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.
Meet Sgt. Gene Reid, a Delaware sergeant who calls Professional Standards the most unique and fulfilling role of his career – one rooted in accountability and integrity
Too often, police leaders seem to believe that ‘bad officers’ only flourish in someone else’s back yard and not their own
By tracking metrics like use of force, sick leave and highly emotional envents, early intervention systems help agencies spot at-risk officers and provide proactive wellness support
Settlement to avoid a lawsuit in incident captured on video
Said Tuesday it has opened a civil rights investigation into in-custody death of Freddie Gray
Seven-person St. Louis Civilian Oversight Board, which will make recommendations but cannot discipline officers
Sheriff also said the FBI had determined Robert Bates didn’t violate suspect’s civil rights
Said in interview that characterizations of him as a wealthy donor who paid to join the force are “unbelievably unfair”
Tulsa County employs about 130 reservists, who are given less training than regular deputies
Three officers gave an underage drinker a chance to get out of a citation by playing a game of rock, paper, scissors
A sheriff’s deputy who can be heard in a video cursing at a suspect who later died was unaware that a volunteer deputy had shot the man
Malik Shabazz, the president of Black Lawyers for Justice, says his group also will conduct its own investigation into the death
Robert Bates, an insurance executive who was volunteering on an undercover operation in Tulsa, accidentally shot Eric Harris on April 2
Officer thought he was holding a stun gun, not his handgun, when he fired at 44-year-old Eric Harris
Sharpton appeared at Charity Missionary Baptist Church, where mayor Keith Summey and Police Chief Eddie Driggers were in the congregation
Public Defender Jeff Adachi said four deputies at the County Jail threatened inmates with violence if they did not fight each other
San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said Friday that the video “disturbed and troubled” him and appeared to show an excessive use of force
Judge has removed the prosecutor from the case of two officers charged in the shooting death of a homeless man last year
Sheriff’s statement said Francis Pusok fled from deputies early in the afternoon as they tried to serve a search warrant in an identity-theft investigation
Video shows the man fatally shot by a police officer get out of his car and then run away during a traffic stop
In Washington, White House spokesman Josh Earnest suggested that greater use of body cameras could help improve community/police relations
A look at legal issues raised by Saturday’s police shooting in South Carolina
About 75 people gathered outside City Hall in North Charleston after an officer was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a fleeing man
Officer Michael T. Slager, 33, was engaged in a scuffle with Walter L. Scott when the man took off with the officer’s ECD
Cops who shot a total of 137 rounds into a car in 2012 had ample reason to believe that suspects were shooting at them
Officer Michael Brelo told investigators he couldn’t remember standing on the hood and firing the final 15 rounds of a 137-shot barrage down into a windshield
Chief Greg Suhr announced Friday that he has asked a police oversight committee to approve firing the officers
Detective heard on video berating driver was stripped of his gun and badge Wednesday and will be transferred from the police anti-terrorism division
The immediate legal implications were unclear. Officer David Warren was acquitted by a federal jury after saying he believed man was armed
Timothy Runnels was arraigned Friday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Missouri, on two counts apiece of deprivation of civil rights and of obstruction of justice
Man says was innocent and trying to protect himself, while police counter he refused to pull over, resisted arrest and threatened them
Fresno’s deputy police chief was among four people arrested on federal drug charges, including conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and heroin
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