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
Officer was demoted after she took sexually explicit videos and sent them on her cellphone to a subordinate officer
An Oklahoma City police officer is accused of sexually assaulting black women while he should have been patrolling the city
Officer pointed a semi-automatic assault rifle at demonstrators, then cursed and threatened to kill one of them
Outside review found more than 1,000 violent offenses during a one-year period were classified incorrectly
Speaking up against corrupt or criminal activity in your ranks can be the most courageous and dangerous thing you’ll ever do as a police officer
On a tape, the officer says Obama has “decimated” the Constitution and “if he doesn’t follow the Constitution, we don’t have to”
Cops almost universally agree that their department is better off when a criminally corrupt cop is ejected from the ranks — those who disagree are probably criminally corrupt themselves
It is an undisputable fact that in any profession there is a bad apple in every bunch, but the impact in the police world is more devastating than most others
The officer indicated he used a coin toss in one instance to decide who would be cited
The police officers once held a suspect over an 18th floor balcony and used a steel bar to beat someone else in the head
Chief said the officer reported that while attempting to coax the dog back into the house, the dog growled and approached him in a threatening manner
The images that emerged of Jah-miel Cuffee’s arrest shows him pinned on the pavement by other officers
Command staff in some of the city’s stations may have artificially inflated the number of officers they had on patrol to comply with department regulations
The city of Albuquerque has agreed to let both a court and an independent monitor oversee reform of its troubled police department
The cellphone video shows a police officer with an arm around the suspect’s neck as he struggles to arrest him
The report is the culmination of a three-year investigation begun months after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint
The video, shot in Calabasas, was created by a volunteer reserve officer with the Santa Paula Police Department
Four emergency workers involved in the medical response for an NYC man who died in police custody have been barred from responding to 911 calls
An investigative report linked two city officers with the secret hate society that once was violently active in the area
Officer involved in the arrest of a man who died in custody has been stripped of his gun and badge and placed on desk duty
The lieutenant was reassigned during the investigation and the officer is on leave with pay
California Highway Patrol investigators have seized the medical records of a woman seen on video being repeatedly punched by one of its officers
The ex-wife of an officer who left the department after a report tied him to the KKK told investigators that the couple joined as part of an undercover operation
New policy will make public all completed investigations of Chicago police misconduct instead of treating them as personnel matters
Police are unsure what caused the confrontation, but the Internal Affairs lieutenant offered identification before exiting the vehicle
A decade ago, Jose Hernandez got a DUI in Richmond. He cut a deal with police to dismiss his case if he worked as an informant
Austin police officer thought he was protecting the public, but was punished for his actions
CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow vowed to complete a comprehensive investigation in weeks instead of the usual months
Dash cam video has been released of an October 2013 incident between an officer and paraplegic man