Police kill record number of Americans.

Week of 07/23/17

• A mentally ill California man was sent to the UC Davis Medical Center Burn Unit with severe third degree burns after being held down on searing hot pavement by Citrus Heights police officers.
  
• Catawba County, North Carolina: The North Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a video that shows a trooper going the wrong way on a highway while attempting to stop street racers, WBTV reports. A group of people were blocking traffic to race along U.S. 321 around 4:30 p.m. in Newton Sunday. Troopers said they were creating hazardous conditions for other drivers.   Though, a nuisance, the street racers were not creating hazardous conditions because they blocked off the road.  The trooper on the other hand...
  
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Week of 06/18/17

• Update: North Miami, Florida (First reported 7/21/16): A supervisor who was on scene for the unwarranted shooting of health care worker will be fired for filing a dishonest report saying that he was not, in fact, on the scene at the time of the shooting. 
  
• Burkburnett, Texas: An officer was arrested for drunk driving in Wichita Falls after running a flashing red light.
  
• Edison Township, New Jersey: An officer was charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest in Belmar.
  
• Update: Linden, New Jersey (First reported 3/24/15): A now-former officer was sentenced to 8.3 to 25 years in prison for a wrong-way DUI crash that killed two passengers in his vehicle.
  
• Update: Tulsa, Oklahoma (First reported 9/19/16): The officer who was recently acquitted of fatally shooting Terence Crutcher is being sued for excessive force.
  
• Antioch, California: A now-former officer pled guilty to tax fraud for collecting approximately $720,000 in tax refunds on behalf of deceased persons.
  
• Manatee County, Florida; A deputy was suspended 258 hours (more than six weeks) for turning in inaccurate time cards.
  
• Update: St. Anthony, Minnesota (First reported 7/7/16): An officer was acquitted of manslaughter for the shooting death of Philando Castile during a traffic stop last year.
  
• Alamogordo, New Mexico: An officer was placed on leave after posting potentially threatening comments on social media.
  
• Update: St. Anthony, Minnesota: The officer who was acquitted of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of Philando Castile has been fired.
  
• San Antonio, Texas: An officer was arrested for drunk driving after crashing into Kirby, Texas officer’s patrol car.
  
• Troy, New York: The entire gun and drug unit is under investigation for allegedly covering up a warrantless search. All officers in the unit have been placed on leave.
  
• Update: Joliet, Illinois (First reported 6/27/13): A now-former officer was acquitted of federal civil rights violations for actions during a 2012 arrest. He was previously acquitted on state charges.
  
• Franklin County, North Carolina: A deputy was charged with felonious assault, property damage, and criminal threatening.
  
• Mount Vernon, New York: Six detectives and the department are being sued for wrongful arrest by a man who was recently acquitted of murder.
  
• Broward County, Florida: A deputy is under psychiatric evaluation after a domestic call to his house led to flight and an eventual standoff at a country club.
  

Week of 06/11/17

Week of 06/04/17

• Inglewood, California: Five officers who fatally shot Marquintan Sandlin and Kisha Michael as they were unconscious in a parked car are no longer with the department.
  
• New Orleans, Louisiana: An officer was found guilty of malfeasance for kicking a prone burglary suspect in the face.
  
• Boynton Beach, Florida: An officer was arrested for domestic violence and placed on leave.
  
• Baltimore, Maryland: An officer was arrested for theft and fraud for billing hours he didn’t work at a casino.
  
• Minneapolis Metro Transit: An officer was fired after being recorded asking a man about his immigration status. The department released a statement that read, in part, “We…are looking to reestablish the trust that was broken” in this incident.
  
• Update: New York, New York (First reported 10/19/16): A sergeant was charged with murder, negligent homicide, and manslaughter for the fatal shooting of Deborah Danner in October.
  
• Cleveland County, North Carolina: A deputy was fired after he was arrested for assault as a result of an armed, off-duty conflict with his neighbors
  
• Ouachita Parish, Louisiana: A deputy was arrested for rape and immediately fired.
  
• Smith County, Mississippi: Two deputies were fired for inappropriate contact with female inmates. The FBI is in investigating possible criminal charges.
  
• Townsend, Massachusetts: An officer was suspended for five days without pay amid allegations of dishonesty and unprofessional conduct.
  
• New Jersey State Police: A trooper stationed in Camden was charged with falsifying records to cover up improper stops of women to ‘start relationships.’
• Chillicothe, Ohio: An officer on a “last chance agreement” with the department for repeated violations of protocol was suspended 15 days for associating with a known felon while he was off duty. He claims he did not know whether either of the women he drove home had a felony conviction, and there is no alleged wrongdoing connected to the incident beyond the improper fraternization.
  
• Update: Albuquerque, New Mexico (First reported 3/28/17): The chief overruled a recommendation that an officer who accidentally shot a man in the back serve an 11-day suspension for the incident.
  
• Frankfort, Indiana: A detective was arrested for OWI with a BAC measured at .141. He was stopped for erratic driving and unsafe lane movement.
  
• Pasco, Washington: An officer who served on the crimes against children task force was charged with raping teen multiple times over five years starting when she was 14 years old.
  
• Howard University (Washington, DC): Two officers were fired for dumping a hospital patient out of her wheelchair at a bus stop. Their supervisor was also fired for ordering the patient out of the hospital.
  
• Gates County, North Carolina: A deputy was charged with sexually assaulting a female prisoner who was in his custody. He was also charged with obstruction of justice.
  
• Tulsa County, Oklahoma: A deputy was arrested for gun possession while he was intoxicated.
  
• Update: Belleville, New Jersey (First reported 11/10/16): A now-former officer pled guilty to shoplifting bottle of tequila and was sentenced to six months’ probation. According to the report, this was not her first arrest for shoplifting, but her previous arrest did not disqualify her from working for the department.
  

Week of 05/29/17

• Houston Independent School District (Texas): A now-former officer pled guilty to an “improper relationship” with a 14-year-old student. His plea agreement allows for deferred adjudication and, if successful, he will not have to register as a sex offender. Under the terms of the plea, he is not allowed to contact the victim.
  
• Casper, Wyoming: An officer was charged with felony child abuse for actions against her adopted child.
  
• Update: Sarasota County, Florida (First reported 2/10/17): A deputy who has been charged with tampering with her colleague’s attempted murder case has been fired.
  
• Update: Baytown, Texas (First reported 5/22/17): An officer was indicted for bribery for soliciting nude photos of female drivers to get out of tickets. He has been indefinitely suspended.
  
• Collier County, Florida: A deputy was fired and arrested for doctor shopping for pain medications.
  
• Update: Cleveland, Ohio (First reported 11/24/14): The officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice has been fired for lying on his employment application, which he may appeal. His partner was suspended for 10 days and ordered to undergo retraining.
  
• Update: Ascension Parish, Louisiana (First reported 2/21/17): A deputy who was fired after his domestic violence arrest will not be charged.
  
• Lampasas County, Texas: A deputy was placed on leave after a video was released showing him punch a teen in the face four times. The deputy admits the actions but said the teen swung first and his actions were to subdue the suspect. 
  
• Benton County, Arkansas: A deputy pled guilty to misusing a confidential law enforcement database for personal gain. He was sentenced to six years of probation and ordered to serve 120 hours of community service.
  
• Sangamon County, Illinois: A deputy pled guilty to misdemeanor drug possession for buying mail-order steroids. He was suspended for six months but will retain his employment. He had a prescription for legal steroids but said he was trying to save money by ordering the controlled substances online.
  
• New York, New York: An officer was arrested for selling drugs while he was off-duty in Corona.
  
• New York, New York: A school officer was arrested for beating his daughter with a belt at home.
  
• Fairfield, Connecticut: A detective was arrested for tampering with evidence for allegedly removing drugs from the evidence room.
  
• Update: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (First reported 12/21/15): An officer who was working for a private security firm while he was off-duty was found guilty of federal civil rights charges for beating a teen at Heinz Field.
  
• Northglenn, Thornton and Westminster, Colorado: The three police departments and three officers (one from each department) are being sued for a fatal drug raid that killed James Strong Jr. The plaintiffs allege that the officers blindly shot through walls and therefore needlessly endangered the other people who were in the house during the raid.
  
• Salem, Massachusetts: An officer was suspended 18 months for falsely reporting that he was injured while on duty.
  

Week of 05/21/17

• New Port Richey, Fla.: The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office is under much-deserved fire this week after they took to their official Facebook page and humiliated a woman who was merely trying to conceive a child with her husband.
  
• Orleans County, New York: Two deputies were charged with larceny and falsifying records involving double-dipping while working at a private security firm.
  
• Snohomish County, Washington: A now-former deputy pled guilty to reckless driving and endangerment for an on-duty crash that cost a man his legs.
• Update: Jackson County, Mississippi: A deputy pled guilty to having sex with female inmates while he was on duty. A second deputy was indicted for the same crime.
• Update: Cape Coral, Florida: An officer was found guilty of DUI for crashing into a home, during which she was seriously injured. She was sentenced to probation and now an internal investigation is underway.
• San Antonio, Texas; An officer was suspended 45 days for disabling his body camera. He was suspended an additional day for telling a crime victim that officers hate citizens.
• Update: Daviess County, Kentucky: A deputy who was suspended after his domestic violence arrest has been fired after violating the protective order stemming from that incident.
• Atlanta, Georgia: An officer was fired for using excessive force. The officer was off-duty but directing traffic when he fired into a van and wounding a man inside.
  
• Update: Waterloo, Iowa (First reported 8/4/16): An officer who was acquitted of criminal charges related to an off-duty road rage incident was demoted after an internal investigation. He is appealing.
  
• Update: Tulsa, Oklahoma (First reported 8/22/16): An officer was acquitted in the fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher.
  
• Update: Balch Springs, Texas (First reported 5/1/17): The now-former officer charged with murder for shooting Jordan Edwards previously tased a handcuffed man. Body camera footage of the incident has been released.
  
• Maryland Transportation Authority: An officer pled guilty to theft for stealing from the police union as president. He is slated to be sentenced August 28.
  
• Claycomo, Missouri: An officer was arrested with his wife for submitting fraudulent opioid prescriptions in Kansas City.
  
• Memphis, Tennessee: An officer was arrested for pushing and choking his wife while he was intoxicated.
  
• Update: Wheeling, Ohio (First reported 11/17/16): A now-former officer pled guilty to sexual abuse of a high school student while he was SRO. She is now his fiancée, though he is in hot water again as he appears to have violated the plea agreement by maintaining contact with her, failing to register as a sex offender, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felony. 
  

Week of 05/14/17

• A former Arkansas cop has been sentenced to only six years of probation after being accused by a woman of groping, raping and urinating on her while on duty.
  
• Mom given five citations for criticizing cop for blocking traffic.  According to Kristy Hernandez, she was attempting to drop her son off at Ben Sheppard Elementary School in Hialeah, but had to wait 20 minutes on Miami-Dade Schools police officer Ismael Castilla to ticket another driver.  The woman says the “oblivious” officer made her son and other students late for school while various parents honked their car horns at him and told him to get out of the way.  On dash-cam video recorded from inside Hernandez’s vehicle, she can be heard telling the officer as she passes him, “The students are late to school because of you. I’m going to be sending this to your supervisor.
  
• Woodland Hills High School (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania): An SRO was caught on video knocking a student’s tooth out. Once the story broke, more students have come forth with more allegations of abuse by the officer and staff.
  
• Polk County, Florida: A detective was acquitted of violating the civil rights of a teen who was accused of bullying another girl into suicide.
  
• San Antonio, Texas: An officer was charged with DWI in April and suspended. Reports show that he was previously suspended for groping a woman without consent while he was off duty.
  
• Madison County, Virginia: A detective was charged with transporting minors across state lines for criminal sexual activity.
  
• Update: Kern County, California (First reported 6/24/16): Two deputies agreed to plead guilty in a marijuana distribution conspiracy case for dealings with a disgraced ex-Bakersfield officer who was previously convicted of meth distribution.
  
• Update: Burlington Township, New Jersey (First reported 10/21/16): A now-former officer pled guilty to vehicular homicide for a DUI crash that killed his passenger. He was sentenced to four years in prison.
  
• Colebrookdale, Pennsylvania: The chief was suspended indefinitely with the intent to terminate. A detective and an officer were given lighter suspensions, and are expected to be retained. The underlying offense or offenses were not made public.
  
• Fremont County, Colorado: A corporal was arrested for child abuse and third-degree assault for an off-duty incident.
  
• Collier County, Florida: A deputy was arrested for being in contempt of court. He has not paid money as he was ordered to in his divorce case.
  
• Miami, Florida: An officer was arrested for false imprisonment and battery for detaining a woman while off duty but in uniform and in his patrol car.
  
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: An officer was charged with homicide by vehicle for fatally striking a pedestrian while allegedly drag racing other officers on public roads.
  
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A now-former homicide detective pled guilty to six criminal counts including conspiracy and tampering to help his girlfriend escape a murder charge after she allegedly killed her former lover.
  
• Seattle, Washington: A man is suing the City and an officer for excessive force. The plaintiff was repeatedly punched in the face without just cause. Dash footage captured the beginning of the encounter, including the first blow by the officer. The officer was suspended one day for the incident.
  
• Update: Louisville, Kentucky (First reported 12/28/16): A now-former officer was sentenced to five months for stealing money from packages he was charged with inspecting.
  
• Update: San Antonio, Texas (First reported 6/15/16): An officer who was indefinitely suspended for challenging a detainee to fight for his freedom was reinstated. SAPD has a number of officers who they have tried to terminate that have been reinstated after their indefinite suspensions.
  
• Update: Kenosha, Wisconsin (First reported 1/3/17): An officer pled guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct for punching a man for personal reasons while he was on duty. In return for the plea, the felony charges were dropped.
  
• West Chester Township, Ohio: An officer pled guilty to lesser charges for his OVI arrest. At the time of his arrest, his BAC was .166, more than twice the legal limit. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail, 177 of which were suspended, as well as probation. His future job status is unclear.
• Fremont County, Colorado: A deputy was placed on leave amid accusations he arrested people for DUI without cause or any signs of impairment.
• Val Verde County, Texas: A deputy was fired after his arrest for DUI. He crashed his patrol vehicle while he was off duty.
  
• Laredo, Texas: An officer was arrested for DWI and related charges after hitting a parked vehicle and fleeing the scene.Update: U.S. Border Patrol (First reported 8/9/16): A now-former agent pled no contest to charges related to repeatedly raping a minor relative beginning when she was 15 years old. He was employed as an agent at the time of the crimes but retired before the criminal case was brought.
• Chatham County, Georgia: A deputy was charged with sexual assault and violation of the oath of office for actions against a jail inmate.
• Update: New York, New York (First reported 3/27/17): A detective who was recently arrested for masturbating outside of the windows of strangers while he was off duty is being sued for excessive force and false arrest for unrelated, on-duty conduct.
• Fullerton, California: An officer was charged with filing a false report. His story was contradicted by body camera footage.
• Update: North Attleborough, Massachusetts (First reported 2/2/17):  A now-former officer was acquitted of disorderly conduct for punching a man he saw kiss his girlfriend. The man he punched was an officer in a different department and testified that he believed he “had it coming,” given the circumstances. The assaulting officer had domestic violence charges dropped because neither his girlfriend or the man he punched want to bring charges against him.
  
• Update: Kearney, Nebraska (First reported 9/6/16): An officer was acquitted of criminal charges for shooting a man who was fleeing a traffic stop in his car.
• U.S. Secret Service: An agent assigned to Vice President Pence was arrested for solicitation in a Maryland hotel.
• Attleboro, Massachusetts: An officer was arrested on child pornography and child solicitation charges.
• Green Bay, Wisconsin: An officer resigned amid allegations he falsified use of force reports after dashcam footage revelations.
• Washington, D.C.: An officer was charged with robbing and assaulting 15-year-old girl after paying her for sex.
  
• Update: Tampa, Florida (First reported 4/8/15): A now-former detective pled guilty to receipt of stolen property in a tax fraud scheme. Another officer previously pled guilty to similar charges for the crimes. The detective’s wife is also a former officer and she awaits trial for her alleged role in the conspiracy.
  
• Los Angeles County, California: A deputy was arrested for domestic violence and is under internal investigation for unrelated misconduct while on duty. 
• Update: Austin, Texas (First reported 11/15/16): Two officers were suspended for inappropriately impeding an activist who was recording them in the performance of their duties. One officer was suspended 10 days and the other officer was suspended 20 days.
• Centralia, Washington: An officer was suspended one day for striking a restrained man who spat on him. The chief commended the officer for taking responsibility and being forthright about his actions after it happened.
• Detroit, Michigan: An officer was arrested for domestic violence.
• Update: Faulkner, Arkansas (First reported 3/25/16): A now-former officer was sentenced to 90 days in jail and fined $1,090 for kicking a handcuffed arrestee.
  
• Austin Texas: Man makes 911 burglary call, SWAT responds, destroys his home, and the burglar walks out the back door.
  

Week of 05/07/17

• Update: Franklin, Indiana (First reported 10/25/16): An officer who was arrested but not ultimately charged for felony domestic battery has been fired by City.
  
• Update: Balch Springs, Texas (First reported 5/1/17): The officer who fatally shot 15-year-old Jordan Edwards with a rifle has been fired.
  
• Update: Baton Rouge, Louisiana (First reported 7/6/16): Two officers will not face federal civil rights charges for fatally shooting Alton Sterling. State charges are possible and an investigation is underway.
  
• Lee County, Florida: Three deputies and a sergeant were fired for giving false statements or falsifying documents in separate incidents.
  
• Navassa, North Carolina: An officer was arrested for obstruction of justice and filing a false report claiming he was shot at while on duty. A bullet pierced the laptop in his cruiser and he claimed it came from a high-powered rifle.
  
• Farmerville, Louisiana: An officer was charged for trying to run his estranged wife’s car off of the road and resisting arrest. He was off-duty and in a personal vehicle when the incident occurred.
  
• Newport, Rhode Island: A now-former officer and former FOP president pled guilty to federal fraud charges for embezzling more than $71,000 in union money.
  
• Daviess County, Kentucky: A deputy was suspended for six weeks after his arrest for fourth-degree domestic violence. He is under protective order while the criminal case is pending. Upon completion of the suspension, if the case remains unresolved, he will be required to surrender his firearm after every shift. If he is found guilty of the crime, authorities will re-evaluate the terms of his employment.
  
• Fort Myers, Florida: Six officers were placed on leave after an audit alleging misconduct. The City Council is publicly demanding explanations, including the names and offenses of the suspended officers.
  
• Chicago, Illinois: A detective was arrested in Louisiana for shoplifting in December. She was permitted to enter a diversion program. An investigation revealed she has a previous history of theft. She remains on desk duty but the outcome of a criminal 2013 case against her is unknown.
  
• Jasper County, Georgia: A deputy was charged with theft and violation of his oath for allegedly taking drugs and cash from evidence.
• Troup County, Georgia: A deputy was arrested for stalking and simple assault against his girlfriend. He has been fired.
• Lee County, Florida: A deputy was suspended three days for making a sexually inappropriate comment to a female deputy.
• Hot Springs, Arkansas: An officer was arrested for molesting a nine-year-old girl on repeated occasions last year. He resigned.
• Anne Arundel County, Maryland: An officer was accused of misconduct, including sending sexually explicit photos to an interviewee and engaging in prostitution while on duty. Another woman claimed he convinced her to have sex with him so that he would help out a person she knew who was in legal trouble.
• Update: Rutherford County, Tennessee (First reported 5/27/16): The now-former sheriff was sentenced to 50 months in prison on federal corruption charges for profiteering off of the inmates in the jail he ran.
• Austin, Texas: An officer was charged with misdemeanor false report or alarm for trying to fake his own death and escape the country.
• Jacksonville, Florida: An officer was charged with aggravated assault for pulling his gun on a man while he was off-duty at a poker outing.
• Utah Department of Public Safety: An officer was arrested for DUI in an unmarked patrol car on his way to a training event.
  
• Holyoke, Massachusetts: An officer was charged with indecent assault and battery of a minor under 14 years old.
  
• Update: North Charleston, South Carolina (First reported 4/8/15): Now-former officer Michael Slager pled guilty to one count of violating Walter Scott’s civil rights for fatally shooting him in the back five times. In exchange for the plea, the other federal charges and state murder charges were dropped. The City settled a wrongful death suit with Scott’s family for $6,500,000.
  
• Confirming a clear pattern of abuse at Woodland Hills High School in Pittsburgh, a new video shows a nonviolent teen being brutalized by a resource officer.  Released by attorney Todd Hollis, the footage shows the 15-year-old student being placed in a headlock before being body-slammed and repeatedly tased by officer Steve Shaulis on March 3, 2015.
  
• Update: Belleville, New Jersey (First reported 11/10/16): The officer arrested for shoplifting a bottle of tequila has resigned. The details of her criminal plea were sealed.
  
• Update: Des Plaines, Illinois (First reported 12/17/13): An officer was reinstated by a labor arbitrator after years of appealing firing. The long-running ordeal had the firing upheld by several court proceedings. According to the report, his is alleged to have “beat[en] handcuffed suspects, lied during an internal investigation and made false arrests.”  The City is deciding whether to appeal the ruling, but officials said that “rehiring him would be bad public policy and harmful for morale.”
  
• Harris County, Texas: A deputy was arrested for hitting a woman during a fight over a parking spot while he was off duty.
  
• Update: Mobile County, Alabama (First reported 3/14/17): A deputy who was fired after being seen by co-workers buying drugs has been indicted and arrested.
  
• Charleston County, South Carolina: A deputy was charged with domestic violence after an incident with his wife.
  
• Waller County, Texas: A deputy was fired after allegations of inappropriate contact with female DWI suspect after her arrest.
  
• Paso, Tx.: An innocent  man who was beaten by police while he was having a seizure is now facing charges from the incident. Javier Ortega Jr. was driving home one night when he had a seizure behind the wheel and crashed his vehicle.
  
• A man who suffered a concussion, deep head cuts and broken bones in his arms at the hands of Alameda County, California sheriff’s deputies will now receive a $5.5 million lawsuit settlement.
  
• Update: Auburn, New York (First reported 4/3/17): The deputy chief is set to return to work after serving his suspension and guilty plea to DUI.
  
• Balch Spring, Texas: An officer shot into a car of kids leaving a party with a rifle, killing Jordan Edwards, an unarmed 15-year-old honor student. Dallas County police are investigating the incident. The name of the officer has not been released.
  
• Update: New Orleans, Louisiana (First reported 9/30/16): Two officers pled guilty to federal charges of interstate cigarette smuggling while off-duty and out of uniform. They resigned. A third officer who worked as a deputy in the Orleans Parish Police Department awaits trial with one or more defendants that are not in law enforcement.
  
