly conduct and damage to property

Thursday, Mar. 4, 2010

Fired South Carolina policeman charged in lewd photos case

Louisiana sheriff plans to arm volunteers with shotguns, riot shields, batons, and a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on a "war wagon," to protect grocery stores and gas stations in case of rioting

Nebraska prison guards suspended over on-line comments endorsing brutality

Double-dipping New Jersey sheriff apologizes for bullying professor during class

Missouri SWAT team endangers child, parents charged with child endangerment

Former West Virginia police officer charged with breaking jaw of daughter’s ex-boyfriend

Veteran Texas cop charged with filing false report against woman in prostitution sting

Wednesday, Mar. 3, 2010

Texas deputy gets three years for facilitating meth ring

Former Indiana deputy constable arrested on drug charges

Fired Michigan cop sentenced to seven years in prison for conspiracy to distribute marijuana

Wisconsin cop is placed on paid leave after arrest for domestic violence related disorderly conduct

Georgia prison corrections officer arrested in undercover drug investigation

"I'm not going to keep arresting innocent people, I'm not going to keep searching people for no reason, I'm not going to keep writing people for no reason, I'm tired of this," says soon-to-be ex-NYPD cop

New York police sergeant pleads not guilty to shoplifting

Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2010

Fired Alabama cop kills himself before being sentenced for raping his step-daughter

Two North Carolina sheriff's deputies charged with assault

Discussing charges of repeated inmate-boinking, California ex-deputy says these kinds of incidents happen a lot

Kentucky corrections officer charged with sexual abuse of inmate

California detention deputy admits to sexually touching inmate, investigation report says

Fired Virginia deputy convicted in dogfighting case

California sheriff's detective is convicted of assaulting prostitute, acquitted of raping her

Monday, Mar. 1, 2010

Texas cop charged with raping transgender man in squad car

70 cases thrown out because of North Carolina cop's misconduct

9-year-old California girl describes police raid of her home, cop holding gun to her head

NYPD whistleblower Palestro reports alleged corruption at 42nd Precinct

Tennessee cops cover up wrong-address raid by removing street number from door

Texas sheriff’s deputy charged with sexual assault of child

West Virginia cop is fired after indictment on sexual abuse charge

Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010

Alabama cop claims he was "just playing around" as he choked 15-year-old

Arizona cop again tries to read confidential defense documents in court

Retired New Orleans cop cooperates with investigation, recounts a disturbing pattern of lies and illegal planting of false evidence by NOPD officers after post-Katrina police shooting

Humane Society releases video of Kentucky cop at cockfight

Texas cop charged with selling restricted criminal background information

Iowa police officer charged in sexual assault case is fired after three-week administrative review

Court reinstates lawsuit over Minnesota cops' arrest of zombies

Friday, Feb. 26, 2010

Florida cops won't release name of police officer whose home is raided in child porn investigation

Arizona cop is put on paid leave after arrest for assaulting girlfriend

Kentucky deputy charged with assaulting girlfriend, possession of destructive device

North Carolina police officer faces additional charges of sexual assault against minor

California police detective is accused of sexually assaulting prostitute

Florida deputies arrested for drug charges, eluding authorities

Ex-cop gets prison time for shooting at cops in standoff

Inmate sues over alleged beating by guard

Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010

Fired Georgia jailer pleads guilty in beating of inmate

Tennessee family claims police brutality

Court says no, Maryland police officer cannot claim immunity from suit for intentional acts of assault, battery, false arrest and false imprisionment

Police brutality case filed against small-town Washington police

L.A. Times investigation finds that at least 11 officers responsible for supervising youths in the juvenile justice system have been convicted of crimes or disciplined for inappropriate conduct involving probationers

DEA removes evidence from scene of peculiar fatal shooting at home of "burglar"

New Jersey cop charged with aggravated assault

Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010

Arkansas cop resigns after being arrested in 16-year-old's bedroom

Disabled man tasered by Oregon police officers

Minneapolis City Council approves another six-figure payout to settle a police misconduct lawsuit

Former Arkansas deputy arrested for making meth at home

Kentucky deputy is arrested for domestic battery

More civil rights complaints against Arizona nutball sheriff cite a "culture of hatred" of Hispanics, and racial profiling

Ten months after farmer was Tasred eleven times, North Carolina police still won't release video of incident

Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010

Despite damning testimony from another cop, New York policemen are acquitted in subway sodomy case

Lawsuit claims Arkansas man drowned from being Tasered in pond by cops

Kansas officials are sued over beating of jail inmate

Texas police officer is arrested for videotaping woman in Macy's dressing room

Jury awards millions to New York man run over by police squad car

British police are told not to detect crimes at end of shift to save money

Tennessee victim of cop assault seeks damages after cop is found guilty of violating the constitutional rights of female detainees

Georgia cops arrest 61-year-old woman for asking "Why?"

Tennessee detective, police chief sued over alleged wrongful arrests

Monday, Feb. 22, 2010

FBI, state officials arrest 16 Florida prison guards for smuggling cocaine and contraband into two prisons

Kentucky jailer arrested on drug charges

Georgia deputy sheriff sentenced on child porn charges

New York City corrections officer busted for drugs in car

Texas police officer pleads guilty to drug charge
California cop posts on-line threat to kill anyone he finds openly carrying a handgun, even if that person is carrying it legally

Temporary restraining order issued against Oregon police lieutenant

Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010

Oklahoma jailer is fired after arrest for delivering marijuana

North Carolina ex-cop is charged with first-degree rape of a child

L.A. cops' killing of "burglar" in his own home emits a certain scent

North Carolina cop accused of attacking wife

Fired South Carolina cop is charged in lewd photos case

Florida deputy illegally used information from police database, faces felony

Mississippi guard guilty of beating up an inmate at the county jail

Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010

Former North Carolina sheriff who went to prison is running for sheriff again

Feds won't charge New York cops who killed an unarmed man in a 50-shot barrage

Maryland cop investigated for trying to influence criminal case

"Everything so far (suggests) people did exactly what they've been trained to do," says Houston police spokesman after jailed man dies in cell

Idaho deputy is charged with stalking and unlawful entry

Illinois police chief gets six years for extortion

Kansas prison guard is charged with raping three inmates

Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010

Friends say they're shocked as California cop is charged with kiddie porn

Book details extensive history of police brutality in New Orleans

Prosecutor refuses to charge police officer who allegedly commits hit-and-run, lies about accident, and then defends his actions as "impaired by alcohol"

Ohio deputy who confessed to perjury is sentenced to twelve weekends in jail

Texas patrolman arrested, jailed on three arson counts

Georgia cop charged with stealing evidence

Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010

Famous nutball Arizona sheriff is sanctioned by court for destroying evidence

Virginia deputy resigns after being charged with assault

Idaho police officers Taser man on buttocks, threaten to rape him with Taser, and then claim no fault in modest settlement

Retired Massachusetts cop arrested in connection with a large scale drug ring

Fourth lawsuit seeks $33 million over taser-crazy cop at Illinois junior high

Kentucky couple sues over wrongful arrests, shooting

New Orleans police officer is (finally) under investigation in shooting in days after Katrina

