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 officers were given verbal counseling following the heated exchange
The nude acrobat assaulted several commuters before police arrived on the scene
The officers arrested a man after he snapped a picture of their squad and confiscated his camera phone
Georgia POST has revoked certification of Officer Brian Thomas and Officer Nicholas Dimauro
A 17-year veteran of the force wrote in a police report that he stopped Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty after the legislator cut him off
Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway dismissed jurors after they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict on the third day of deliberations
A drunken off-duty South St. Paul police sergeant toppled mailboxes in his SUV one morning this week south of Rosemount and then tried in vain
David Slusser was scheduled to have a pre-disciplinary conference on June 12, but he waived his right to that conference
Former East Washington police chief Donald Solomon will spend 11 years, 3 months in prison for role in drug sting
A federal judge who ruled an Arizona sheriff’s office racially profiled Latinos delayed instituting remedies Friday to allow parties time to agree on options
Joseph Weekley told jurors he feels “devastated and depressed” by the death of the 7-year-old girl
A former Houston police officer convicted Wednesday for his role in the 2010 beating of a teenage burglary suspect that was caught on surveillance video will avoid prison
An internal affairs report claims cops beat a hogtied, bleeding, mentally-ill homeless man in view of at least four in-car video cameras
1 supervisor was fired, 2 were demoted and 9 were suspended for their roles in a chase in which 137 shots were fired
A road rage incident caused both vehicles involved to pull over, and as one man approached, the second, a cop, fired
Police Director Joseph Santiago said the officers were accused of conduct unbecoming a police officer and could lose their jobs
The officer, charged with involuntary manslaughter, is accused of acting with gross negligence for the firing of his gun
He remains lodged at the Middlesex County jail and has been suspended from the force with pay
The judge ruled that he systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols
The ten-year narcotics officer allegedly planted drugs on a man, then robbed his home
The captain, his wife, children, and mother made it out safely, but the home is severely damaged
Edwin Vargas accused of paying online criminal enterprise to break into 43 email accounts, including 19 which belonged to fellow officers
A former New Jersey state trooper who led an “embarrassing” high-speed escort of luxury sports cars to Atlantic City was sentenced to a year of probation
A former Philadelphia police officer named Richard DeCoatsworth has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes
A polygraph test suggested that the allegations one cop had made about his chief were made up
The officer — who says he loves his job as a cop — is being disciplined for leaving his service weapon with someone while he was on leave
The man was taken into custody under the Baker Act, designated to keep an at-risk person under 72 hours watch
Though the name of a station does not appear anywhere in the photo, it resembles a Tulsa squad car
The video, from 1986, shows some officers dressed as homeless people under a viaduct drinking and breaking into cars
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