• Update: Kauai, Hawaii (First reported 8/20/15): An officer was acquitted of negligent homicide for running over a previously struck pedestrian while attempting to respond to the scene of the accident. He was reinstated after his acquittal.
  
• Baker, Louisiana: An officer was arrested for malfeasance and obstruction for the attempted cover-up of a shooting incident involving the son of the East Baton Rouge sheriff. The officer and his partner responded to the report of shots fired and found a man shooting target practice in his backyard, who was unaware bullets were leaving his property and striking at the nearby Wal-Mart. No injuries were reported. The officer who was arrested allegedly made several attempts to let the man off easy after learning his identity.
  
• Memphis, Tennessee: An officer was demoted and suspended amid allegations of misconduct with a sex worker and other violations.
  
• Midland, Texas: An officer resigned after a woman reported he made inappropriate comments to her over the phone.
  
• Alice, Texas: An officer was charged with assaulting a person in a bar while he was off duty.
  

Week of 04/30/17

• Update: Gwinnett County, Georgia (First reported 4/14/17): Two now-former deputies were charged with battery and violation of oath for their video-recorded beating of a motorist.
  
• Michigan City, Indiana: An officer resigned and was later arrested for raping a woman with “diminished mental capacity.”
  
• Update: New York, New York (First reported 4/27/16): Two recently retired officers were arrested for their roles in a gun permit bribery scandal while they were on the force. A third former officer was also arrested, but his alleged criminal activity happened after he retired in 1999.
  
• Pickens County, South Carolina: A deputy was arrested for the alleged harassment of his estranged wife. He was fired.
  
• College Park, Georgia: An officer resigned and was arrested for meeting underage teens for sex.  Officials say that he may not have been aware of the girls’ true ages, as they had posted that they were older on the website through which the officer contacted them.
  
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: An officer was arrested for sexual abuse of children and child pornography.
  
• Update: Melrose Park, Illinois (First reported 4/15/15): A now-former officer pled guilty to stealing drugs from evidence and using his police car to drive as a cocaine courier.
  
• Update: Federal Protective Service (First reported 6/6/16): A now-former officer pled guilty to murder and other charges for killing two strangers and wounding others during a 2016 DC-area shooting spree. He will still face charges for killing his estranged wife at the beginning of the spree.
  
• Update: Neoga, Illinois (First reported 3/9/16): A now-former officer pled guilty to sexually abusing a teenage girl. He was sentenced to spend 90 days in jail and serve four years of probation.
  
• Leachville, Arkansas: An officer was suspended with pay for an undisclosed violation.
  
• Hearne, Texas: An officer resigned while he was under investigation. He says he wants to continue a career in law enforcement.
  
• Update: San Antonio, Texas (First reported 9/19/16): A detective was suspended three days for striking his wife in the face. He was arrested for the incident, but his wife declined to press charges.
  
• Augusta, Maine: An officer is being sued for excessive force for shooting a suspect. A judge ruled that she did not properly warn the suspect before firing and thus the lawsuit could move forward.
  
• Mandeville, Louisiana: An officer was fired after he was charged for stealing from Home Depot while he was off duty.
  
• Update: Baltimore, Maryland (First reported 7/30/14): An officer who was convicted of misconduct and fired for actions against a teenage detainee was reinstated by a judge.
  
• Sonoma State University (California): The chief has set a date to resign. He has been on leave since he allegedly stabbed his stepson with a power drill and fired his weapon in a domestic dispute.
  
• Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: A deputy was arrested for bringing contraband into the jail for an inmate.
  
• Update: Baltimore, Maryland: An officer who was indicted with six other officers in a corruption scandal has also been indicted in a separate drug ring case.
  
• Update: East Cleveland, Ohio: Two officers pled guilty to charges for assaulting and violating the civil rights of a detainee.
  
• Update: Sacramento, California: The City is being sued by the man who was assaulted by an officer for jaywalking that many saw in a viral video. He also claims he was the victim of mistreatment in the jail.
  
• Milwaukee County, Wisconsin: The jail is at the heart of a rare prosecutor’s inquest because Terrill Thomas was denied water for a week and died of severe dehydration. The jail is overseen by Sheriff David Clarke.
  
• Update: New York, New York: A now-former officer was sentenced to 28 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor and child pornography.
  
• Update: Woonsocket, Rhode Island (First reported 4/4/17): A suspended officer pled guilty to assaulting a high school student while volunteering at school. He is still employed at the department despite his conviction for abusing his little sister several years ago.
  
• Worth County, Ga:  Children feel violated, parents are furious, and a lawsuit is getting filed after the Worth County Sheriff’s office conducted an illegal search of 900 students — in the name of the war on drugs. The rights-violating intrusive and aggressive pat downs and drug dog searches yielded absolutely nothing.
  
• Rochester, New York: Two officers were suspended after the use of force against a man who was riding a dirt bike. At least one body cam was not activated during the incident.
  
• Rochester, New York: An officer was suspended after a facebook post claimed and body cam evidence confirmed he choked a handcuffed detainee.
  
• Update: Dallas, Texas (First reported 12/1/13): A now-former officer was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide for striking cyclist while in pursuit. The officer ran him over and cuffed him and allegedly waited several minutes before calling EMS. The cyclist died of his injuries before getting to the hospital. The officer was fired and the cyclist’s family received $1,200,000 from a lawsuit against the City.
  
• Update: Crockett County, Tennessee (First reported 2/23/17): A now-former deputy pled guilty to cocaine distribution and firearms possession for running protection for the Gangster Disciples. As part of the plea, he will be unable to appeal his sentence.
  

New York, New York: Three incidents came from one report: 

1. One officer was arrested after he punched a friend while he was off-duty.
   
2. One detective was arrested for a minor DWI crash.
3. One officer was arrested for a DWI crash that sent another car into a pole, seriously injuring three people. Since the story was first published, 22-year-old Vanessa Raghubar, who was driving the car the officer hit, succumbed to her injuries. There is no word yet, but amended charges stemming from her death seem likely.
   

• Update: Dallas, Texas (First reported 4/21/17): A second officer has been arrested on burglary charges for an October ’16 incident involving the home of the first arrested officer’s estranged wife.
  
• Rockaway Township, New Jersey: An officer was charged with sexual assault and child endangerment for having sexual contact with and giving drugs to teens. 
  
• Update: Irwindale, California (First reported 6/13/14): The City will pay the victim of year-long molestation while she was a teen in the department’s Explorer program $2,750,000. The now-former officer who abused her during that time was convicted and sentenced to 32 months in prison.
  

• Southington, Connecticut: An officer was suspended 30 days for letting his intoxicated girlfriend drive. She caused a fatal accident and was criminally charged in the case.
  
• Dallas, Texas: An officer was charged with burglary and stalking for an incident against his estranged wife in October.
  
• Colorado Springs, Colorado: The City settled a racial profiling lawsuit for $212,000.
  
• Parma, Ohio: A now-former officer pled guilty to identity fraud and obstruction charges for lying to officials while at a casino off duty. He and the woman he was with were using false identities when they cashed out.
  
• Update: Federal Bureau of Investigation (Las Vegas) (First reported 12/21/16): A now-former agent was sentenced to 135 days in jail and probation for the off-duty shooting in the direction of Grand Rapids, Michigan police. No one was injured during the incident.
  
• Update: Delaware County, Oklahoma (First reported 1/21/16): A now-former deputy was sentenced to three years, suspended, and ordered to register as sex offender for propositioning a teen.
  
• "Mesquite, Texas: "Motherf*cker, I'm going to kill you!" says cop as he tasers young man to death.
• Newcomerstown police officer Brian Eubanks, 37, admitted to police that he lied about the shooting after police brought him in for further questioning about the incident, the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office said.
  
• Lake County, Minnesota: A deputy was placed on leave after a fatal crash that resulted from a high-speed chase that crossed the county line.
  
• Houston, Texas: An officer was arrested on a methamphetamine possession charge. Reports conflict on whether the man he was arrested with was a roommate or romantic partner, who was charged with selling various drugs, but the officer admitted to using meth and other drugs himself earlier in the day.
  
• Portland, Oregon: An officer was arrested for an off-duty DUI.
  
• Austin, TX officer who runs breathalyzer at jail fired for coming to work drunk. Supervisor suspended 60 days.
  
• Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training Council sanctioned six now-former officers from six departments for misconduct.   Summaries below:
  

1. Roy, Utah: An officer resigned and pled no contest for attempting to steal $50 from the scene of a burglary investigation. He was fined and given one year of probation. The POST Council suspended his law certification for two and a half years.
   
2. Layton, Utah: An officer was charged with official misconduct for using his position as a law enforcement officer to gain entry to a hotel room he believed his girlfriend was in with another man. The POST Council suspended his certification for a year. He was demoted to desk duty and retired.
   
3. Morgan County, Utah: A now-former deputy had his certification suspended for one year after using a law enforcement database to check-up on people he suspected were involved with his wife.
   
4. Weber County, Utah: A now-former deputy pled guilty to disorderly conduct for striking his 7-year-old child in the forehead, causing a bruise. His certification was suspended for nine months.
   
5. Box Elder County, Utah: A deputy admitted to smoking marijuana and eating cannabinoid edibles while vacationing in Colorado, where both the activities are legal. He was fired and his certification was suspended for two years.
   
6. Brigham City, Utah: An officer lied to investigators about who crashed his car to protect his wife from a DUI charge. He was fired and his certification was suspended for three years.
   

• Bexar Co., Texas: A deputy was indicted for oppression and assault for actions against a prisoner in her custody.
  
• Newcomerstown, Ohio: An officer was fired after he admitted he made up the story that he was shot during a traffic stop, prompting a manhunt. Criminal charges are possible.
  
• Colorado City, Arizona & Hildale, Utah: A federal judge ruled that both police departments engaged in widespread misconduct and religious discrimination. Both “sister cities” are effectively run by adherents of Warren Jeffs’ fundamentalist Mormon sect and the judge ruled that the police and other municipal agencies actively violated the civil rights of residents who were not in the sect.
  
• Clark County, Washington: A detective resigned while he was under investigation for official misconduct. He will not face criminal charges.
  
• Pueblo, Colorado: A woman called 911 because someone in her yard was on drugs.  Cops show up, shoot and kill her  2-year-old service dog in training named Crios.
  
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln: An officer was charged with drunk driving off duty and resigned.
  
• Alamo, Texas: An officer was arrested for felonious assault on a family member.
  
• Update: Auburn, New York (First reported 4/3/17): The deputy chief pled guilty to DWI. He was originally charged with aggravated DWI because his BAC level was more than twice the legal limit.
  
• Dinwiddie County, Virginia: A deputy was fired and charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child in 2015. He was employed as a law enforcement officer at the time of the offense, but it is unclear which department he was working for at the time. Before coming to Dinwiddie County in 2016, he had been employed by the Richmond and Petersburg police departments.
  
• Fairfield, Alabama: A detective was placed on leave without pay after a video showed him punch a suspect at a gas station. Previously, he had worked for the Birmingham Police Department, from which he retired.
  
• Baker, Louisiana: An officer was charged with 16 counts related to doctor shopping for opioids and amphetamines. He resigned.
  
• Frankfort, Kentucky: A detective was suspended six months without pay for alleged sexual misconduct with an informant and withholding evidence. 
  
• Update: Montgomery County, Maryland (First reported 6/17/16): An officer pled guilty to attempted child solicitation after being caught in a Prince William County, Virginia sting operation.
  
• Fentress County, Tennessee: A sheriff pled guilty to honest services fraud and civil rights charges. He sexually abused female jail inmates.
  
• Providence, Rhode Island: A man filed a lawsuit against police after he was acquitted of assaulting the officer who bloodied him. He alleges that he was charged with resisting arrest and assaulting an officer to cover up for the abuse he suffered. The officer in question is over six feet tall and the defendant-turned-plaintiff is 4’11”.
  
• Update: Pittsfield, Massachusetts (First reported 12-02-15): A now-former officer was sentenced to 20 months in prison and three years’ probation after pleading guilty to larceny and theft of roughly $200,000 from the police union.
  
• New York, New York: A now-former officer pled guilty to misdemeanor assault for breaking into an apartment off duty and striking a woman there approximately 20 times. He was sentenced to three years’ probation.
  
• Update: Southport, North Carolina (First reported 01-07-14 officer acquitted in May for fatally shooting mentally ill teen; remains on unpaid suspension.
  
• Rowley, Massachusetts: An officer was found responsible for texting while driving, a civil offense. A criminal leaving the scene of an accident charge was dropped and he is now back on duty.
  
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Agents shot and wounded a 53-year-old legal resident during a raid on a home in Chicago. The family says the man was unarmed.
  
• Johnson County, Arkansas: A deputy has been suspended while he is under investigation by state police.  The nature of the investigation was not disclosed.
  
• Update: Iberia Parish, Louisiana: Seven now-former deputies who pled guilty and cooperated with federal authorities against the sheriff in a department-wide scandal were sentenced. The terms ranged from six months to four-and-half years. The sheriff, Louis Ackal, was acquitted at trial. The sentencing judge said, “In over 30 years on the bench, I have never liked sentencing, and [giving] these are the worst….The best I can say is you had lousy leadership. I’m restrained to say anything further.” Three other deputies also pled guilty but await sentencing due to other circumstances. One other deputy is slated to stand trial in the coming months. 
  
• Lake County, Florida: Two deputies were terminated after covering up accidental tasering of a school employee, who broke his wrist when he fell from the shock.
  

Week of 04/23/17

• 100,000 Dashcam Videos Were Deleted by Columbus (OH) Police
  
• East Cleveland, Ohio: According to prosecutors, officer Kenneth Bolton stopped the women, ages 22 and 23, at Euclid Avenue and Lee Road, about 30 minutes after he heard over his police radio that other officers had cited them for traffic violations.  In other words, it appears that Bolton, a 16-year veteran of the force, quickly tracked the women down after hearing their ages and descriptions. He then found a sex toy in their car.  A grand jury on Thursday returned gross sexual imposition, abduction and interfering with civil rights charges against Bolton. He reportedly groped the women and used the toy to sexually assault them between their legs.
  
• Lake Elsinore, Ca.: A 75-year-old widow in tough financial straits reached out to NASA about selling a speck of moon rock her late husband had given her.  Joann Davis then became the target of a sting operation at a Denny’s that a federal appeals court suggested Thursday was outrageous overkill.The lead agent “organized a sting operation involving six armed officers to forcibly seize a Lucite paperweight containing a moon rock the size of a rice grain from an elderly grandmother,” wrote Judge Sidney Thomas of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in the decision allowing Davis to sue, per the Los Angeles Times.  One awful detail from the 2011 incident: The agents refused Davis’ request to use the bathroom, and she urinated in her pants during the two-hour ordeal at the restaurant.
  
• Bexar County, Texas: A deputy was arrested for off-duty DWI.
  
• Atlanta, Ga.:  A North Carolina family narrowly escaped with their lives when an off-duty Atlanta police supervisor opened fire at their vehicle while directing traffic — because they made a wrong turn.  Forty-six-year-old Noel Hall, his wife, sons, grandson, and another passenger were leaving a motocross event at the Georgia Dome, where, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation told 11Alive Sergeant Mathieu Cadeau “was conducting traffic and ordered Hall to go one direction down Northside Drive, but reportedly, Hall wanted to go another direction. The GBI, which has taken over the investigation, said Hall then drove toward the officer, at which point Cadeau opened fire, injuring Hall.”
  
• Saratoga, Ca.:  The widow of an 86-year-old Navy veteran who was gunned down by armed intruders in his own home, has filed a lawsuit against her husband’s killers — the Santa Clara County sheriff’s department.  Eugene Craig was gunned down by police as he attempted to shield his wife from armed intruders who’d just broken into his home. The armed intruders were cops.
  
• San Antonio, Texas: Two officers were arrested for DWI on the same day. One rear ended a truck, the other was pulled over for bad driving. Both were off duty at the time of their respective arrests.
  
• San Juan, Texas: An officer was suspended without pay after he was indicted and arrested for lying to federal investigators. It is unclear what the underlying criminal activity is. 
  
• Lexington, Kentucky: Two officers were suspended for causing traffic accidents while on duty.
  
• Update: Franklin, Indiana (First reported 10/25/16): An officer was not charged by the prosecutors after his felony domestic violence arrest last year. The chief only had the power to suspend him for five days but recommended his termination to the City committee that can terminate him.
  
• Louisville, Kentucky: Two officers were indicted for sexual abuse while they were involved the police Explorer program. The Explorer program for people in their teens and early 20s who are thinking about becoming police officers. One officer resigned when allegations first surfaced; the other was terminated following the indictment.
  
• Roy, Utah: The department is being sued for the fatal shooting of a man who was appearing to flee after a brief peaceful encounter at a convenience store. The police released body cam footage of the incident. Footage does not show any sign of imminent danger to the officers.
  
• Oceanside, California: An officer was suspended after his arrest for domestic battery.
  
• New York, New York: An officer was arrested after punching an kicking adult in a home while off duty. She faces an additional charge for doing it in front of young children.
  
• Denver County, Colorado: A deputy was suspended 10 days for tasing an inmate against policy. A second deputy was suspended four days for verbally abusing an unruly child.
  
• Adams County, Colorado: A deputy was charged with second-degree assault for pushing a suspect off of a roof.
  
• Gwinnett County, Georgia: Two deputies were fired after being recorded punching and kicking a cuffed suspect in the head while he was on the ground.
  
• Mandeville, Louisiana: An officer was fired after being found drunk in her police car while off duty.
  
• Update: East Cleveland, Ohio (First reported 3/6/17): An officer was fired and indicted for sexually assaulting women he pulled over.
  
• Update: Shreveport, Louisiana (First reported 2/16/17): The officer who was charged with accessory after the fact for texting a suspect about a murder investigation has been fired.
  
• Update: Bay County, Michigan (First reported 11/15/16): A now-former deputy pled no contest to tampering for trying to cover up his accidental gun discharge in the school where he was an SRO. The bullet went through a wall and struck a teacher, though without serious injury. If he successfully completes his probation, the felony conviction will be replaced by two misdemeanors.
  
• New York, New York: Two officers were suspended for covering up that a handcuffed suspect had escaped their custody. The incident was brought to light by a bystander’s video of the escape.
  
• Jackson, Mississippi: An officer has been accused of sexual assault. He remains on duty during the administrative and criminal investigations.
  
• Chatham, New Jersey: An internal investigation found that an officer was discourteous and failed to report and record an incident on his body camera during an incident in which he threatened a security guard with a gun, though he did not use excessive force. He was, however, demoted for leaving his fully loaded weapon and law enforcement credentials on a private lawn after a night of drinking.
  
• Denver, Colorado: The City recently settled two excessive force lawsuits. One suit was settled for $47,o00 after an officer broke a woman’s wrist during her arrest. Previously, the City agreed to pay $999,999 to the surviving family of a teen who was fatally shot while attempting to flee an officer. 
  
• El Paso, Texas: An officer was indicted for manslaughter for fatally shooting Erik Sanchez in the back in 2015.
  
• Forrest County, Mississippi: A deputy was arrested for sending sexually explicit pictures to a 13-year-old child.
  
• Update: Gwinnett County, Georgia: A prosecutor dismissed 89 cases filed by a pair of deputies who were recently fired for beating a motorist.
  
• Austin, Texas: An officer was suspended 15 days for an off-duty road rage incident.
  
• Waynesboro, Tennessee: An officer was charged with theft and misconduct for pawning department-issued guns. He resigned and was hired by the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department before his arrest.
  
• Spring Valley, New York: An officer was arrested for DWI and drug possession with a child in the car after being stopped for erratic driving.
  
• The use of deadly force by several Chicago police officers is about to go on trial in federal court, but it's an unusual case where the victim was an off-duty firefighter who survived.  The long-time Chicago fireman survived although he was definitely in the police kill zone.  There were 40 shots fired at him by numerous officers when this happened, a barrage that he calls excessive force.

Week of 04/16/17

• Hooded, handcuffed, and VIOLATED: South Dakota's use of forced catheterization.
  
• Mother horrified after finding police drone watching her children - in their backyard.
  
• The worst of March, we look to the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department scandal that has finally come to a close. Now-former Sheriff Lee Baca was found guilty of obstruction of justice for trying to hide various civil rights violations that were happening at the jail and within his department. Ten other officers, including Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, were convicted and sentenced to prison terms for beatings of inmates, general jail conditions, and hiding information from the federal government.  Before this scandal came to light several years ago, other LASD deputies were tried and convicted for sexually abusing inmates and other civil rights violations.
  
• Watch police call in backup for veteran, Billy Spaulding of Manchester, paying his parking ticket with pennies.
  
• Marin County, California: A deputy was who was fired for shooting a fleeing suspect was reinstated to a non-sworn position.
  
• Alamo, Tennessee: An officer was fired in December and indicted in February for sexual harassment and stalking incidents.
  
• Pinellas County, Florida: A deputy was suspended one week after contacting a woman for personal reasons after her arrest. He was off duty at the time he contacted her.
  
• Hidalgo County, Texas: An officer was suspended after he was charged with one count of injury to a child.
  
• Update: Hayward, California (First reported 05-05-15): A now-former officer was sentenced to six years for bilking $450,000 from a mentally ill woman he once arrested for prostitution. 
  
• Assumption Parish, Louisiana: A deputy was suspended 15 days for being a passenger in a car driven by fleeing felon during a police chase.
  
• Update: Marksville, Louisiana (First reported 11-09-15): A now-former deputy marshal was sentenced to 40 years for the shooting death of six-year-old Jeremy Mardis, who was a passenger in a fleeing car he and his partner shot at. His partner awaits trial on similar charges.
  
• Camp Hill, Alabama: The now-former chief was indicted on seven criminal ethics violations, including misappropriation of public funds. He was fired October 14th.
  
• Laurens, South Carolina: An officer was charged for intentionally running his car into a house with the intent to cause damage.
  
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina: An officer was arrested after an off-duty argument with a neighbor.
  
• Update: Minnesota State Police (First reported 08-20-15): A now-former trooper was sentenced to four years of probation for off-duty sexual misconduct. If he successfully completes his probation, his criminal record will be expunged.
  
• Pineville, Missouri: A deputy marshal was arrested for burglary and aggravated stalking for tracking a woman with an electronic device. 
  
• Update: Kissimmee, Florida (First reported 03-23-16): Two now-former officers take plea deals in a perjury case regarding a bad arrest. Video evidence undermined the sworn statements of the officers and the case against the suspect was thrown out. As part of the deal, they must testify if called in a third officer’s trial for the same charges.
  