Monday, Feb. 15, 2010

Oregon police sergeant shoots and kills three, then himself

Iowa police officer arrested, charged in assault

Louisiana cop illegally used GPS to track high school coach who cut cop's son from baseball team

Massachusetts police sergeant’s job in limbo after filing false reports about sexual harassment

Missouri police chief involved in road rage incident

Kentucky deputy accused of misconduct

Fired Arkansas jailer gets four years for two counts of sexual assault

Friday, Feb. 12, 2010

Florida cop to police brutality witness: "Guys like you disappear every day"

Fired North Carolina police sergeant admits felonies

Georgia cop reportedly quits amid claims of sleeping with informant

After quitting, California police officer accused of embezzling money pleads guilty

California police chief investigated for hit-and-run in city car

California sheriff vows changes at jail after detention deputy charged with assault

Fired West Virginia sheriff's deputy pleads guilty in 'sexting' 17-year-old

California police officers under investigation in hit-and-run case

Connecticut police officer charged with threatening victim advocate

$110K award in lawsuit suit against Illinois police

North Carolina county sued over police stun gun incident

Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010

Texas sheriff's office arrests jailer for giving hacksaw blade to inmate

Lawsuit claims Illinois police dog attacked spectator at K-9 competition

Texas police officer accused of pulling gun at bar

Ohio man claims police brutally beat him

Lawsuit claims police brutality in Massachusetts

North Carolina cop charged in break-in

Texas residents sue Crockett County sheriff

Virginia deputy sheriff arrested for bank robbery

Pennsylvania cop gets eight months for stalking ex-lover

Fired Minnesota cop charged in robberies

Maine corrections officer faces gross sexual assault charges

Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010

Texas cop who got probation for drug violations is arrested after ecstasy-fueled wreck

Ohio police officer back in jail -- burglary this time

Kentucky police officer's court cases riddled with dismissals

Oklahoma police officer jailed after incident at pub

Fired Philadelphia cop charged with murder

California detective faces criminal probe over police work

Top Scotland Yard officer jailed for assault and false arrest

Florida deputy fired after arrestee said he tried to choke him

North Carolina sheriff is charged with two felony counts of obstruction of justice

New York police officer accused of forging prescriptions

South Carolina police officer charged with hitting girlfriend

Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010

New Mexico cop fired for beating handcuffed teen on video is rehired by neighboring police department

Brooklyn's 81st Precinct probed by NYPD for fudging stats; felonies allegedly marked as misdemeanors

Connecticut police official resigns after threatening reporter

Minnesota police officer charged in on-duty sex case

Georgia sheriff's deputy charged with extortion

Florida cop gets two years for attempting to molest 13-year-old

Iowa police officer arrested, charged in assault

New Mexico cop arrested for aggravated battery and criminal nuisance

Lawsuit alleges that Boston Police violated civil rights of man who videotaped arrest

Arizona cop who destroyed evidence gets certification yanked

Bond lowered for Indiana police officer accused of sex assault

Monday, Feb. 8, 2010

Illinois cop busted for on-duty drug dealing and delivery

Illinois police officer charged with stealing from dead man

Minnesota cop indicted in bank robbery

Georgia cop arrests man for snapping photo of him

Former New York City police sergeant sentenced to six months imprisonment for making false statements to DEA

Virginia prison guard gets 18 months for drugs, bribery

Probe of Pennsylvania police officers could taint drug cases

Florida sheriff's deputy charged with grand theft

Nebraska sheriff's deputy sentenced in abuse case

Virginia man claims cops beat him for burping

Miami Beach police accused of wrongly arresting gay men (and photographers)

Friday, Feb. 5, 2010

Florida woman says cop milked her breasts

Former New York cop indicted for murder

Nebraska cop gets two months for sexual assault of retarded woman

Fired Kansas prison guard is arrested months later for sex with inmates

Miami Beach cops arrest people for recording police misconduct

Lawsuit: Tennessee deputies threatened husband as sheriff fondled wife

Florida police officers charged with filing false report

Fired Utah cop faces burglary, theft charges

No charges will be filed against Illinois cop who issues dozens of false DUIs

Maine prison guard accused of trafficking in drugs

Man shot by Illinois cop wants to know why

Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010

Indiana officer charged in on-duty sex assault

Wisconsin police chief quits amid after several citizens' complaints of rude and unprofessional conduct

Ohio police officer arrested for domestic violence

Lawsuit claims brutality by NYPD during arrest, and it's on video but headline still says "claims brutality"

Georgia police officer arrested on charges he raped a woman in custody, and offered to release another woman if she exposed herself

Florida trooper charged with writing dozens of bogus citations

Florida cop quits after posting sex ad in woman's name without her knowledge

South Carolina cop charged with statutory rape

Lawsuit claims Tennessee sheriff routinely jails people for up to 2 days without charging them with a crime

Illinois cop arrested on drug charge

North Carolina police officer charged with extortion

Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010

Oregon police officer accused of molestation, incest

West Virginia deputy still working while under investigation in $300,000 theft

Retired Wisconsin deputy makes plea deal on kiddie sex charges

Illinois man claims police choked him until unconscious

South Carolina deputy fired, charged with downloading child porn

Connecticut officils won't say why assistant police chief was elieved of his duties

Georgia man who was Tasered and beaten by police dies after life support ended

Ohio cop gets probation for using his position to break the law

Florida cop gets 364 day sentence for on-duty theft captured on video

Tennessee deputy fired after DUI arrest was found vomiting on himself, combative; placed in 'K-9 cage'

Monday, Feb. 1, 2010

Ohio cop gets probation for stealing heroin

Missouri man describes being Tasered without reason by police, which left him blind in one eye

Fired Texas police officer accused of assaulting teen

Investigation is promised after three Pennsylvania cops beat teen

Virginia deputy charged with perjury

Florida police officer charged with falsely ticketing minorities

Texas cop is charged with assaulting wife

Texas sheriff's investigator arrested, accused of inappropriately touching woman

Florida sheriff’s deputy charged with fraud, grand theft

Texas jailer arrested on drug, bribery allegations

Georgia police officer accused of sexual misconduct

Friday, Jan. 29, 2010

Oregon cop pepper-sprays flaming man

Texas deputy constable managed to sidestep new state law requiring blood test after DWI arrest

Pennsylvania police officer charged with assaulting girlfriend

Texas cop gets six months for assault on woman

Alabama police officer convicted of raping 10-year-old stepdaughter

New Jersey man who claims police brutality is cleared of cops' charge

Choir boys claim they were beaten by NJ cops

Wyoming cops fired for Tasering 76-year-old tractor driver

Seattle City Councilman questions whether cop who lied should get job back

New Jersey police officer admits excessive force on 12-year-old

Missouri woman describes being beaten by cops at traffic stop

Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010

Arizona deputy gets two years in child porn case

Ohio cops cleared in death of man who fell and died from a skull fracture after police shot him with Taser

Retired Minnesota police chief faces child porn charge

Ohio police officer arrested for misusing law enforcement computer

2 off-duty LAPD officers arrested for allegedly pistol-whipping man

Florida cop who's accused of intimidating eight undocumented male immigrants into performing sex acts with him will be allowed to travel to Oregon

