Officer Misconduct / Internal Affairs
The Officer Misconduct / Internal Affairs topic area features news, training and information related to cases involving potential or perceived law enforcement misconduct.
A new COPS Office guide details lessons learned from the implementation of law enforcement best practices
Failure to manage confidential criminal informants can lead to personal and municipal civil liability, and even criminal prosecution of officers
Case demonstrates what happens when police supervisors display indifference to their responsibility to train, supervise and discipline subordinate officers
The incident in part led to a revision of Chicago’s foot pursuit policy
The suspect, who was driving a car that was reported stolen, led police on a pursuit prior to the shooting
Going forward, New Jersey police departments will have to annually publish names of officers who were fired, demoted or suspended for more than five days
Dennis White tried to go to court to block his firing, calling the allegations false and saying the mayor had no cause to terminate him
The guide could, for example, call for an officer to attend classes or training, conduct a research project or perform community service
Derek Chauvin has no criminal history and would likely be targeted for prison violence, his attorney argued
One of the fired officers was reinstated with full back pay, while the firing of another was upheld
“I would do it all over again and I probably would’ve done it sooner. I don’t regret any part of this,” said Nate Silvester
The termination had nothing to do with Nate Silvester’s TikTok videos, said the town’s mayor
Among the charges are second-degree murder and manslaughter
Police Commissioner Dennis White had sued after the mayor moved to fire him over decades-old abuse allegations
In a lawsuit, three deputies described the agency’s undercover unit as a “booze-fueled playground for sexual exploitation”
Peer intervention training from Axon teaches officers ways to approach a fellow officer about troublesome behavior
Chief Michel Moore also said the investigation was part of LAPD’s attempt to purge extremists from its ranks
The officers were charged with second-degree assault and failure to intervene, among others
A judge ruled Officer Richard Nicoletti had been authorized by his commanders to clear the highway and had been given pepper spray as a tool to do so
The postponement is in part to allow the publicity of Derek Chauvin’s conviction to cool off, a judge ruled Thursday
The then-chief texted one of his officers asking her to call him out of a town meeting, according to reports
In pretrial motions, defense attorneys plan to request that prosecutors be sanctioned after media reports that Derek Chauvin had planned to plead guilty a year ago
A jury found Officer William Ben Darby guilty after about two hours of deliberations, returning a verdict that left local police “in the first stages of shock”
In a federal lawsuit, Vanessa Bryant alleges that several deputies shared ‘gratuitous photos’ of the fatal crash
The four defendants are accused of willfully violating George Floyd’s constitutional rights
Deputy Nate Silvester says he has returned to work after a week’s suspension — and has a new book deal
A city civil service board ruled that Garrette Rolfe did not receive due process when he was fired in June
A probationary officer has been fired and more officers are facing an internal investigation
New York lawmakers called the bill “common-sense accountability”
If the grand jury votes to indict, the former officers will face the new civil rights charges on top of the state’s cases, meaning all four could be headed toward yet another criminal trial
The Bellevue Marshal’s Office says it is aware of the “personnel issue”
“What does this say to all the members of MPD who are passionate about their job?” a memo reads. “That is not fair to any of us”
The bill would prevent officers fired for misconduct from getting a police job elsewhere in New York state
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