Cops you won't see on TV's COPS

Latest update:   Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011

Georgia deputies are charged with beating a handcuffed man

California police chief says photographers can be detained for taking pictures "with no apparent aesthetic value"

Police in Texas are allowed to destroy evidence

Fired North Carolina police officer charged in robbery

Florida cop is charged with aggravated domestic assault with a deadly weapon

Oklahoma police officer charged with taking nearly $1,700 at traffic stops

New Mexico cop, charged in road rage incident, is ordered to surrender all of his weapons

Arizona school cop is charged with sexual abuse of teenaged girl

Kentucky sheriff accused of fondling two former female employees and threatening them at gunpoint and then trying to hide evidence

Texas cop charged with sexual assault on 12-year-old relative

Baltimore Police Commissioner says 50 officers implicated in a kickback scandal with a towing company and another cop charged with running a large-scale heroin operation are just a few bad apples

North Carolina sheriff's captain charged with prostitution

Fired South Carolina jailer is charged with a sex crime involving a 7-year-old girl

Maryland deputy charged with assault

Massachusetts corrections officer arraigned on assault & battery, vandalism counts

Louisiana police officer charged with possessing child porn

Wisconsin cop is fired thirteen months after 90mph fatal red light-running wreck

Former Missouri police officer charged in murders, rapes

Ohio deputy arrested on drug charges

Texas deputy, wife convicted in extortion case

Kansas cop charged with hunting without a license

Kentucky jailer charged with soliciting cash or sexual favors to get an inmate illegally out of jail

Mississippi school cop pleads guilty to exploitation of a child

Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011

Massachusetts cop gets 6+ years for child sexual assault

Louisiana cop arrested for domestic violence

California cop gets probation for pepper spraying handcuffed suspect

"We can do this the easy way and you can take us to your house to look around, or we can detain you for six hours while we get a warrant and go to your house and shoot your dog"

Chilling video captures man's cries for help as he is Tased and beaten to death by police

Guards and supervisors at Florida juvenile lockup never sought emergency care for a teenager who died after screaming in pain and vomiting for hours

Police shooting triggers London riot

Kentucky jailer is jailed for allegedly taking cash and sex to let prisoners out of jail

Pennsylvania deputy sheriff arrested for assaulting romantic rival

Georgia jailer arrested in sex sting

California deputy charged with having sex with a minor is jailed after posting threats on Facebook

5 New Orleans cops guilty in post-Katrina Danziger Bridge shootings, cover-up

Former Minnesota cop gets 90 days in jail for strangulation assault of girlfriend

California prison guard is arrested for pharmacy armed robbery

Alabama police officer is arrested on burglary, theft charges

Iowa police officer is arrested for allegedly threatening to arrest a woman if she didn’t go to his apartment and sexually assaulting her there

Another Florida police officer is arrested and charged with official misconduct

Virginia police officer arrested on theft charges

Wife files order of protection against Michigan cop accused of domestic violence

Texas cop gets 6+ years for his role in cocaine caravan

Michigan cop is arrested for domestic assault

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Illinois sheriff's deputy charged with child endangerment is suspended with pay

Florida police officer is arrested in underage sex ring sting

Florida "Officer of the Year" suspected of drug dealing

TSA worker arrested after allegedly stealing iPad and stuffing it down his pants

A growing number of Los Angeles police officers who have used excessive force, driven while intoxicated, falsely imprisoned people or committed other serious misconduct are being let off without punishment as part of a new, controversial approach to discipline at the LAPD

Ex-Missouri police officer is charged in cold-case homicides

Virginia cops charged in murders, and stealing more than $43K from an 85-year-old woman

Minnesota sheriff's deputy charged with illegally revealing private information about a former jail inmate

DC police officer charged with sexually abusing three women while armed and on duty

Tennessee sheriff deputy fired, charged with improper euthanasia

Massachusetts correctional officer held on charges of stabbing husband

Georgia deputy jailer charged with hit and run accident

Louisiana sheriff's deputy arrested and booked with indecent behavior with a juvenile

Former Capitol Police deputy chief is arrested following an altercation

Illinois police officer charged with striking another cop

Pennsylvania police officer is arrested in casino brawl

Illinois cops found liable for arresting black meter reader who was working in white neighborhood

Louisiana police officer is charged in early morning fight

Florida prison guard arrested for drug conspiracy

New York public safety officer charged with manslaughter, DWI

12-year prison term for Alabama police officer who resigned after 120mph fatal drunk driving wreck

Probation officer accused of taking money from probationers

Former Pentagon police officer is sentenced for child sex offense

Missouri cop is in trouble for releasing arrested person in exchange for sexual favors

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Florida correctional officer arrested in drug sting

Vermont deputy accused of assault is now facing more charges for allegedly calling his accuser and threatening her

Fired Florida deputy gets 27 months in fraud case

Ohio police Tase and pepper spray mentally handicapped teen after mistaking speech impediment for "disrespect"

Nebraska cop charged with assault at 'Nebraska City Rampage'

Bail review set for California ex-detective in off-duty death

Texas police officer fired, charged with stealing driver's gun

Former Idaho deputy bound over on 1st degree murder charge

Chicago cop is accused in $50,000 swindle of dad's estate

Former Missouri deputy in court on burglary, theft charges

Georgia detention officer sentenced to 5 years for fatal shooting

Fired New Jersey police officer charged with giving false info while seeking job

Car crash victim dies after being Tased by Florida police

Mississippi deputy jailer charged with sexual assault

Florida deputy arrested, relieved of duty in excessive force case

Fired Oregon sheriff's deputy arrested for rape

Tennessee deputy jailer arrested for rape

Indiana deputy arrested for domestic violence

Un-named Florida deputy arrested, under investigation

Fired Arizona police officer arrested for alleged sex offenses involving children

Alabama corrections officer arrested on charges of sexual conduct with an inmate

Charges filed against Florida officer accused of targeting and robbing Hispanics

Florida cop guilty of molesting daughter

Tennessee police officer arrested after producing gun during domestic dispute

Texas police officer charged for trying to kiss woman at traffic stop

Iowa police officer arrested for domestic assault

Georgia sheriff says to expect more cops to be arrested as federal investigation into corruption continues

Maryland police officer admits participating in smuggling of untaxed cigarettes and alcohol in corruption case

Massachusetts jail officer convicted of drug smuggling

Mississippi family says deputies had wrong house when they interrupted party, used Tasers

Monday, June 27, 2011

Illinois cop charged with stealing male enhancement pills

Former California police officer charged in Texas child porn case

Hawaii police officer charged in theft of firearm

Former Virginia police officer accused of sex crimes

Illinois correctional officer charged in bribery, tobacco smuggling scheme

California deputy formally charged in sex with minor case

Michigan sheriff's deputy charged with six felonies and five misdemeanors

New York cop arrested for sexually coercing woman at traffic stop

North Carolina cop arrested for prostitution

Three Georgia sheriff's officers charged with extortion

South Carolina corrections officer charged with 33 counts of fraud

D.A. says North Carolina deputy lied; charged in fatal crash

California deputy pleads not guilty to sex with minor

Fired Nebraska police officer charged in child porn case

Missouri police officer charged with involuntary manslaughter

Virginia police officers under investigation

Former South Carolina sheriff's deputy charged with assault, battery

Seventh D.C. police officer arrested in 5 months, charged with stealing thousands

16 D.C. police officers arrested so far this year

Fired South Carolina deputy sentenced to four years in prison for thefts

Colorado jail deputy arrested; police find loaded gun, steak knife in car

Florida deputy trainee arrested on grand theft charge

South Carolina deputy fired after video shows jailhouse attack on inmate

California jail officer must register as sex offender after conviction for assaults on inmates

Fired North Carolina deputy gets 42 months for embezzlement

California jail guard arrested after ripping his brother's pet snake in half

Massachusetts cop gets two years for viewing child pornography on dep't computers while on duty

Felony charge costs Indiana recruit police job

Crooked Texas cop gets 15 months in prison

Missouri cop convicted of shakedowns gets probation, house arrest

TSA officer arrested after items stolen from baggage found in raid

Off-duty California prison guard arrested after domestic dispute

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Las Vegas police officer arrested for strangling ex-wife

New Orleans cop is finally fired for his involvement in cover-up of 2005 murder

Philadelphia police harass, threaten to shoot man legally carrying gun; then charge him with disorderly conduct for recording them

California drug cop charged with marijuana crime

New Jersey police officer charged after allegedly pulling gun in bar confrontation