New Orleans pays to settle two police brutality lawsuits

Upstate New York police officer admits endangering child

San Francisco area transit system pays $1.5 million settlement in cops' videotaped killing of un-armed man who was lying face down on the station platform

Minnesota deputy charged with making terrorist threats

South Carolina police officer arrested after firing a gun and threatening his wife

Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010

Florida police officer arrested by homicide detectives

Massachusetts man's beating death by cops at sobriety checkpoint ruled a homicide

Delaware courts: Taser lawsuits allege unnecessary force

New York men jailed for five days after being caught in possession of coconut candy

Ohio cop, previously fired but then reinstated, is relieved of duty pending an evaluation of his physical and mental fitness

Florida police chief suspended with pay, but nobody will say why

Pennsylvania jail guard is suspended after arrest for possession of drug paraphernalia

Retired NYPD officer charged with exposure

Florida deputy gets three years in jail for violating terms of probation after beating up his girlfriend

Texas man gets $2300 from police department for false arrest

Victim describes anal rape by New York cops

Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010

Un-identified Ohio deputy is reportedly placed on leave amid allegations of sexual misconduct

Cop sues Amtrak after passenger steals his gun and shoots him

Illinois sheriff's federal drug trial is delayed as he faces state murder-for-hire charges

Indiana deputy arrested in neighbor's killing

California police officer detained after shots fired

Ohio police officer sentenced to probation in drug case

Ohio cop working in two jurisdictions is arrested for heroin distribution

Un-identified Canadian police officer to be sentenced for incest

Jurors can't reach a verdict in case of Washington deputy who was videotaped beating a 15-year-old girl in a jail cell

Pennsylvania man beat up and arrested after questioning officer’s illegal parking

Video of dog-attack bust shows New York cops pounding handcuffed man

Monday, Jan. 25, 2010

Pennsylvania police beat teen to pulp over a Mountain Dew

DC juror recounts how cop lied in drug bust case

Michigan jail guard gets one year for rape

Trial begins for New York cops charged in sex attack

California sheriff's investigators look into drug smuggling allegations against deputies

Mississippi cop gets 10 years after pleading guilty to six felony charges

Louisiana police officer faces animal cruelty charges

South Carolina deputy pleads not guilty to bribery at arraignment today

Jailed ex-sheriff in Florida testifies against former mistress in theft of $80,000

TSA screener who planted fake drugs on traveler was just kidding

Canadian police apologize for mistakenly beating innocent man

Friday, Jan. 22, 2010

Oklahoma town pays $250K to settle police brutality lawsuit

New York cops admit protecting their own from DWI

Louisiana man calls 911 and gets police beating leaving him blind in one eye, lawsuit claims

Lawsuit claims New Years Eve beating by New York police

Illinois town pays $250K to settle police brutality lawsuit

ACLU sues Massachusetts town's police department for unconstitutional arrests

Massachusetts cops beat the hell out of guy during traffic stop- caught on video

Lawsuit: NYPD routinely arrests students for non-crimes

Oklahoma prison guard gets 14 months for accepting bribe to smuggle contraband

Tennessee deputy charged with aggravated statutory rape and solicitation of a minor

Quiet start to trial in New York police brutality case

Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010

Florida cop gets two months for stealing $15,000 from "Crime Stoppers" program

Lawsuit filed against Texas police department for tasing incident

Texas cop arrested for beating her son

Video shows California cops arresting spectators at NFL playoff game for cheering visiting team

Wyoming deputy accused of felony voyeurism

Virginia police captain quits after being charged with car theft

Connecticut cop, wife charged with tampering with evidence

San Francisco Police fire detective for "litany of misconduct"

Minnesota police chief gets administrative leave (paid vacation) for conducting criminal background checks on council members and spouses

Iowa cops won't identify cop who Tasered store clerk for having seizure

Florida trooper charged with receiving unlawful compensation for official behavior

Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010

California police officer gets 180 days in county jail for grand theft, drug possession

Massachusetts ex-cop found guilty of rape, kidnapping

Utah cops won't say why cooperative resident's home was pump full of tear gas during search

North Carolina police officer accused of engaging in sex act while on duty

Pennsylvania man says state troopers storm his home, drag him down after he makes parking comment

Kentucky jail guard is arrested on drug charges

Man tortured by Chicago cops is freed from prison after twenty years

Indiana correctional officer charged with trafficking

Kentucky deputy charged with terroristic threatening, assault, harassment

New York cop convicted for demanding oral sex to ditch summons for woman

Ohio cop charged with domestic abuse

Monday, Jan. 18, 2010

Florida deputy arrested for assault and battery of his wife

Texas prison guard convicted of smuggling drugs, cell phones

Un-named Illinois cop is put on administrative leave (ie, paid vacation) for "demonstrating" Taser on junior high school students

Kansas police chief facing child sex charges including rape, indecent liberties and battery, involving four children 14 years old and younger

Houston Police Department's crime lab is again under criminal probe

Ohio town will pay $2.5 million to family of woman killed by police

California corrections officer arrested for embezzlement

Alabama police chief gets 15 years for fatal shooting at a fast-food restaurant.

Oklahoma police officer arrested for falsifying documents

Illinois cops erased evidence in judge's DUI case, defense alleges

Washington jail deputy arrested

Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010

Massachusetts cops arrest videographers under non-existent "you can't photograph police brutality" law

Florida corrections officer arrested on domestic violence charges

Teen, pregnant woman allege humiliating illegal strip searches by Massachusetts police

Michigan Deputy gets eleven months for unauthorized access to data

California police officer and police chief under investigation for alleged misconduct

Unidentified off-duty Chicago cop charged after shooting incident

Suspended Florida officer named in civil suit against Orlando police, other officers

Ohio policeman faces domestic-violence counts

Massachusetts cop who was convicted of stealing $2,000 during traffic stop gets 1 year trimmed from 3-4 year prison sentence

Florida police officer released from jail after altercation at bar

California police officer accused of rape

Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010

Florida police officer faces sex-with-minor charge

New York jail guard busted for selling drugs and booze to inmates

TV station won't name Utah cop who's being sued for allegedly throwing suspect to ground, injuring him

Indiana ex-sheriff who was convicted of embezzlement now claims cop had no probable cause to pull him over when he had more than triple the legal limit blood alcohol

Tennessee police officer gets 7 years for coerced sex with prostitutes

Once fired, reinstated Texas police officer accused of another theft

Florida jail guard lauded as "an exemplary friend, employee, parishioner, husband and father" gets six years in jail for gouging out the eye of mentally-ill inmate

Pennsylvania police officer accused of corruption of minors

New Jersey police officer accused of hitting handcuffed suspect, attempting to cover up incident

New York cop who hasn't yet been sentenced for molestation gets one year for possessing firearm while subject to order of protection

Florida cop gets two years in prison for raping prostitutes

Monday, Jan. 11, 2010

Connecticut cop gets five-year prison term for pistol-whipping and kidnapping another cop

Indiana prison guard arrested for smuggling contraband into jail

Mississippi cop previously fired for brutality is suspended for un-announced reasons

