Lawsuit
A SWAT team executed a no-knock warrant on the wrong house, resulting in the injury of an occupant and a lawsuit
What officers claimed was hostile behavior, the court determined was the plaintiff pressing to exercise his right to remain in his home and require a warrant for entry
This case encourages officers to accurately and painstakingly report all factors relied upon to conclude there was reasonable suspicion to detain and reasonable suspicion to frisk
Family members filed a lawsuit after a man was killed when paramedics placed a backboard on his back and directed a police officer to sit on it
St. Louis Police Sgt. Jaytonya Muldrow sued after she was forcibly transferred without a demotion or decrease in pay; the Supreme Court ruled that workers only have to show that the transfer resulted in “some harm” to prove their claims
Luther Hall was walking back toward police headquarters following a protest in 2017 when his uniformed colleagues ordered him to put up his hands and get on the ground
An officer struck by a “rock-like” object during a 2016 protest in Baton Rouge sued the protest’s organizer, alleging his role as organizer contributed to the incident
The class-action lawsuit was filed in 2018 by Jamilla Clark and Arwa Aziz, two Muslim women who said they felt shamed and exposed when they were forced to remove their hijabs after they were arrested
A jury ruled that Officer Toni McBride was not treated unfairly by the department; McBride had alleged her career was threatened if she did not remove certain social media posts
Chief Todd Raybuck, who was accused of mocking Asian people on multiple occasions, denies all allegations of discrimination; the settlement does not carry an acknowledgment of guilt or liability
Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony fired and criminally charged two deputies after they were cleared of wrongdoing by the department’s Professional Standards Committee, allegedly calling them “bad cops” in a campaign ad
The officer, who is still with the department but was demoted to a position that separated him from his K-9 partner, alleged that he was called names, maligned by false rumors and retaliated against by department leaders
The city agreed to pay the officer $145,000 and to rewrite its civil service medical examiner’s policies
Anthony “Chachi” Paparo claimed he was fired because he was white and that his reputation and job prospects were damaged by the publicity surrounding his termination
The lawsuit alleges that Glock knows it could prevent the conversions but refuses to do so and seeks to ban the company from selling guns to people in Chicago
Sgt. Brian E. Hussey said his First Amendment rights were violated; the judge stated the Cambridge PD had a right to restrict speech that would damage public trust
Former chief Vanessa Wilson of the Aurora Police Department filed a complaint stating that her firing was retaliatory after she complied with the department’s consent decree and participated in Black Lives Matter protests
The class action suit alleges LexisNexis faked identity thefts, froze credit files and damaged credit reports
The team obtained a search warrant based on “Find my iphone” pings that a victim in a theft case provided; the woman whose home was searched was not found to be involved in the theft
Deputy R.J. Leonard drove into the Tennessee River with Tabitha Smith in the back seat, causing both to drown; Smith’s family alleges Leonard was not properly trained in suspect transport and was not familiar with his patrol area
Baltimore city leaders sued ghost gun kit manufacturer Polymer80 after seeing a rise of the untraceable weapons on city streets and in the hands of minors
The officers say personal information about where they live and family information fell into the hands of criminals who used data brokers to access the information
“There are certain tactics that officers use that we don’t necessarily want everyone, specifically criminals, to know about,” Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes said
Judge Carol-Lisa Phillips said a jury should decide whether former Deputy Scot Peterson displayed a “wanton and willful disregard” for students’ safety when he didn’t confront the shooter during the attack
Beth Donovan sued the Boston Police Department after she was demoted and suspended, stating that the disciplinary measures were in retaliation for opening a misconduct investigation into another officer
According to the 2021 complaint and trial testimony, the officers were targets of routine racial slurs that were part of a hostile work environment
Deputy Scot Peterson cited other cases that say officers don’t have an obligation to protect others from third-party harm and cannot be sued for decisions made during a crisis
“The public is not safe,” Michele Atilano said. “All you have are a bunch of deputies who are zombies – zombies walking around tired, always tired. They’re not even there”
The lawsuit was filed by three academy graduates from 2017 and 2018 on behalf of their whole classes
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