Florida deputy arrested for producing child porn

Video shows California police officers on tape possibly stealing property

Oregon woman wins $82K, after asking cop for ID and getting arrested

San Antonio police officer fatally shoots unarmed teen who scared him

Oregon deputy arrested on assault, mistreatment charges

Scandals plague "controversial" wingnut Arizona sheriff

Florida deputy gets plea deal on domestic violence charges

Texas deputy sentenced to 6 years in prison for his role in a plan to smuggle contraband into county jail

L.A. County to pay nearly $5 million in deputy's drunk driving crash

Illinois police officer charged with stealing drugs

Michigan police officer gets five years in sex assault case

New York cop arrested for assault

California deputy arrested, suspended on domestic violence charges

New York cop gets one year in jail for bribery, coercion

Immigration officer gets 5½ years in prison for accepting bribes

Georgia ex-cop charged in bookstore threat

New revelations of unchecked misconduct among LA traffic cops

Mother and son Louisiana police officers arrested after nightclub fight

Massachusetts K-9 officer starved dog to death

North Carolina police officer on leave after arrest on assault charge

Monday, May 16, 2011

California cop allegedly robbed prostitutes whose operations were competing with his own brothel

New York cop accused of rape says woman tried to seduce him

Arizona cops said guy they shot 71 times shot first, but that's not true

Washington cop in videotaped stomping incident will get to keep job

Pennsylvania cops' story doesn't pass smell test

Two NYPD cops eyed in case of Long Island killings

Two curiously un-named Wisconsin deputies arrested in separate incidents

City in New Jersey pays $15,000 to settle lawsuit against four police officers

Veteran Florida cop charged with sexual battery and lewd and lascivious battery

Un-named New York sheriff's deputy charged for illegal drug possession

Fired Oregon deputy accused of rape

California cop arrested on rape charge

North Carolina police officer, cadet arrested in 2007 car break-in

Former California police officer arrested for security fraud

Kansas lawman charged in wife's death

Former Illinois police officer charged with theft of guns

Illinois police officer suspended for part in strip club brawl

Louisiana deputy fired, charged with indecent behavior

Georgia police officer charged with theft of tools, suspended

Lawyers explain that Illinois cops charged in sex assault are guilty only of bad judgment

Illinois cop accused of planting evidence to get promotion

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

California city suspends its "ride-along program" after second deputy is arrested for having sex with teen Explorer Scout

Kansas cops break saggy-pants high school sophomore's arm and Taser him

Florida sheriff says jail guard propositioned inmate

Massachusetts deputy busted for trafficking coke

Idaho deputy is arrested after wife is strangled to death

Michigan deputy charged with forgery, theft

Mississippi police officer charged with felony child abuse

Once-fired Florida police officer in trouble again

Former Virginia cop ordered to register as sex offender

Ohio police officer gets prison term in stalking case

Louisiana police officer who was key witness in Katrina shooting trial arrested for alleged hit-and-run

California police officer arrested on child molestation charges

Texas police officer arrested on theft charges

California police officer jailed in drug unit scandal

Tennessee police officer sentenced to prison after shooting an unarmed man

North Carolina police officer is convicted of lying at trial

Oklahoma police officer is arrested on sexual assault complaint

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Monday, May 2, 2011

Washington cop won't be disciplined for sleeping through Amber alert while 12-year-old girl was murdered

Ohio chief deputy charged with rape, gross sexual imposition, endangering a child and kidnapping

Michigan deputy charged with forgery, theft

New York police officer pleads guilty to 100 armed robberies, stealing 250 kilograms of cocaine and $1M

Off duty New York cops guilty in attack on motorist

Denver deputy behind bars for sexual assault on a child

Georgia police officers accused of excessive force in melee at IHOP

Missouri city pays $130K to settle police brutality lawsuit

North Carolina sheriff's detective charged with molesting a child; fired by department

Ohio police detective arrested on felony charge

Florida police mistakenly raid judge's home and order family out of house at gunpoint during Easter dinner

Seattle police officer informs handcuffed suspect that "I'm going to beat the f*cking Mexican piss out of you, homey" and delivers as promised

Veteran Indiana police officer accused of stealing from drivers during traffic stops

Alleged illegal searches by NYPD may be increasing marijuana arrests

Former North Carolina local law enforcement officer arrested for sexually abusing his own child

California sheriff's deputy arrested on suspicion of having sex with an underage girl

Louisiana sheriff's deputy charged with assault, battery

California deputy charged with domestic violence

Justice Dept. probe of Seattle Police aided by self-incriminatingSPD video, court evidence

Monday, April 25, 2011

Five women sue convicted former Alaska police officer over on-duty sexually assaults

Fired Pennsylvania police officer gets 30 months for insurance-fraud scheme

Tennessee sheriff's deputy arrested

Virginia police officer arrested for fraud

Michigan sheriff's sergeant charged with improper use of database

Cincinnati Police officer arrested for obstructing justice

Oregon jury awards woman $82K after wrongful arrest — she asked cop for his ID card

Apparently, state police in Michigan are using devices that allow them to slurp all sorts of data off your mobile phone

New Jersey police reportedly fired over 30 rounds to kill 8-month-old puppy — hitting homes and cars in terrified neighborhood

Another excessive force case levied against Denver police officers could cost the city $50,000

Florida cop is arrested for falsifying information

Former Chicago cop convicted of exploiting 90-year-old man

Texas jailer gets 27 months for beating inmate

Pennsylvania cop charged with lying to police

California sheriff's deputy arrested for alleged sex with girl

New Mexico jail guard arrested in abuse case

Kentucky jailer arrested for soliciting prostitution

Curiously un-named Texas sheriff's deputy arrested after allegations of asking for sexual favors

San Jose police hit with two lawsuits alleging excessive force

Florida deputy arrested, charged with armed robbery

Police beating of Las Vegas man caught on tape

South Carolina deputy arrested for gambling charges

California prison guard admits smuggling cell phones

Judge sets $10,000 bail for Florida deputy sheriff accused of armed robbery, battery

Kansas police officer in court on rape charge

Monday, April 18, 2011

California school guard is convicted of child molestation

Georgia police officer arrested for battery

North Carolina deputy charged with embezzlement

New York cop who killed college student in disputed shooting is named "Officer of the Year"

Mississippi police officer fired after arrest on drug charge in Texas

Hawaii prison guard sentenced to 18 months for sexually assaulting an inmate

Video shows Florida jail guard attacking school employee

Pennsylvania corrections guard accused of beating

Florida sheriff's sergeant charged with trafficking oxycodone and withholding information from a doctor

California deputy gets 20 years for seeking bribes

Former Pennsylvania police officer arrested, charged with assault

North Carolina cop is arrested for kidnapping and sexual assault

New York corrections officer busted in cocaine deal, prosecutors say

Monday, April 11, 2011

Two Chicago police officers accused of sexual assault/rape

Utah family calls police out of concern for son leaving without taking his diabetic medicine; police run son off road and fatally shoot him

New Jersey police illegally detain honors student over cellphone footage

US Department of Justice launches formal civil-rights investigation into Seattle Police Department's "patterns" and "practices"

Curiously un-named Border Patrol agent arrested on marijuana charges

New York cop nearly doors cyclist, then chases and arrests her

Georgia cop busted with marijuana in his pants

Texas police officer peppersprays baby squirrel, enrages middle schoolers

Missouri sheriff accused of distributing meth

Kansas cops pay $27K settlement for excessive force and racial profiling

Video shows Pennsylvania police officer beating baseball fan

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Missouri deputy resigns after shooting pet Chihuahua, again and again

Colorado police officer is arrested for inappropriately touching 19-year-old woman during pat-down search

Off-duty Tennessee police officer is charged with assault on deputies

Former Pittsburgh detective charged in prostitution sting

Nevada police officer is charged with domestic battery and burglary

West Virginia police officer is charged with domestic battery

Alabama corrections officer charged with selling drugs at jail

Two former New Orleans police officers receive stiff sentences in Katrina killing

Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011

Maryland sheriff's deputy charged with child sex abuse

Indiana cop is charged with multiple criminal sexual conduct crimes

New Jersey police leave teens locked in van for 14 hours without heat or water

Florida jail guard accused of attacking school employee

Retired Pennsylvania cop gets 35 years in child sex assault

Curiously un-named Ohio corrections officer placed behind bars after inmate accuses him of sexual assault

Nebraska police officer convicted of harassing women

Texas police officer arrested for possession of marijuana

Fired Virginia sheriff's deputy is charged with trying to arrange sex with an 11-year-old girl

New Jersey cop charged with abuse after allegedly propositioning 16-year-old girl

"Dark day" for Colorado town's police department as 29-year veteran cop is charged with sexual exploitation of a child and contributing to the delinquency of a minor

Tennessee sheriff's lieutenant charged with theft

Why are these Texas police officers still on the street?