Lying South Florida cops will finally be fired … supposedly

Ohio cop who quit after being caught masturbating in department store pleads no contest

New York City pays $35G to settle lawsuit by grandmother falsely arrested as hooker; disciplinary charges are "pending" against cop, whose false arrests have led to four lawsuits

Second Ohio police chief pleads no contest in Parker surrogate case

Court won't let Massachusetts sheriff charge jail inmates for room & board

Another Tennessee deputy arrested on sex charges

Texas cop faces felony solicitation charge

Minnesota cop charged with bank robbery could face additional charges for other robberies

Friday, Jan. 8, 2010

On-duty sexual assault by cop (who was apparently never prosecuted) costs Minnesota town $500K

Pennsylvania cop accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend is prohibited from "possessing, transferring, or acquiring any firearms," including his police service weapon

Missouri cop faces 16 counts of deviate sexual intercourse with a child

Pennsylvania cop who oversaw corrupt narcotics unit gets sweet job at District Attorney's office

Lawsuit filed in Maryland videography arrest

Panel orders reinstatement for North Carolina cop fired for kicking K9 dog

Philadelphia cop pleads guilty to drug charges

Alabama cop arrested after $20K disappears from evidence room

3rd woman accuses North Carolina police officer of sexual assault

Minnesota cop arrested in robbery gets paid leave

Missouri police officer resigns amid statutory rape charges

Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010

Un-identified North Carolina cop quits amidst un-detailed misconduct investigation

Mississippi cop is reassigned after arrest   cops won't say what she was arrested for

Florida cop gets probation, cleared record for causing fatal wreck while driving without lights and sirens at 98 mph in a 40-mph zone while chasing a speeder over improper window tint

Jailed Illinois sheriff facing new charges

Veteran DEA agent charged with perjury in Ohio

Florida deputy arrested and charged with DUI after crash

Florida corrections officer sentenced to a year in jail for smuggling drugs into prison

Tennessee cop who smelled of alcohol after rolling Jeep and refused blood-alcohol test wasn't drunk, says lawyer

Fired Georgia deputy charged with child molestation

Ohio cop quits, pleads no contest in public indecency case

Fired Tennessee police officer indicted for interfering with murder investigation

Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010

Philadelphia police officer charged with soliciting sex from minors

Hawaii deputy sheriff arrested in child rape

Iowa cop arrested for threatening to kill his wife on Christmas

Tennessee cop is charged with 10 counts of aggravated sexual battery for a victim under 13, two counts of attempted aggravated sexual battery for a victim under 13, two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure and two counts of sexual battery

Tennessee school cop is arrested, charged with having sexual contact with a student

Pennsylvania school cop is charged for hosting teenage alcohol party

Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010

Philadelphia police officer to be stripped of badge (and "also might face criminal charges") for killing unarmed man

Illinois sheriff and family arrested for solicitation of murder for hire

Attorneys claim Florida cops tampered with sobriety-measuring machines

The scandal behind the scandal of the DC cop who pulled a gun on snowball fighters — video shows other cops and Washington Post rush to lie in cop's defense

Florida Officer charged with DUI and hit & run

Oklahoma cop is placed on paid leave after kicking out the back window of patrol car during his arrest for public drunkenness

Monday, Jan. 4, 2010

9th Circuit says police officer can be sued for Tasing

California sheriff's deputy caught driving patrol car drunk

Ohio police officer allegedly abused children with Taser-like weapon

Illinois cops sued after Tasering man 11 times for having diabetic seizure

Ohio city pays $2.5-million to settle lawsuit over unarmed black woman shot and killed by white police officer

Questions remain about DUI arrest of Alabama police chief

Florida jail shutters camera after video shows excessive force by deputies

Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010

Rhode Island cop accused of brutally beating teen

South Carolina deputy crashed patrol car while drunk

North Carolina police chief allegedly knew of child molestation accusations against officer

South Carolina jail guard arrested for smuggling drugs into jail

Florida deputy charged with discharging a firearm into an unoccupied vehicle

Florida deputy who was fired after arrest for domestic battery is arrested again for violating restraining order

Drunken Homeland Security officer is charged with battery, resisting arrest with violence

Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010

North Carolina cop accused of sex assaults during traffic stops

Second Texas deputy pleads guilty in meth ring

Alabama corrections officer arrested on drug charges

Louisiana police officer arrested for domestic abuse battery

Alabama police officer arrested, charged with theft after 20K turns up missing

Mississippi police officer, wife charged with domestic violence

Minnesota cops lawyer up as Justice Dept mulls grand jury

Nevada sheriff's deputy accused of domestic battery

Friday, Jan. 1, 2010

California police officer won't face charges for kicking surrendering suspect in head

Two Texas police officers fired, one arrested the other un-named, amid allegations of misconduct and assault

Judge shields info on arrested Maine police chief

City Councilman says Arkansas police chief facing aggravated assault charges was supposed to have been fired months ago

Oregon deputy gets probation for Tasering man in strip club

Louisiana deputy is booked on domestic violence charge

D.A. charges New York jail guard with boinking female inmates

South Carolina police officer arrested for drunken hit-and-run

Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009

Oklahoma cops Taser 10-year-old girl for not taking a shower when mum said to

Chicago police officer Tasers a man 11 times for having a diabetic seizure

Canadian police enter backyards of citizens without permission or notice in exercise and shoot man’s dog when it attacks

Iowa sheriff's deputy faces domestic assault charges

South Carolina sheriff's deputy fired after fighting with other officers

Head of Wisconsin police union cited for drunken driving

North Carolina police officer charged with sex crimes

Texas cop jailed on assault charge

DC Police: ‘It’s time to make the snowball conversation disappear’

Ex-cop charged with stabbing death of Canadian cop

Ohio police chief says he'll appeal 32-month sentence for burglarizing movie star's surrogate

Friday, Dec. 25, 2009

Minnesota police captain gets probation for drug charges

Pennsylvania cop fired after beating store clerk who asked for I/D before selling tobacco products

DC Assistant Chief lies to cover for cop who drew gun after his Hummer was hit by snowballs

Philadelphia cop quits the day before he's charged with raping girl for years

Rhode Island police officer charged with assault on cuffed woman

Florida cop resigns after Internal Affairs inquiry finds he lost prisoner

California Highway Patrol lieutenant convicted of trying to boink 13-year-old

Massachusetts woman says police beat her husband to death

Monday, Dec. 21, 2009

Pennsylvania cop accused of taking sexually explicit photos of unconscious woman

Colorado correctional officer avoids prison in bribery case

Indiana police detective arrested for domestic violence

Off-duty Pennsylvania cop accused in Wawa worker beating

Texas cop who tased girlfriend’s face might not do time

DC cop pulls a gun on snowball fighters

No charges will be filed against drunk driving Texas cop who fled crash scene

Virginia sheriff gets 19 months for corruption

Illinois cop accused of neglecting animals at his suburban getaway

Strange new twist in scandal involving rogue Philadelphia PD narcotics unit

California city slated to pay $195,000 for alleged police brutality

South Carolina school cop arrested on drug charges

South Carolina deputy arrested on drug charges (not the same as above)

