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.
Departments considering the introduction of personal video recorders will commonly ask two questions
What did law enforcement take away from this highly publicized incident?
Law enforcement officers who testify at grand jury are now protected by absolute immunity, a protection already afforded to prosecutors and judges
The chief said there are two active investigations following Officer Darren Weathers’ death
Detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor were each convicted of racketeering conspiracy, racketeering and robbery under the federal Hobbs Act
A New Jersey sheriff’s officer who appeared in bondage films as a dominatrix was fired after fighting to keep her job
The acting commissioner announced several new initiatives to address internal corruption, including the polygraphing of officers working in some units
“I love this sh**. God I tell you what, I thrive on it,” Sheriff Oddie Shoupe said after the shooting
A group of five Baltimore officers could have to personally pay out $40,000 after a jury found they acted with “actual malice” in the course of an arrest
The integrity of the test had been questioned after a police major who helped shape the exam also coached clients through a test-prep business
A New Jersey mayor faces criticism from police after he pledged to end a program that allows officers to make extra money working off-duty jobs
The PD plans to require officers to scan their fingerprints at the start and end of shifts to prove they’ve worked the hours claimed on their payslips
The officers reportedly began to experience “hallucinations,” and called for help after one officer ended up in a tree
After Police Chief Harry Brignac’s wife was seen driving his patrol car, it raised eyebrows in some quarters
Video footage of Kentucky police leaving a rifle unattended for several minutes has caused a stir on social media
Officer Mark Hovan said that the suspension violated his religious freedom and he wants a hearing on his suspension
A man said his privacy was violated after officers disconnected his surveillance camera outside his front door
Baltimore ended 2017 with 343 killings, bringing the annual homicide rate to its highest ever
The same report concluded that a third officer, who shot and killed Paul O’Neal, was justified because he reasonably believed that O’Neal had a gun
Chief William McManus is being investigated after several citizens complained to the state about his handling of a human smuggling case in December
Officer Melodie Carpio admitted she broke the law and used her job to look up information about the couple on confidential law enforcement databases
Gilberto Valle’s bizarre online exchanges about kidnapping and eating women landed him behind bars and earned him tabloid infamy
Timothy Loehmann was fired for lying on his police application and will begin arbitration proceedings on Wednesday
Police said Sgt. Randolph Price, who was drunk, was speeding when he lost control and flipped his car, killing rookie Officer Bianca Bennett
Officer Carlos Anglero was found guilty of shooting into a home in the middle of the night after a dispatcher sent him to the wrong address
A grand jury said the Pennsylvania State Police should stop investigating shootings by its own troopers to ensure such probes are “free from potential bias”
The encounter began with the woman and her son wrestling and tickling each other as Rachmiel Gallman watched and laughed
Officer Erika Curry said she couldn’t find anyone to watch her kids during the storm because her firefighter husband was also required to work
The officer was fired for violating his department’s use-of-force policy despite being acquitted in the 2015 fatal shooting of 18-year-old Brandon Jones
Michigan State Police tried but failed to suspend Mark Bessner for his use of a TASER months before he fired a TASER at a teen who crashed an ATV and died
Phil Kiersnowski pulled over Sen. Jon Lundberg’s daughter and criticized the department’s window tinting enforcement policy
SFPD Officer Antonio Malinao Cacatian died by suicide in a mall parking lot after being pulled over by Richmond police
The union’s president said the “facts of this case do not add up to a termination” for Sgt. Kenneth Pierce