Monday, Mar. 28, 2011

Three DC police officers charged with attempting to receive stolen goods

Two Louisiana sheriff's jailers arrested, fired

Georgia deputy fired for sexually assault is reindicted on additional charges

Milwaukee police officer is charged with stealing a 7-year-old boy's Social Security number to make purchases

Justice Dept probe of New Orleans Police Department finds a pattern of misconduct including the use of excessive force and illegal stops and searches

Michigan Supreme Court sides with rapper Dr. Dre and against cops

Restaurant owner says angry cop hit him with car

Court denies qualified immunity for botched SWAT raid

Washington trooper won't face charges for "accidentally" shooting pregnant woman in crack raid

Police shootings of blacks in Miami draws outrage

Tuesday, Mar. 22, 2011

New Mexico town's chief of police is charged with smuggling guns into Mexico

NYPD keeps 300 cops on the payroll at an annual cost to taxpayers of $22 million, though police brass don't trust them enough to give them guns or badges

Florida police officer charged with battery, false imprisonment

North Carolina deputy gets 18 months in drug case

Fired California cop is convicted of 10 felony counts of asking for bribes, one felony count of sexual battery by restraint, one felony count of oral copulation under color of authority, three misdemeanor counts of soliciting another to engage in lewd conduct

18-year veteran California police officer is accused of sexual battery during traffic stop

Wisconsin deputy is charged with homicide

Former North Carolina police officer says it was emotional distress that caused him to set several fires

California school cop is charged with multiple felonies including perjury and filing a false insurance claim

Friday, Mar. 18, 2011

Fired Georgia deputy is convicted of rape, kidnapping, false imprisonment, aggravated sodomy, aggravated sexual battery and two counts of aggravated assault

Washington deputy who quit during investigation is arrested for stealing K-9's training drugs

Louisiana deputy fired, arrested on malfeasance charges

Fired Connecticut cop gets nine months for reckless endangerment, four counts of fourth-degree computer crime, multiple Class A misdemeanors

Florida corrections officer faces drug charges

New Orleans police officer is sentenced to 45 years for kidnapping and attempted rape

Three D.C. officers arrested in another police undercover sting

Alabama city pays $500K settlement after SWAT cops shoot man in wrong-address raid

Monday, Mar. 14, 2011

Curiously un-named Kansas police officer arrested for allegedly shooting bouncer

New Jersey police department hit with new excessive force lawsuit

Michigan cop is charged with extortion, criminal sexual conduct, obstruction of justice by misconduct in office, and criminal sexual conduct

New York pays $170,000 to settle with nine people who were illegally stopped and frisked by police at city housing projects

California deputy sheriff arrested on suspicion of selling drugs

Massachusetts police officer suspended in wake of prostitution sting

Philadelphia cop fired, charged with assault, terroristic threats

Delaware police officer facing child porn charges

South Carolina town sees spate of law enforcement officers in trouble

Utah sheriff’s captain recently charged with sexually abusing a child is believed to have committed suicide

Thursday, Mar. 10, 2011

Oregon police officers use Tasers on two men who had surrendered, costing city almost $140,000 to settle lawsuits

Tennessee cops posed as a defense attorney to get suspect to incriminate himself

Peace activist sues Minneapolis for police violence, withholding evidence

Michigan cop who quit when caught pleads no contest in steroids case

New Jersey sheriff charged with corruption

Indiana deputy convicted of domestic violence, weapons charges gets 19 days in jail

NYPD detective faces charges of conspiracy for using drugs to pay off snitches

Monday, Mar. 7, 2011

Lawsuit may force Kansas City police to return stolen property to owners

Fired Pennsylvania cop is convicted in scheme to steal heroin during a fake traffic stop

Retired Ohio cop pleads guilty to attempted rape, pandering child pornography, possession of criminal tools, and 22 other counts

Former deputy from Arkansas to face rape charges there

Indiana sheriff's officer charged with pulling gun on wife, man, firing shot

Florida deputy charged with child cruelty

Texas police officer suspended after allegedly throwing tear gas canister into cook-off competitor's booth

Friday, Mar. 4, 2011

Kansas police officer charged with sexual battery

Florida schools police officer arrested

New Jersey cop is charged with official misconduct

Massachusetts police officer pleads guilty in injury scam

Ex-Alabama police officer sentenced to 33 months for gun-dealing scheme

Ex-NYPD cop/karate teacher gets nearly 22 years for molestation

Virginia police officer charged with sexual assault

Thursday, Mar. 3, 2011

Fired Oklahoma cop is charged with intimidation of a witness, offering false evidence, and falsely reporting a crime

Dallas police officer fired, arrested for allegedly beating motorist

Indiana deputy convicted of domestic violence, weapons charges gets 19 days in jail

Cops caught on tape discussing on how much property they can take from a house due to tiny amount of marijuana found

Former Florida deputy faces more charges

Another black eye for Chicago Police

Monday, Feb. 28, 2011

Kentucky cop allegedly assaults, points gun at wife

Louisiana cop convicted of attempted aggravated rape and second-degree kidnapping

Kansas police chief gets life in prison for bad-touching children

17 Baltimore police officers arrested in corruption probe

Massachusetts city pulls plug on police legal bills

What's next for disgraced Seattle Police officer Ian Birk?

Friday, Feb. 25, 2011

Child porn charges net fired Georgia police officer 25 years in prison

North Carolina cop is arrested for beating girlfriend

Florida correctional officer charged in domestic battery

Boston police officer is arrested on assault charges

Texas corrections officer jailed for attempting to sell drugs

Virginia police officer arrested for harassment

Mississippi cop gets 75 years for girl's rape

Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011

Alaska cop is convicted of serial on-duty rapes

Maryland red light camera tickets were "signed and certified" by dead cop

Thanks for misplacing the drunk redneck who assaulted me, Seattle Police!

Judge orders NYPD to turn over internal reports on more than 800 cop-related shootings dating back to 1997

Kentucky jailer arrested after admitting to sex abuse

New York cop gets probation for official misconduct

Pennsylvania deputy allegedly befriended an elderly neighbor to enter her home and steal her prescription drugs

Monday, Feb. 21, 2011

Fired Mississippi cop is convicted of statutory rape and sexual battery

Indiana cop resigns after being charged with battery

Minnesota police chief and cop placed on paid leave while curiouslyun-explained charges are investigated

Florida detentions deputy faces multiple charges after allegedly allowing jail assault

12-count lawsuit filed against infamously corrupt Arizona sheriff and others

No charges will be filed against cop who killed university student in a confused series of events

Washington cop who killed man on sidewalk in cold blood quits, but won't be charged

Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011

Tennessee cop who plied two underage girls with alcohol gets probation, and record will be wiped away

New Jersey police chief tells parents to hack kids' Facebook accounts

Fired Wisconsin cop is convicted of pointing a gun at two people while he was off-duty and drunk

Florida cop is fired for filing falsified report, insubordination

Virginia deputy accused of shoplifting 10 times

Fired South Carolina law officer busted for burglary

Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011

Fired Georgia police officers charged with lying to FBI

California police officer arrested on suspicion of engaging in sex acts with prostitutes

Massachusetts police officer long embroiled in controversy over allegations of police brutality and misconduct, resigns over yet another allegation of a domestic violence incident

Cops beat crap out of Rutgers students

27-year veteran Kentucky cop received vacation, holiday pay during suspension

Ex-NASA worker's suit alleges excessive force by Texas cops

Monday, Feb. 14, 2011

California cops ratchet up harassment of family of teen falsely charged with "attempted lynching" for photographing police

Secret hearing requested for case of Illinois state trooper who was driving 126 mph, talking on his cell phone and e-mailing when he caused the crash that killed two girls

Georgia cop is suspended with pay after being arrested for DUI, speeding, and possession of marijuana

California cop seems at fault after rear-ending motorist, who's charged with assault with a deadly weapon for hitting his brakes

Illinois police officer arrested on charges of possession of child pornography

Atlanta police promise to stop harassing people who videotape officers performing their duties in public

Friday, Feb. 11, 2011

ACLU monitor says she saw California sheriff's beat inmate like "a punching bag" as he lay limp for at least two minutes

More South Carolina police officers in off-duty trouble

Fired Ohio cop is indicted on two counts of drug trafficking, three counts of possession of a firearm in the commission of a drug trafficking crime, one count of conspiracy to traffic drugs

California cop charged with stealing tag from a motorist during a traffic stop

Florida correctional officer charged with tampering with victim of attempted murder

Former West Virginia police officer is arrested formaking meth

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011

Kentucky deputy indicted on wanton endangerment charges

Veteran California deputy faces domestic violence charges

South Carolina deputy convicted of beating handcuffed detainee

Georgia cop is charged with enticing a child for indecent purposes

Former Texas deputy convicted on gun charge

Former Illinois cop arrested for impersonating police officer in California

Ohio police officer, wife arrested for shoplifting

Monday, Feb. 7, 2011

New Jersey cop gets probation for insurance fraud

Utah cop gets six months in jail for attempted forcible sodomy and obstruction of justice

