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.
Sexual harassment is not merely an HR issue or legal risk — it is a leadership challenge that affects trust, wellness, retention and the profession’s ability to uphold its own values
Derek Chauvin, convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed in prison and is now serving his sentence in a different facility
Officers’ alleged ICE welfare check at schools reveals confusion over 287(g) and local authority limits
The newspaper Roll Call, which first reported the incidents, said one of the guns was found by a child
Baltimore’s top prosecutor announced criminal charges Friday against all six officers suspended after a man suffered a fatal spinal injury
He contends that he is being targeted in retaliation for a complaint he filed earlier against a fellow peace officer that did not sit well with superiors
The department’s acknowledgement came at a news conference after a week of intense scrutiny
The defense began its case Friday by questioning FBI agents about the evolving story told by star government witness Jeffrey Walker
Inkster Chief Vicki Yost resigned Wednesday
Steve Emmons is working with lawmakers to require more training after reserve cop said he mistook his handgun for a stun gun in a fatal OIS
Tuesday’s demonstration marked the beginning of a week of protests and rallies planned across the city
Woman on the sidewalk appears to be filming officers with her cellphone when a deputy U.S. Marshal approaches her
Has faced mounting pressure from Congress, where some questioned her competence in the wake of a scathing government watchdog report
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
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