Week of 04/09/17

• Update: Marksville, Louisiana (First reported 11-09-15): A now-former deputy was found guilty of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter for fatally shooting a six-year-old boy and wounding his father by shooting into the car they were in after a vehicle pursuit. His former partner will stand trial separately.
  
• Marksville, LA. Police Officer Derrick Stafford was sentenced earlier today to 40 years in prison for the November 2015 murder of six year old Jeremy Mardis. Last week Stafford was convicted of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter for the shooting of Mardis and his father, Christopher Few, who was badly wounded but survived. (See below for videos of the actual shooting.) Technically, Stafford was sentenced to 55 years, but the fifteen years he received for attempting to kill Few will run concurrent to the 40 year sentence.
  
• Northeastern Regional Police (Pennsylvania): An officer pled guilty to a traffic violation and paid a fine for fatally striking a pedestrian.
  
• NYPD cop who got drunk, broke into a woman's house, and repeatedly assaalted her given probation.
  
• New York, New York: A detective was arrested for fondling and exposing himself outside of the windows of strangers.
  
• Belmont Cragin, ll.: Answers must be demanded over the inexplicable shooting of a wholly innocent man in the Chicago area home he’s owned for decades, as ICE agents, searching for the man’s adult son, opened fire on the homeowner despite children just months old sleeping nearby.
  
• Gresham, Oregon: An officer pled guilty to misconduct for exposing himself to co-workers while he was on duty. He retired and surrendered his law enforcement certification.
  
• Update: Broward County, Florida (First reported 10-17-14): A deputy was found not guilty for allegedly demanding oral sex in exchange for letting a probation violator go. He is now seeking three years of back pay.
  
• Gwinnett County, Georgia: Two deputies were charged—one with theft and the other with receiving stolen property—for taking undisclosed property from the county.
  
• New York, New York: An officer was arrested for drunk driving after striking three parked cars while he was off duty.
  
• New Mexico State Police: An officer was charged with aggravated DWI for hitting two parked cars and flipping his vehicle while he was off duty. He resigned.
  
• Chicopee, Massachusetts: An officer was suspended for five days for being belligerently drunk while representing the department in a St. Patrick’s Day parade.
  
• Update: Pasco, Washington (First reported 05-1415): An officer was acquitted of third-degree rape and fourth-degree sexual assault for an off-duty incident with a relative.
  
• Update: Louisville, Kentucky (First reported 10-04-16): An officer was found guilty of misconduct but acquitted of terroristic threatening for pulling a gun on a driver who hit his car.
  
• Lincoln County, North Carolina: An officer was fired after a domestic incident at his home during which a shot was fired. It is not clear whether the officer was at fault in the incident or whether he shot the gun. 
  
• Mendota Heights, Minnesota: An officer was suspended for one month for abusing a driver database for non-professional use. This is the officer’s third disciplinary suspension.
  
• Walton County, Florida: A deputy was arrested for domestic violence.
• Logan County, Oklahoma: A deputy arrested was for DUI and possession of a firearm while intoxicated. He was off duty at the time of the incident.
• Update: New York, New York: The officer who fatally shot Ramarley Graham, an unarmed black teen, resigned in lieu of termination after an administrative trial for the incident. 
• Albuquerque, New Mexico: A review board recommended suspending an officer who accidentally shot a man. The panel suggested an 88-hour suspension.
• Purcell, Oklahoma: An officer was charged with reckless conduct with a firearm for shooting a dog from the motorcycle he was riding. He claimed was running toward him; the dog survived but had a paw amputated and other injuries.
  

Week of 04/02/17

• The following was submitted by J Masters, the ex wife of an ex cop. She was arrested and attacked for “public intoxication” by officers with the Carrolton Police Department after her tire went flat on the way home from a girls night out. Initially she was pleased that the officer had stopped and was hoping he would assist her with the routine changing of her tire. However, quickly the situation escalated into her worst nightmare.
  
• Louisville, Kentucky: An officer was arrested for domestic violence. 
  
• Update: Pittsfield, Massachusetts (First reported 12-02-15): A now-former officer was sentenced to 20 months in prison and three years’ probation after pleading guilty to larceny and theft of roughly $200,000 from the police union.
  
• New York, New York: A now-former officer pled guilty to misdemeanor assault for breaking into an apartment off duty and striking a woman there approximately 20 times. He was sentenced to three years’ probation.
  
• Update: Southport, North Carolina (First reported 01-07-14 officer acquitted in May for fatally shooting mentally ill teen; remains on unpaid suspension.
  
• Rowley, Massachusetts: An officer was found responsible for texting while driving, a civil offense. A criminal leaving the scene of an accident charge was dropped and he is now back on duty.
  
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Agents shot and wounded a 53-year-old legal resident during a raid on a home in Chicago. The family says the man was unarmed.
  
• Johnson County, Arkansas: A deputy has been suspended while he is under investigation by state police.  The nature of the investigation was not disclosed.
  
• Update: Iberia Parish, Louisiana: Seven now-former deputies who pled guilty and cooperated with federal authorities against the sheriff in a department-wide scandal were sentenced. The terms ranged from six months to four-and-half years. The sheriff, Louis Ackal, was acquitted at trial. The sentencing judge said, “In over 30 years on the bench, I have never liked sentencing, and [giving] these are the worst….The best I can say is you had lousy leadership. I’m restrained to say anything further.” Three other deputies also pled guilty but await sentencing due to other circumstances. One other deputy is slated to stand trial in the coming months. 
  
• Lake County, Florida: Two deputies were terminated after covering up accidental tasering of a school employee, who broke his wrist when he fell from the shock.
  
• Hialeah, Florida: An officer was charged with accessing law enforcement database and passing on private information he gathered to a woman in exchange for “gifts.”
  
• Troy, New York: An officer was charged with DWI after crashing into a police vehicle with its lights on while he was off duty.
  
• Update: Port Arthur, Texas (First reported 02-27-17): An officer, who is one of three suspended during a retaliation investigation, was reinstated after a demotion.
  
• Sunnyside, Washington: An officer was arrested for domestic violence for allegedly pinning a woman down and threatening her with a rifle.
  
• Update: Santa Ana, California (First reported 06-12-15): An officer who was fired after a theft during a marijuana dispensary raid that was caught on video was reinstated by a judge.
  
• Jacksonville, Florida: A now-former officer was given credit for time served, one year of probation, and ordered to undergo counseling for stalking his ex.
  
• Midland, Texas: An officer was arrested for public intoxication in September and subsequently resigned. A video of the incident was just released.
  
• Denver, Colorado: A deputy was fired for excessive force against a jail inmate. He provoked the inmate to fight him.
  
• San Francisco County, California: A deputy was arrested on federal insurance fraud charges for allegedly staging a home burglary.
  
• Georgetown, Kentucky: One officer resigned and another was suspended after an investigation into a drunken off-duty fight.
  
• Cleveland, Ohio: A now-former detective was charged with felony drug counts for buying illicit prescription pills. He is also named in an excessive force lawsuit for shooting a drug dealer.
  
• Update: Wapato, Washington (First reported 11-02-16): A now-former officer was sentenced to one year of probation, plus time served, for third-degree rape of a woman when he was off duty.
  

Week of 03/26/17

• Update: Los Angeles County, California: Now-former sheriff Lee Baca was found guilty of obstruction and other charges for lying to investigators into the department-wide corruption scandal. 
  
• South Carolina police shot a man to pieces over $100 worth of pot, then lied about it.
  
• Former police chief gets a dose of the police state as he's detained at an airport, "because of his name."
  
• Cincinnati, Ohio: An officer was arrested for carrying an AR-15 and acting as an officer while drunk and off duty.
  
• Cleveland, Ohio: An officer was suspended 20 days for being armed while drinking in a bar off duty.
  
• Walker, Louisiana: An officer was suspended three days for hanging a noose in the department. It was found by a black officer.
  
• Dallas, Texas: An officer was fired for using excessive force, using profanity, violating procedure, and disabling his car’s camera.
  
• West Jordan, Utah: An officer was arrested for domestic violence.
  
• Update: New York, New York (First reported 04-29-16): Two officers were acquitted at a bench trial for beating a postal worker in the wake of a fatal ambush of police officers. The victim had inadvertently given the murderer directions shortly before the attack.
  
• Update: Washington County, Oregon (First reported 03-08-16): A now-former deputy pled guilty to a lewd act with a child under 16 for conduct with 15-year-old he met online. He is scheduled to be sentenced May 8. 
  
• Update: Tulare County, California (First reported 10-09-13): The County settled two lawsuits filed by women who were sexually abused by a now-former deputy for $2, 200,000. In January 2016, the deputy was sentenced to five years in prison for his actions. (See update 01-19-16)
  
• Newtown Township, Pennsylvania: A now-former officer was sentenced to probation for stealing prescription drugs from a police drop box.
  
• Update: Tampa, Florida (First reported 04-08-15): A now-former detective pled guilty to stealing fraudulently acquired tax refunds. His wife, who was also a police officer, has been charged in the case as well but has not changed her not guilty plea to date.
  
• Ohio Health Protective Agency: Three sworn officers were suspended while a violent incident that was captured on video is investigated.
  
• Update: Allentown, Pennsylvania (First reported 03-18-15): A now-former officer pled guilty to three counts of assault and one count of official oppression for beating two men and kicking a handcuffed suspect in the head. He is scheduled to be sentenced in May.
  
• Plainfield, New Jersey: A now-former officer pled guilty to illegally accessing a law enforcement database and sharing information with a tow operator. He is scheduled to be sentenced April 21.
  
• Laurens County, Georgia: A deputy was charged with kidnapping, aggravated battery, burglary, perjury, violation of the oath of office and family violence for a domestic incident.
  
• Creve Coeur, Illinois: An officer was arrested for DUI and leaving the scene of an accident that caused property damage after a crash in Peoria.
  
• Wichita Falls, Texas: An officer has been charged with theft of property from AT&T that is valued between $20,000- $100,000. The nature of the money or property has not been disclosed.
  
• New Haven, Connecticut: A school resource officer was suspended for 10 days and then reassigned after a sexual harassment complaint by a student.
  
• Sunland Park, New Mexico: An officer was arrested for domestic violence that caused bodily injury.
  
• Huntington, West Virginia: A now-former detective and the City are facing a lawsuit for alleged sexual abuse of two women. The City attorney, who is representing the City alone, filed a response that argues that the incident that happened may have involved consent.
  
• Midland Independent School District (Texas): A sergeant was arrested for domestic violence that caused bodily injury.
  
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin: A now-former officer was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he pled no contest to enticement of a minor for having sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl and getting her to send him provocative pictures. The incident happened while he was a police officer, though he had already retired from the force when the case was opened. The case was brought after his wife found the pictures at home. During allocution, he apologized to the “victims,” so it is possible though unclear there may have been other minors involved.
  
• Brunswick, Georgia: An officer was arrested for making threats against a man who was appearing in an assault case against the officer’s relative. The officer was in uniform at the time of the alleged incident. 
  
• Update: Revere, Massachusetts (First reported 01-20-17): An officer resigned after he was charged with abusing his girlfriend’s child. The girlfriend is also an officer in the department and has been charged in the case, but she remains suspended for allegedly covering up her boyfriend’s abuse.
  
• Wayne County, Ohio: A deputy pled guilty to aggravated assault against a jail inmate. The original sexual battery charges were dropped in exchange for the plea.
  
• Orlando, Florida: An officer won’t face criminal charges for sexual battery of woman while he was on duty. The district attorney released a statement that said while sexual contact could be proven, coercion could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The officer remains on leave during an internal investigation into the incident.
  
• Edmond, Oklahoma: An officer was charged with Outraging Public Decency for allegedly being drunk on a boat and fully naked except for a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat. 
  

Week of 03/19/17

• Iredell County, North Carolina: A narcotics detective was arrested for domestic violence and fired.
  
• Update: Plantation, Florida (First reported 05-09-16): An officer was fired for sending explicit images to a crime victim whose case he was working has been reinstated by a labor arbitrator. He was demoted and will not receive back pay, but he will not receive a pay cut because his new rank pays the same as his higher one.
• Byron, Georgia: Two officers were suspended after recklessly crashing into each other’s cruiser while they were on duty. One was also demoted.
• New York, New York: An officer was convicted of official misconduct, assault, and leaving the scene of an accident for hitting two men with a minivan and then personally assaulting one of them. 
• Miami, Florida: An officer allegedly stole $6,000 from motorists he pulled over. He was apprehended via undercover sting after several public complaints of an officer taking cash.
• Meigs County, Ohio: A deputy was fired for conduct unbecoming an officer. The conduct was not disclosed but a criminal investigation is ongoing.
• Update: Faulkner County, Arkansas (First reported 03-25-16): A deputy was found guilty at a bench trial of third-degree battery against a suspect. Sentencing is scheduled for April 7.
• Fort Collins, Colorado: The City settled a lawsuit with a man who was pepper sprayed, illegally removed from his house, and wrongfully arrested for refusing consent to a search and unlawful orders. The officer allegedly asked a civilian who was on a ride-along to come into the home and help restrain the man. The settlement was for $150,000.
• Minneapolis, Minnesota: The police department is being sued by a man who claims false arrest and excessive force after charges against him were dropped.
• Mobile County, Alabama: A deputy was placed on leave pending termination for allegedly buying illicit drugs while off duty. He has not been arrested or charged with a crime.
  
• Strongsville, Ohio:  A father of three is dead, and his three children are traumatized for life after watching a Strongsville police officer shoot and kill him. Roy Evans Jr. was unarmed when police killed him during a traffic stop as his children, and their mother watched in utter horror. The resultant dashcam video is troubling, to say the least.
  
• Wyoming State Police: A trooper was placed on leave while he is being investigated for felony vandalism. No charges have been filed yet.
  
• Salt Lake City (Unified PD), Utah: An officer’ shooting of a fleeing suspect was ruled unjustified by the district attorney. The suspect suffered a shoulder wound and survived. No criminal charges will follow but the department is now conducting an internal investigation.
  
• Update: Knox County, Tennessee: An officer’s trial for child rape ended in mistrial after the jury deadlocked.  It is unclear whether the prosecutor wants to retry the case.
  
• Clark County, Wisconsin: A deputy resigned in 2016 before he could be fired for abuse of authority and theft. This belated information came from a public records request. 
  
• Update: Cass County, North Dakota (First reported 07-11-16): A deputy pled to a lesser charge and resigned after his DUI arrest by a state trooper.
  
• Update: Cleveland, Ohio (First reported 05-23-16): A now-former officer pled guilty to tampering charges for a bar fight cover-up. As part of his plea deal, he will surrender his law enforcement certification.
  
• Wichita, Kansas: An officer pled guilty to three counts of assault for pulling a gun at a birthday party while he was off duty.
  
• Update: Clear Lake, Iowa (First reported 12-05-16): A now-former officer agreed to plead guilty to domestic violence. He resigned in February.
  
• Rome, Georgia: An officer was arrested for drug trafficking and bribery after a state investigation.
  

Weeko of 03/12/17

• Why teaching  kids to trust police is child abuse.
  
• A rookie Miami police officer is behind bars (and probably out of a job) after he was arrested on charges of stealing from the people he pulled over.
  
• A "Deal" to Protect the Guilty: Bonneville County's Indecent Proposal to Chris Tapp.
  
• Cops "justified" for going into the wrong house and shooting innocent Grandfather.
  
• Muskogee, Oklahoma: An officer was arrested for domestic assault with a deadly weapon.
  
• Vallejo, California: An officer was caught on video pulling his gun on an anxious crowd that had gathered after he took down a fleeing man who had been behaving strangely. The man had effectively surrendered when the officer used force to take him down from behind. While the contact seemed over the top to the lay observers, the officer’s initial actions to subdue the suspect appear to be within the parameters normally afforded to police officers. However, experts quoted in the story expressed concern over the officer’s continued use of force after a supporting officer had the man subdued and then again when the officer pulled his gun on the onlookers. An investigation is ongoing.
  
• Greeley, Colorado: The City agreed to pay an immigrant woman $150,000 who sued after her acquittal for prostitution. She claimed the arresting officer lied about an ‘inappropriate’ massage at her parlor. The detective at the heart of the case has since left the department.
  
• Riverside County, California: A deputy was arrested for sexual battery, including penetration by force, and invasion of privacy with a video camera for an off-duty incident.
  
• Update: Logan Township, Pennsylvania (First reported 02-06-17): The officer who was recently charged for a hit-and-run with injury has resigned.
  
• Kenner, LA officer arrested for stealing money from Hispanic motorists he arrested during traffic stops. He resigned
  
• Update: New York, New York (First reported 02-11-15): A now-former officer was sentenced to three years in prison for repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl. He received three years on each of three counts, but the sentences are to run concurrently.
  
• Evansville, Indiana: An officer was arrested for OWI while he was off duty.
  
• Update: Punta Gorda, Florida (First reported 02-22-17): The officer who was charged for fatally shooting a woman during a firearms demonstration has been fired.
  
• Update: Los Angeles, California (First reported 02-23-17): An officer is being sued by a 13-year-old boy whom the officer shot at while off-duty in Anaheim. The incident was captured on video that went viral and sparked protests in the area.
  

Week of 03/05/17

• Mercer County, New Jersey: An officer was arrested for simple assault for allegedly beating his wife.
  
• Update: U.S. Customs & Border Protection: A now-former agent was acquitted of attempted murder and aggravated assault for an off-duty shooting.
• Chattanooga, Tennessee: An officer was fired after making a false arrest, violating use of force policy, and harassing a man.
  
• Crockett County, Tennessee: A deputy was indicted on federal charges for providing protection for drug trafficking while on duty and in uniform.
  
• Burnett County, Wisconsin: A deputy was arrested for OWI with a child in the car and placed on leave.
  
• Los Angeles, California: An officer was placed on leave after a video went viral showing him fire his gun in an off-duty confrontation with teens.
  
• Update: Orange County, Florida: A deputy was suspended 40 hours without pay for berating a tow truck driver and flashing her badge to intimidate him out of towing her vehicle.
  
• Moore County, North Carolina: A school resource officer was charged with numerous counts of sexual misconduct against students. He resigned.
  
• Ingalls, Indiana: The chief was suspended for five days by the town council for “15 to 20” reasons and “past actions.”
  
• Update: California Highway Patrol: A now-former officer was acquitted of child molestation charges.
  
• Madison, Wisconsin: The City agreed to pay $3,350,000 to the family of Tony Robinson, who was unarmed when he was fatally shot by an officer.
  
• Chicago cop only fired for shooting sixteen times at victims of a drive by, then lying about it.
  
• Update: Nevada transportation authority officer already suspended for fourth DUI, arrested again for DUI, and buying heroin.
  
• South Amboy, New Jersey: A detective was charged for allegedly stealing $3,000 from evidence. 
  
• Columbus, Ohio: An officer was charged with solicitation and dereliction of duty.
  
• Woodstock, Illinois: An officer was charged with DUI after a one-car off-duty crash.
  
• Update: Aliquippa, Pennsylvania (First reported 12-09-16): A now-former officer was charged with aggravated assault for shooting a jail guard during an off-duty bar fight. He was fired after the incident.
  
• Update: Las Cruces, New Mexico (First reported 05-20-15): The City settled a lawsuit with a man who was beaten in his jail cell by two now-former officers for $400,000.
  
• Update: Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (First reported 01-14-16): An officer was found guilty on five counts of sexual assault against a teen. The officer was on duty and in uniform when he approached her for smoking marijuana and then led her to a secluded area where he assaulted her. He had previously been fired by the Honolulu Police Department for falsifying records and lying to investigators about transporting an underage runaway. 
  
• Seattle, Washington: An officer was charged with drug possession and illegal access of law enforcement database.
  

Week of 02/26/17

• Update: Helena, Montana (First reported 11-30-16): An officer entered into a deferred prosecution agreement for her domestic violence arrest. She retained her employment.
  
• Officer Frank Geisenhoffer, the South Carthage (TN) cop who was caught on audio recordings sexually harassing a woman and boasting about having done so to another woman in court, has resigned.
  
• Protests erupt in LA after off-duty cop was filmed pulling his GUN and opening fire at a gang of teens in scuffle after they 'walked on his lawn.'
  
• Coloma Township, Michigan: An officer was arrested for allegedly stealing drugs from the scene of an overdose.
  
• Custer County, Colorado: A now-former deputy and D.A.R.E. officer has been accused of having sex with a then-17-year-old student. He now works for the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office. He has been placed on leave.
  
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The City is being sued by the state ACLU for racial bias in its Stop and Frisk program.
  
• Fremont County, Colorado: A deputy was suspended for evidence tampering in a murder investigation. The alleged murder weapon was found by a new tenant of a private storage facility that had previously been rented to the deputy. The victim’s family alleges a cover-up by the department.
  
• Montgomery County, Ohio: A deputy was charged with assaulting his wife and step-daughter. His wife lost three teeth during the incident.
  
• Haverhill, Massachusetts: An officer was arrested for OUI after hitting two cars while he was off duty. This is his second OUI offense.
  
• Punta Gorda, Florida: An officer was charged with manslaughter for shooting Mary Knowlton, 73, during a gun demonstration.
  
• Clayton County, Georgia: An officer was arrested for family violence. His wife alleges multiple incidents of abuse.
  
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Two officers are being investigated for DUI and one of them is accused of working a shift while intoxicated. Four Milwaukee officers have been accused of DUI so far in 2017.
  
• Pasadena, California: An officer was placed on leave after the ATF searched his home.
  
• Nashville, Tennessee: An officer was arrested for theft. He allegedly stole a bottle of Jack Daniel’s from a driver after a DUI crash.
  
• Update: Benton County, Arkansas (First reported 02-26-16): A now-former deputy is facing additional charges of sexual assault against a teen during a traffic stop. He had previously been charged with child pornography possession and sexual assault for incidents with the teen off duty. 
  
• Detroit, Michigan: An officer was charged with “super drunk” driving—that is, driving with a BAC more than twice the legal limit—for an off-duty incident in Monroe County. 
  
• South Carthage, Tennessee: An officer was recorded making unwanted sexual advances on a clerk while he was on duty. He was suspended two weeks and has resumed regular duties. 
  
• Deschutes County, Oregon: A deputy was charged with harassment for an off-duty altercation with a woman after a fender bender.
  
• Update: Yellowstone County, Montana (First reported 02-05-16): Two now-former deputies were denied qualified immunity in a lawsuit for fatally shooting Loren Simpson. They were terminated but were not criminally charged for the incident.
  
• Nevada Transportation Authority: A supervisor was charged for drunk driving and purchasing heroin for himself and his mother.
  