Florida sheriff probing assault allegedly involving un-named police officer

Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009

South Carolina ex-cop who pled insanity sentenced to 35 years for kidnapping

Washington DC police officer arraigned on murder charge

Texas police officer gets probation for giving alcohol to teen, showing porn

Ohio cop caught partying with underage drinkers

California cops shoot friendly dog to death

Indiana narcotics officer pleads guilty in corruption case

District Attorney says some might go free due to charges against Pennsylvania police

Three Florida officers charged; at least 70 criminal cases at risk

Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009

Texas school cop gets eight years in jail for five years of molesting child

Queens family tells outrageous story of NYPD raid

Tennessee ex-cop convicted of kidnapping and raping a 20-year-old North Chattanooga housesitter

New Mexico deputy pleads in pharmacy robbery

Jailed California prison guard is ordered to repay $244,400 for workers' comp fraud

Arizona's outlaw sheriff defies federal government on immigration, launches repeated investigations of those who criticize him

Illinois cop is fired after being convicted of beating a woman in a bar

Florida police officer convicted of attempted sexual battery

Three Pennsylvania police officers among five people indicted in race-related beating

Mississippi police chief arrested on false pretense and embezzlement charges

Washington police sergeant is placed on paid leave, accused of hitting daughter

Two Indiana cops get "stiffer penalties than expected" (short suspensions) for excessive force

Minnesota deputy guilty of stalking his ex-girlfriend

Detroit cop who embezzled $27K shows up drunk for weekends in jail

Wisconsin drug team leader resigns over "inconsistencies" in testimony

Dallas officer accused of faking burglary story to hide his sex act in squad car

Monday, Dec. 14, 2009

Florida cop charged with raping woman after traffic stop

Former New York City cop admits trying to shake down man for drug money

California police officer convicted of sex-related charges

Dallas police acknowledge raiding wrong home in search for assault suspects

New Mexico city pays $200K for false imprisonment in police car

Drunk driving Canadian cop who killed motorcyclist will be charged only with obstruction of justice

Illinois sheriff's office again keeps personnel files under wraps

Mississippi cops gets 20 years for sexually assaulting a woman while on duty ten years ago

Pennsylvania cop cuts deal in illegal 'sexting' case

Indiana police officer involved in fatal wreck may have been drunk

Texas cop accused of using Taser on girlfriend might not do time

Texas police officer arrested for allegedly beating up student

Florida sheriff's deputy pleads guilty after showing porn movie to juveniles

Arizona deputy Police Chief quits, accused of host of violations

New Mexico cop facing termination, revoked law certification, after attacking tattoo parlor and its employees

Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009

Indiana cop gets one year for sexual battery of 15-year-old

Un-named Rhode Island cops are put on administrative duty as punishment for brutality

California town's police department sued over woman's arrest

Nevada cop convicted of 5 gross misdemeanors including 3 counts of misconduct of a public officer and 2 counts of oppression under color of office

Virginia police officer convicted of sexual battery

Georgia cop admits "accidentally threatening" to kill his wife during an argument

Pennsylvania police officer is accused of stealing money from evidence locker

Un-named Georgia cop is accused of taking a nude photo of himself at the job

Wisconsin officer charged in fraud scheme

Ex-federal agent pleads in theft of $100,000 in Louisiana

Jury finds New Mexico cops' search (obviously) unconstitutional

West Virginia FBI officer guilty of invasion of privacy

Beaten and acquitted firefighter now set to sue Massachusetts police

California police officer charged with embezzlement from officers association

Monday, Dec. 7, 2009

Alabama police officer convicted of rape, sexual assault, sentenced to 100 years

South Carolina officer charged with stealing $191 in gas

Florida officer gets 2 years in prison for his part in a drug operation

In Montana town's three-man police department, chief is suspended, one officer is under investigation and the other just returned from suspension

Former Texas cop indicted in New York for moving 200 tons of cocaine

Lawsuit says San Diego cops are "ruthlessly" driving homeless people away from downtown

New York town suspends police officer involved in assault case

Vermont police coerce man to consent to search

Colorado deputies use Taser on ‘out of control’ child

Florida police chief found guilty of manslaughter

Arizona cops protest to support colleague who stole court documents

Florida cop gets 2 years for tipping off gangsters

NYPD officer accused of helping drug gang

Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009

California deputy convicted in lobster-poaching case

New Jersey officer indicted for misconduct, aggravated assault

California cop convicted in gropings

Illinois police made wrongful arrest, held 4-year-old on Thanksgiving

Arkansas police arrest deputy from adjoining county on drunk & disorderly

Colorado cop gets 48 hours in jail for theft

Arkansas police officer sentenced to 12 years in prison for cocaine dealing and related crimes

Missouri police officer sentenced in drug sale

Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009

Witness describes hoe Tennessee cops killed man at hospital

Drug prosecution collapses after Missouri officer's claimed surveillance is shown to include day he didn't work

Texas cops kill dog, then use Taser on dog’s deaf elderly owner

Oregon cop gets six months for multiple counts of official misconduct, telephonic harassment and menacing

Two civil rights groups sue Maryland sheriff's department over woman's arrest

Massachusetts cop gets six months for excessive force, false report

Judge rips NYPD on false arrests as brothers sue for $10M over wrongful narcs bust

Pennsylvania trooper allegedly stomps man's face into floor

Feds investigate Illinois cops over excessive force

Monday, Nov. 30, 2009

Indiana police officer guilty of theft, misconduct

Kansas cops steal $550,000 from trucker

Officer who got in trouble in one West Virginia town now working in another

Allegations of police brutality probed in New Jersey

Maine Police Chief accused of misuse of authority

California city mum on payout to settle lawsuit over false police report

South Carolina officer fired for violating Public Safety policy

Pittsburgh pays $50,000 after cop illegally tickets man for flipping the bird

Oklahoma police officer shoots his firefighter brother-in-law, then kills himself, officials say

Illinois sheriff's deputy accused in lawsuit of harassing his neighbor

Arkansas police officer gets probation after pleading guilty to theft

Friday, Nov. 27, 2009

Arizona's "tough" sheriff Joe Arpaio's crew forces inmate to give birth while shackled, then won't allow her to hold baby

Connecticut cop is suspended with pay after killing two in wreck while driving 94 mph on return from emergency call

Oregon police officer in 12-year-old girl's beanbag shooting files for stress disability

Tennessee police officer convicted of excessive force for beating handcuffed man about the head

California family sues over wrong-address SWAT raid

Jury convicts former Detroit cop in man's death

Federal lawsuit filed against Atlanta police over raid at gay club

Customs officer and wife convicted of bribery, drug importation

Cops have no comment as elderly black man sues over SWAT raid in Dallas

Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009

Cops fired or forced to quit have no problem finding new jobs in different police departments

California transit cop breaks window with drunk's face

Massachusetts cop quits and is charged with making false statements to FBI agents in ongoing corruption investigation

California police officer gets 13 years for robbing banks

Former Colorado police chief is convicted of conspiracy to commit sexual assault on a child — says he was working undercover at the time