Texas family says deputy needlessly shot pet

Miami police vs. citizens with cameras

Uproar in Houston after video shows police beating 15-year-old suspect

Texas deputy constable arrested on assault charges

Friday, Feb. 4, 2011

California deputy accused of soliciting sexual favors from arrested woman

Fired Michigan deputy is arrested on sexual assault charge

Florida deputy arrested over jail contraband allegations

Mississippi police officer held on drug charges

Nevada police officer involved in Costco shooting faces felony charge

Missouri cop is sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting and robbing four paid escorts

Georgia SWAT officer sentenced to four years in prison for lying about a boating accident that left fellow officer dead

Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011

Florida police officer arrested in shooting resigns; victim paralyzed

Colorado police officer reinstated with back pay after being fired for using excessive force and breaking six department policies

Florida detention deputy charged with dealing in stolen property

Alabama police officer accused of shoplifting

Florida police officer accused of failing to turn over evidence

Jury convicts Pennsylvania trooper of one charge but acquits him of two others

Florida prison guard arrested for child porn possession

Texas trooper pleads guilty in steroids case

Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011

Florida police officers come forward with shocking accusations about Miami's top cop

Fired Florida police officer accused of extortion

Missouri cop admits sexual assaults, gets 25 years

Connecticut cop is accused of brutality for the ninth time

Ex-top Chicago cop convicted of perjury in torture of suspects keeps $3K per month pension

26-year veteran cop who heads Dallas PD's "Crime Stoppers" is indicted for defrauding program

Monday, Jan. 31, 2011

Oklahoma police chief is accused of assaulting city council member

California police officer who claimed he was shot while patrolling near a high school is arrested for making up the story

New Jersey detective allegedly injures teenage female relative in fight

New Mexico deputy charged in domestic dispute

Baltimore Police sued for $420,000 over "unlawful arrest"

Sacramento pays $96,000 to settle man's police brutality claim

Ohio sheriff prepares criminal complaint against a newspaper reporter for asking him questions

Friday, Jan. 28, 2011

Fired Georgia deputy gets six years in federal prison on corruption and drug charges

Supreme Court reinstates $625,000 judgment against Ohio prison officials who did nothing to prevent a guard's sexual assault of an inmate and then punished the victim

South Carolina cop is arrested for criminal domestic violence

Indiana jailkeeper gets probation for filing a false report that connected a bag of drugs found at the jail to the wrong inmate

Virginia police officer arrested, accused of bringing cell phone to prisoner

Probe of North Carolina trooper under wraps after woman alleges sexual misconduct during a traffic stop

Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011

Massachusetts cop is arrested for stealing marijuana from police evidence room

Retired New Jersey police officer gets 3-year prison term for fatal hit-and-run

Curiously un-named Texas cop is arrested for videotaped pepper spraying of teen in jail

Tennessee police officer arrested for domestic assault

Texas police officer arrested on aggravated sexual assault charge has past complaints

Mississippi cop who was arrested last week on a misdemeanor assault charge is hit with second round of charges including two felonies

Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011

Texas cop who raped transsexual prostitute gets one year in jail

Pennsylvania police use dog for target practice after woman calls cops for help

"From a tactical standpoint, it was very risky. Good arrest, shaky tactic — but, you know, they pulled it off. But the (suspect) died, unfortunately. Those things happen."

Illinois woman arrested for recording attempt to report police officer who sexually assaulted her

Minnesota sheriff's claims of anti-terror investigations "came from an active imagination"

A year after three Pennsylvania cops beat an unarmed music student, they are still getting paid to do nothing

Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011

NYPD gins up cops with anti-Muslim training video

Kentucky cop is suspended for giving a 7-year-old a ticket

Man falls to ground as instructed, cop then kicks him in the face

Judge calls Illinois sheriff "the worst of humanity" and sentences him to life in prison for trafficking marijuana on the job and a foiled plot to have potential witnesses killed

Detroit women get no help from police in arrest of alleged car thief

Tennessee cop drives off after hitting parked car, under investigation

Florida cops make illegal arrests for photographing cops

Monday, Jan. 24, 2011

Surveillance video shows Washington cop brutally attacking man, leaving him with catastrophic brain damage

Murder charge dropped due to Florida cop's false report

Wisconsin cop fired — but not charged? — for sexually assaulting a woman after he responded to her 911 call in July

After five years, the family of a Virginia optometrist killed by a SWAT team finally gets some closure

Second Denver cop/American Gladiator contestant is sued for excessive force

Virginia police pay $2M to settle lawsuit over unarmed man shot and killed by SWAT officer outside of his home

Friday, Jan. 21, 2011

Undercover sting ensnares ex-sheriff's deputy for theft, burglary in Missouri

California cop is arrested for trafficking steroids (pretty obvious; just look at the guy)

Former Minneapolis cop gets 20 years in prison for robbery string

Massachusetts police officer facing domestic violence charge returns to work after weeks of paid leave

After a spate of cases in which cops were prosecuted for lying, NYPD creates a handbook with tips for testifying under oath

New York corrections officer accused of trying to lure teenage girls into his car has been suspended without pay

Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011

Feds urge life sentence for Illinois ex-Sheriff

Florida deputy arrested for grand theft and official misconduct

Kentucky corrections officer indicted, charged after allegedly taking money from inmates

New York police officer is charged with sexual abuse

California deputy gets a year in prison for false report, firing gun toward children

Fired Missouri cop is charged in sex case

Curiously un-named Washington deputy is arrested after alleged assault

Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011

Florida police chief charged with thwarting rape case against friend

23-year veteran Michigan cop fired for being a general jackass

Video of the arrest shows man kneeling on the street when an officer wind ups and kicks him, leaving his face covered in blood

TSA makes "nominal" payment to settle lawsuit over exposing 24-year-old’s breasts

Florida cop is suspended for five days for unauthorized use of police helicopter

Conspiracy trial opens for Pennsylvania cops in immigrant's killing

Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011

Florida corrections officer allegedly smuggled dope-filled sub sandwich into jail

San Francisco cops partner with reality show to craft elaborate entrapment scam

New Jersey police officer admits obstructing probe

Curiously un-named Washington deputy arrested in assault case

Utah cop arrested for stealing city funds

Florida cop pleads guilty to on-duty pot purchase in squad car

Ohio cop accused ofOxycodone trafficking

Monday, Jan. 17, 2011

Missouri police officer resigns after firing gunshots at car with a baby inside

Kentucky cops ruin six kids lives with terror charges over sixth-graders' doodles

Tennessee police chief is back at work after one-month paid suspension for repeatedly accessing criminal database for fun

Eight Massachusetts police officers named in police brutality lawsuit

Nashville Police Dept admits lying about rape statistics

Texas school police ticketing students as young as 6

Fired Missouri cop pleads guilty to detaining women at traffic stops for shakedowns

Friday, Jan. 14, 2011

Michigan cops steal $20,000, legally

Maryland police steal $28,000, legally

Forced to quit, North Dakota sheriff is accused of using department credit accounts to buy himself a computer and back massager

Fired Nevada cop gets community service for obstructing a public officer

Feds investigate Louisiana cops for mishandling federal funds

Arizona cop gets unsupervised probation for $17K in fraudulent credit card purchases

Fresno offers $75K settlement to man beaten by police

Ohio cop gets suspended sentence for torching car

Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011

Florida cop gets "re-training" after threatening a car full of people with gun, and charging the driver with attempted murder

29-year veteran Ohio cop gets 5-day suspension for refusing to respond to rape report

Georgia police officer is accused of sexual misconduct with a 15-year-old

Veteran California cop is arrested for threatening man with a gun

Texas cop arrested for firing gun into the air

SWAT cops kill innocent man in Massachusetts

Video shows another ghastly raid carried out by police in Missouri

Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011

Massachusetts cop is arrested for indecent assault and battery

Michigan cop is charged in gas station drive-off, accused of writing bad checks

New Hampshire cop guilty of stiffing bar for beer bill

Utah ex-deputy gets one year for two counts of second-degree felony possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance and one count of third-degree felony endangerment of a child

Georgia cop charged with simple battery under the Family Violence Act

Minnesota cop is charged with stealing corkscrew from bar

Fired Texas cop sues, claiming he was stripped of his command for blowing the whistle on the police chief's illegal activities

Curiously un-named Maryland ex-cop charged with impersonating a police officer and using a marked police cruiser while committing several robberies

