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.
Implications that the officers acted with such disregard as “depraved indifference” under a criminal legal standard reserved for accused murderers are inflammatory and harmful to public discourse
The latest IACP “Police Use of Force in America” study found that coppers use “excessive force” in less than one-half of one percent of their force encounters
What should a police leader do amid a thermonuclear officer-misconduct scandal — something so heinous it rocks the squad room and the community?
Ricky Lynn Hall, who had a long history of mental health problems, was being treated at a hospital when he stole a sharp-edged object and took a medical student hostage
Betty Jo Shelby was found not guilty of first-degree manslaughter in the Sept. 16 shooting of Terence Crutcher
Officials say Charles Kinsey was trying to coax Arnaldo Rios back to a group home when the officer fired at Rios but hit Kinsey
Roy Oliver fired a rifle at a car of teenagers leaving a party, fatally shooting Jordan Edwards who was a passenger in the vehicle
The Columbus Division of Police announced the finding in the case of an April 8 arrest
Coroner Terry Parker said Tory Sanders had become “agitated and uncooperative” and he collapsed while jail staff were trying to restrain him
Sgt. Matthew Starr was investigated after he cashed three checks worth a total of $3,000 that had been made out to the police department
A sheriff has been arrested after he exposed himself in a park
Roy Oliver turned himself hours after the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office issued a warrant for his arrest in the death of Jordan Edwards
The deputy was quoting lines from Denzel Washington’s character in “Training Day”
The officer allegedly reenacted body camera footage of a car search after the initial search of the vehicle had already been conducted
The 29-year-old was reported missing April 25 by his wife
Police Chief Jonathan Haber said Officer Roy Oliver was terminated for violating department policies in the fatal shooting of Jordan Edwards
Attorney Corey Amundson said the investigation into the death of Alton Sterling couldn’t prove that the officers acted unreasonably and willfully
The DOJ is planning to reveal in the next 24 hours that they’ve closed the probe, according to a report
The National Weather Service reported the high in central Florida on Friday afternoon was 88 degrees
Since March 1, Bradley County Jail officials have refused entry on medical grounds to at least three men
Police in Connecticut’s capital city have failed to report thousands of traffic stops as required by a state law aimed to prevent racial profiling
The solicitor general dismissed 89 cases where Officers Robert McDonald and Michael Bongiovanni were a principal officer or a main witness
Cleveland’s new county prosecutor appears to have left open the possibility he might not pursue misdemeanor charges against five supervisors in deadly 2012 pursuit
The department also has opened criminal investigations into the behavior of the two officers
Officer Jonathan Aledda is charged with attempted manslaughter and misdemeanor culpable negligence
The department said the officer displayed “unacceptable conduct”
Prosecutors said moving the trial wouldn’t achieve anything because the case received widespread publicity
Police Chief Mike Marshman is currently on paid administrative leave pending an investigation regarding police bureau training
Sheriff Jamie Kinman resigned after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the theft of painkillers from a terminally ill cancer patient
Derrick Stafford was convicted in the November 2015 shooting that killed Jeremy Mardis and critically wounded his father after a pursuit
A deputy is under investigation after a video posted online showed him ignoring a shooting call while he recorded a message to his then-girlfriend
Officials “determined it (the shooting) did not involve a prosecutable violation of federal criminal civil rights statute”
Baca was convicted of obstructing an FBI corruption investigation of jails he ran and of lying to federal authorities
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