Ohio police chief convicted in Sarah Jessica Parker surrogate theft

Wyoming trooper gets 15 years for kidnapping, extortion plot

Former Pennsylvania cop gets 30 years for robbery from drug dealer

Alabama cop gets double whammy — suspended sentence and probation — for illegal access to Law Enforcement Tactical System

Bus driver beaten by Illinois cop is prosecuted for allegedly false report

Monday, Nov. 23, 2009

Head of Chicago Police Sergeant's Association is arrested for embezzling funds from police union

Indiana police officer faces meth charge

Chief says Pennsylvania officer he won't identify will be suspended for using 'excessive force'

NYPD officer convicted of perjury

FBI probes whether New Jersey police stole from dealers

Florida cop's reputation is hurt by long record of perjury and dozens of complaints

Un-named Maryland police officer faces misconduct charge for staging mock raid using police boat and helicopter

Ohio police lieutenant gets three "penalty days" for off-duty road rage incident

Un-named Oregon police employee is disciplined but not fired over phony charges leading to $295,000 lawsuit settlement

Veteran Louisiana officer arrested for shoplifting; retires from force

Texas cop is charged with drunk driving after wrecking unmarked police car

California cop is arrested on domestic violence charges

Texas sheriff's deputy pleads guilty in phonied up methamphetamine bust

Arkansas sheriff charged with embezzlement in case involving possible sale of seized gun

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

Florida cop sues over allegedly unfair news coverage of his dumping quadriplegic from wheelchair

Self-styled "tough" sheriff in Arizona says he'll defy judge's order to have deputy apologize for stealing documents in courtroom

Alaska corrections officer gets nine years for eight years of raping child

Maryland school cop convicted on child porn charges

28 Florida police officials, including captains, majors, undercover officers and the department spokesman, provided protection for man running Ponzi scheme

Texas Customs officer convicted of corruption

Alabama cop acquitted of evidence tampering, false reporting, and attempting to distribute a controlled substance but convicted of possessing an altered firearm asks for acquittal or new trial

Lawsuit says Illinois cops dangled suspect out window before killing him

North Carolina cop charged with rape

DC cop contradicts past testimony, says police chief ordered mass arrests of hundreds of protesters

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009

Kansas cop who offered to trade sex for dismissal of DUI charge is convicted ... of wire fraud ... and gets probation

Delaware cops say they'll close probe into police brutality unless witnesses meet alone with cops

Colorado town hires private investigator to investigate cops' investigation of crooked cop

Illinois State's Attorney to investigate shooting allegedly by ex-cop

Michigan cops tell ACLU they'll stop illegally entering homes without warrants (and local paper calls it a "quarrel")

Kansas county pays $499,000 to settle police misconduct lawsuit

NAACP says Maryland police altered video of killing

Georgia deputy who's accused of stalking left explicit messages

Vermont cop charged for killing neighbor's dog

Texas police officer sentenced to three years for child porn

Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009

Fired Pennsylvania cop is charged with having sex with runaway

British cop convicted of sexual offences against women he met while on duty

Flint, Michigan pays $800K to settle lawsuit over illegal raid

New York cop already sentenced for bank robbery gets more time for two more bank robberies

California police officer charged with theft

Convicted Kentucky jailer tries to avoid prison time for helping cover up inmate beatings

New Jersey police officer gets 12-year term for sex assault

Tennessee trooper is suspended for sending white pride e-mail

New Jersey jail guard gets five years for smuggling drugs to inmate

Texas officer fired after allegations of inappropriately touching teen

Federal Court upholds right of woman to sue after Florida police officers tackle her in emergency room during premature birth

Louisiana cop suspended after fight with a downtown restaurant manager

Florida cop kicks suspect already on the ground

Texas sheriff's deputy gets 15 years in federal prison for drug and firearm charges

Two Arizona police officers quit amid sex, fraud investigation

Louisiana officer charged with domestic abuse, sexual battery

Drug materials found at home of Tennessee deputy accused of ID theft ; more charges expected

Investigators find "no wrongdoing" as California cops enter wrong house and kill family dog

Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

Cops steal stuff, as a routine part of their jobs. Victims are extorted to get their property back, or simply don't get their property back, and it's kept by cops or sold to add funds to police budgets. This time the story is set in Detroit, but it's routine in many American police departments.

Missouri police won't name bail bondsmen who raided wrong home

Louisiana cop is accused of on-duty rape

Pennsylvania "rogue cop" gets 30 years for robbing a drug dealer and participating in a home invasion

Third Missouri police officer sentenced in federal corruption case

North Carolina city pays $150K to settle police brutality and false arrest lawsuit

Montana cop gets deferred sentence for embezzling from police union

Florida detective resigns as investigation nobody will talk about continues

Missouri cop sues over being shot by Illinois cop

Connecticut cops investigate police brutality allegations

Missouri cop arrested for on-duty drunk driving

Monday, Nov. 9, 2009

FBI agent gets probation for conspiracy to invade the privacy of young girls

Ohio police tackle and Taser man as he tries to rescue people from burning home

Alaska cop and police academy teacher is convicted of 16 child sex abuse and pornography charges

Canadian corrections officer gets fourteen days in jail for brutal beating

Tape raises questions about San Jose Police use of force

North Carolina cop sentenced to a week in jail on misdemeanor charges of assault by pointing a gun, simple assault and communicating threats

Video of "controversial traffic stop" is at odds with officers' testimony

Texas cops arrest Good Samaritan who came to injured pedestrian's assistance

"I'm in my house just listening to music, and these cops are going to go inside my house without letting me know and kill my dog for no reason"

Indiana cop faces lawsuit over drive-by shootings

Five Virginia Department of Corrections officers charged in dog fondling

British police officer convicted of sexually assaulting male colleague

Federal corrections officer indicted on civil rights charges related to fatal assault on prison inmate

Kansas police officer accused of selling stolen video games

Michigan officer sentenced to jail, probation for sex on the job

TV news cameraman cites 'excessive force' in suit against New Jersey officer

Video shows Tennessee deputy beating the hell out of motorist

Attorney questions un-named Texas trooper's shooting story

California cop arrested for child molestation

Drunk-driving Utah police officer resigns after causing four-car crash

Colorado police department won't say why officer who quit was being investigated

Connecticut man sues over false arrest

Judge upholds $360,000 verdict in case of cop who beat man in hospital

Off-duty New York cop accidentally shoots, kills friend while showing off his Glock

Ohio cop charged with assault in incident at Dayton pharmacy

Utah cop gets suspended sentence for exceeding the authority of a search warrant

Louisiana sheriff's deputy accused of sex with juvenile

Wyoming cop disappears when charges of sexual assault are filed against him

Second Alabama officer indicted in child rape case

Kentucky deputy gets 30 years for plot to kill candidate for sheriff

Philadelphia police officer charged with dealing drugs and plotting to steal what he believed was a drug stash seeks a deal

Pennsylvania cop gets probation for assault of a man who was asleep at home

Convicted Canadian cop remains on duty

Kansas cop gets long sentence for sexually abusing a child

Customs officer gets 135 months for alien smuggling, bribery and drug trafficking

