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.
Lawyers and juvenile justice experts say it shows what can go awry when adults don’t consider what’s best for the children
Lawmakers reached a compromise with service animal advocates to revise the proposal
Officer Edward Nero faces assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment charges
The unnamed trooper was relieved of duty Thursday pending the hearing
The suspect told police to ‘get it over with’
Researchers said the data does not prove officers were engaged in racial profiling
Two federal civil rights trials against Eric Parker ended in hung juries before he was acquitted
The suspect was seen kneeling and putting his hands on the ground before several officers rushed him
Michael Slager, 34, already faces state murder charges in Walter Scott’s death
The first time, he managed to load the gun before deputies discovered what he was doing
The Justice Department expanded its review into a full civil rights investigation in 2015
Willard “Truck” Truckenmiller died May 3, on his 32nd birthday
Cameras captured two deputies delivering more than 40 blows to a man lying prone in an alley after a pursuit
Officer Edward Nero, one of six officers charged, faces assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office charges
This has resulted in a citywide 32 percent decline in so-called proactive police stops
The DA released police footage to help bridge transparency in the community
The councilman is a former officer himself and said he’d be dead if he took Fiore’s advice to fire back at cops
Body camera video included no footage of an officer taking the woman’s phone as she claimed
The man was arraigned on criminal charges, but was later released because his fingerprints didn’t match
Here’s what sparked angry responses from our Facebook audience this week
At least three troopers insisted after she was pulled over that refusing to answer questions was a criminal act
Trump supporters are furious over the commissioner’s tweet that mocked them
The deputy had been drinking and crawled into a parked car of man delivering tamales
Attorney says decision has serious career consequences for officer
The Justice Department began examining the police department’s hiring practices last summer
It was unclear how many people had contacted the department about the message
The gazebo could end up at the museum being built on the National Mall or in a museum in Ohio
A video posted online shows the officers releasing the K-9 who bit a random bystander
Passcode-locked smartphones sold in the state would need to have ‘back door’ access under the bill
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