Filming Cops

Filming Cops was started in 2010 as a conglomerative blogging service documenting police abuse. The aim isn’t to demonize the natural concept of security provision as such, but to highlight specific cases of State-monopolized police brutality that are otherwise ignored by traditional media outlets.

Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested For Sexually Battering a Deputy Trainee

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LAKELAND – A former Polk County sheriff’s deputy has been arrested for sexually battering a deputy trainee. The sheriff’s office says the victim called the deputy for help with his training, but was physically attacked instead. Deputies arrested 39-year-old Scott Walker Friday. Walker resigned just after his arrest. Arrest records say the victim and Walker, … Read more

Florida Police Officer Arrested For Selling Drugs Out of Patrol Car

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Bonifay, Fla. – The following is an unedited press release from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement: FDLE Agents arrested Bonifay Police Officer Dwayne Frazier White, 48, for selling a controlled substance within 1000 feet of an assisted living facility and unlawful use of a two-way communication device. FDLE began its investigation in September at … Read more

San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputy Accused of Sexual Assault Ordered to Stand Trial

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VISTA — A San Diego County sheriff’s deputy facing charges that he groped and sexually assaulted three women last year after meeting them on patrol was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on five felony counts, including forcible oral copulation. The five latest charges against 32-year-old Richard Fischer were filed six months after he was charged … Read more

3 Orlando Cops Involved in Fatal Shooting at Medical Center Failed to Use Their Body Cameras

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On Tuesday, the Orlando Police Department admitted that there was no body-camera footage from the three officers who shot a man making threats Monday in the emergency room at Orlando Regional Medical Center. The suspect, 33-year-old Brian Baker, was unarmed and died on the scene. “He made a motion that is consistent with pulling a … Read more

Police Officer Who Shot Tamir Rice Hired as Part-Time Officer in Southeastern Ohio

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CLEVELAND — The officer who shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in November 2014 has been hired as a part-time police officer in southeastern Ohio. The village of Bellaire confirmed to the Wheeling News-Register Friday that they hired Timothy Loehmann as one of two new part-time officers with its police department. Loehmann was one of the Cleveland … Read more

WATCH: ‘Look What I Brought For Show and Tell’: Jailers Laugh at Veteran Suffering From Overdose

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CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. — Three Clackamas County Sheriff’s deputies can be heard joking and laughing as a man makes incoherent noises and flails uncontrollably in a jail cell after an apparent overdose. The incident happened in November 2016. The man, 31-year-old Bryan Perry, was later taken to the hospital where he died. Perry was a … Read more

WATCH: Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke Guilty of Second-Degree Murder in 2014 Shooting Death of 17-Year-Old Laquan McDonald

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CHICAGO – A jury on Friday found Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke Guilty of second-degree murder in the 2014 shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. The October 2014 shooting was one in a series of deadly confrontations between law enforcement and black men and women that spurred a national conversation on policing, and an … Read more

WATCH: Alabama Police Chief Arrested For Masturbating Around Women and Children

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PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — Level Plains’ chief of police is now behind bars for sexually deviant acts. Chief Billy Driggers was arrested for allegedly masturbating in view of women and children. According to Panama City Police, officers went to Aqua Condominiums Tuesday to investigate suspicious activity concerning a strange man. The man was apparently … Read more