New York cop gets 25-year sentence for murdering fiance

Alabama cop gets 22 years for beating man to death

Alabama prison guard gets one year for taking drugs into prison

California cop pleads no contest in off-duty gun brandishing incident

Video shows Arizona cop pilfering defense materials in court

Tennessee police officer sentenced to 27 months in prison for civil rights violations

Texas internal affairs detective suspended for biased investigation of killing by cop

California cops pay $5K after running innocent man's photo in murderer-wanted ad

Ex-head of New York police pleads guilty to eight charges

Minnesota police officer Tasers man in neck while his hands are on hood of the car

81-year-old Tasered by Alaska police

Massachusetts cop arrested for downloading child pornography at police station

Monday, Nov. 2, 2009

Utah cops track down and arrest teens for harmless burger ‘rap' at McDonald's drive-thru

New Jersey police officer sentenced for theft

Prosecutors won't charge LAPD officers in MacArthur Park police riot

Michigan cop convicted of gross indecency, misconduct in office

Florida police officer gets 2 years for role in drug sale

Pregnant Latina says she was forced to give birth in shackles after racial-profiling arrest

Investigators waited a month before even trying to question Canadian cop who shot and killed teenager

Feds investigate three Indiana cops who held a gun to a woman's head to force her to assist in an attempted drug bust

Oklahoma cops under investigation for corruption

In Minneapolis, costs of police misconduct add up

Washington cops who used fraudulent diplomas to qualify for raises keep their jobs

Washington man is allegedly jailed for trying to file complaint against police

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

Oklahoma cop gets suspended sentence for years of thefts from evidence locker

Florida prison guard who arranged murder of prisoner gets life in prison

Los Angeles Police Department freaks out America with new Orwellian ad

Ex-cop from Alabama sentenced to 125 months in child porn case

Former Alabama cop sentenced to 7 years in prison

Deputy marshal in Illinois gets 4 years for information leak

Canadian officers accused of inciting violence at protest

Video shows DC cop slamming 16-year-old onto squad car

Video shows California cops San Jose police officers using baton, Taser on suspect

Maryland cop pulls gun on mall haunted house worker

Utah jail officer gets a year in jail for having child porn

Five Virginia correctional officers charged in dog fondling

Massachusetts newspaper that revealed police bonuses gets boycott and silent treatment from cops

Former U.S. marshal sentenced for leak in witness protection program

Illinois cop is sentenced to prison for embezzlement... again

Monday, Oct. 26, 2009

City commissioner criticizes three-year police investigation into Oregon cops' killing of mentally ill man

Ohio cop charged with on-duty drunk driving

Virginia cop convicted of obstructing justice and making false statement to investigators gets his sentence reduced

Texas trooper gets six months in jail for organized criminal activity, but remains on the job

West Virginia cop who beat black man and falsely charged white girlfriend gets two years in prison

Virginia cop gets probation on corruption charges

New Jersey cops guilty of second-degree conspiracy to commit official misconduct, for

Video shows one Canadian cop stomping on and kicking a suspect lying face down on the ground, while another officer walks on the victim's legs

Chicago Police throw benefit for officer who allegedly drove drunk, killed two people, and fled the scene of the accident

Texas police illegally ticketed drivers (dozens of times) for not speaking English

Minnesota town pays $100K to settle suit over videotaped police beating

Unidentified Nevada officer shoots and kills dog, family says for "no reason"

Barber in videotaped beating by California police was held nearly two days without being booked into jail or charged, says attorney

Why are New York cops arresting gay people on charges ruled unconstitutional 26 years ago?

Texas police chief says he'll investigate after cop posts photo on MySpace showing Tasered suspect wetting himself

Unidentified Kentucky cop mistakenly shoots burglary victim

South Dakota cop convicted of raping drunk woman in squad car

Missouri attorney accuses police of wrongdoing

California cop gets paid leave while co-workers investigate claim that he raped teenager

Jury awards woman $1.5-million after Chicago police officers conspire to violate her civil rights

Phoenix pays $750K to settle lawsuit after cop in unmarked vehicle runs down bicyclist

Already facing brutality rap, Pennsylvania cop is sued twice more

Minnesota police chief who was fired for drug addiction sues, claiming substance abuse deserves protection under Americans with Disabilities Act

Dallas Police change public intoxication policy amid complaints from non-drunk people arrested, pepper-sprayed

Charges could be dropped against Indiana deputy who choked daughter

Recently-demoted Florida cop is suspended for unexplained reasons

Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009

Illinois police officer already facing predatory assault charges is arrested for possession of child pornography

Nevada cop gets plea bargain for child molestation

School cop in Tennessee charged with raping student

Indiana police chief suspended for insubordination

Girlfreind-beating and Wal-Mart greeter shoving Tennessee cop loses his job

Pennsylvania cop gets 30 day suspension for soliciting sex from female inmate

California cop accused of sexual harassment had prior solicitation arrest

Kansas cop accused of drug charges pleads guilty to two felonies

Virginia cop from "Party Crashers" unit is convicted of DUI

Nevada cop is fired for at least three gas fill-ups for his personal vehicle on a department credit card

Illinois cop who beat student for untucked shirt jailed on rape charges

Georgia cop pleads guilty in sexual assault of 14-year-old in custody

California man dies after being Tasered by police

New Jersey cops admit springing drunk driver

New Jersey cop gets probation for shoplifting

California cop sentenced for Internet child porn

California cop accused of compromising murder investigation goes back on patrol

Arizona customs officer pleads guilty to accepting bribes to allow illegal immigrants to enter the country

Utah police officer charged with enticing a minor over the Internet

Massachusetts officer charged in fight is fired

California police officer isn't charged in machine gun shooting

Claim: California police helped cover up abuse of officer's wife

Monday, Oct. 19, 2009

Ohio cop gets probation for felonious assault and burglary charges

Tennessee cop pleads guilty to providing protection for drug dealer

New York cop gets paid leave after accusations of harassment

Lawsuit filed over Illinois cops' deadly gunplay at church daycare center and lies afterwards

Illinois police officer facing sexual abuse charges arrested again after leaving court

Meth case tossed after Oklahoma cops' testimony is deemed inconsistent

Activist arrested and beaten by New Hampshire police

Florida cop fired after drawing gun on mother and children in front of school

Media decides tasered grandmother was asking for it

California cop is charged with a dozen felony counts

Friday, Oct. 16, 2009

Illinois cop arrested for sexual assault of a 9 year old

Florida couple sues for damages in wrong-house raid

North Carolina sheriff pleads not guilty to obstruction of justice, refuses to resign

California police chief who shot dog is ordered to turn in gun

Oregon police officer gets six years in prison for robbing bank

Gun charge may be dropped over New York officer's departmental sanction

Canadian police dip into victims' cash

Former California cop wanted on child pornography charges

Undercover California cops infiltrate student group

Former Michigan police chief pleads guilty to fraud

New York cop who refused blood-alcohol test indicted in fatal wreck

Ohio deputy fired for drunk driving and then rehired resigns

Ohio cop gets nine months for 2 counts of aggravated statutory rape

Texas police officer on trial for child porn, sexual assault

Texas cop in choke-hold death may face charge

Alabama police officer arrested for insurance fraud

Claim: California police helped cover up abuse of officer's wife

Virginia sheriff’s deputy charged with hit and run

Illinois police officer fired for viewing hours of porn on squad car computer

Father of autistic California boy who was Tasered by cops files federal lawsuit

Lawsuit filed over killing by California transit cop

Ohio police chief sidesteps hearing by resigning

New York cop hits pregnant woman's car, drives away

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009

Cops say unidentified Illinois police officer has resigned after beating (or as CNN puts it, “alleged beating”) of student is caught on tape