Monday, Jan. 10, 2011

Oklahoma police officer is arrested for cattle thefts

Ohio police officer pleads guilty in steroids case

South Dakota deputy is accused of sexual crimes against a child

Illinois sheriff's deputy arrested, placed on leave after alleged domestic battery

Fired California deputy is charged with stealing thousands of dollars in traffic stops

Fired California deputy convicted of shooting gun, endangering children

Tennessee jail deputy charged with forging documents

Court upholds fired California sheriff's conviction for witness-tampering

Friday, Jan. 7, 2011

Hmmm: Mississippi police say man was accidentally shot by cop, but the victim said he was shot from behind

Under threat from ACLU, Pennsylvania police promise to stop issuing citations for naughty language

Video shows unidentified St Louis police officer beating the hell out of "suspect"

Vermont police officer accused of stealing neighbor's television from under Christmas tree

Florida cop is suspended without pay for 26 hours, for taunting black cop with "Obama prayer"

Massachusetts cop arraigned on indecent assault charges

DC cop accused of brandishing semi-automatic weapon in bar fight

Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011

California police chief is sentenced to year in jail for bribery, destruction of evidence, concealing evidence, and two counts each of perjury, submitting falsified documents and embezzlement

New Mexico detective is arrested after domestic dispute

Fired Missouri deputy arrested for rape

Pennsylvania police officer is arrested for assaulting his wife

Two fired Florida police officers sentenced to prison for their roles in the shakedown of a drug dealer

Sex in squad car costs 24-year veteran Florida police corporal his job

Boise pays $150K settlement to man sodomized by police Taser

Heroes rush in where police fear to tread

Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011

Wisconsin cop gets a year in jail for running crack house

Ohio cop is transferred, as punishment for having sex in a city vehicle on city property

Another diabetic sues cops for beating, this time in Alabama

Utah police chief pleads guilty in poaching incident

Florida police officer is arrested after video shows him punching inmate

Indiana cop charged with touching informant inappropriately

Massachusetts police officer charged with assault, placed on paid leave

Assistant police chief in Indiana pleads guilty to battery charge

Monday, Jan. 3, 2011

Missouri deputy is arrested for raping 15-year-old

Iowa cop is fired "due to an incident which occurred while the officer was on duty," and that's all you're allowed to know

Video shows Nebraska police arresting man for firing crossbow at target in backyard

New Mexico deputy faces stalking charge

In Spite of state law, Maryland cops still arresting, charging people for recording police

Kansas cop and Cub Scout leader charged in internet pedo sex sting

Oregon police officers who hospitalized college student have controversial history

Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010

Ohio police officer admits exposing himself

South Carolina deputies caught "clubbing on the clock"

Pennsylvania police chief, officers named in lawsuit stemming from pub brawl

Fired Georgia deputy is arrested for impersonating an officer

Wisconsin businessman sues over police harassment

Nebraska cop is charged with three counts of intimidation by phone and three counts of disturbing the peace

One of Chicago’s torture cops awaits his sentence

Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010

Arkansas police chief charged with domestic battery

Second-in-command of Ohio State Highway Patrol retires amidst an investigation of former patrol officer's relationship with a teenage girl

No life-saving medicine for you, while you're in Cook County Jail

Fired Washington police chief is charged with theft

Pennsylvania police officer accused of attacking woman

SWAT team breaks into Missouri home, fires seven rounds at family’s dogs as a seven-year-old looks on

Despite man's alibi on videotape establishing he was elsewhere, NYPD officers still believe he shot at cops

Ohio cops investigate Ohio cops after videotaped beating of restaurant patron by Ohio cops

Monday, Dec. 27, 2010

Two Pennsylvania cops fired for beating that left one man with a broken jaw and another unconscious

Two Illinois cops charged in separate felony cases

Georgia deputy charged with terroristic threats and false imprisonment

Minnesota customs officer is accused of sexually assaulting a young girl multiple times (announcement curiously comes a month after arrest)

New York sheriff to begin collecting pension, while he continues to earn his salary

Witness supports victim's account of harsh treatment by New York police

Texas man says police officer kicked him, broke jaw

Pennsylvania police officer accused of assaulting wife

Friday, Dec. 24, 2010

Aussie cops who forced boy to lie in street before he was run over and killed will face no charges

Kentucky town pays to settle lawsuit over battery, unlawful imprisonment by cops

New York child protective service worker charged with possessing child pornography

New York Times sues city police, saying information has been illegally withheld

Pittsburgh police officer charged with homicide by vehicle

North Carolina cop is charged with hit-and-run

New Mexico cop arrested for domestic violence

Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010

Fired Arizona cop gets prison for 20 counts of burglary, possession of both meth and Percocet, hindering prosecution, conspiracy to commit perjury, trafficking in stolen property, and surreptitious video recording

Pennsylvania cop is arrested for emptying coins from borough parking meters into his pockets

Ohio town won't say what it paid to settle lawsuit over inmate's death in jail

Montana deputy is convicted of stealing ammunition

Baltimore pays $200,000 settlement after wrongful arrest and jailing of Soviet refugee

Fired Florida police officer charged with child abuse, again

New Mexico corrections officer is accused of raping female inmates

Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010

Texas cop gets 324 months for decade-long involvement in drug trafficking conspiracy

Virginia cop gets five years in prison for boinking 16-year-old

Two Florida cops are fired for criminal mischief

Ohio police sergeant charged with tampering, falsification

California cop is accused of illegal access of records

West Virginia town pays $1200 settlement for wrongful arrest

10-year veteran Arizona cop quits after being charged with domestic violence

Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010

Oregon cop jailed for allegedly offering girls money for sex acts

Florida sheriff's officer arrested for cutting co-worker's tires

Fired Georgia cop sentenced to 12 years in prison on corruption and drug charges

New York City police officer is convicted in $1M armed robbery

Tennessee cop is arrested for beating woman inside a motel room

Virginia cop is charged with bank robbery

Florida police officer in fatal shootings arrested after FBI probe

Monday, Dec. 20, 2010

Dash-cam video released under court order offers audio of Washington cop's instant killing of partially deaf man who was whittling as he walked

Probation for Texas cop who threwun -charged motorist face-first into a concrete highway divider, leaving her with a deep gash in her chin

Missouri police officer is sentenced to 27 months in prison for his role in the police towing scandal

Arizona ex-cop faces charges related to five bank robberies in 2006

Fired California police officer gets 4 years in prison for sex assaults on illegal immigrants

Fired Florida deputy gets 30 years for raping prisoner

Friday, Dec. 17, 2010

23-year veteran California deputy gets 30 years for child sex abuse

Arresting officers told their buddy to "take a free shot at her" when she was handcuffed in the squad car

Oregon corrections deputy charged with assault

18-year veteran Louisiana deputy guilty of incest

Wisconsin jail guard arrested, fired over bringing contraband to inmates

New York jail guard is charged with rape and robbery

New Jersey sheriff's officer charged in stalking

Georgia police officer is charged with battery and third degree cruelty to children

Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010

Oregon cop who's been involved in expensive brutality settlements gets promoted

Florida corrections officer sentenced to 9 years for killing inmate

California cops made no attempt to speak with man holding water hose before shooting him dead

Delaware taxpayers spend $875K to settle lawsuit over cop's murder of Marine

Video seems to show UK police pulling man out of wheelchair in last week's protest

No comment from Illinois cops over false arrest and battery lawsuit

Texas deputy arrested in narcotics investigation

Presumably fired Missouri deputy found guilty in plot with ex-wife to kill another woman

Four Queens men sue NYPD after being held for 30 hours, busted for laughing at cops

Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010

Florida police officer puts minor in choke hold and charges two with felony battery after being hit ... by an air kiss

Georgia police officer accused of hitting wife

Ohio police officer charged with aggravated trafficking in drugs

Former Florida sheriff's major sentenced for embezzling money from county

Fired Texas deputy faces new charges

Texas cops ask that no one posts a picture of Officer Daniel Lopez because of other victims he may have sexually assaulted

Monday, Dec. 13, 2010

Hundreds of New Jersey cops tragically lose their reliable source for steroids

Black teen who filmed an LAUSD campus cop hitting a student faces bizarre charges and years in prison

Connecticut police officer allowed to remain on force after stealing images of arrested man's girlfriend from cellphone

New York cop gets 18 months for false traffic stops and false police reports

Texas cop, misidentified as "former police officer" in headline, is arrested on sex assault charge

Boston police officer accused of assault

Friday, Dec. 10, 2010

No charges filed against Arizona jail guard caught beating inmates on surveillance video

Alabama police officer arrested, charged with receiving stolen property

Tennessee police officer fired, charged with felony assault

Former Arizona cop is charged with armed robbery, kidnapping, aggravated assault and theft