• Ascension Parish, Louisiana: A deputy was fired and arrested for domestic assault for an off-duty incident with his ex-girlfriend. 
  
• Update: Grand Rapids, Michigan (First reported 01-30-17): One of the three officers investigated for aiding a prosecutor who was caught driving the wrong way while under the influence was suspended for 30 days after an administrative hearing. He and his colleagues were indefinitely suspended with a recommendation to be terminated. The remaining officers’ administrative cases are pending.
  
• Update: Prince George’s County, Maryland (First reported 01-19-17): An officer was given a one-year suspended sentence and three years of probation after his guilty plea to taking upskirt photos of women both while he was on and off duty.
  
• Tucson, Arizona: An officer’s certification was retroactively suspended for three weeks. Initially, he was fired for stealing a burrito while on duty but he was reinstated. 
  
• Officer Paul Hardwicke, a resource officer at Blackfoot High School in Idaho, was caught with his hand in the drug jar in May of 2015. According to the Idaho State Journal, Hardwicke was immediately given a paid vacation (but not arrested) after it was determined that he had stolen thousands of prescription pain killers. The drugs were stolen out of the drop boxes that were being used as part of a drug return program at the school.
  
• Chief Deputy Christopher Radtke, the former second in command at the Pima County Sheriff’s Department in Arizona, has admitted to stealing about $500,000 dollars over the course of six years from federal funds. According to Radtke’s confession, such thefts had been part of an ongoing practice by sheriff’s department personnel going back at least 18 years. Ironically enough, those funds were part of money allotted for RICO investigations and intended to be used for organized crime related offenses, such as embezzlement and money laundering.
  
• In  November, South Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper Brian William Biehl was arrested for stealing just under $70,000 from evidence that was originally stolen by way of drug seizures. As part of a plea deal (embedded below) earlier this month, Trooper Biehl pled guilty to those charges and admitted that he had taken the cash out of evidence bags and had been doing so for at least four years. Biehl used the excuse that he needed the money to pay bills and stated “I know I screwed up,” while maintaining that he planned to eventually pay it back.
  
• Update: South Dakota Highway Patrol (First reported 11-08-16): A now-former trooper pled guilty to stealing $70,000 in drug money over several years. He will be sentenced in March.
  
• Jacksonville, Florida: Three sheriff’s deputies were suspended and charged with tampering after a fatal officer-involved shooting during an undercover drug buy. The officers allegedly got rid of beer cans and were thus not tested for intoxication at the scene.
  
• Chicago, Illinois: An officer was fired for shooting 16 times into the wrong vehicle during a 2011 off-duty shooting.
  
• Portland, Oregon: An officer was fired for making threats with a gun after an off-duty poker game. This was one report listed among several in the periodic disciplinary release from the department.
  
• Amtrak: An officer was charged with murder for shooting a passenger in the back during a layover at Union Station in Chicago. 
  
• New York, New York: Two officers were indicted for misconduct, filing a false instrument, and perjury for making a bogus gun possession arrest.
  
• Whitfield County, Georgia: A deputy was arrested for child molestation, false imprisonment, and child cruelty.
  
• Beaufort County, South Carolina: A deputy was fired after approaching jurors about a civil case they were hearing. The act triggered a mistrial.
  

Week of 02/19/17

• Jackson, Mississippi: An officer was fired after a cell phone video showed him knee a handcuffed suspect in the head.
  
• Shreveport, Louisiana: An officer was charged with accessory after the fact in the wake of a fatal shooting at a grocery store.
  Update: Robstown, Texas (First reported 11-08-16): An officer entered a pretrial diversion program for DWI, and will retain job after serving a five-day suspension. He was found unconscious behind the wheel of his truck. Successful completion of the program will purge the charge from his record.
  Update: Baltimore, Maryland (First reported 03-03-16): An officer was acquitted of charges for slapping a student in a viral video. The other officer involved entered an Alford plea and resigned. 
  Update: Columbus, Mississippi (First reported 09-08-16): A now-former officer was acquitted of domestic violence charges. She resigned after her arrest.
  Nashville, Tennessee: An officer was fired for social media posts about the fatal shooting of Philando Castile in Minnesota. The Chief said the posts were so bad that they discredited the officer.
  Providence, Kentucky: A patrolman resigned after an FBI investigation into alleged racial profiling.   The news story is gated so this is the background information.
  
• Bristol, Virginia: A detective was arrested for DUI and suspended.
  
• Update: Baltimore, Maryland (First reported 03-03-16): A school resource officer entered an Alford plea on an assault charge and resigned. He was video recorded slapping a student, and the images went viral.
  
• U.S. Customs & Border Protection (NYC): An officer was arrested for aiding cocaine smugglers at JFK airport.
  
• Oviedo, Florida: An officer was indicted on aggravated assault charges for a shooting during a traffic stop.
  
• Update: Pennsylvania State Police (first reported 02-17-16): A trooper is on trial for assault and official oppression. He was video recorded kicking an activist and subsequently lying in his official statement.
  
• Update: Memphis, Tennessee (First reported 01-19-16): A now-former officer was sentenced to one year in jail for stalking his ex. He put a tracking device on her car.
  
• Trenton, New Jersey: An officer was placed on leave after a domestic incident with his wife.
  
• Grover Beach, California: An officer was arrested for failure to control a dangerous animal after a fatal mauling. He resigned.
  
• Update: Denver, Colorado (First reported 10-31-16): An officer pled guilty to stealing $1,200 at a crime scene. He was discovered by a review of the footage on his body camera. He was allowed to resign and given 18 months of probation.
  
• Update: Montvale, New Jersey (First reported 01-17-17): An officer pled guilty to DWI. He was sentenced to 18 months of probation, but he is appealing the inclusion of his DWI test as evidence, so the probation has not yet gone into effect.
  
• Ft. Myer U.S. Army Base (Virginia): A civilian police officer pled guilty to armed bank robbery. He is scheduled to be sentenced May 12. 
  
• Pensacola, Florida: An officer was arrested for trespass, battery, and obstruction for an off-duty incident at another person’s home.
  
• Tennessee Highway Patrol: A trooper was charged with reckless endangerment, aggravated assault, public intoxication, and resisting arrest for an off-duty incident involving his wife.
  
• Las Cruces, New Mexico: The City was ordered to pay a couple $1,600,000 for an incident when an officer slammed a woman’s face into rocks during her arrest, thereby breaking her nose and wrist.
  
• Friars Point, Mississippi: An officer was suspended for three days for threats and intimidation.
  
• Update: Ely, Minnesota (First reported 11-12-15): An officer who had been suspended indefinitely struck a deal so to resign after he admitted to a sexual relationship with an underage girl. He will receive $15,000 in severance pay.
  
• Chicago, Illinois: The independent review authority recommended firing an officer who fatally shot motorist Darius Pinex in January 2011.
  
• Atlanta, Georgia: An officer was arrested after a DUI crash.
  
• Richmond, Virginia: An officer was charged with reckless handling of a firearm after a fellow officer filed a complaint.
  
• Indian River County, Florida: A deputy resigned in lieu of termination after an excessive force complaint. Two others were suspended for their actions related to the same complaint.
  
• Cleburne County, Arkansas: A deputy was fired after he lied to supervisors about a reported rules violation.
  
• Update: Ault, Colorado (First reported 06-07-16): A now-former officer was acquitted of second-degree murder in a fatal crash that prosecutors alleged was the result of road rage.
  
• Sarasota County, Florida: A deputy was charged with lying to authorities who were investigating her colleague for attempted murder.
  
• Update: Marion County, Florida (First reported 01-27-16): A now-former deputy was acquitted of state battery charge for actions during a 2014 arrest that was caught on video. He was acquitted of federal civil rights charges for the same incident last year. Four other now-former deputies pled guilty to charges and testified against him.
  
• North Charleston, South Carolina: A deputy who was fired for excessive force was charged with third-degree assault and battery for an on-duty incident. This is the same community that is preparing for the retrial of its former officer Michael Slager for fatally shooting Walter Scott in the back. In both cases, the officer was white and the citizen was black.
  
• Florence County, South Carolina: A deputy who served as a school resource officer was charged with sexual battery of a student.
  
• Orlando, Florida: An officer was fired for lying on an official police report. 
  
• Macon County, Tennessee: A deputy was charged with stealing a bale of tobacco. He was off duty at the time of the incident and is no longer with the department.
  
• Newark, New Jersey: An officer was charged with false swearing and making false statements. He was previously suspended for actions during the arrest of a 14-year-old boy. (See report of 02-05-16)
  
• Wichita, Kansas: An officer was jailed on rape charges for an incident while he was off duty.
  
• New York, New York: An officer was cited in a lawsuit by a disabled man who alleges he was sexually assaulted by the officer under color of law in a bodega.
  

Week of 02/12/17

• Collier County sgt. Kasey Wingo caught on hidden camera beating and falsely arresting a man for a SECOND time.
  
• Cleveland police, a culture of "Did nothing wrong."
  
• New Jersey resident,  Gerald Sykes, 76, and his wife, woke up Friday night to their dogs barking and flashlights shining through their windows. Sykes immediately grabbed his shotgun and proceeded to the living room to defend his home. Sykes was ultimately shot by these intruders and was in critical condition.    Luckily Sykes pulled through. However, he will never see justice carried out against the intruders who shot him, because they
  were cops.
  
• Michigan woman forced to give birth in jail cell after being ignored by guards.
  
• Seniors arrested for "allegedly" stealing a car, forced to strip in public.
  
• Update: Kettering, Ohio (First reported 01-03-17): An officer was sentenced to 90 days of home confinement and 200 hours of community service for pill theft.
  
• Lincoln, Nebraska: An officer was arrested for suspicion of drunk driving while he was off duty.
  
• Level Plains, Alabama: An officer was arrested for burglary after a domestic incident with his wife during a child custody exchange. The report described a physical altercation but did not mention any assault or battery charges.
  
• Helena-West Helena, Arkansas: An officer was arrested for false imprisonment after he arrested woman walking to her doctor.
  
• Boyd County, Kentucky: A deputy was suspended for 24 days for a racist post on social media.
  
• Update: Bullitt County, Kentucky (First reported 11-19-15): A now-former detective was acquitted of unlawfully accessing a confidential law enforcement database. Her wrongful termination suit is ongoing.
  
• Update: Cleveland, Ohio (First reported 07-01-15): The City settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of Tanisha Anderson, who died of asphyxiation while handcuffed during a police encounter, for $2,250,000.
  
• Arapahoe County, Colorado: A deputy was arrested for DUI by his colleagues while he was on duty.
  
• U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (New Jersey): Two agents pled guilty to lying to federal officials about their joint ownership interests in and employment at a nightclub. This ownership would have likely scuttled their security clearance due to a presumptive conflict of interest. One was sentenced to probation and community service. The other is scheduled to be sentenced Friday.
  
• Randall “Randy” Snow pled not guilty to five charges of committing a lewd act with a child younger than 14 years old. His predatory actions involved two separate victims nearly a decade apart. The 69 year old is accused molesting one girl in 2016 and another girl in 2003 and 2004. Both girls are relatives of Snow.
  
• Georgia cop jails ex-wife over facebook gripe.
  
• Former Elkins, West Virginia police chief Craig Cross is under fire by local prosecutors over a memo in which he asks for heavy-handed profiling of ‘cockroaches.’  “If you see any suspected cockroach walking around OUR town with a big (expletive) knife or backpack or hoodie on with the hood up I want them stopped and identified, you know what I want them harassed if you know they are a cockroach!”  and “YOUR (*you're) COPS AND AS LONG AS YOU WEAR THAT PATCH ON YOUR SHOULDER THIS IS YOUR TOWN! WE WILL EITHER MAKE PEOPLE RESPECT US OR FEAR US, PREFERABLY BOTH!!!!”
  
• Causeway, Louisiana: An officer was arrested for allegedly stealing drugs and cash from evidence.
  
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: An officer was charged with six criminal counts related to domestic assault. Charges included terroristic threatening, assault, and violation of a protective order. He was suspended with the intention to be terminated.
  
• North Attleborough, Massachusetts: An officer was arrested for domestic assault and fired.
  
• Wichita Falls, Texas: An officer was charged with DWI after a crash that seriously injured a motorcyclist.
  
• Los Angeles, California: The City settled a lawsuit with a woman who was seriously injured when she fell out of police car that was traveling at approximately 30mph. She claimed that she was trying to get away from an officer who was in the backseat with her and inappropriately touching her. She was handcuffed when she fell out of the vehicle. The settlement was for $3,500,000.
  
• South Hackensack Township, New Jersey: The commissioner was arrested for domestic violence and smiled during his mugshot.
  
• San Bernardino County, California: A deputy was recorded threatening to arrest man on made up charges because he was legally recording an encounter in the police station.
  

Week of 02/05/17

• California cop shoots up a party after he was thrown out for being, "creepy, weird, and aggressive toward women."
  
• Militarized police sporting Trump bumper stickers raid DAPL protest camp.
  
• Gwinnett County, Georgia: An officer was fired after driving on a sidewalk and hitting two pedestrians while responding to a call.
  
• Update: Grand Rapids, Michigan (First reported 01-30-17) Three officers who improperly aided a prosecutor after his wrong-way crash have been recommended to be fired. They will not face criminal charges in the case.
  
• Update: Agawam, Massachusetts (First reported 01-20-16): Two of the three officers fired after a videoed use-of-force incident against a detainee have won their appeals of termination. They will receive back pay. The third terminated officer’s appeal is still pending.
  
• Danbury, Connecticut: An officer was charged with breach of the peace for using unnecessary force against a handcuffed suspect.
  
• Update: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (First reported 01-27-17): A deputy who was arrested for domestic violence has been fired.
  
• Cleveland Heights, Ohio: A now-former officer pled guilty to tampering and theft for stealing $3,000 from the City while collecting impound fees.
  
• Prichard, Alabama: An officer was arrested after his ex-girlfriend’s current boyfriend complained about harassment.
  
• Update: Washtenaw County, Michigan (First reported 12-26-16): A lieutenant pled guilty to a lesser charge after his arrest for a “super drunk” driving violation. His BAC was almost three times the legal limit.
  
• Washington cop sentenced to just one year of probation for sexual assault after "out of control" argument.
  
• Albany, New York: An officer was arrested for an off-duty DUI in Saratoga Springs.
  
• Update: Erie County, New York (First reported 04-20-16): A now-former deputy will undergo treatment and was ordered to perform 70 hours of community service after a guilty plea to drug possession. He was originally charged with smuggling drugs into the jail.
  
• Update: Edwardsville, Illinois (First reported 01-05-15): A now-former officer pled guilty to 6 of 11 charges for a string of burglaries he perpetrated while on duty and in uniform.
  
• Update: New York, New York (First reported 02-11-15): A now-former officer was found guilty of raping a 13-year-old girl.
  
• Update: Jackson, Mississippi (First reported 05-24-16): A now-former officer was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for accepting bribes in a visa scam.
  
• Memphis, Tennessee: An officer was arrested for assault and vandalism for an off-duty incident at the home of his girlfriend.
  
• Skagit County, Washington: A deputy was charged with domestic violence and held on $100,000 bail.
  
• New York, New York: The City is being sued by the surviving family of Ariel Garza, 49, who died after being tazed twice by an officer who came to his home.
  
• Orangeburg, South Carolina: A deputy was charged with third-degree assault and battery for striking a handcuffed detainee who spat in his face.
  
• U.S. Border Patrol: An agent was charged with 13 criminal counts for ramming cars and striking a man with his automobile.
  
• Update: San Antonio, Texas (First reported 11-04-16): An officer who was fired for giving a homeless man fecal sandwich was reinstated…and then fired again for a scatological prank in the women’s restroom at the station house.
  
• New York, New York: An officer was charged with a felony for sending a 16-year-old girl a lewd video of himself.
  
• Volusia County, Florida: A deputy is under internal investigation for allegedly stealing cash from DUI suspects. He is on leave.
  
• Chicago, Illinois: An officer was suspended five days for throwing coffee at a passing motorcyclist while he was on duty.
  
• Grand Rapids, Michigan: Three officers were suspended without pay during an investigation into a DUI crash report involving prosecutor who has since resigned. 
  
• Rutherford Co., TN major will plead guilty to lying to federal investigators.
  
• Update: New Castle County, Delaware (First reported 09-14-16): A now-former deputy pled guilty to child pornography possession. He is scheduled to be sentenced in March.
  
• Update: Revere, Massachusetts (First reported 01-20-17) An officer was charged with aggravated assault for allegedly abusing two children in her care. Her boyfriend, who is also an officer, was arrested on child abuse charges the previous week.
  
• Video proves Colorado cops filed false assault charges against homeless man who stood up against their abuses.
  
• San Antonio cop caught trying to feed feces sandwich to homeless man fired, again, for the second second feces related incident.
  
• Columbia, Mo. police commit felony wiretap to record phone conversation between attorney and client.
  
• Orlando, Florida: An officer was arrested for DUI after spotted driving erratically in his pickup. His BAC was measured at .220.
  
• Sarasota County, Florida: A deputy was charged with attempted murder for allegedly trying to stage an elderly woman’s suicide after she complained that he was taking advantage of her.
  
• Update: Minneapolis, Minnesota (First reported 1-28-16): An officer was charged for shooting into a car of bystanders without warning.
  
• Granite City, Missouri: An officer was charged with felony misconduct for allegedly sharing information from a law enforcement database.
  
• Update: U.S. Marshals (First reported 06-24-16): A now-former deputy marshal agreed to plead guilty to child pornography possession. He was discovered surreptitiously recording women using the bathroom, some of whom were minors. 
  
• Update: Los Angeles County, California (First reported 10-30-15): A now-former deputy pled guilty to sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail and given five years of probation.
  
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection: A now-former officer pled guilty to murder during an off-duty altercation. He was recently awarded a new trial after his original conviction and sentence of 25 years had been overturned. After his plea, he was sentenced to five years in prison, with credit for more than 400 days of time served.
  
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: An officer pled guilty to roughing up a contractor and stealing $38 from him while he was on duty. He was sentenced to five years of probation.
  
• Cop assault and arrests mom and children after she calls 911 on a man who assaulted her 7-year-old son.
  
• Cleveland cop who previously shot an unarmed man allowed to attend rehab instead of jail after drug arrest.
  
• A Montana judge ruled that two Yellowstone County Sheriff’s deputies could be held personally accountable in a lawsuit brought by the family of a man they shot in 2015. Judge Susan Watters ruled that Deputies Chris Rudolph and Jason Robinson had not acted reasonably when they killed Loren Simpson as he drove toward a roadblock they had set up. As a result, should Simpson’s family win their suit, the deputies will not be entitled to protections under the law and instead will be personally liable for damages awarded.
  
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Week of 01/29/17

• Orlando’s police chief released a video of Markeith Loyd’s surrender and described him  as “extremely violent, dangerous and very unpredictable.”  However, it’s plain to see in the video that Markeith Loyd gave up and crawled across the front yard of a home (as he was ordered to by police). At least two of the officers appear to kick him as he surrenders. The camera then pans out and away, making it difficult to see anything in detail.
  
• Tulsa cop makes an arrest by driving OVER suspect.  Another suspect was shot in the back.
  
• Chicago, Illinois:
  
• Six officers were suspended for showing improper favoritism to a high-ranking fire official after his DUI crash.
  
• Florida cop steals $65K from a 79-year-old woman, sold her dog, then tried to stage a suicide when she filed a complaint.
  
• Baltimore, Maryland: A detective who was an investigator in charge of the Freddie Gray inquiry has been charged with assault in a separate off-duty matter.
  
• U.S. Border Patrol (San Diego): A now-former agent was sentenced to two years in prison for providing drugs to and sexually molesting a teenage girl.
• Update: Washington County, Oregon (First reported 12-15-15): A female deputy who was sexually harassed by a now-former deputy has filed a civil rights suit related to the case.
• Update: Rutherford County, Tennessee (First reported 05-27-16): A now-former deputy pled guilty to the same charges that the now-former sheriff recently pled to in an e-cigarette scheme.
• Update: Fresno, California (First reported 03-27-15): The nephew of a now-former deputy chief has pled guilty to drug distribution. During his allocution, he directly implicated his uncle in a marijuana distribution scheme. The former deputy’s trial is scheduled for May of this year.
  
• Update: Lamar County, Mississippi (First reported 09-10-14): A now-former deputy was sentenced to 30 years for the sexual battery of a minor family member. He is already serving time for a murder-for-hire plot against his wife and step-daughter after the sexual battery allegations were brought.
• Shreveport, Louisiana: An officer was fired for kicking a handcuffed detainee in the head after the detainee was verbally abusive to him.
• Update: North Charleston, South Carolina: Now-former officer Michael Slager will be retried in state court in August for the shooting death of Walter Scott.
• Stratford, New Jersey: An officer was charged with child endangerment after the accidental shooting death of his eight-year-old daughter. It is unclear whether the daughter shot herself or whether a young sibling shot her with the loaded revolver that was out.
  
• Man arrested for swearing at a cop during a traffic stop.
  
• Kansas police chief Bronson Campbell charged with official misconduct for disseminating criminal records.
  
• Chicago cop tosses hot coffee into biker's helmet.
  
• Update: Dane County, Wisconsin (First reported 07-21-16): A now-former deputy pled guilty to bringing contraband to an inmate in the jail with whom she had a relationship. The plea agreement suggests three years of probation and 120 days in jail.
  
• Update: Pike County, Ohio (First reported 12-07-15): A now-former deputy was acquitted of murder and reckless homicide for shooting a man after a vehicular chase. He was also charged with involuntary manslaughter for fatally shooting his neighbor in a separate off-duty incident. The trial date has not been set in that case.
  
• DeKalb County, Georgia: An officer was arrested for hacking a colleague’s files and posting nude photos of her to social media.
  
• Southwestern Regional Pennsylvania Police: An officer pled no contest to harassment for his July arrest. He underwent counseling and has been reinstated.
  
• Update: Simpsonville, Kentucky (First reported 01-11-16): A now-former officer pled guilty to stealing $30,000 of cash, drugs, and guns from evidence. He is slated to be sentenced March 6, 2017.
  
• North Andover, Massachusetts: An officer was charged with DUI and placed on leave after an off-duty crash in a police cruiser. His BAC was measured at .219. 
  
• Chicago, Illinois: An officer was charged with first-degree murder in the off-duty shooting of Jose Nieves.
  
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The City settled a lawsuit that alleged an illegal search, false arrest, and racial epithets directed at motorists by officers.
  
• Update: St. Croix County, Wisconsin (First reported 10-17-16): An officer resigned after his arrest in North Dakota for being passed out and allegedly intoxicated in his patrol car. He was working a volunteer detail for the pipeline protests. His trial is scheduled for March 3. 
  