Ohio officer drives drunk, uses dispatcher to avoid colleagues, and helps friend in domestic violence case ... and is given full reinstatement to the police force with back pay

Ohio corrections officer arrested on drug charge

Missouri cop who stole cash, planted drugs, charged an innocent man, and lied to cover it up gets one year in jail

Florida deputy allegedly extorted marijuana grower

Connecticut cop accused of theft gets "special program" instead of jail time

Thousands of dollars missing from Michigan police safe

Michigan sheriff says he'll investigate allegations that deputies have unlawfully entered homes, even as he says details of the reported misconduct are false

US police stop more than 1 million people on street; stop-and-frisk policies alarm civil libertarians who worry about profiling

Arizona cop who mistakenly shot at homeowner (six times) “acted within public policy”, police board rules

Off-duty NYPD cop arrested after flashing his gun on train

Monday, Oct. 12, 2009

Illinois cop caught on camera in student's beating is already in jail on rape charge

Two Missouri police officers charged with stealing "stolen" goods

Un-named Michigan cop is fired, and nobody will say why

Second officer in Georgia resigns after allegedly stealing county funds used in narcotics investigations

Third cop in New York town is placed on leave for "conduct unbecoming an officer" and misuse of city property

Chicago Police stonewall on rape investigations

Chicago Police stonewall on investigation of beating

Louisiana authorities investigate whether unidentified cop knew kids were growing marijuana in his house

New Hampshire authorities investigate un-cited allegations against sheriff

Strip search of woman by Ohio Sheriff's Deputies called outrageous

Northern Illinois University will review police chief's performance after he berates and threatens journali8st

North Carolina sheriff could face obstruction of justice charges

New York cops gave woman shake-and-break ride, woman alleges

Texas cop suspended as part of a drug probe

Budget cuts end police oversight in Florida's Miami-Dade

Deputy Police Chief in Massachusetts resigns to avoid disciplinary hearing on gun theft; no word on whether he'll face charges

Friday, Oct. 9, 2009

Ohio policeman gets 3-year sentence for 'reprehensible' fraud on suicide victim's wife

Un-identified Texas cop opens fire on woman playing with dog

Un-identified Illinois cop beats special needs student on camera

More molestation charges against fired Arizona officer

Indiana cop gets 42 months for wire fraud, weapon charges

Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009

Ohio deputy who was fired for driving drunk and hampering investigation gets job back with back pay and benefits

Florida cop attempts drive-by Tasering, runs over suspect

New Hampshire Attorney General says ex-police chief admitted to theft

New York police officer charged with child molestation

9-1-1 call recorded beginnings of cops' cover-up of killing

New Jersey police officer pleads guilty to theft by deception

Judge calls Massachusetts cop "absolutely corrupt", slaps him with restraining order

California police won't say much about cops caught attempting to bring contraband across the border from Mexico

California cop arrested for real estate fraud case

Pregnant Massachusetts cop accuses fellow officer of rape

Police brutality settlement could cost Milwaukee 3-million

New York Police Chief indicted on 11 charges

Oregon deputy is arrested for drunk driving, fleeing scene

Texas internal affairs investigation is found so biased toward the officers that it lacks credibility

Lawsuit accuses Illinois cop of fake DUI arrests

California police chief surrenders guns after restraining order against him

Florida police officer trainee resigns following investigation

North Carolina sheriff fires chief deputy after conviction for obstruction of justice

Former New York officers among those arrested in alleged vehicle theft ring

Former Oklahoma police chief sentenced to 30 years for child abuse

Oklahoma trooper once again accused of using excessive force

Massachusetts cop fired after off-duty fight

3 LAPD officers charged with lying in drug case

Monday, Oct. 5, 2009

Florida corrections officer convicted of gouging out inmate's eye

Indiana cop who watched porn at work will keep job

ACLU reports "astonishing pattern" of racial profiling in Louisiana

Ohio officer Accused Of Taking Drugs From Evidence Room

Washington police officer fired over videotaped beating of teenage girl in cell

Ohio cop arrested for DUI and public indecency

27-month sentences handed down in Oklahoma sheriff scandal

Un-named Oklahoma cop kills 10-year-old boy's dog

Connecticut cop is suspended after arrest for sexual assault on minor

Georgia deputy charged with taking money at traffic stop

Florida deputy accused of beating wife

“Stop! Don’t hurt my grandfather!”

Florida deputy arrested on extortion charge

Texas city pays $250,000 to settle lawsuit over cop's negligent driving that led to accident (cop wasn't disciplined)

Trooper, Maryland State Police named in brutality lawsuit

New York cop found guilty in killing of fiancée

New York detective charged with harassment and official misconduct

Two Michigan cops fired three years after killing man, beating brother

Friday, Oct. 2, 2009

Texas police officer resigns after third arrest

New York police officer was slurring, refused Breathalyzer as woman lay dying, so test was postponed seven hours

Jury awards $35,000 to Missouri man beaten and gassed at traffic stop by cops, one of whom is now police chief

Massachusetts firefighter claims police brutality; cop's story conflicts with other cop's story

Oregon man sues after being arrested for filming cops

Indiana deputies get 90 days and 30 days for charity theft

Pennsylvania liquor-law officer indicted in shakedowns

Family sues after un-armed man is shot dead in his back yard by California cops

Arizona cop accused of defrauding police union

Un-named Illinois cop is arrested for actions "relating to the officer's officials conduct as a police officer"

"The video clearly shows that the officer lied in the police report"

Colorado cop arrested for tipping off lover about meth raid

New York town to pay $62,500 in false arrest lawsuit

Fired New York cop pleads guilty in pleads guilty of “reduced sex crimes”

Louisiana police chief who resigned in June is arrested for theft

23 police officers disciplined in Utah

Judge finds Arizona deputy chief in contempt of court

U.S. Capitol Police officer found sleeping it off in woman's bed

Dallas pays $250,000 and cop gets one-day suspension after speeding cop kills kid on bicycle

Former Alabama police sergeant convicted of murder

Jury awards $500K to Oregon woman hit by police car

FBI confirms civil rights probe of California police over civil rights violations

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009

Georgia cop fired for inappropriate comments had been fired from earlier police job for child pornography

81-year-old man tased three times by California police

New Jersey cop indicted in assault case

Minnesota police settle suit in Taser arrest for $200K

Oregon cop whose shooting of a Portland man two years ago cost city half a million dollars is accused of excess force in new $300,000 lawsuit

Texas sheriff's deputy investigation still inching along

"And we're all watching like, what are you doing? What are you doing to this child?"

Michigan police officer accused of stealing from crime tip fund

Compiled by
Helen & Harry Highwater
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