Filming Cops 
AURORA, Co. – A Colorado cop caught making racist comments on a bodycam video is returning to work. Charles Deshazer was fired shortly afterwards, but a decision to reinstate him was recently made by the local civil service commission. And not everyone is happy about that. “We have all the Alabama porch monkeys contained,” said … Read more
Tempe Police Chief Sylvia Moir said she regrets how statements she made about the fatal self-driving Uber crash in March became part of the story and took attention away from the tragedy. Moir’s assertion to two newspapers that the Uber crash was “unavoidable” made international headlines and created an early impression for the public in … Read more
ALPINE, New Jersey – A New Jersey police chief has been suspended after it was discovered he allegedly offered incentives to officers who wrote more tickets and made more arrests. Chief Michael Coppola of the Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department has been suspended for 90 days while officials oversee critical changes to the department, the … Read more
A woman who was caught allegedly speeding past a police cruiser in Georgia had her fate decided by a coin toss, shocking bodycam video shows. Sarah Webb drove past the cruiser in April, and was pulled over. As she sat in her car, damning vision obtained by 11Alive shows officer Courtney Brown return to the … Read more
An elected state House representative for Arizona’s 5th District, Paul Mosley, bragged to a sheriff’s deputy that he drives at speeds of up to 140 miles per hour, claiming legislative immunity. The interaction took place at around 4:30 p.m. on March 27th, 2018, according to public records, when Mosley (R-Lake Havasu City) was pulled over … Read more
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a retired NYPD narcotics detective pleaded guilty on July 10th for her role in a large-scale heroin ring that operated in Nassau, Queens and Brooklyn. Karan Young, 50, of Laurelton, Queens, pled guilty yesterday before Judge Robert Schwartz to Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree … Read more
Minneapolis park police officers pulled their guns and detained four black boys who were hanging out in a local park after responding to a bogus 911 call. Facebook user, Brianna Lindell, was at the park with her partner and tried to de-escalate the situation. She recorded and posted a video of the incident to Facebook. … Read more
A former state trooper who admitted to kicking a handcuffed man in a southeast Kansas jail has been sentenced to nine months in prison. James Carson of Independence pleaded guilty in January to one count of violating civil rights in his capacity as a law enforcement officer, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said in a release. … Read more
An FBI agent who shot a man in the leg after dropping his gun while doing a backflip on the dance floor of a Denver bar is allowed to carry his weapon again on and off duty, officials said Tuesday morning. Chase Bishop, 29, had his protection order amended by a Denver judge during a … Read more
A police officer who told a black man “you would be the first one I’d shoot if I had a gun” and joked about the Black Lives Matter movement has been let off with a final written warning. The unnamed West Midlands Police constable was not sacked at the end of an investigation over allegations … Read more
The police chief in a small Florida town is accused of encouraging his officers to pin unsolved crimes on random, nearby black people so the department would have a better arrest record, the Miami Herald reported Thursday. Former Biscayne Park Chief Raimundo Atesiano and two officers, Raul Fernandez and Charlie Dayoub, have been charged with … Read more
The press wants access to footage that might show what Broward County sheriff’s deputies were doing during the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School earlier this year. Broward County officials would rather not give it to them. After a judge ruled in the media’s favor, the school board and the state attorney appealed the … Read more