Fired Missouri policeman sentenced for producing child porn

Hawaii police officer charged with theft

Three New Orleans cops convicted of manslaughter in post-Katrina killing

Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010

Atlanta will pay $1M to settle lawsuit over wildly illegal raid on gay bar

Tennessee cops arrested on domestic violence charges keep their jobs

Lawsuit: Cops forced sobriety test on sober woman, Tasered husband

Oregon cops end up paying $4K to man who flipped them off

Two Queens cops probed following driver Michael Murphy's fatal beating

FBI paid ex-con $177,000 to entrap Muslims

Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010

Florida jail guard gets 25 years for shooting girlfriend dead

Fired Rhode Island police officer sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison for beating up a teenage boy who was in his custody

Fired California cop gets three years in state prison for weapons violations

Feds accuse LAPD of inadequately investigating racial profiling complaints against officers

Tennessee police officer is arrested on charges of bribing a witness, filing a false report and official misconduct

Colorado corrections officer accused of internet luring

Fired New Orleans cop gets eight years in prison for his role in the notorious Danziger Bridge police shooting in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010

Kentucky cop is charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, assault 3rd degree on a police officer, assault 4th degree

'Gladiator school': Shocking video shows prison guards stand by and watch as prisoner is beaten into a coma by inmate

California deputy charged in on-duty sexual assault of teen

"Jones said the use of force — breaking open her door and throwing a “flash bang” device past her niece’s head — was unnecessary, considering that the search warrant was for a cell phone used by her brother, who had moved out four months earlier and was in police custody"

South Carolina deputy arrested for domestic violence hired by another department

Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010

Michigan deputy gets 7-15 years for sexual assault of a female relative and two additional years for committing a felony with a firearm

California sheriff's deputy convicted in killing gets life in prison without parole

Indiana deputy arrested for battery of a child

Texas deputy constable arrested on suspicion of delivering steroids

Pennsylvania cop is charged with assaulting his girlfriend

Massachusetts cop is charged with assault and battery

Arizona detention officer accused of assaulting inmates out on bond

Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010

New Orleans police officer says he burned car with body inside because he was stressed, exhausted

Suspended police officer faces charges for third time of harassing ex-wife

Fired Georgia deputy gets life in murders of wife, day laborer

Fired New York deputy admits driving prostitutes to hotel for convention

No jail time for Virginia deputy convicted of perjury

Man beaten by Florida police on YouTube is charged with "resisting arrest without violence"

Illinois cop is charged with stealing cash from suspects

Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010

Fired Louisiana police officer gets 5-year sentence for manslaughter

Retired Florida police officer arrested for luring kids for sex

Fired Georgia jailer to be charged with bribery

Pennsylvania police officer accused of hitting girlfriend

Fired Mississippi narcotics officer arrested for possession of cocaine

New York cop charged with domestic violence

Rhode Island police officer arrested for allegedly exposing himself

Monday, Nov. 29, 2010

California police officer charged with hate crime, battery

Details emerge in Oklahoma cops' Tazering of 86-year-old bedridden granny

Judge rules that fired North Carolina trooper who kicked and hoisted police dog by its neck should be rehired

Ohio sheriff denies cover-up, lying about jail death

Wyoming deputy pleads no contest in bar fight

California deputy arrested on spousal abuse charges

Indiana police officer accused of theft, misconduct

Friday, Nov. 26, 2010

Fired Illinois cop charged with wife's murder

Jailhouse surveillance video shows Canadian police officers hitting a detained woman and cutting her shirt and bra off with scissors

Cops bust seven men playing chess in upper Manhattan park

New York sheriff's captain charged with rape

Fired Oklahoma cop charged with child sex abuse

Washington sheriff's deputy charged with rape

Fired Mississippi deputy gets seven years for incest

Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010

Fired Ohio cop gets community service for evidence tampering

Probation revoked for fired Alabama cop after he's arrested again on felony drug charges

Pennsylvania cop is charged with criminal trespass, official oppression and possessing instruments of crime

Video shows un-named Seattle cop kicking 17-year-old boy in the groin even though his hands were up

Maryland police officer given $185 ticket after paralyzing 14-year-old boy

Judge orders Los Angeles cops to stop harassing superheroes

Monday, Nov. 22, 2010

New York cop arrested for trying to purchase huge quantities of illegal drug

Oregon mom sues police and school district after her third-grade son is allegedly knocked to the ground and handcuffed by cops

Georgia police officer charged with felony theft by taking

Kansas city to pay $925,000 to man injured during 2006 arrest

Fired Indiana cop gets 15-year sentence on child porn charge

Colorado police officer gets probation in road rage incident

Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010

Un-named Illinois police officers are investigated for theft from state agency

California cop guilty of sending sexually explicit text messages to a 16-year-old

Connecticut cop is suspended for actions against married state trooper

South Carolina cop is charged with assault

New Mexico family awarded $1M after suspect dies in custody

Oklahoma ass't police chief is arrested for assault, public intoxication

Video shows alleged excessive use of Tasers in Ohio jail

Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010

Virginia police officers charged in drug, cigarettes, alcohol scheme

Kentucky sheriff pleads not guilty to charges of theft and abuse of public trust

New Jersey patrolman charged with shoplifting from Home Depot

Fired Florida cop gets 2+-4 years for boinking inmate

New York City correction officer has been charged with trying to sell tobacco and prescription pills to inmates

Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010

Retired Alabama trooper gets plea deal in 1965 slaying of a black man that prompted the "Bloody Sunday" march at Selma and helped galvanize America's civil rights movement

LAPD officer resigns after being accused of tapping database on killer's behalf

Texas cop pleads no contest to indecency with a child

Witnesses see visitor to Rikers Island jail roughed up by correction officer

California prison guard arrested in sting operation

Monday, Nov. 15, 2010

Kansas City police fire at backfiring van

California sheriff's deputy charged with child molestation

Former Texas deputy constable charged in carwash shooting

Retired Maryland police officer convicted of assault

Florida cop is arrested for child porn on police computer

Pennsylvania police officers accused of arrest frame-up

Friday, Nov. 12, 2010

Ohio deputy gets 3 years for having sex with 13-year-old

Former New York City police officer arrested for phony 911 calls

New Jersey cop is arrested for stalking his ex-wife

Kentucky sheriff arrested for abusing public trust and evidence tampering

Newly hired Tennessee sheriff’s deputy arrested on drug charges

Oregon police pay $4K to settle lawsuit over bogus arrest of man who flipped off cops

Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010

Utah cop charged with aggravated assault and obstruction of justice

West Virginia deputy pleads not guilty to sex charges

New Mexico cop is arrested for domestic assault with car door

Oklahoma police officer arrested for assault and battery

Curiously un-named Louisiana police officer resigns amidst allegations of malfeasance

Ohio police dep't pays $100K to settle lawsuit over civil rights violations

Colorado cop is accused of sex assault

Monday, Nov. 8, 2010

Pennsylvania police officer is charged with animal cruelty

California cop who killed unarmed man on the ground gets two years, less time served

Michigan sheriff's deputy facing sexual assault charges in Bay County accepts plea deal

Massachusetts police chief charged in firearms case

Nearly 100 Toronto police officers to be disciplined over G20 summit conduct

Philadelphia cops confiscate man's guns, despite concealed carry permit, because he's black

Friday, Nov. 5, 2010

Georgia deputy is fired, arrested for sexual assault

California corrections officer arrested on drug charges

Fired Maryland police officer gets 5-year prison term for 2004 assault

Texas deputy arrested for gun smuggling and bribery

Washington deputy accused of sexual assault still in jail

Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010

Georgia police officer is accused of raping 12-year-old

Rhode Island police officer gets probation after convicted on "disorderly conduct" charge for exposing himself

New York cop blocks bike lane to ticket cyclists for not using bike lane

Canadian police officer breaks "little" accountant’s arm, but no charges laid

Ten New York cops beat up cabbie, then cuff one of their own for trying to stop them

Second police officer allegedly connected to California police sex scandal no longer with department

Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010

Massachusetts cop arrested after brandishing a .380-caliber handgun in restaurant

Connecticut cop convicted of fabricating time cards

Wisconsin cop gets paid leave while after former employer claims he stole slabs of granite

Florida cop is fired after 11th disciplinary inquiry

Ex-cop in 2 Virginia police departments gets prison term on methamphetamine charge

Witness says Georgia cop shot with no warning

Fired ICE officer gets probation for smuggling (newspaper's headline says "importing") steroids

Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010

Fired Texas school cop is sentenced for sexual encounters with 14-year-old student

Video shows Massachusetts cop's brutal arrest of teen

Fired CHP officer gets prison for perjury and sex bribe

Retired Ohio police officer charged with attempted rape of 12-year-old girl

Fired California deputy charged with 12 felonies

Louisiana police chief charged in firearms case

Judge approves $750,000 settlement for girl whose father was slain by California police