• Officer arrested after pistol whipping and raping his girlfriend.
  
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• San Pablo, California: A commander was arrested for domestic violence. He is no longer with the department.
  
• University of Toledo (Ohio): An officer pled no contest to OVI. His license was suspended license but given an exception for work. He was also fined and ordered to take remedial driver education.
  
• Update: Daytona Beach, Florida (First reported 11-21-16): A now-former officer will not face criminal charges for lying to investigators about being shot at.
  
• Update: Agawam, Massachusetts: Three officers who were fired for excessive force against a detainee will not face state criminal charges. Video of the incident has been released.
  
• Update: Detroit, Michigan (First reported 01-05-17): An officer resigned in lieu of termination for posting derogatory social media posts about residents.
  
• Bexar County, Texas: A deputy was fired after he was arrested for domestic violence.
  
• Update: Wheeling, West Virginia (First reported 11-17-16): A now-former officer pled guilty to possession of indecent images of a child and was sentenced to probation. He had sex with a 17-year-old student at the school where he worked as a resource officer.
  
• Former Albuquerque DA calls ABD a "criminal enterprise," and admits she refused to charge cops.
  
• Denver police officer taxers unarmed, cooperative homeless man.
  
• Five California cops shoot and kill a blind man inside of a store.
  
• Finland police tell kids to rat on parents for 'offensive' facebook posts criticizing politicians.
  
• On Tuesday, Jan. 10, Georgetown County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested 17-year-old David Michael Elliott after his instructor, Edward McIver, told them he was struck in the eye by a paper airplane he threw during class. He was charged with third-degree assault and battery.
  
• The slow-motion state murder of Michael Whiteley.
  
• Video shows cops punch and kick handcuffed man.
  
• Off duty Arkansas state trooper accosts man legally open carrying; has him arrested after complaint is filed.
  
• LAPD tase man who had already been stabbed twice.
  

Week of 01/22/17 

• San Diego cops allow police dog to maul naked, unarmed man, resulting in $385K settlement.
  
• 25-year-old man harassed and illegaly arrested by police for finding his escaped cat and trying to take it home.  In the process of arresting him, his cat got away, again.  No updates regarding the whereabouts of the cat.
  
• Chicago police officer faces murder charges in shooting of unarmed man, Jose Nieves.
  
• A police officer lacked probable cause to arrest a preacher for reading the Bible aloud at a California Department of Motor Vehicles office, a federal appeals court says.
  
• Deputy Ryan Fowler of the St. Croix County (WI) sheriff’s office, reportedly consumed between 12 and 26 shots of vodka within a three hour period before he was arrested in October while on duty at DAPL protests.  He was found, passed out, in his car.
  
• Concordia Parish, Louisiana: A deputy was charged with battery for a domestic incident involving a stun gun. He resigned after his arrest.
  Indianapolis, Indiana: An officer was arrested for shoplifting and resisting law enforcement.
  Montvale, New Jersey: An officer was charged with DWI after being found passed out in his own vomit in his car.
  Timmonsville, South Carolina: An officer was arrested for domestic violence.
  Update: Waterloo, Iowa (First reported 08-04-16): An officer was acquitted of assault in an alleged off-duty road rage incident.
  Update: Edison Township, New Jersey (First reported 11-08-16): Two now-former officers were fined and banned from public employment after each pled guilty to participating in a retaliation scheme against a superior officer.
  Update: Suffolk County, New York (First reported 10-05-16): An officer who was indicted for a fatal wrong-way crash has been fired.
  Update: Harris County, Texas (First reported 01-11-17): A now-former deputy who had already been charged for sexually abusing a dog had child pornography possession added to his charges after the search of his home.
  
• Former Texas cop arrested for impersonating a police officer.
  
• Indianapolis officer arrested for shoplifting, resisting arrest.
  
• "Superdrunk" Michigan cop in viral DUI video already had a long history of alcohol related incidents.
  
• Pro Libertate: When a fugitive dies, "Blue Privilege" makes all the difference.
  
• Gaston County police officer Timothy Leophard, 42, is charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon with a minor present.  On December 24th, Leophard pointed an "AR style rifle" at a woman and threatened to kill her in front of her three girls (9, 10, and 14).  The bulk of the ordeal was captured on a series of 911 calls.
  
• A Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy faces misdemeanor charges of domestic battery and felony charges of tampering with a witness after deputies say they found injuries on his ex-girlfriend’s wrist and knee following an argument, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.
  
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Week of 01/15/17

• Hero cop busts elderly man for visiting his dying grandchild because he had an illegal plant.
  
• Open letter from army vet asks Buffalo PD: Why did you murder my dog?
  
• Update: Harris County police officer who raped dog on video also charged with child porn possession.
  
• Armed Cleveland cop bit girlfriend; caused car accident to keep her from leaving - won't be fired.
  

• Broward County, Florida: A sheriff’s deputy was suspended for recording and leaking security footage of the airport shooting to TMZ.
  
• Corona, California: An officer was placed on leave after accidentally firing a round into a security officer’s car. The security officer was in the car at the time of the shooting but was not hit by the bullet.
  
• Gaston County, North Carolina: An officer was arrested for assault and pointing a gun at someone. He is no longer with the department.
  
• McKinley County, New Mexico: A deputy was suspended and two others were placed on paid leave after a brawl at a party at the suspended deputy’s home. The victim was not an officer and had to be airlifted to a hospital.
  
• Sonoma County, California (First reported 10-24-16): A now-former deputy was charged with felonious assault by an officer for beating and tasing a Marine veteran and former police officer in his home.
  
• Pinellas County, Florida: A deputy was arrested for domestic battery and witness tampering after an off-duty incident.
  
• Update: Nashville, Tennessee (First reported 01-25-16): An officer was suspended for one month after her criminal stalking charge was dismissed following an Alford plea.
  
• Three Agawam officers fired for brutally beating man in holding cell on video.
  
• Police assault innocent man reported for stealing his own car.
  
• Florida deputy who shot a man holding a cell phone has property taken to help pay $22.4 civil judgement.
  
• Update: Los Angeles County, California: Now-former sheriff Lee Baca will be retried for corruption after a mistrial.
  
• Austin, Texas: An officer was fired for breaking into ex-girlfriend’s home and misleading internal affairs investigation into the matter. The ex-girlfriend is also an officer in the department.
  
• Midland, Texas: An officer who was arrested for domestic violence and interference with an officer in performance of his duties has resigned.
  
• Harris County, Texas: A deputy was arrested for producing obscene material and sexually abusing a dog. He has been fired.
  
• Update: Lucas County, Ohio (First reported 08-29-16): A deputy who was fired for posting implicit threats on social media has been reinstated by a labor arbitrator.
  
• Update: U.S. Secret Service (First reported 11-16-15): A now-former officer was stationed at the White House agreed to plead guilty for attempting to sext a minor in Delaware. He was caught in a sting. The agreement allows him to be extradited to face even more serious charges in Florida
  
• Update: U.S. Customs & Border Protection (First reported 09-12-16): An officer pled guilty to accepting sexual favors and bribes for smuggling people into the United States. He resigned his post before the plea and is scheduled to be sentenced April 7.
  
• Update: St. Louis County, Missouri (First reported 01-07-16): An officer was sentenced to five years of probation after he pled guilty to assaulting his girlfriend during an incident off duty. He resigned and surrendered his law enforcement certification.
  
• Two off duty cops involved with high speed chase sentenced to community service
  
• Cincinnati, Ohio: An officer was arrested after dropping her department-issued firearm while she was intoxicated and off-duty at movie theatre. The incident prompted a temporary evacuation of the facility. 
  
• Update: Fort Worth, Texas (First reported 12-27-16): An officer was suspended for ten days without pay for the arrest of a mother and daughter that was captured on video. The mother had called police for help because a neighbor allegedly assaulted her young son, but the officer arrested her and chastised her for not teaching her child not to litter.
  
• Update: Texas Department of Public Safety (First reported 03-24-16): A trooper had forgery charges dropped for lack of evidence.
  
• Waxhaw, North Carolina: An officer was charged with a misdemeanor after his 2-year-old child shot his wife with his unsecured gun.
  
• Update: Little Rock, Arkansas (First reported 11-12-12): The City is being sued by two men who were arrested by an off-duty (now-retired) officer who had been working a security detail.
  
• Council Bluffs, Nebraska: An officer was arrested for OWI and leaving the scene of an accident after an off-duty crash.
  
• Update: Stevenson, Alabama (First reported 03-07-16): The now-former chief was sentenced to 27 months in prison for federal civil rights violations and was ordered to pay $12,000 in restitution. When his friend’s business was burglarized, the then-chief and his friend went to the suspect’s home and beat him.
  

Week of 01/08/17

• Elderly Maine couple evicted, thrown out, for failing to pay property taxes.  If you think you own your property, try not paying the king's taxes. 
  
• New York, New York: Three officers are under investigation after a video of them beating a 50-year-old man went public.
  
• Vermilion Parish, Louisiana: The sheriff paid a $2,500 fine and had ethics charges against him dropped. He was accused of buying a home from a departmental auction.
  
• Update: Flagstaff, Arizona (First reported 11-17-16): The officer who was captured on video punching a woman has resigned in lieu of termination.
  
• Detroit, Michigan: An officer is being investigated for social media posts calling residents “garbage” and bragging about abusing people.
  
• Update: Broward County, Florida (First reported 11-11-16): A deputy who was fired after his arrest for extorting sexual favors from a suspect has committed suicide.
  
• Update: El Paso, Texas (First reported 06-27-16): An officer was indicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for a fatal off-duty crash in June.
  
• Agawam, Massachusetts: An officer was indicted for stealing more than $10,000 from the police union.
  
• Texas deputies mistake kitty litter for meth.  Innocent man shot on t.v, and jailed for 3 days.
  
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin: An officer was arrested for DUI after a single-car crash.
  
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The City settled with a delivery driver who was shot by plainclothes officers and suffered permanent physical injury.  The officers allegedly did not identify themselves as police officers as they engaged the driver. The $4,400,000 payout was the largest settlement in City history.
  
• Update: Fairlawn, Ohio (First reported 05-27-16): Two officers were suspended for leading officers on a high-speed chase while they were off duty. The officer who was driving pled to obstruction and was sentenced to community service.
  
• Austin, Texas: An officer was suspended for arresting a man who insulted him.
  
• Pembroke Pines, Florida: An officer was suspended for three months for using a law enforcement database to snoop on others at least 560 times. On at least several occasions, she also harassed some people she found information on, which is how the malfeasance was discovered.
  
• Moultrie, Georgia: An officer was arrested for assaulting someone while taking them into custody.
  
• Riverside, California: An officer was demoted after drinking, texting, and then crashing a police vehicle and leaving the scene. There was no arrest or charge brought in the case. 
  
• Lake in the Hills, Illinois: An officer was arrested for DWI after striking and killing a pedestrian.
  
• Update: Nelson County, Kentucky (First reported 10-24-16): A deputy was reinstated after a domestic assault charge against him was dropped.
  
• Clarksville, Indiana: An officer resigned and has been charged with theft from a Wal-Mart.
  
• Buffalo Valley Regional Police (Pennsylvania): An officer was arrested for threatening the lives of his wife and children while intoxicated.
  
• Rutherford County, Tennessee: A deputy was fired for reckless driving.  His driving while responding to a call caused a collision.
  
• Update: Danville, Kentucky (First reported 03-28-16): An officer pled guilty to wanton endangerment and DUI for head-on crash while he was off duty. His sentencing is scheduled for February 7th.
  
• Temple, Texas: An officer was arrested for DWI while off duty on New Year’s Eve.
  
• Collier County, Florida: A deputy was fired for using a law enforcement database to look up info on his then-girlfriend and then making false statements to cover it up.
  
• Springdale, Arkansas: An officer was fired for undisclosed reasons and dropped his appeal of termination.
  

Week of 01/01/17

• Video shows Fort Worth police officer shoot innocent, unarmed man in the back.
  
• Police taser 91-year-old Alzheimer's patient for not going to the doctor.
  
• Texas police hero filmed himself raping small dog, immediately charged and fired.
  
• Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the department illegally withheld public records.
  
• Elmendorf, Texas: An officer was charged with sexual assault of a child for allegedly abusing a 13-year-old girl.
  
• Update: Richfield, Minnesota (First reported 10-08-15): An officer who was fired after a video was released of his striking a Somali teen while on duty was reinstated by a labor arbitrator.
• Dallas, Texas: An officer was fired for a 2015 hit-and-run off duty. He struck a vehicle while he was trying to pass, causing minor damage, and never stopped.
• U.S. Border Patrol (Malone, New York): A now-former agent was given five years’ probation for assaulting an elderly couple after his wife was killed in an automobile accident.
• Pasco County, Florida: A deputy was fired after domestic violence arrest.
• Update: Chicago, Illinois (First reported 12-19-14): An officer was acquitted of drunkenly firing his gun at a suburban police officer after he was stopped off duty. The DUI charge was dropped before trial. His BAC was tested five hours after the incident and tested at .07, just under the legal limit.
  
• Kenosha, Wisconsin: An officer was arrested on battery charges.
  
• New Rochelle, New York: An officer was charged with vehicular manslaughter and DWI after a fatal off-duty crash.
  
• Baltimore County, Maryland: A now-former deputy reached a settlement with the State of Maryland for $160,000. He claimed he was fired for whistle blowing.
  
• San Bernardino County, California: A deputy was charged with having sex with a teenager who was participating in the department’s Explorer program.
  
• Kettering, Ohio: A detective pled guilty to stealing prescription pills from a home while he was investigating a break-in.
  
• Modesto, California: The City is being sued for excessive force after two officers opened fire on people in a car who were attempting to escape during a drug sting. Plaintiffs alleged that the officers did not identify themselves and they thought they were being attacked.
  
• Mission, Texas: An officer was arrested for DWI and an open container violation.
  
• Blanchard, Oklahoma: An officer was arrested for soliciting a minor and child pornography. ow.ly/hirQ307EbuY
  
• Miami, Florida: Three officers were fired for posting “jokes” about using black neighborhoods for target practice to a social media site.
  
• Update: Bay County, Michigan (First reported 11-15-16): A deputy was charged with tampering and careless discharge of a firearm for an accidental shooting at the school where he was SRO. He allegedly tried to cover-up the incident. A teacher was grazed in the shooting but was not seriously injured.
  
• Update: Baltimore County, Maryland (First reported 02-25-15): The County reached a settlement with a teen who was shot by an off-duty deputy working private detail at an apartment complex. The settlement was for $30,000.
  
• Lee County, Florida: A now-former deputy was charged with grand theft for defrauding the government of $60,000 in work hours.
  
• Chattanooga, Tennessee: An officer was charged for an alleged domestic assault on Christmas Day.
  
• Rolesville, North Carolina: An officer was placed on paid leave during an investigation into the use of force against female high school student that was captured on video and went viral.
  
• Update: Henrico County, Virginia: A deputy settled a lawsuit with a woman who was injured when he shot into the fleeing car that she was a passenger in. He was acquitted of criminal charges in the case.
  
• Roane County, West Virginia: The newly elected sheriff was charged with stealing methamphetamine from evidence and admitted to being an addict.
  
• McKenzie County, North Dakota: A deputy was fired after an internal investigation. A criminal investigation into the matter is ongoing.
  
• Update: McKinney, Texas: The City is being sued for the actions of a now-former officer at swimming pool party in 2015. The officer was captured on video using force against black children who were attending the party.
  
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin: An officer was arrested on New Years’ for drunk driving. He also faces a weapons charge for having his gun in the back seat, and thus in his possession, while intoxicated.
  
• Oregon State Police: A trooper was found to have violated policy when he ran a red light and consequently striking another automobile and a pedestrian before crashing into a donut shop.
  
• Cuyahoga County, Ohio: A deputy was arrested and charged with OVI after a crash. It is his third arrest for the offense.
  
• Buffalo, New York: An officer resigned and pled guilty to filing a false instrument for faking an on-duty injury. He was sentenced to one year of conditional release.
• Update: Suffolk County, New York: Court documents in the long-running case of now-former sheriff James Burke revealed that six officers pled guilty to charges related to the beating and cover-up that led to Burke’s imprisonment.
• Orangeburg County, South Carolina: A deputy was arrested for DUI after a crash in his patrol vehicle. He was fired.
• Palm Beach County, Florida: A deputy was federally charged with identity theft for using a law enforcement database to collect and sell personal information.
• Coffey County, Kansas: A deputy was fired and charged with sexual exploitation of a child.
• Louisville, Kentucky: A detective pled guilty to stealing nearly $75,000 in cash from airmail packages he searched for drugs.
  
• Alachua County, Florida: A deputy was charged with DUI after a crash.
  
• New York, New York: An officer was suspended after posting a picture of an innocent family in handcuffs to Snapchat after a fruitless raid. 
• Fort Worth, Texas: An officer was placed on restricted duty after a video showed him arresting and berating a mother who called police for help.
• New Orleans, Louisiana: A homicide detective has been accused of hit-and-run (without injury) and DUI for an off-duty crash.
• Update: Chicago, Illinois (First reported 11-04-15): Four officers may face discipline, but not termination, for their actions in Laquan McDonald shooting. Several other officers have either left the department or been recommended for termination for their roles subsequent to the shooting.
• Jersey City, New Jersey: Up to 12 officers are expected to be arrested in the coming weeks as a result of a federal corruption probe into the department.
• Update: Huber Heights, Ohio (First reported 08-25-16): An officer was suspended for five days for conduct unbecoming following a domestic violence arrest in August where he allegedly assaulted his wife with a dog food dish.
• Ocoee, Florida: An officer was suspended 80 hours without pay for engaging in a pursuit that ended in a crash that injured an innocent motorist.
• Abbeville, South Carolina: An officer was placed under investigation by state authorities.
  

Week of 12/25/16

• Litchfield, Minnesota: An officer was arrested for DWI.
  
• Rikers Island guard on trial for beating inmate admits writing false report, but denies lying.
  
• Washtenaw, Michigan: A lieutenant was captured on police video driving while apparently heavily intoxicated.
  
• Oregon State Police: A trooper was fired after pleading to a misdemeanor for abusing his 11-year-old son but was allowed to retain his law enforcement certification.
  
• Update: Gaffney, South Carolina (First reported 09-27-16): A now-former officer was charged with assault for actions against a handcuffed inmate. He resigned before he was charged.
  
• Dartmouth, Massachusetts*: An officer was placed on leave after his girlfriend filed a complaint that he has repeatedly abused her over the past year. 
  
• Honolulu, Hawaii: The chief is under investigation after an officer pled guilty to perjury in an alleged conspiracy to frame an innocent man. More officers in the department have also been implicated.
  
• Atlanta, Georgia: An officer was arrested for DUI after driving erratically.
  
• Greenwood County, South Carolina: A deputy who also served as SRO was arrested for DUI after a single-car crash.
  
• Update: Montgomery County, Ohio (First reported 09-13-16): A deputy resigned and is expected to plead guilty to misusing nearly $100,000 of union lodge funds.
  
• Reno school cop shoots teen victim of bullying in the chest—district praises cop.
  
• 6th circuit appeals court: cops can legally kill your pets if they do anything but sit quietly.
  
• Update: New Orleans, Louisiana: The City announced that it had settled several civil rights lawsuits stemming the infamous post-Katrina shootings of civilians by officers for $13,300,000.
  
• Citrus County, Florida: A deputy was fired after her arrest for domestic battery against her boyfriend.
  
• Update: East Point, Georgia (First reported 07-10-14): A now-former officer was found guilty of felony murder and a second officer was found guilty of manslaughter in the tasering death of Gregory Towns, who was handcuffed at the time of the incident.
  
• Citrus County, Florida: A deputy was fired after her arrest for domestic battery against her boyfriend.
  
• Update: Reading, Pennsylvania (First reported 05-26-16): An officer again had tampering charges dropped for lack of evidence. He allegedly destroyed a cell phone after accosting a woman.
  
• Update: Garland, Texas (First reported 09-18-14): A mistrial was declared in the case against a now-former officer who shot at unarmed Michael V. Allen 41 times during a vehicular chase.
  
• Update: Hampton, New Hampshire (First reported 10-12-16): A detective who also serves as union president pled no contest to DWI after a crash. He will lose his driver’s license for nine months.
  
• Arlington, Texas: A detective resigned after she allegedly neglected to investigate child abuse cases. Many of her cases are now under review.
  
• Update: Brigantine, New Jersey (First reported 01-09-15): A now-former officer was sentenced to five years in prison after his plea to misconduct and sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl. Another officer from Atlantic City was charged in the same case and was also sentenced to five years in prison.
  
• Drunk, impatient US U.S. marshal pulls gun on cashier and customers at McDonald's.
  
• Innocent mother kidnapped, jailed for 7 weeks over a 20-year-old clerical error.
  
• Cop who murdered mother in front of her child is a deadbeat dad.
  
• Aliquippa, Pennsylvania: An officer was placed on leave after he was accused of shooting a jail guard off-duty after a bar fight. 
  
• ​Edcouch, Texas: A now-former officer pled guilty to drug conspiracy. He faked drug busts and resold the seized drugs for a cut of the profit.
  
• ​Valley Center, Kansas: An officer was charged with official misconduct, rape, sexual battery, and child exploitation.
  
• ​Update: Chicago and Glenview, Illinois: A CPD officer was found guilty of perjury, obstruction, and misconduct. One CPD officer and one Glenview officer were acquitted in the same case. 
  
• ​Hartford, Connecticut: An officer was arrested for assaulting a subdued suspect after a vehicle chase. 
  
• Las Cruces, New Mexico: An officer was charged with drug trafficking for allegedly giving drugs to an informant in exchange for sexual favors.
  

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​​​​​Week of 12/11/16

• ​Tulsa officer charged with manslaughter after gunning down innocent, unarmed man.
• Des Moines, Iowa: Two officers resigned after they were accused of planting drug evidence in a January 2015 investigation. Hundreds of cases they were involved in are now under review.C Criminal charges are possible.
  
• Virginia state cops have blown a fortune on useless cell phone spying gear.
• ​Baltimore, Maryland: An officer was indicted on assault and misconduct charges for unjustified use of force. 
  
• ​Robertson County, Tennessee: A school resource officer was charged with sexual battery against a student.
  
• ​U.S. Customs & Border Protection (Torrance, CA): An officer was found guilty of fraud and theft for stealing $65,000 in checks and other funds from international mail he screened. He is scheduled to be sentenced March 6. 
  
• Pennsylvania State Police: A trooper who serves as PSP spokesman was arrested for DUI. His blood alcohol content registered at .232. 
  
