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.
Planning and prevention define responses to high-profile officer-involved incidents
Officers are pushing back against decisions that provide no due process, can be arbitrary or retaliatory, and can end careers
The case of a Mass. cop on paid leave for comments penned in a police association newsletter is a reminder to think before you write
Two Rocky Mount police officers face charges stemming from their presence inside the Capitol building on Jan. 6
Chief Art Acevedo says the officer entered the Capitol and will likely face charges
Security video showed officers resting in an empty campaign office amid unrest over the summer
The two Rocky Mount Police Officers say they didn’t see or participate in any violence
When does a public employee’s First Amendment rights give way to an employer’s right to suspend or terminate the employee?
The three other officers charged in Floyd’s death will stand trial together
There are also investigations into social media activity of Capitol Police officers
Agencies are determining if off-duty officers who traveled to DC played a role in the violent Capitol siege
Memphis Police say former officer Patric Ferguson forced a man into the back of his patrol car and shot him while the officer was on duty
Officials are working to determine exactly what role the officers played
Louisville Police also announced moments earlier that it had chosen Atlanta’s former police chief to lead the department
“Good peace officers do not want bad officers on the MPD,” Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said
A detective who sought a no-knock search warrant and another who opened fire received pretermination letters Tuesday
The Justice Department declared there was insufficient evidence to bring charges, officially closing the investigation
The video shows visuals but not audio in the moments before the shooting
Officer Toni McBride’s first four shots were justified but the final two were not, the commission ruled
Officer Terrance Stangel is the third SFPD cop to be criminally charged in a use-of-force case by DA Chesa Boudin
This is the first time police have been decertified under a Colorado law passed in 2019
The new commission, once established, will have investigatory and subpoena powers the review board doesn’t currently have
Members of the city’s police disciplinary panel overruled Superintendent David Brown in two cases where Brown called for more lenient punishments
This is the first time in modern history that the city’s top prosecutor has charged an officer with homicide in a use-of-force case
Thomas Moyer, Apple’s chief security officer, allegedly arranged to send 200 iPads to the Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office in exchange for concealed-gun permits
Sgt. Joel Sydanmaa contends the agency violated his constitutional right to free speech
A bill approved Tuesday also lifts liability from officers if a K-9 ignores the officer’s commands
The court ordered the disclosure of secret immunized officer grand jury testimony to defense lawyers and police chiefs
Union officials criticized the suspension, saying it was more about “internal politics within the department”
Capt. Scott Walden has since taken down his social media account, but screenshots continued to circulate
Deputy Inspector James Kobel has been relieved of command while officials investigate
The state police training materials were last used in 2013
Union officials lambasted a New York Post story that reported Trooper Dane J. Pfeiffer was transferred from the coveted governor’s detail as a punishment for dating Cara Kennedy-Cuomo