Georgia policeman arrested for domestic violence

Monday, Nov. 1, 2010

Tennessee police officers in trouble for drinking, taking squad car on joyride

Utah cop is charged for pulling a gun on his common-law wife

Florida cop arrested for domestic violence

California prison guard is arrested for smuggling drugs and cell phones to inmates

Delaware jail guard caught selling drugs

Florida deputy is suspended after his arrest on grand theft charge

Kentucky police officer suspended for racial statement during roll call

She was sitting in a car when police pulled her out of the vehicle, threw her to the ground, cursed at her, dumped out her pocketbook, then arrested her and took her to police headquarters, where she threw up after police ignored her complaints that she was feeling sick

Friday, Oct. 29, 2010

Virginia cop is convicted of federal extortion charges

Missouri police officer charged with assault on prisoner

Video shows West Virginia deputy hitting and choking a suspect in the department's holding facility

Virginia cop is indicted for taking guns seized from criminals and reselling them on the street

Georgia cop faces charges in connection with double murder

Study shows widespread racial profiling by New York Police Dep't

Three New Orleans cops fired after pleading guilty or no contest to assorted crimes

Mississippi cop is indicted on nine counts of deprivation of rights under color of law

Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010

North Carolina school cop is fired for giving "inappropriate photographs" of himself to a student

Alabama police officer, girlfriend charged with domestic violence

Texas sheriff's deputy arrested, charged with taking bribes

West Virginia corrections officer gets six years for child pornography

Deputy U.S. marshal violates protective order, is arrested again

Idaho school cop gets 3-10 years for felony injury to a child

Ex-deputy director of Colorado Bureau of Investigation is charged with embezzlement, misdemeanor theft, computer crime

Pennsylvania cop sweet gets plea bargain, won't face charges for road rage incident

Massachusetts cop is charged with beating his wife

Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010

Texans terrified as cops execute no-knock middle-of-the-night raid at wrong address

Florida cop is arrested for bribery

DC cop gets five years in prison for possessing and distributing child pornography

Florida cop is charged in boy's accidental shooting

Texas border patrol agent is arrested for child porn

Georgia deputy is charged with killing wife and day laborer

Monday, Oct. 25, 2010

New Jersey cop gets probation for "scuffle" that left a man dead

Ohio cop is indicted for shooting fellow cop at shift change

Tennessee deputy is charged with federal civil rights violations, lying to federal investigators

Did an LAPD cover-up keep this man in prison for 26 years?

Georgia cop is charged after brandishing loaded assault rifle at restaurant

Georgia deputy quits after being accused of coercing a woman to take off her clothes

Louisiana police officer accused of having sex with juvenile

Friday, Oct. 22, 2010

New York college students allege that police shot their friend without cause and then beat them when they tried to give him CPR to save his life

Arizona cop is arrested for domestic violence

Georgia deputy accused of sexual battery

Nevada police officer is arrested on domestic battery charge

Denver police officer accused of coercing woman into performing a sex act

Minnesota deputy charged with domestic battery

Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010

No details released about Utah cop who's suspended with pay, except that "he's a very good officer"

Fired Wisconsin cop is charged with battery, sexual assault and intimidating a victim

Arizona police officer faces charges in assault at Scottsdale bar

California cop shoots unarmed man in the face for approaching him while he was Tasering the man's wife

Two Connecticut cops are placed on paid leave in connection with a criminal probe into missing police union funds

Pennsylvania police chief is convicted of theft, forgery

Homeowner calls 9-1-1 assuming the thugs who kicked down his door must be criminals, gets prison sentence for shooting at cops in no-knock raid

Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010

Wisconsin jail guard gets long prison term after conviction on a dozen charges of sex crimes against children

Seven un-named Chicago cops are placed on paid leave after street surveillance camera records "alleged" police brutality

New York jail officer is charged in inmate assault

Colorado cop is arrested "for allegedly committing four misdemeanors and two felonies in September"

Smaller police departments are unlikely to conduct internal investigations of cop misconduct

Connecticut trooper gets home confinement for mortgage fraud scheme

Fried Georgia deputy is charged with killing his wife and a day laborer

Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010

New Mexico cop is accused of repeated rapes

Fired California cop is convicted after years of molesting relative

Canadian cop sues over internet mockery of his threat to arrest people for blowing bubbles

Michigan State Trooper pleads no contest in assault

Ohio police officer and his wife are both arrested on domestic violence charges

Virginia cop is sentenced for bank robbery

California cop is arrested in alleged scheme to torch car, collect insurance; second officer accused of cover-up

Monday, Oct. 18, 2010

Probation for Iowa cop who stole meth from evidence room and crashed squad car while high

Tennessee cop is arrested for assault, a year and a day later

Washington cop is arrested for taking bribes, allowing contraband in jail

Arizona police officer is charged with murder

New Mexico cop is charged with off-duty bar brawling

New Jersey cop is charged with filing false report

Ohio cop steals thousands of bullets from police department, isn't charged

Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010

Florida police chief quits after suggesting that President Obama should be shot

California cop is accused of giving DMV info to Hells Angels

Pennsylvania prison guard charged after scuffle with police

New York City paid nearly $1B over a decade to settle claims against police

Mississippi police department's "strike team" is rife with corruption

Tennessee police mishandled sexual battery complaint against officer, detective says

North Carolina sheriff is sentenced to 14 months in prison for skimming drug investigation fund

Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010

Cop fired by Kentucky town for brutality is promptly hired by county cops

Judge issues arrest warrant for Mississippi police chief amid allegations from three women that he threatened to shoot them

Texas trooper faces charges after dashboard camera shows brutal attack on female motorist

Texas police officer arrested after argument involving woman

Kentucky cop is fired for storing porn on squad car computer

Curiously un-named Washington corrections officer is arrested on corruption-related charges

Michigan judge, cops are ordered to stand trial for perjury-tainted case

"Advisor" to California police youth program is arrested for lewd and lascivious acts on a child, statutory rape of a minor, sodomy and oral copulation of a person under the age of 16, possession of child pornography, and sexual exploitation of a child

Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010

Philadelphia police officers are arrested after allegedly robbing fellow officer

Florida town pays $75K to settle lawsuit over police brutality

ACLU files motion to stop beatings at Los Angeles jail

Wisconsin cop is charged with sexual assault

Colorado deputy is charged with 14 child sex assault felonies

Indiana cop in fatal drunk driving wreck denies everything

Off-duty California cop is arrested in hit and run wreck

Monday, Oct. 11, 2010

California cop is arrested on kiddie porn charges

Oregon deputy arrested for murder

Michigan cops falsely cite restaurant, leading to bankruptcy

Lawyer says surveillance video of Pennsylvania woman's arrest bears no resemblance to police report

Michigan city pays $775K to settle lawsuit after Tasering man to death

Four California cops are indicted for obstruction of justice

Fired Ohio police chief pleads guilty to sexual battery of 15-year-old

Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010

Arizona cop put his pistol against man's head and told him he didn't need a warrant, before killing him

Feds charge 89 law enforcement officers in Puerto Rico

Wingnut Arizona sheriff's department pays $600K to settle abuse lawsuit

New Jersey cop is arrested for picking fights in bar parking lot

2 Philadelphia cops charged with robbing undercover investigator

Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010

"Quiet down", the cop said after threatening to shoot the bewildered driver, "This kind of stuff happens all the time."

Florida cop is charged with money laundering, grand theft and destroying evidence

California police officer is arrested on charges of assaulting two women

West Virginia cop gets home confinement on federal gun charges

California cop pleads no contest to trying to arrange a murder for hire

Michigan cop who quit while under investigation for sexual assault in 2003, and was never prosecuted, is charged over 2009 sexual assault

Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010

"I snapped", says Florida cop who shot and strangled his girlfriend

Fired California deputy gets multiple life terms for molesting girl

Colorado sheriff's deputy suspected of sexual assault on a child

Retired Florida police officer is investigated for sex with minor

California deputy is arrested on charges of sex with a minor

Florida deputy is suspended after woman says he cursed, waived gun at traffic stop

Curiously un-named Michigan cop is charged with domestic violence

Monday, Oct. 4, 2010

California sheriff's deputy mistakenly fires eight shots at robbery victim, misses

California customs officer is charged with smuggling Mexicans and marijuana

Illinois cop is convicted of molesting 10-year-old girl

Oakland police officer shoots family dog dead, leaves note

South Carolina sheriff's deputy is arrested for sexually assaulting a woman in an alley

San Francisco cop accused of instructing a young police officer to lie about a prisoner's escape will be suspended -- seven years after the alleged incident

Connecticut cop is charged with disorderly conduct

Friday, Oct. 1, 2010

If New York cop is convicted of illegally strip-searching 18 women, he might be fired