• Fort Worth, Texas: The union president was suspended for three days for punching another officer at a convention.
  
• Update: Buffalo, New York: A now-former officer was sentenced to three months in jail for false imprisonment and deprivation of rights under color of law. He illegally detained a witness to a fatal incident at a bar where he was working as private security.
  
• ​Update: San Jose, California: An officer was ordered to pay $45,000 in punitive damages after an appeals court reinstated an award for excessive force. 
  
• Update: Iron County, Utah: A now-former deputy had has certification suspended for 3 months after his plea to disorderly conduct. 
  
• Richmond County, Virginia: A deputy was fired after his arrest for shoplifting. 
  
• ​Update: Suffolk, New York (First reported 10-05-16): An officer previously arrested after a fatal wrong-way crash was indicted for aggravated vehicular homicide, vehicular manslaughter, and aggravated DUI. 
  
• ​Montgomery, Alabama: An officer was indicted for sodomy for allegedly raping driver at gunpoint during a traffic stop.
  
• University of Southern California: A campus officer pled no contest to vehicular manslaughter for killing a grad student in an on-duty crash.
  
• ​Update: Hingham, Massachusetts (First reported 01-12-16): An officer was found guilty of insurance fraud. He was sentenced to serve six months in jail and another 18 months that will be suspended during three years of probation. 
  
• Update: North Charleston, South Carolina (First reported 04-08-15): Now-former officer Michael Slager’s trial for killing Walter Scott ended in mistrial. The prosecutor plans to retry the case. 
  
• ​Update: Pocomoke, Maryland (First reported 07-22-16):The now-former chief was convicted of misconduct and given a three-year suspended sentence and probation for a hit-and-run cover-up. 
  
• ​Update: Erie Co., New York (First reported 04-20-16): A deputy pled guilty to drug possession and agreed to resign. He allegedly took bribes to smuggle drugs into jail. 
  
• ​Escambia County, Florida: A deputy was charged with DUI and third-degree property damage for crashing a patrol vehicle into a house. 
  
• ​​Orlando, Florida: An officer was charged with battery for allegedly punching a handcuffed man who stole his ex-wife’s gun. 
  
• Seaside Heights, New Jersey: An officer was indicted for child pornography possession and fired after his arrest.
  
• ​Prince George’s County, Maryland: An officer was charged with assault and misconduct for striking a suspect with his car during a chase.
  
• ​Ottawa County, Ohio: A now-former deputy was charged with stalking and making threats against his supervisor. 
  
• Memphis, Tennessee: A now-former officer was sentenced to one-to-four years in prison for attempted rape of a 19-year-old. He was charged but acquitted of raping her. 
  
• Toledo, Ohio: An officer was indicted for unlawful sexual conduct, promotion of prostitution, and child solicitation.
  
• ​Update: Buffalo, New York (First reported 12-17-14): An officer pled guilty to a misdemeanor and agreed to testify against other officers in 2009 excessive force case. 
  
• ​Update: Roanoke, Virginia (First reported 04-08-16): A now-former officer pled no contest to sexual battery against a jail inmate. He was sentenced to six months in jail and five years of probation. 
  
• ​Update: Sacramento, California (First reported 11-07-16): An officer resigned in lieu of termination following his November arrest on drug and firearm charges.
  
• ​Charlottesville, Virginia: An officer was fired and charged with forcible sodomy for incidents both on and off-duty.
  
• Billings, Montana: The City is being sued by the father and son of Richard Ramirez, who was fatally shot by an officer in 2014.  The suit alleges that the officer violated Ramirez’s civil rights, did not follow procedure, and that authorities did not properly investigate the shooting. 
  
• ​Update: East Helena, Montana (First reported 09-14-16): An officer was found guilty of assault for punching a 70-yr-old man while off-duty after a four-car-pileup. 
  
• Social Circle, Georgia: An officer was fired after video emerged of him urging a teen he pulled over to fight him. 
  
• ​Cape Coral, Florida: An officer was suspended after crashing her car into a garage while intoxicated. She was badly injured in the crash. 
  
• ​Update: Put-in-Bay, Ohio (First reported 08-11-15): The now-former chief won his appeal of his conviction for disorderly conduct. He may fight to get reinstated to the force. 
  
• ​Yakima, Washington: The City is being sued by the sister of Rocendo Arias, who was fatally shot by an officer who found him sleeping in his car.
  

Week of 12/04/16

• Military cops act like thugs during audit.
  
• Update: Looks like Michael Slager found that one cop apologist he needed; mistrial pending .
  
• City continues to pile parking tickets on car with dead man inside.
  
• Johnson County, Arkansas: A now-former deputy was charged with sexual assault against a woman after he picked her up during a domestic disturbance call. She claims he raped her on a follow-up visit. He resigned after the allegation.
  
• Burlington, Wisconsin: An officer was convicted of OWI and resigned. 
  
• ​Update: Miami-Dade County, Florida (First reported 09-29-16): A now-former officer was sentenced to three years’ probation for stealing $277 of county gas. 
  
• ​Update: Portsmouth, Virginia (First reported 09-10-15): A judge approved $1,000,000 settlement with the family of William Chapman, who was fatally shot by Officer Stephen Rankin outside of a Wal-Mart. Rankin was convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison.  
  
• Update: Orleans Parish, Louisiana (First reported 04-18-16): The now-former chief deputy was sentenced to 6 months in federal prison for a fraudulent billing scandal. He ran a private security company that was contracted to work the Super Bowl and other large events and billed the City for employees that didn’t exist. 
  
• ​Centerton, Arkansas: An officer was fired for actions that led to the arrest of the wrong suspect for a burglary. 
  
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: An officer was charged with domestic assault against his wife. 
  
• Update: Gadsden, Alabama (First reported 08-15-16): An officer who was suspended in August for conduct unbecoming has been fired. 
  
• Update: Baltimore, Maryland (First reported 05-01-14): A now-former officer who was convicted of assault for shooting a man while off duty in Pennsylvania was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison. He was acquitted of attempted first-degree murder for the incident described as a love triangle gone bad. 
  
• ​Update: Guadalupe, California (First reported 07-13-16): An officer was acquitted of domestic violence charges.
  
• ​Wicomico County, Maryland: A deputy was placed on leave after being charged with theft from the FOP lodge. The precise amount missing was not disclosed but it was between $10,000 and $100,000.  
  
• ​Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: A now-former officer was given five years’ probation after entering an Alford Plea for allegedly abusing a 7-month-old foster child by shaking it. It is unknown whether the child will suffer permanent injury from the incident. 
  
• ​Update: Evansville, Indiana (First reported 11-14-16): Four officers who were suspended remain off duty after their suspensions have been served while an investigation into the use of force that prompted the discipline continues. Criminal charges are possible. 
  
• ​Oconee County, South Carolina: A deputy was fired after his arrest for domestic violence. He allegedly cut his girlfriend with a knife. 
  
• ​Update: Los Angeles County, California: Two now-former deputies were sentenced for a jailhouse beating and cover-up connected to the long-running LACPD corruption scandal. One was given five months, the other was sentenced to 21 months in prison. ​
• Liquor illegally sold at Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission convention.
• Evanston, Illinois: Two officers were placed on leave after arresting a man who was collecting signatures for his petition to run for public office. 
  
• Sublette County, Wyoming: A deputy was charged with stalking and unlawful impersonation thru electronic means and pled not guilty.
  
• New York, New York: A detective was video recorded playing craps with young people—who may have been minors—in order to determine fate of an arrestee.​
• Linden, New Jersey: The City agreed to pay a man who wrongfully arrested and held 65 days on drug charges $45,000 in compensation. 
  
• Update: New York, New York: Two officers were acquitted at a bench trial of beating and pistol-whipping a teenage suspect.  
  
• Columbia, South Carolina: An officer was fired and arrested for first-degree sexual assault against a child under 11 years old.
  
• Cleveland, Ohio: An officer was charged with 53 criminal counts for misusing information from a law enforcement database for a private security job he ran while he was off duty.
  
• Update: Sandusky County, Ohio: The now-former sheriff pled guilty to theft of prescription pills and doctor shopping. His sentencing is scheduled for December 13.
  
• Update: Mahnomen County, Minnesota (First reported 11-25-15): A former deputy was reinstated by a labor arbitrator despite four alcohol-related convictions.
  
• "Justice Has No Expiration Date": The Continued Wrongful Imprisonment of Chris Tapp.
  
• Charles County, Maryland: A deputy was charged with child pornography possession.
  
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: An officer was charged with attempted murder after shooting his son in the back during an altercation. The wound required a splenectomy as well as the removal of part of the victim’s colon.
  
• Coral Gables, Florida: An officer was suspended for allegedly kicking a juvenile suspect repeatedly.
  
• Update: Hood River County, Oregon (First reported 09-28-16): A now-former deputy was indicted for sexually assaulting and photographing a naked minor. 
  
• Update: Baton Rouge, Louisiana (First reported 07-14-16):  The City settled a class action lawsuit filed by a number of protesters after the Alton Sterling shooting for $100,000.
  
• Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas: A deputy and officer were booked on child endangerment and provision of a firearm to a felon charges.
  
• Boise, Idaho: A now-former officer was charged with grand theft for stealing from the police lodge where he served as president.
  
• Update: Las Cruces, New Mexico (First reported 05-20-15): Two officers’ charges were dropped for a jailhouse beating that broke a man’s face and cracked his skull. One officer had gone to trial that resulted in mistrial; the second officer’s case was never presented to a jury.
  
• Minneapolis, Minnesota: An officer is under internal investigation for shooting at a car full of people during a melee.
  
• Chicago, Illinois: An officer is under investigation for fatally shooting Kajuan Raye, 19, who was unarmed when he was shot in the back.
  

Week of 11/27/16

• Pre-crime software.
  
• Update: Indianapolis, Indiana (First reported 09-11-14): Two officers were acquitted of battery for actions against a veteran during a bar fight.
  
• Cameron, Wisconsin: A now-former officer was sentenced to five days in jail after pleading to lesser charges for removing a gun from a crime scene.
  
• Pinellas County, Florida: A deputy was fired for using excessive force during a traffic stop in March. 
  
• Daytona Beach, Florida: An officer resigned after her claim about being shot at was debunked by investigators.
  
• Update: Montgomery, Alabama (First reported 03-02-16): An officer has been formally indicted for murder for fatally shooting Gregory Gunn.
  
• Idaho cop tells teen if he could get a way with it, he'd put a bullet in his head.
  
• The former records supervisor of the Albuquerque police department is claiming in a sworn affidavit that officers illegally deleted and altered videos of shootings and other controversial incidents.
  
• Temple, Texas: Three officers were suspended. Two were suspended for mishandling and delaying a murder investigation. The third was suspended for inappropriate use of force.
  
• Orleans Parish, Louisiana: A deputy was charged with theft and malfeasance for taking municipal fuel for personal vehicles.
  
• New York, New York: A deputy inspector was assigned to desk duty and transferred after he was accused of sexual misconduct by a subordinate.
  
• Update: Baltimore, Maryland (First reported 08-09-15): Now-former officer Wesley Cagle was sentenced to 12 years in prison for shooting subdued suspect Michael Johansen in 2014. 
  
• Cleveland, Ohio: An officer who is also head of the police union was suspended for an altercation with a family member at the union hall.
  
• Baltimore, Maryland: An officer was charged with sexting  a 15-year-old boy in Pennsylvania.
  
• Indian River County, Florida: A deputy was fired and charged with lewd and lascivious battery against a child, his step-daughter.
  
• Update: New Orleans, Louisiana: The City settled a lawsuit with some survivors and families of slain Danziger Bridge shooting victims.
  
• Update: Madison County, Alabama (First reported 01-20-16): A now-former deputy was sentenced to 3 years in prison for his guilty plea to federal obstruction. He got in a fight with a man and then weeks later, tracked him down, pulled him over, and choked the man unconscious. After the incident, the deputy said he had never seen the man he attacked before.
  
• Update: Miami-Dade County, Florida (First reported 09-24-15): A now-former deputy was found guilty of misconduct for using law enforcement resources in a plot against her estranged husband.
  
• Boynton Beach, Florida: The City approved a $600,000 lawsuit settlement with Byron Harris, who was kicked and beaten during his arrest. The criminal case against Harris is still pending for severely injuring an officer while trying to flee. City officials said part of the reason for settling the case was to protect taxpayers: the City’s insurance policy would cover a pretrial settlement, but not a judgment against the City after a trial.
  
• New York, New York: Two officers were suspended after one of them accidentally discharged a round from his personal firearm in a car and they both fled the scene. The non-firing officer was suspended for failing to report the incident.
  
• Update: St. Anthony, Minnesota (First reported 07-07-16): An officer was charged with second-degree manslaughter for the shooting death of Philando Castile.
  
• Orleans Parish, Louisiana: A deputy was arrested for malfeasance in office and violation of protective order.
  
• Update: Chicago, Illinois (First reported 12-19-14): An officer began his trial for the off-duty and intoxicated shooting at a volunteer firefighter.
  
• Lorain, Ohio: An officer was suspended, and the department was sued after an on-duty altercation with the officer’s ex-girlfriend’s current boyfriend.
  
• Lafayette, Indiana: Two officers were suspended after violating rules. One was given two years’ administrative probation, and subject to drug and alcohol screening.
  
• Lowell, Massachusetts: A school resource officer was placed on leave after allegedly assaulting a student. A criminal investigation underway.

Week of 11/20/16

• Update: University of Cincinnati (First reported 07-24-15): Now-former officer Ray Tensing’s trial for the fatal on-duty shooting of Samuel DuBose ended in mistrial.
  
• Update: Youngstown, Ohio (First reported 10-03-16): A now-former officer pled guilty to neglecting to care for her sister, whose body was found emaciated and in highly unsanitary conditions. She entered mental health treatment and may get the conviction expunged.
  
• Woman serving 30 days dies after medical requests ignored.
  
• Jails are  designed to escalate criminal tendencies to fill more jails.
  
• Canton, Michigan: An officer was suspended during an investigation into racist comments on one of his social media profiles.
  
• Update: Lake County, Florida (First reported 01-23-14): A deputy was sentenced to 12 years in prison for raping an intoxicated woman he was summoned to help.
  
• Denham Springs, Louisiana: An officer was arrested for misdemeanor stalking after the end of a long-term relationship.
  
• Evansville, Indiana: Four officers were suspended after their use of force during an arrest. Their reports were contradicted by camera footage of the incident.
  
• Traverse City, Michigan: An officer was suspended after driving a truck with Confederate battle flag near anti-Trump protesters in an incident off duty. He resigned Monday.
  
• Niagara Falls, New York: An officer was arrested on drug charges.
  
• Update: Hopkinsville, Kentucky (First reported 08-22-16): The officer who was arrested for sexually abusing a minor has resigned and entered a not guilty plea.
  
• Update: Austin, Texas (First reported 07-22-16): An officer was not indicted by a grand jury for the use of force against Breaion King, a schoolteacher, whose arrest was caught on dashcam and sparked outrage.
  
• Broward County, Florida: A deputy was charged with extorting sex from a security guard by threatening arrest for crack possession.
  
• Center Township, Pennsylvania: An officer was arrested for theft for stealing drugs and cash from the evidence room.
  
• Dallas, Texas: Two officers were fired for separate arrests: one was arrested for official oppression at a homeless shelter; the other was arrested for domestic violence.
  
• Update: Seattle, Washington (First reported 07-01-14): An officer was fired for punching a handcuffed detainee in the face while she was detained in a patrol car in 2014.
  
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin: An officer was charged with firing his service weapon in his backyard while intoxicated.
  
• Update: Illinois State Police (First reported 11-07-16): A now-former trooper was convicted of bribery and misconduct.
  
• ​Update: Missouri State Police (First reported 02-12-16): A trooper’s trial for manslaughter in the drowning death of Brandon Ellingson, who was handcuffed after an arrest for boating while intoxicated, was delayed again after the judge recused. 
  
• ​​Michigan State Police: A trooper was charged with embezzlement for allegedly stealing $10,000 from evidence.
  
• Massachusetts State Police: A trooper was convicted of OUI, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, and possession of a firearm while intoxicated for a fatal crash. He was acquitted of manslaughter and homicide in that case.  
  
• ​Update: Red Bank, Tennessee (First reported 03-02-15) officer had aggravated assault charges from excessive force complaint dismissed after mistrial.
  
• ​Sumter City, South Carolina: An officer was charged with coercing women to have sex with him while he was on duty. 
  
• ​Update: Connellsville, Pennsylvania (First reported 05-04-15): A now-former officer was convicted of corruption of minor and acquitted of involuntary deviant intercourse. He allegedly told the victim she wouldn’t face drug charges if she had sex with him. 
  
• Belleville, New Jersey: An officer was suspended without pay during an investigation into shoplifting allegations.
  
• ​Update: Vigo County, Indiana (First reported 11-07-16): A deputy who was charged in a theft and bribery case has resigned. In doing so, he lost the legal protection of the union.
  
• ​Tennessee Highway Patrol: A trooper was charged with aggravated assault for pointing his gun at his wife during an argument.
  
• ​Salem, Massachusetts: An officer was charged with rape and indecent assault on a man in a police closet. 
  
• ​Galveston, Texas: A school resource officer was charged with sexual assault of a child, solicitation of a minor, and having an improper relationship with a student. 
  
• ​Update: Mt. Vernon, Ohio (First reported 10-02-15): A now-former officer was sentenced to six years in prison for stealing drugs from evidence and selling them. 
  
• ​Lake County, Indiana: The sheriff’s office was raided by the FBI and Indiana State Police. 
  
• ​U.S. Border Patrol: An agent was arrested for drug trafficking. 
  
• South Dakota Highway Patrol: A trooper was charged with grand theft. 
  
• ​Edison Township, New Jersey: Two officer—one current, one now-former—were arrested in connection with a scheme to burn down a superior officer’s home. 
  
• ​New York, New York: A woman filed a lawsuit claiming an officer solicited sex from her in exchange for protecting her son from other officers. 
  
• St. Paul, Minnesota: An officer is no longer with the department after a video showed him kick a defenseless man. A criminal investigation is ongoing. 
  
• ​Carter County, Oklahoma: A now-former deputy pled guilty to bribery after a woman claimed she had sex with him in order to preserve her husband’s job in the department. He was sentenced to two years’ probation and lost his law enforcement certification. 
  
• Austin, Texas: An officer was charged with felonious assault on a family member and interfering with an emergency call. 
  
• Robstown, Texas: An officer was arrested for DWI after being found unconscious behind the wheel of a truck.
  
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Week of 11/13/16

• Victims were kids for 1/3 of U.S. police officers who lost badges for sexual misconduct.
  
• Chicago cop arrested for sex trafficking and child porn, accused of paying teens—including braces-wearing 14-year-old—for sex.
  
• Florida cop arrested for raping little boys at home for abused children.
  
• Four more Bay area cops fired for Oakland teen sex scandal.
  
• Newborn baby kidnapped from Alabama hospital after parents decline birth certificate and social security number.
  
• Mangnum was dead 20 seconds after cop laid eye.
  
• Woman says Texas state trooper ripped out her nipple ring with a pair of pliers.
  
• St. Louis mom horrified by picture of cop posing with her dead son, smiling with a "thumbs up."
  
• Mom arrested for selling undercover cop food he asked for.
  
• A fake HP printer that's actual an office-camouflaged cellular eavesdropping device.
  
• Update: Perth Amboy, New Jersey (First reported 02-10-15): The City settled a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by an employee against the now-suspended chief for $150,000. The chief faces criminal charges for misconduct and tampering.
  
• El Dorado, Kansas: An officer was placed on leave after his arrest for domestic violence.
  
• Update: New York, New York (First reported 10-31-16): An officer was convicted of tipping off and running protection for a drug dealer over the course of four years.
  
• Update: Atlanta, Georgia (First reported 09-02-14): A now-former officer was sentenced to life without parole plus 16 years for killing a woman he met for sex while off duty and then setting her body on fire.
  
• Los Angeles, California: The City settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of Ezell Ford, an unarmed mentally ill man who was fatally shot by officers in 2014.
  
• Schenectady, New York: An officer was suspended after his boyfriend tried to pass a bad check to buy a Jaguar. A subsequent investigation has linked the couple to sex parties and possible statutory rape.
  
• Update: Loudon County, Virginia: A now-former deputy pled guilty to misdemeanor animal cruelty charges for the death of his personal dog.
  
• Clayton State University (GA): An officer was arrested for exposing himself to a woman outside of a Wal-Mart while he was off duty.
  
• Newark, Ohio: Two officers were arrested in separate off-duty assaults.
  
• Wapato, Washington: A now-former officer pled guilty to 3rd-degree rape of a woman he knew. He was off duty at the time of the attack. He was sentenced to six months’ home confinement.
  
• Update: Tukwila, Washington (First reported 07-27-12): A now-former officer pled guilty to civil rights charges for abusing a detainee during an arrest and also while he was detained in the hospital.
  
• Update: Sullivan City, Texas (First reported 02-02-16): The now-former chief who was charged with theft and abuse of authority for allegedly tolerating another officer’s drug theft had the indictments against him thrown out by a judge. The department is open to re-hiring him now that he has been legally cleared of wrongdoing.
  
• Minnesota deputy caught on video beating K-9 partner in drunken tirade keeps Job (update).
  
• Phoenix, Arizona: An officer retired after failing a drug test.
  
• Tulsa, Oklahoma: An officer was arrested for violating a protective order filed against her. She’s accused of stalking a woman while on duty.
  
• Latest police scare tactic: Take drivers ID's and 'ask' them to sit in a police vehicle.
  
  

Week of 11/06/16

• Denver cop arrested after body-cam records him stealing $1200 from suspect.
  
• Officer had a ‘rapability’ scale for female drivers, ex-cop says.
  
• ​Cops commit felony coercion, fail, then cry to the manager.
  
• ​New York, New York: An officer was charged with conspiracy for allegedly helping a dealer deliver 40 kilograms of cocaine into the city over four years. The officer’s lawyer said the charges were untrue, noting there is little evidence of financial gain, which would make his client “the dumbest person in the world.” 
  
• ​Miller County, Georgia: A sheriff was federally charged with selling stolen firearms. 
  
• ​Meriden, Connecticut: An officer was fired for administrative violations following a pursuit against protocol that led to a fatal crash. 
  
• Vermilion, Ohio: An officer was convicted of misdemeanor assault for slamming a handcuffed detainee’s head into a patrol car door. 
  
• ​Jefferson County, Alabama: A deputy arrested for attempted murder for shooting her ex-girlfriend during a domestic dispute following a restraining order. 
  
