Filming Cops 
Jazmia Inserillo was a rookie New York Police Department officer in her early twenties when a new supervisor took over at her precinct in Queens. The first time she met Lt. Jason Margolis, a hulking figure with big eyes and sagging cheeks, he seemed friendly enough. He liked to be on a first-name basis with … Read more
A shocking video has emerged of a Texas cop drawing his gun at a group of children and pushing one of their mothers. The video was filmed in El Paso on Thursday near a recreation center. Police had been called to deal with reported criminal trespassing. When the two officers arrived, they were confronted by … Read more
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — Two women who claim they were sexually assaulted by former Palm Beach Shores Police Officer Charles Hoeffer will be paid a total of $800,000 by the town’s insurer to end their litigation, officials of the small seaside burg said Thursday. The settlements with a 29-year-old blind woman, who claims Hoeffer … Read more
MADISON, Wis. – A former state trooper from Cambridge was sentenced Thursday on five counts of possession of child pornography in Jefferson County. Frank Richard Torrez was charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography in February 2017. Torrez pleaded guilty to half of those counts in December. Torrez was sentenced Thursday to three … Read more
When $50 went missing during the choir class’s sixth-grade field trip, Lanier Middle School’s police officer informed its assistant principal that sometimes “girls like to hide things in their bras and panties.” The assistant principal then ordered the choir’s 22 female members—it isn’t clear whether there were any boys in the choir—to report to the … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – A Bexar County sheriff’s deputy was arrested early Saturday morning on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Yesenia Rios was stopped by San Antonio police at South Alamo Street and East Cesar Chavez Boulevard around 2:30 a.m., according to a release from the sheriff’s office. Rios has been with the Sheriff’s Office since … Read more
California officers prevented a nonexistent armed robbery by holding a man at gunpoint and forcing him to crawl on the ground as his uncle and girlfriend watched in horror. Vincent Lemar, who posted a video of the incident to Facebook, said he and his nephew Levell Johnson were attempting to leave the Fresno, Calif., T-Mobile … Read more
DENVER — Denver’s police department said Friday it has launched an internal investigation into the detention of a journalist who was photographing officers as they tended to a man sitting naked on a downtown sidewalk. The probe follows a report by Susan Greene, editor of The Colorado Independent, in which she said she was handcuffed … Read more
A video taken outside the Philadelphia Zoo on Thursday allegedly showing the arrest of a black teenager selling water has gone viral on Facebook. The 92-second video shows what appears to be an aggressive scuffle between a teen and two Philadelphia police officers outside the zoo’s front gates. At the same time, two zoo public … Read more
An internal affairs investigation has revealed that six on-duty police officers who were part of an emergency ‘Landfall Team’ were indoors having a ‘hurricane party’ and boozing it up when 2016’s Hurricane Irma touched down in Florida. According to the report, obtained by the Miami Herald, on the evening of September 9, 2017, North Bay … Read more
LANCASTER, Pa. — On Friday, Mayor Danene Sorace addressed a spotlight hanging above the city, A viral video last Thursday shows an incident involving a Lancaster police officer using a taser to subdue 27-year old Sean Williams. Authorities say Williams wasn’t complying with their orders while advocates say conflicting orders led to an unnecessary use … Read more
The Miami-Dade Police Department must return nearly $20,000 in cash to a woman after prosecutors admitted that officers illegally searched her car and seized several lawfully owned guns. The Miami Herald reports that the department will also pay $3,000 in legal fees to Lizmixell Batista, a dancer at the local Cheetah Gentleman’s Club, and her … Read more