Federal lawsuit from 2008 settled against two former Missouri police officers

Florida deputy guilty in lending fraud case

Two Texas police officers resign during internal investigations

2 New Orleans police officers charged with perjury and obstruction in shooting death outside convention center after Hurricane Katrina

Texas police officer indicted on indecency charges

Fired California deputy found guilty of first-degree murder

Woman in California police sex scandal to file lawsuit

Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010

Illinois sheriff is convicted of 15 counts of marijuana dealing, firearms offenses, witness tampering and trying to conceal financial assets from investigators

Tennessee policeman gets 18-month sentence in civil rights case

Fired Alabama cop is arrested again at his meth house

Florida jail guard pleads guilty to role in mortgage fraud

Another federal officer is arrested for assaulting his wife

Florida cop sentenced to prison for theft

Baltimore Police Dept disbands drug unit amid investigations

Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010

Illinois cop is arrested again for beating the same woman

Curiously un-named California cop is investigated for fake arrest of teen daughter's boyfriend

Connecticut cop is suspended for one day for ordering the destruction of subpoenaed dashboard video

California border officer is charged with conspiring to import cocaine and taking bribes

Curiously un-named Wisconsin deputy is accused of attending firearms training while drunk

Florida deputy convicted of raping handcuffed prisoner

California deputy is charged with sexually assault of a juvenile relative

South Carolina sheriff's deputy is arrested for rape

Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010

Oregon sheriff's deputy is charged with rape

Nevada cop is charged with soliciting prostitution

Florida police officer is arrested for domestic violence

Ohio police officer is charged with misdemeanor stalking

Florida deputy arrested for domestic violence against his wife

Texas cop gets seven years for robbery at bank where he worked security

Ohio police officer pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme

North Dakota police chief, ex-judge charged with five years of child sex abuse

Monday, Sept. 27, 2010

Illinois deputy wrecks squad car while allegedly driving stoned

New York deputy who was suspended with pay for a month a year ago now faces possible suspension for receiving a bribe and computer trespass

Florida trooper fires nine rounds in retirement center area after his car is innocently bumped — but is given only one week suspension

Dallas police chief fires 13 officers in a week

Oklahoma police officer denies link to burglary ring

New Mexico cop in stalking incident gets mental health treatment instead of jail, remains on the beat

Friday, Sept. 24, 2010

Ohio prison guard convicted for forcing inmates to have sex with him

Elderly man's neck broken in confrontation with Florida police officer over illegally parked car

Minneapolis police chief, city sued in teen's alleged kicking by officer

Mississippi cop is charged with rape, sexual battery and burglary

Guam juvenile jail guard is charged with burglary and conspiracy

Louisiana prison guard is charged with sneaking drugs to inmates

Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010

Indiana juvenile corrections officer faces child porn charge

Florida man beaten during arrest says deputies are "getting away with it"

After being suspended with pay for seven months, Wisconsin cop gets OK to return to work

ACLU sues Pittsburgh over illegal arrests during 2009 G-20 meetings

Florida corrections officer tried to buy cocaine, officials say

Virginia jailer convicted of sex with inmate, fined $25

Florida corrections officer accused of having drugs, cell phone in prison

Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010

Inmate tells California cops "you're killing me," and they do indeed subsequently kill him

Colorado town pays $100K to settle lawsuit over videotaped police brutality

New York City pays $250K to victim of police prutality

Illinois police department faces excessive force lawsuit

Denver cops arrest assault victim despite videotaped evidence that he's the victim

Court upholds excessive force verdict against Texas sheriff's deputy

Illinois family refuses $470K settlement over fatal shooting by cops

Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010

Michigan deputy sheriff is charged with sexual assault of female relative

Missouri cop accidentally shoots and kills cadet at police academy

North Carolina cop pleads guilty to crack charge

Three dozen Dallas County deputy constables hired despite troubling job histories

West Virginia deputy gets 2-20 years but pleads for probation after embezzling $374K

Louisiana sheriff's deputy is arrested for domestic abuse

Monday, Sept. 20, 2010

New Jersey police detective pleads guilty to beating handcuffed prisoner

Louisiana cop is arrested for malfeasance and obstruction of justice

Tiny town in California paid police chief base salary of more than $457,000

Florida police chief is suspended over racist e-mails

ACLU files suit against New Jersey city's police over drug-planting

Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010

California policeman is arrested for lewd acts with a minor

North Carolina cop honored for racking up DWI arrests shows up for work drunk and reeking of alcohol

FBI employees arrested for lying about steroid use

School cop might be fired after arrest for beating girlfriend

Overruled: Wisconsin cop won't be fired after all, for watching beating and doing nothing

Pennsylvania liquor-control officer to be jailed for extorting $12K from bar owners

Florida deputy is charged with sexual battery

Louisiana cop is busted for for handcuffing his wife to bed during an argument

Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010

Pennsylvania police officer arrested for stealing more than $22,000

No jail time for Minnesota cop who fled the scene of an accident and falsely reported a crime

Idaho deputy is arrested on domestic violence charges

Veteran Ohio cop is charged with hit-and-run

North Carolina cops want quick easy warrant-free access to computerized pharmacy records

Washington jailer charged with on-duty voyeurism

Georgia deputy is charged with battery

Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010

More than six months after Michigan cop shot and killed motorist, fellow cops are still "investigating"

Kansas City police officer charged with sexually assaulting teen

Fired Minnesota sheriff's felony threatening charge is reduced to misdemeanor

12 Indiana prison workers are suspended for contraband

Fired Ohio prison guard is convicted for forcing inmates to have sex with him

Former Rhode Island police officer is arrested on drug charges

Connecticut cop is arrested again for disorderly conduct

Monday, Sept. 13, 2010

Florida cop is charged with battery on a pregnant victim

Utah school cop who arranged a sexual encounter with an undercover officer posing as a 15-year-old boy gets a year of home detention

Fired Ohio cop gets 12-24 months for fatal hit-and-run

Texas cop who handed out cocaine gets probation

Massachusetts cop gets probation for criminal harassment of ex-girlfriend

L.A. County jail inmate awarded $405,000 for pepper-spray attack

Washington corrections deputy is charged with voyeurism

Friday, Sept. 10, 2010

Wheelchair-bound man alleges that Alabama police struck and Tasered him

Diary of comatose Pennsylvania inmate fingers guards for allowing and encouraging brutal inmate-on-inmate beatdowns

Former NYPD cop pleads guilty in fatal DUI crash — gets 90 days

Rhode Island ex-cop gets 40 years for raping woman inside police station

Canadian cops call in friends and watch as two women have sex in the drunk tank

Texas police officer indicted on felony charges of evidence tampering

Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010

Pennsylvania police Taser man trying to save pets from house fire

Analysis: Taser-related deaths in US accelerating

Off-duty Virginia police officer charged with assault

Florida police officer is arrested on battery charges

South Carolina cop is arrested for criminal domestic violence

ACLU demands investigation of excessive force, false arrests and other abuses by Newark police

Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010

California deputy has stopped beating his wife, but only because he's in jail

Virginia cop, charged with assault, battery, and destruction of property, is placed on paid leave

Maine state trooper — curiously un-named — gets paid leave while fellow cops investigate allegations of on-duty rape

Florida deputy is charged with soliciting and accepting bribes

New Jersey cop is accused of theft, voter fraud

Florida cop blows the whistle on colleagues after witnessing "Rodney King"esque beating

Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010

Wisconsin cop who took bribe in FBI sting gets house arrest

Texas cop quits and gets probation for on-duty groping

Nebraska cop is found guilty of having sex with an underage girl

New York corrections officer is charged with assault on 5-year-old

Fired Ohio prison guard is convicted for forcing inmates to have sex with him

Georgia cop admits to corruption, drug charges

Special treatment and no mug shot when ex-cop is arrested for domestic assault

Monday, Sept. 6, 2010

Nobody gets prosecuted after Arizona jailers bake inmate to death

Georgia cop is arrested for street racing after opponent's vehicle flips and crashes

Video puts the lie to California cops' claim that 64-year-old man was Tasered when he "charged at deputies"

Minnesota school resource officer is charged with sexually abusing three young female relatives for more than a decade

Fired Michigan jail warden is charged with sex with inmate

Two Nevada police officers are charged in deadly pursuit

Florida cop is arrested on rape charge

Friday, Sept. 3, 2010

"Homeless and harmless" whittling man shot dead by Seattle cops

South Carolina cop is accused of selling department-supplied drugs

Nevada cop is arrested for soliciting prostitution

Mississippi cop gets twenty years after pleading guilty to statutory rape

Missouri cop is arrested for firing weapon in domestic argument

Florida cop who quit after being charged with stalking is arrested for re-stalking

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

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