• ​Update: Sedgwick County, Kansas (First reported 10-13-16): A deputy who was recently arrested for domestic violence has retired. 
  
• ​Update: Henrico County, Virginia (First reported 03-02-16): A deputy acquitted was of all charges for shooting into a fleeing car and injuring the female passenger. 
  
• ​Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: An officer who is head of the vice unit was arrested for stealing money from evidence. 
  
• Fresno sheriff's deputy "accidentally" killed by another cop.
  

Week of 10/30/16

• Forty cops, FBI agents bust down door of wrong home in raid, terrify 7-year-old.
  
• Pokeman Go player harassed and then violently arrested by Alabama police over bad headlight.
  
• Michigan State Police: A trooper was charged with embezzling $170,000 in vehicle fees.
  
• Update: Richfield, Ohio (First reported 05-18-16): A now-former officer pled guilty to grand larceny for stealing $25,000 from police Christmas charity.
  
• Florida cop pleads guilty to firing gun at another cop; tampering with evidence in road rage incident.
  
• Prince George’s County, Maryland: An officer has been accused of brutality by an off-duty Washington, DC officer.
  
• Baldwinsville, New York: An officer was involved in a single-car crash while off duty. He and the other person in the vehicle refused to cooperate with investigators and so were not tested for intoxication, despite outward appearances. It is not clear who was driving at the time of the incident so there is not enough evidence to charge either man for DUI.
  
• Cleveland, Ohio: An officer was charged with negligent homicide in the shooting death of Brandon Jones, an unarmed burglary suspect.
  
• Update: Rocky Ford, Colorado (First reported 11-17-14): A now-former officer was sentenced to 16 years in prison for second-degree murder for shooting Jack Jacquez Jr. in 2014.
  
• Alachua County, Florida: A deputy is suspended during an investigation into excessive force claims.
  
• Fremont, Ohio: An officer was charged with DUI after driving the wrong way down a highway.
  
• New Tazewell, Tennessee: An officer was arrested for stealing drug evidence.
  
• “Exceptional Officer of the Year” in Kern County sentenced to five years for dealing meth.
  
• Police department busted for contest to see who could extort the most drivers and arrest the most people.
  
• Florida cop allowed to remain on force after 2009 DUI where he was found passed out in car in middle of street.
  
• Former NYPD sergeant given just three months in jail after committing $600,000 social security fraud.
  
• Soon, everyone's cell phone will receive a "Blue Alert" warning them that police are looking for someone who's allegedly injured or killed a cop. Americans can expect to see "Blue Alerts" popping up everywhere, on their cellphones, TV's and even their radios.
  
• Pennsylvania State Police: A trooper was placed on leave after being charged with aggravated assault and child endangerment.
  
• New York, New York: An officer resigned after she was caught using a fellow officer’s American Express card during a shopping spree that racked up over $3,400 in purchases. She was charged with petty larceny and possession of stolen property.
  
• Update: Clark County, Ohio (First reported 10-12-15): One deputy who was fired for gross employee misconduct has been reinstated.
  
• Update: Santa Ana, California: The City agreed to pay the owners of a marijuana dispensary $100,000 after a raid during which officers stole and consumed edible merchandise.
  
• Louisville, Kentucky: A detective was charged with solicitation of prostitution.
  
• Prince George’s County, Maryland: An officer was indicted for a “theft scheme” and suspended without pay.
  
• Update: Bakersfield, California (First reported 11-23-15): A now-former officer was sentenced to five years in prison for dealing methamphetamine. His partner previously pled guilty and also received a five-year term.
  
• Update: Miami-Dade County, Florida (First reported 01-14-15): A now-former officer pled guilty to unlawfully discharging a firearm, assault, and tampering with evidence for an off-duty road rage incident.
  
• Joliet Junior College (IL): A now-former campus police officer pled guilty to misdemeanor theft from the school.
  
• Ripley, Mississippi: An officer was indicted on tampering and burglary charges for breaking into police offices to steal drug evidence.
  
• Bowling Green man arrested by police for working without permission.
  
• Update: Warren, Ohio (First reported 05-16-16): An officer was reinstated by a labor arbitrator. He was fired in May for lying about a use of force incident.
  
• Blaine County, Idaho: A now-former deputy was indicted for misusing Police Athletic League funds while he was on the force.
  
• $100K settlement after cops eat edibles, make fun of amputee during Santa Ana dispensary raid.
  
• Can the police stop you for just walking down the street?
  
• Update: Flint, Michigan (First reported 10-10-14): A now-retired officer pled guilty to 16 counts of sexual abuse of children for incidents that occurred over many years he was on the force.
  
• Update: Elgin, Illinois (First reported 05-23-13): The now-former deputy chief was urged by a judge to settle a pending lawsuit against him. He had previously pled guilty to identity theft for hacking into the email of his lover’s husband. Charges of official misconduct and abusing a law enforcement database were dropped in exchange for the plea. The lawsuit is directly related to that case. 
  
• Franklin, Indiana: An officer was arrested for a domestic violence incident at his home.
  
• Update: Austin, Texas (First reported 09-16-16): Two more officers were suspended for their actions that resulted in pepper-spraying a man during the SXSW festival. One officer was previously suspended for the incident.
  
• Prison food contractors exposed for funding efforts to be sure that people are thrown in jail for pot.
  
• Scottsdale, Arizona: Several officers were reprimanded for giving special treatment to a former Mesa officer who had been sentenced to jail after pleading to enhanced DUI charges. The wife of the former Mesa officer, who is an active detective in the Mesa Police Department, is under internal investigation because she was granted special access to her husband while he was in jail. The report also alleges that the Scottsdale officers released the former officer before his sentence was complete.
  
• St. Petersburg, Florida: An officer was arrested for DUI after being found passed out in his car on the road. It is the officer’s second arrest for DUI.
  
• Baton Rouge, Louisiana: A now-former officer failed to appear in court on fraud charges for allegedly making $1,450 in unauthorized purchases on department gas card. He is alleged to have used the card improperly to fill personal vehicles over 50 times. 
  
• Washington, District of Columbia: A metro officer was arrested for DUI while on duty.
  
• Nelson County, Kentucky: A deputy was arrested on a fourth-degree assault charge for actions against a woman while off duty. He is prohibited from carrying a firearm or contacting the woman while the case is pending.
  
• Update: Jackson, Mississippi (First reported 09-25-15): A now-former officer was sentenced to 27 months in prison and three years of supervised release for stealing cash from purported drug suspects in an FBI sting.
  
• Update: Gladstone, Oregon (First reported 12-15-11): A now-former officer was found guilty on all counts for hiring someone to kill his estranged wife.
  
• Sonoma County, California: A deputy was fired for tasing and beating a man in his own home. The now-former deputy may face criminal charges as well.
  
• Dearborn Heights, Michigan: An officer was suspended after an off-duty drunk driving crash without injury. Criminal charges are expected to be filed.
  
• Redflex CEO just given 14 months in prison for bribing politicians to extort citizens with red light cameras.
  
• Police could investicate offensive halloween cosutmes at MA. university.
  
• AI-enhanced security cameras will soon be able to catch you texting and driving.
  
• Single mother fatally shot by deputies on Muckleshoot tribal land was pregnant
  
• Detroit, Michigan: Six officers were suspended as part of an ongoing bribery investigation involving a towing scandal. More officers may be named and criminal charges seem likely.
  
• Oakland, California: An officer was arrested on suspicion of engaging in prostitution and obstruction of justice charges.
  
• Iowa State Police: A trooper was charged with fraud for collecting $26,000 in workers’ compensation after taking a second job and not reporting it.
  
• Anderson County, South Carolina: A deputy was charged with excessive speeding after a crash that hospitalized a woman.
  
• Sweetwater, Florida: A detective was criminally charged a sergeant was relieved of duty in connection with a fraudulent towing scheme.
  
• Burlington Township, New Jersey: An officer was charged with vehicular homicide after the passenger in his car died as a result of a drunk driving crash.
  
• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: An agent was charged with bribery for coordinating inappropriate deferrals of deportation and dispensing other immigration-related benefits to foreign nationals.
  
• Update: Minneapolis, Minnesota (First reported 01-28-16): An officer who was fired in January after being named in multiple excessive force lawsuits was reinstated by a labor arbitrator. The termination was converted to 40 hours of unpaid suspension.
  
• Sheriff David Clarke: The Warlord of Milwaukee County.
  
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Week of 10/23/16

• Tennessee sheriff indicted on 113 misconduct, theft, fraud charges and receives no prison time.
  
• A police drone with a stun gun to zap suspects may be on the horizon.
  
• Federal officer shown allegedly kicking  handcuffed suspect in the head, in Pamona.
  
• Springfield, Massachusetts: A narcotics detective was suspended 60 days for threatening to assault and frame kids who stole an unmarked police car and some rolled coins with planted drugs.
  
• Milwaukee cop in Sylville Smith shooting raped man; bragged he could do Anything “without repercussions”
  
• Miami-Dade County, Florida: A now-former officer was convicted of theft and fraud for stealing fuel for personal use.
  
• Jail video captures man's 8-hour suicide struggle, as noose hangs from top bunk.
  
• Boulder City police doctored audio in arrest video where they were already caught committing perjury.
  
• Honolulu, Hawaii: A now-former sergeant was sentenced to 60 days in jail for the off-duty shooting of a bartender.
  
• Buffalo, New York: An officer was charged with harassment for an incident involving people who were shooting a music video using their cell phones; An off-duty West Seneca officer was suspended for his role in the incident. It is unclear whether he will face criminal charges.
  
• Update: Waco, Texas (First reported 06-28-16): An officer was suspended indefinitely—effectively terminated—after his arrest for assault for grabbing a handcuffed detainee by the throat. Two other officers were suspended five days for their actions that day but were cleared of criminal charges.
  
• New London, Connecticut: An officer was placed under investigation for excessive force against a college student. He had previously been fired for inappropriate force and reinstated.
  
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The officer who fatally shot Sylville Smith was arrested for sexual assault. The alleged victim came forward two days after the Smith shooting and the arrest came after an investigation into the allegations.
  
• Update: West Penn Township, Pennsylvania (First reported 02-10-16): A now-former officer pled guilty to false filing for making up an assault against her.
  
• Update: York County, Pennsylvania (First reported 05-10-16): A now-former deputy was sentenced to one year of probation after pleading guilty to theft from the evidence room.
  
• La Grange, Illinois: An officer was charged with official misconduct, exploiting a disabled person, and theft by forgery.
  
• Cop with department accused of gang ties indicted after responding to wrong home, opening fire.
  
• Update: Fresno, California (First reported 06-29-16): The City is being sued for wrongful death by the father of Dylan Noble, 19, who was unarmed when he was fatally shot by police.
  
• Bisbee, Arizona cop, Brian Swan, now stalking woman he sexually harassed ten years ago.
  
• Escambia County, Florida: A deputy was acquitted of eight charges of sexual battery against teenage girls for alleged actions off duty.
  
• New Orleans, Louisiana: Four detectives were suspended for mishandling rape investigations.
  
• Update: Nashville, Tennessee (First reported 12-09-15): The second of two officers who jumped in front of a car and fired into it was terminated for violating the department’s use of force policy during the incident.
  
• Chicago, Illinois: An officer filed a complaint against officers in the department claiming that he was retaliated against for whistleblowing about fabricated evidence.
  
• Rutherford County, Tennessee: The sheriff was charged with domestic assault. He claims he has no recollection of the incident because he blacked out from combining alcohol and Ambien.
  
• Erie, Pennsylvania: An officer was charged with assault for kicking a handcuffed detainee in the face.
  
• Sabine County, Texas: A constable faces multiple charges for breaking into a woman’s home and shooting her in the hand.
  
• Update: Bullitt County, Kentucky (First reported 12-17-15): A now-former deputy was sentenced to 27 months in prison for filing false charges against a man who insulted him.
  
• Bardstown, Kentucky: The interim chief used stolen, confiscated trailer for personal use. He admitted to the act but claims he was unaware that the trailer had been stolen.
  
• New York, New York: An officer fatally shot a mentally ill woman in her home. Police leadership held a press conference and said, “We failed.”
  
• Update: Novato, California (First reported 01-06-16): A now-former officer was sentenced to 90 days in jail and ordered to serve three years’ probation after he pled no contest to stalking and child pornography charges. Felony charges were dropped in exchange for the plea.
  
• Greensboro, North Carolina: The City Council voted to say that a now-former officer should be stripped of his law enforcement certification. They released the video of a violent arrest he made. He had resigned before he was terminated. Under North Carolina law, the state commission has the power to revoke an officer’s certification.
  
• Oak Grove, Kentucky: An officer was arrested for rape, sodomy, assault, terroristic threatening, and other charges for sex slavery. He and two others allegedly locked several women in a hotel room and forced them to have sex for money. 
  
• Ashtabula County, Ohio: A deputy was indicted for assaulting two men in custody and falsifying reports related to the incident. He was fired.
  
• Florida Highway Patrol: A trooper was arrested for allegedly groping a woman during a traffic stop.
  
• Update: Houston, Texas METRO (transit) (First reported 09-16-16): A now-former officer was indicted for assaulting a sleeping man at a commuter station. He resigned during the internal affairs investigation was underway. The second officer who was originally suspended for the incident was not charged and remains with the department.
  
• Dorchester County, South Carolina: A deputy was fired after soliciting sex from an undercover officer.
  
• By stealing from innocents, Chicago PD amassed tens of millions in a secret black budget for surveillance gear.
  
• Update: New York, New York (First reported 02-04-12): The officer who fatally shot Ramarley Graham after chasing him into his apartment will face administrative trial for the incident.
  
• Broward County, Florida: A deputy was charged with falsifying off-duty work detail hours.
  
• Update: Ohio State Highway Patrol (First reported 01-20-16): An officer will stand trial in October for stalking and theft from evidence.
  
• Troy, Missouri: An officer is under criminal investigation by the state police for sexual misconduct with a teenager. He resigned.
  
• Pasco County, Florida: A deputy resigned after his arrest for DUI. He crashed into a house.
  
• Schenectady, New York: An officer is accused of abusing a woman after her arrest and dunking her head in an unflushed jail toilet. No charges or lawsuit have been filed but the department is investigating the incident.
  
• Update: Aledo, Illinois (First reported 12-17-14): A now-former officer pled guilty to misdemeanors. He was originally charged with the aggravated sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl while he was on duty.  
  
• Leadwood, Missouri: A now-former officer pled guilty to stealing $40,000 from a woman’s home while  he was off-duty and in plainclothes.
  
• Louisville, Kentucky: An officer was charged with molesting a young girl over the course of several years.
  
• Phoenix, Arizona: Three officers resigned and are now under criminal investigation for making a man eat marijuana to avoid going to jail.
  
• Jackson, Georgia: An officer was charged with tampering and making false statements for staging an ambush and claiming she was shot by an assailant.
  
• Update: Las Vegas, Nevada (First reported 01-19-16): An officer was acquitted of kidnapping, coercion and domestic battery by strangulation for actions against his ex-girlfriend.
  
• Miami Beach, Florida: The City settled a lawsuit with a good Samaritan who was beaten by a plainclothes officer for intervening when the officer was attacking someone else for $100,000.
  
• Livingston, California: A now-former officer was sentenced to three months in jail for assaulting a handcuffed detainee.
  
• Refuse to give urine?   They will just cath you.
  
• Scotland Yard charge: teaching people to use crypto is an act of terrorism.
  
• St. Croix County, Wisconsin: A deputy was arrested after being found passed out in a patrol car in North Dakota. He was working in North Dakota to assist the pipeline protesters. 
  
• Grand Rapids, Michigan: An officer was arrested for fleeing the scene and DUI after a crash off duty.
  
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: An officer was arrested for aiding prostitution and illegal use of a computer.
  
• West Palm Beach, Florida: An officer was suspended three weeks for an automobile crash in his patrol car. A second was reprimanded for not administering a sobriety test to the officer after the crash before sending him home.
  
• Perry, Oklahoma: A now-former officer was arrested for lewd acts with a child while he was employed with the department.
  
• Broussard, Louisiana: An officer was arrested for domestic violence.
  
• Black Hawk County, Iowa: A deputy was arrested for carrying a firearm while intoxicated after an off-duty incident at a convenience store.
  
• Layton, Utah: The City is being sued by a woman who claims she was wrongfully arrested for DUI after being rear-ended and dazed.  According to the report, the toxicology tests came back negative but charges still stand against her. She also claims the male arresting officer groped her during the arrest.
  
• Hancock County, West Virginia: A now-former deputy was found guilty of deprivation of civil rights by slamming a handcuffed arrestee’s face against a wall.
  
• Chicago, Illinois: An officer filed a complaint against officers in the department claiming that he was retaliated against for whistleblowing about fabricated evidence.
  
• Bardstown, Kentucky: The interim chief used stolen, confiscated trailer for personal use. He admitted to the act but claims he was unaware that the trailer had been stolen.
  
• New York, New York: An officer was arrested for DUI after getting his car stuck on Long Island Rail Road tracks.
  
• Update: Bullitt County, Kentucky (First reported 12-17-15): A now-former deputy was sentenced to 27 months in prison for filing false charges against a man who insulted him.
  
• Update: Novato, California (First reported 01-06-16): A now-former officer was sentenced to 90 days in jail and ordered to serve three years’ probation after he pled no contest to stalking and child pornography charges. Felony charges were dropped in exchange for the plea.
  
• Las Vegas Metro Police refuse to help robbery victim.
  
• Wake County, North Carolina: A deputy was criminally charged after causing a four-vehicle crash in his patrol car.
  
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Week of 10/16/16

• ​Anaheim, California: The chief and deputy chief are under investigation after a whistleblower alleged tens of thousands of dollars in payroll fraud. 
  
• ​​Howard County, Maryland: The sheriff will resign amid backlash to racist comments and allegations of retaliation against employees. 
  
• Dimmitt County, Texas: A deputy was charged with official oppression for making unwanted sexual advances on a woman. 
  
• ​Sussex County, New Jersey: An officer was fired and charged with selling steroids to another officer. He was allowed to enter diversion to avoid prosecution. Recently acquired open records revealed the purchasing officer resigned and was stripped of his pension. 
  
• ​​Vero Beach, Florida: Two officers were arrested in apparently separate alcohol-related incidents. One was arrested for public intoxication, the other for DUI. 
  
• ​Update: Louisville, Kentucky (First reported 09-09-16): An officer who was recently arrested for domestic violence has been arrested again for violating a no-contact order. 
  
• ​​Update: Columbus, Ohio (First reported 06-22-15): The City agreed to pay $780,000 to the family of four-year-old girl who was shot in the leg by an officer trying to kill her dog. 
  
• ​Update: Dothan, Alabama (First reported 03-04-15): A now-former officer was sentenced to probation for trafficking in stolen identities of Armed Forces members. ​​
• ​Webster County, Iowa: A deputy pled guilty to failure to report harvested deer and was fined $89. Two other misdemeanors related to the incident were dropped in exchange and he was allowed to maintain his position with the department. 
  
• Sedgwick County, Kansas: A deputy was arrested for domestic violence. 
  
• ​​Escambia County, Florida: A now-former deputy was barred from law enforcement for one year for dishonesty. He resigned after trying to cover-up an incident involving a taser while off duty. 
  
• Update: Portsmouth, Virginia (First reported 09-10-15): A now-former officer was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for voluntary manslaughter. He killed 18-year-old William Chapman, who was a shoplifting suspect. 
  
• ​Update: Albuquerque, New Mexico (First reported 03-27-14): The murder trial for officers who killed James Boyd, a schizophrenic homeless man, ends in mistrial. 
  
• ​​Update: Atlanta, Georgia (First reported 09-02-14): A now-former officer was found guilty of murder for shooting a woman he met for sex off duty and then setting her body on fire. 
  
• Dash camera video of Native American Kheyanev Littledog shot by Midland Texas police released.
  
• Seguin, Texas: An officer was arrested for domestic violence.
• Shreveport, Louisiana: An officer was arrested for domestic battery with child endangerment.
  
• Red Oak, Iowa: An officer was terminated after an outside investigation determined wrongdoing and culpability regarding his domestic violence arrest. The Red Oak Department felt the matter would be handled best from agencies outside of the department itself.
  
• Update: Harris County, Texas (First reported 09-07-16): A deputy was fired for destroying hundreds of pieces of evidence, many of which came from open cases.
  
• Update: Nashville, Tennessee (First reported 12-09-15): The second of two officers who jumped in front of a car and fired into it was terminated for violating the department’s use of force policy during the incident.
  
• New Orleans, Louisiana: Four detectives were suspended for mishandling rape investigations.
  
• Escambia County, Florida: A deputy was acquitted of eight charges of sexual battery against teenage girls for alleged actions off duty.
  
• Portsmouth, Virginia police officer Stephen Rankin stentenced to just 2.5 years in prison for the murder of William CHapman II.
  
• Was Officer Najee Tynes murdered by another police officer? 
  
• Who protects kids from predatory police?
  
• Mental illness and police brutality go hand-in-hand.
• Mamou, Louisiana: An officer was fired for not following commands, filing bad reports, and letting suspects go without proper cause. 
  
• Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: An officer was arrested for indecent exposure for two incidents in which he was reported to be masturbating. 
  
• New Britain, Connecticut: Two officers were suspended for engaging in a high-speed pursuit of a drug suspect they knew was under federal investigation. According to the report, the officers “directly jeopardized the integrity of the investigation” by engaging the suspect. 
  
• New York, New York: The civilian review board ruled that an officer abused his authority in killing a tail-wagging dog he encountered, but he should be allowed to retain his job. Two other officers were found to have exceeded their authority for forcing their way into the building. 
  
• Pennsylvania State Police: A trooper was acquitted of aggravated assault and terroristic threatening for allegedly beating his wife, threatening to kill her, and holding a gun to her head. He was convicted of simple assault for the incident. 
  
• Update: Illinois State Police: A trooper had all charges dropped related to fight and discharge of firearm outside of a Steak-and-Shake while he was off duty. Both he and the person he was fighting were charged in the incident, but neither will testify to their involvement and there was otherwise insufficient evidence to move forward in the case. An internal review is expected. 
  
• Update: Massachusetts State Police (First reported 12-17-14): A trooper is slated to go on trial November 1 for a 2014 DUI crash. 
  
• Johnstown, Pennsylvania: An officer overdosed while on duty and was charged for the incident. The chief was placed on leave because he knew about an evidence room breach, including drugs the officer is alleged to have stolen, well before the overdose incident and failed to take steps to remedy the situation, including informing the prosecutor that the breach had occurred. 
  
• Update: Pinellas County, Florida (First reported 03-28-16): A now-former deputy was found guilty of two misdemeanor firearm charges for an off-duty road rage incident. She was acquitted of the felony counts for pointing her gun at a motorist and a passenger. 
  
• Man almost run over after being tased in the middle of the highway.​​

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Week of 10/09/16

• Update: Lowell, Massachusetts (First reported 07-10-13): A now-former officer was sentenced to four years in prison for vehicular homicide while he was intoxicated.
  
• Nelson County, Virginia: A deputy pled guilty to charges related to surreptitiously recording a man in his hotel room without his consent.
  
• Update: Niagara County, New York (First reported 03-08-16): A deputy pled guilty to misdemeanor charges related to a fatal automobile crash. He was ordered to pay $504 in fines. A civil suit is likely. 
  
• Seattle, Washington: An officer has been suspended and charged with assault on allegations he groped three co-workers.
  
• Update: Norfolk, Virginia (First reported 06-12-15): An officer was acquitted of manslaughter in the shooting death of David Latham.
  
• Blount County, Tennessee deputy fired after his arrest for child solicitation.
  
• Update: Pinellas County, Florida (First reported 03-28-16): A deputy is currently on trial for pointing a gun at a couple during a road rage incident while she was off duty.
  
• Update: Harrisville and Pleasant View, Utah (First reported 01-05-16): An officer who was fired from the Harrisville police department pled guilty to sexual misconduct with teens while he was a school resource officer with the Pleasant View Police Department. He was sentenced to probation.
  
• Clayton County, Georgia: A sergeant was charged with battery, false imprisonment, and second-degree child cruelty for actions against a teen while off duty.
  
• Update: Big Spring, Texas (First reported 04-15-16): A now-former officer pled not guilty to additional charges regarding the sexual abuse of a child. His trial is set for February.
  
• Nye County, Nevada: A deputy was arrested after he barricaded himself against police following a domestic violence incident. He was allegedly intoxicated and choked his girlfriend.
  
• Police documents reveal how law enforcement keep Stingray use secret.
  
• Update: Brenham, Texas (First reported 08-05-16): An officer who had been fired for excessive force was allowed to resign after he appealed his termination. Criminal charges are still possible.
  
• Coral Gables, Florida: An officer has been suspended during an investigation into improper eavesdropping on a citizen during an open-door government meeting.
  
• Muskogee, Oklahoma: Three officers were suspended and one was reprimanded for actions against a man and his mother. The officers entered the residence following the man and inappropriately used pepper spray on his 84-year-old mother and inappropriately tased him.
  
• Muskogee, Oklahoma: Three officers were suspended and one was reprimanded for actions against a man and his mother. The officers entered the residence following the man and inappropriately used pepper spray on his 84-year-old mother and inappropriately tased him.
  
• Louisville, Kentucky: An officer was charged with terroristic threatening for pulling a gun on a man and assaulting him after a vehicular collision. The officer was off-duty at the time of the incident.
  
• Gwinnett County, Georgia: A deputy was fired and charged with sexually assaulting a female inmate whom he was transporting to jail.
  
• Spring Hill, Tennessee: An officer was charged with rape and sexual battery for actions against women during traffic stops.
  
• Update: Bakersfield, California (First reported 11-23-15): A now-former officer who pled guilty to taking bribes, filing false tax returns, and dealing methamphetamine, was sentenced to five years in prison.
  
• Hartford, Connecticut: A man and his daughter were awarded $202,000 by a jury because their dog was fatally shot by officers during an illegal search. The City claims they are not liable for the illegal actions of their officers. This dispute has been going on for about ten years and may continue into the future.
  
• Gloucester, Massachusetts: The police chief was fired by the mayor for allegedly tampering with a misconduct investigation against him.
  
• Update: Mount Prospect, Illinois (First reported 12-03-15): An officer is on trial for aggravated battery, a felony, after withdrawing a guilty plea to resisting arrest. He withdrew the original plea because he claimed he didn’t realize the plea to a misdemeanor would result in his termination.
  
• Update: Jackson, Mississippi (First reported 05-24-16): A now-former officer pled guilty to bribery and false reporting for filing bogus crime reports in an immigration scam. Victims of certain crimes are eligible for a special visa, and the officer cooperated with Indian nationals to have their associates pose as victims of crimes that never occurred.
  
• Update: Cadillac, Michigan (First reported 09-28-16): An officer who previously pled guilty to OWI was suspended without pay for 30 days. He elected to serve 40 hours of community service in lieu of a five-day jail sentence.
  
• Ripley, Tennessee: An officer was charged with drug possession with intent to distribute.
  
• Suffolk, New York: An officer was charged with felonious reckless endangerment for a fatal wrong-way crash that happened while he was off duty. He was arraigned in his hospital bed. More charges may be filed if toxicology tests show he was intoxicated.
  
• Do Not Resist: new film shows how US police have become an occupying army.  N.Y.C. cop calls libertarians a "danger to society."
  
• Mass. National Guard, State Police raid 81-year-old woman's home to seize pot plant.
  
• Washington, District of Columbia: The medical examiner announced that an officer fatally shot Terrence Sterling, who suffered wounds to the neck and back. The officer’s body camera was not activated until after the shooting.
  
• Millard County, Utah: The County is being sued by a mentally ill man who was shot by deputies while he was in his vehicle. He claims the deputies used excessive force.
  
• Update: Mount Carmel, Tennessee (First reported 06-01-16): The assistant chief was fired, again, for falsifying paperwork. He had been reinstated by the mayor, but the reinstatement was overruled.ow.
  
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• Jackson, Mississippi: An officer was indicted on a federal bribery charge and fired.
  
• Chicago, Illinois: The City is being sued by a witness to the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald. She claims officers pressured her to change her story about what happened.
  
• Update: Chicago and Glenview, Illinois (First reported 04-15-14): Three officers—two from Chicago and one from Glenview—had perjury charges dropped because of a filing error. The State’s Attorney’s Office plans to refile. One CPD officer pled guilty.
  
• Rutherford County, Tennessee: The sheriff was taken into custody on domestic abuse and tampering charges.
  
• 3-year-old child dies after being left in hot patrol car for hours.
  
• Sadistic cops murder handcuffed man by shoving toilet paper down his throat.
  
• Indianapolis, Indiana: An officer was charged with domestic violence. Allegations of “years of abuse” were included in the affidavit.
  
• Carter County, Tennessee: A deputy was indicted for second-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon for fatally shooting Dallas Shatley in an off-duty incident.
  
• Houston, Texas: An officer was arrested for soliciting an undercover officer in a prostitution sting.
  
• New York, New York: An officer was arrested for domestic assault. He told arresting officers that he did it because his wife was not “sorry enough” about an incident that happened at a wedding.
  
• Update: Colorado Springs, Colorado (First reported 02-01-16): An officer was acquitted of menacing and third-degree assault for using violence against a handcuffed man.
  
• Wayne County, Tennessee: The now-former chief deputy was indicted for forgery and theft for misappropriating more than $7,000 in county money and drug funds.
  
• New York, New York: An officer shot himself in the stomach twice. Authorities believe he did it to avoid testifying in a police corruption trial.
  
• Contra Costa County, California: A now-former deputy pled not guilty to sexual misconduct against a minor in the ongoing Bay Area scandal involving a teenage sex worker.
  
• Winnsboro, South Carolina: The public safety chief was arrested in a prostitution sting.
  
• Sacramento, California: The City released video and audio of officers’ vehicle pursuit and fatal shooting of Joseph Mann. Officers attempted to hit the man with the cruiser before exiting the vehicle and shooting Mann 14 times. There is an excessive force lawsuit pending.
  
• Monroe, Louisiana: An officer was arrested for evading arrest in Arlington, Texas. A nightclub security officer reported that someone pulled a gun on him and the officer and another man were apprehended after a low-speed pursuit. The man with the officer was charged with gun and drug possession.
  
• Youngstown, Ohio: An officer was charged with failing to care for her sister, who was found dead in very unsanitary conditions. The decedent was emaciated, covered in sores, and partially covered in feces.
  
• Update: Glen Rock, New Jersey (First reported 08-06-15): A now-former officer was sentenced to three years in prison after he pled guilty to charges for selling seized guns and sexting minors.
  
• Lorain, Ohio: Four officers were named in a lawsuit filed by a man who was handcuffed when his face was slammed into a windshield, causing the glass to break. He required medical attention after the incident.
  
• Palm Beach County, Florida: The County agreed to pay $300,000 to the family of Tinoris Williams,  a mentally ill man who was fatally shot by deputies in 2014. That brings the total amount of settlements for sheriff’s office conduct to almost $2,000,000 this year.
  
• Cop Blockers Brian David Sumner and Nathanial Thomas talk about being followed and harrased by California correctional officers.
  
• Michigan cop forces finger into man' anus after discovering suspended license. 
  
• Ford about to get even sneakier with undercover cop cars.
  
• Caught On Tape: Militarized police turn peaceful Native American protest into war zone.
  
• Auburndale, Florida man was arrested Thursday night by a Polk County sheriff’s deputy after he was spied with a milk crate attached to his BMX bicycle.
  
• Cop escalates expired registration into violent situation.
  

Week of 10/02/16

• Do Not Resist: A chilling look at the normalization of the warrior cop.
  
• Rep. John Walker arrested for filming police.
  
• Settlement after inmate starved to death, found in feces with rubber band around genitals.
  
• Kansas cop will not face charges for killing unarmed autistic man.
  
• Texas transit cop who beat sleeping man charged with assault.
  
• Cuffed, non-resisting man thrown head-first into cruiser windshield, so hard it cracks.
  
• Hundreds of cops misuse databases yearly, says report.
  
• Sister calls cops for help with mentally ill brother, they murder him - unarmed, vaping.
  
• Update: Henrico County, Virginia (First reported 03-02-16): A deputy who was indicted for wounding a man by shooting into a car is scheduled to go on trial in October.
  
• Starkville, Mississippi: An officer was suspended for five days and put on administrative probation for one year after a bad arrest of two college football players.
  
• Update: Santa Barbara, California (First reported 07-18-16): A now-former officer was sentenced to four months in jail for workers’ compensation fraud and ordered to pay $115,669 in restitution.
  
• Update: Bristol, Connecticut (First reported 01-20-16): An officer was suspended 30 days for threatening his supervisor.
  
• Update: Baltimore, Maryland (First reported 01-19-16): A now-former officer was given one year of home detention after his plea to assaulting a teen in the hospital. Two other now-former officers received probation for their roles in the incident.
  
• Update: New York, New York (First reported 07-07-16): An officer was indicted for second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting Delrawn Small in what has been called a road rage incident off duty.
  
• New York, New York: An officer was arrested for threatening his girlfriend with a knife and stealing furniture from her home.
  
• Gaffney, South Carolina: An officer resigned after he was accused of using excessive force against a handcuffed detainee. The matter is under investigation.
  
• Cops pull man over for passing the police department three times in one night, contradict themselves multiple times.
  
• Update: Mercer County, New Jersey (First reported 11-02-15): A now-former officer was given a suspended jail sentence for leaking the mugshot of a then-14-year-old suspect.
  
• Clute, Texas: A now-former officer pled guilty to financial misappropriation. In exchange for the plea, his perjury and tampering charges were dropped.
  
• Hood River, Oregon: A deputy was charged with luring a child and other charges related to sexual abuse of a minor.
  
• Update: Owasso County, Oklahoma (First reported 11-09-11): A now-former officer who was fired twice for excessive force will go on trial for his second assault November 28.
  
• Update: Roswell, New Mexico (First reported 05-18-16): An officer who was previously arrested for domestic violence against his wife has been fired.
  
• Pittsfield, Massachusetts: An officer was terminated after a lengthy suspension on several misconduct allegations.
  
• Update: Anthony, Texas (First reported 09-06-16): The officer who was arrested for stealing from the American Legion post he led was arrested again for stealing from the police lodge he also led.
  
• NJ-Student leaves pro gun essay on thumb drive. Cops called, suspension, psychologists.
  
• Cop attacks innocent woman, tases her for no reason, then gives her a "Sorry I tased You" cake. 
  
• Greensboro, North Carolina: A now-former officer was stripped of his law enforcement certification after the City Council obtained and released the video of a violent arrest he made. He had resigned before he was terminated so this measure had to be taken so that he would be ineligible to obtain and hold another law enforcement job in the state.
  
• Oak Grove, Kentucky: An officer was arrested for rape, sodomy, assault, terroristic threatening, and other charges for sex slavery. He and two others allegedly locked several women in a hotel room and forced them to have sex for money. 
  
• Ashtabula County, Ohio: A deputy was indicted for assaulting two men in custody and falsifying reports related to the incident. He was fired.
  
• Miami-Dade County, Florida: A now-former officer was convicted of theft and fraud for stealing fuel for personal use.
  
• Springfield, Massachusetts: A narcotics detective was suspended 60 days for threatening to assault and frame kids who stole an unmarked police car and some rolled coins with planted drugs.
  
• Florida Highway Patrol: A trooper was arrested for allegedly groping a woman during a traffic stop.
  
• Update: Houston, Texas METRO (transit) (First reported 09-16-16): A now-former officer was indicted for assaulting a sleeping man at a commuter station. He resigned during the internal affairs investigation was underway. The second officer who was originally suspended for the incident was not charged and remains with the department.
  
• Dorchester County, South Carolina: A deputy was fired after soliciting sex from an undercover officer.
  
• ​Sacramento police try to run over a man before shooting him 14 times. 
  
• Graphic video showing fatal police shooting of 6-year-old boy released as murder trial evidence.
  
• Cop body cams and dash cam video too revealing. States rapidly pass laws to restrict it.
  
• Police treat police crimes like workplace incidents, shrouded in secrecy.
  
• Additional eyewitness videos of Keith Scott shooting. 
  
• Memphis, Tennessee: Fiver officers were suspended for using excessive force during an arrest and not reporting that force. 
  
• Louisville, Kentucky: An officer was charged with molesting a young girl over the course of several years. 
  
• Miami Beach, Florida: The City settled a lawsuit with a good Samaritan who was beaten by a plainclothes officer for intervening when the officer was attacking someone else for $100,000. 
  
• Update: Las Vegas, Nevada (First reported 01-19-16): An officer was acquitted of kidnapping, coercion and domestic battery by strangulation for actions against his ex-girlfriend.
  
• Jackson, Georgia: An officer was charged with tampering and making false statements for staging an ambush and claiming she was shot by an assailant. 
  
• Phoenix, Arizona: Three officers resigned and are now under criminal investigation for making a man eat marijuana to avoid going to jail.
  
• Tulsa, Oklahoma: An officer was charged with first-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Terence Crutcher. 
  
• Trenton, New Jersey: An officer took his own life after being put under investigation for engaging in a sex act with a sex worker.
  
• Dallas, Texas: An officer was charged with misdemeanor oppression for slapping a man who called him a racial epithet. 
  
• Update: Ohio State Highway Patrol (First reported 01-20-16): An officer will stand trial in October for stalking and theft from evidence.
  
• Livingston, California: A now-former officer was sentenced to three months in jail for assaulting a handcuffed detainee. 
  
• Update: New York, New York (First reported 02-04-12): The officer who fatally shot Ramarley Graham after chasing him into his apartment will face administrative trial for the incident. 
  
• Pasco County, Florida: A deputy was fired after striking a restrained inmate and charged with battery.
  
• Cochise County, Arizona: A deputy was found to have violated the civil rights of a man by removing prescriptions from his home without permission. However, the judge ruled the man had not made a compelling case for damages and was awarded only $1.
  
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: An officer was charged with putting marijuana in the mail. 
  
• Fulton County, New York: A deputy was arrested for grand larceny for stealing firearms and then selling them. 
  
• Update: West Monroe, Louisiana (First reported 01-20-15): An officer was acquitted of negligent homicide in the death of Raymond Martinez, a homeless man. 
  
• Richland County, South Carolina: A deputy interfered with her son’s arrest and was charged with hindering.
  
• Update: Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania (First reported 05-19-15): A now-former officer pled guilty to vehicular homicide for killing a woman during a high-speed chase.
  
• Leadwood, Missouri: A now-former officer pled guilty to stealing $40,000 from a woman’s home while  he was off-duty and in plainclothes.
  
• Update: Aledo, Illinois (First reported 12-17-14): A now-former officer pled guilty to misdemeanors. He was originally charged with the aggravated sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl while he was on duty. 
  
• Troy, Missouri: An officer is under criminal investigation by the state police for sexual misconduct with a teenager. He resigned.
  
• Schenectady, New York: An officer is accused of abusing a woman after her arrest and dunking her head in an unflushed jail toilet. No charges or lawsuit have been filed but the department is investigating the incident.
  
• Lowndes County, Alabama: The chief deputy is facing an assault charge for attacking a 20-year-old while he was on duty in the county courthouse.
  
• Joplin, Missouri: A now-former officer pled guilty to civil rights charges for offering to help a DWI suspect with her case in the hopes of befriending the woman and sleeping with her. He resigned his position in January.
  
• Update: Baltimore, Maryland (First reported 05-01-14): An officer was convicted of aggravated assault but acquitted of attempted first-degree murder for a shooting incident in York, Pennsylvania.
  
• Tahlequah, Oklahoma: An officer was fired for policy violations, including intimidating his girlfriend’s ex-husband and other aggressive social conduct on and off duty.
  
• Elk Grove Village, Illinois: An officer resigned after he was discovered to have written traffic warnings for incidents that never occurred.
  
• Albemarle, Virginia: An officer was granted qualified immunity against two civil charges, but it was denied in two others, in pending excessive force lawsuits.
  
• Update: Forrest County, Mississippi: The chief deputy was found guilty of filing false tax returns. He was terminated from the department and is scheduled to be sentenced December 19th.
  
• Update: Charlotte County, Florida (First reported 07-12-16): A deputy previously suspended for getting in a bar fight has resigned. In an unrelated incident, another deputy was fired for using law enforcement databases and equipment to stalk and harass a woman.
  
• Update: Albuquerque, New Mexico (First reported 03-27-14): Two officers are now on trial for the 2014 shooting death of  James Boyd, a homeless man.
  
• Houston, Texas: An officer was arrested for DUI and suspended.  The following month, he was arrested again for threatening his wife, including a threat to initiate a workplace shooting.
  
• Fullerton, California: An officer pled guilty to charges for embezzling $24,000 in a car loan scheme. He was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and ordered to pay restitution.
  
• San Bernardino County, California: A deputy was arrested for a domestic violence incident.
  
• Ocala, Florida: The chief was accused of sexual harassment by three female officers. He was placed on leave during the course of a city council investigation.
  
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: A now-former officer was charged for stealing from evidence while on duty.
  
• Seminole County, Florida: A deputy was charged with stealing oxycodone pills from police safe for personal use.
  
• Alameda County, California: A deputy who is connected to the ongoing Bay Area policing scandal violated a restraining order filed by his wife and has been fired. Criminal charges are pending.
  
• Central Oregon Community College: A now-former public safety officer was charged with aggravated murder and kidnapping after a violent crime spree.
  
• Richland County, South Carolina: A deputy was arrested for physically abusing his stepson.
  
• San Antonio, Texas: An officer was arrested for domestic violence after allegedly striking his wife.
  
• Alamo, Tennessee: The assistant chief was arrested for domestic violence. He had been previously terminated from the Crockett County Sheriffs’ Office.
  
• Update: Miami Beach, Florida (First reported 07-21-14): An officer was ordered to be reinstated after being fired for being so drunk while in uniform that he was hospitalized. He was working an off-duty detail as security at a bar.
  
• San Antonio, Texas: An officer was suspended indefinitely for numerous allegations including raping his ex-girlfriend.
  
• Update: Baltimore County, Maryland (First reported 05-02-16): A suspended officer had an armed standoff with police for the second time. This standoff ended with his suicide.
  
• Clarkstown, New York: The chief was hit with 22 administrative charges for ethics violations. He claims vindictive persecution.
  
• Tulsa, Oklahoma: Two officers are on leave after the fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black motorist. Dash and helicopter camera footage has been released.
  
• Bledsoe County, Tennessee: A deputy was fired for pawning county-owned firearms. No charges have been filed yet.
  
• Police "accidentally" shoot 13-year-old girl at elementary school after she comes combative.
  
• Innocent man awarded $1 MILLION  for spending 39 years in jail.
  
• St. Louis officer accused of planting gun on man that he shot after chase, charged with first degree murder.
  
• A 15-year-old girl crashed into a car and tried to refuse medical care, which Maryland police said is an offense so they roughed her up, pepper-sprayed her, and took her away.
  
• Police officer arrested for running a marijuana grow operation. 
  
• Police accidentally record themselves conspiring retaliate against a protester.
  
• Chicago, Illinois: An officer was indicted on federal civil rights charges for shooting at a car full of teenagers. Previously, the City settled with the victims for $360,000.
  
• Update: Orleans Parish, Louisiana (First reported 04-18-16): The chief deputy pled guilty to charges involving an off-duty detail scheme. 
  
• Update: Brunswick, Maine (First reported 06-28-16): A now-former officer pled guilty to sending an obscene selfie to agents posing as a 14-year-old girl.
  
• Indio, California: An officer was charged with rape by force, sex penetration by force and oral copulation by force against an 18-year-old woman.
  
• Galveston, Texas: The City and one of its officers are being sued by a woman who claims the officer broke her leg and then left her helpless and without medical attention.
  
• Update: Toledo, Ohio (First reported 02-13-15): An officer was sentenced to four years in prison for obstruction and tampering in an alleged murder plot against a witness in a murder case. He was allowed to retire before his trial, where he was acquitted of attempted murder. 
  
• New Jersey State Police: A trooper was charged with tampering and falsification.
  
• Department of Veterans’ Affairs (Baltimore, Maryland): An officer was charged with attempted murder and home invasion after breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and shooting her multiple times. She survived and another person who was in the home was able to forcefully disarm the officer. 
  
• Gretna, Louisiana: An officer arrested was and fired for kicking a handcuffed suspect.
  
• Tustin, California: An officer was denied qualified immunity by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the fatal shooting of Benny Herrera. The court found that the officer “could not have reasonably feared for his life” before he shot Herrera.
  
• Honolulu, Hawaii: An officer was indicted on federal wire fraud charges.
  
• Lawrence, Kansas: A now-former officer was charged with battery leg-sweeping and then repeatedly punching a man who was nonviolently uncooperative during an arrest.
  
• Lawrence, Kansas: A now-former officer was charged with battery leg-sweeping and then repeatedly punching a man who was nonviolently uncooperative during an arrest.
  
• Update: Oakland and Livermore, California (First reported 05-13-16): One now-former officer from each department were arrested in connection with the ongoing underage sex and solicitation scandal involving the sex worker with the pseudonym Celeste Guap.
  
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