18 Sep 2014 The Clovis Police department has launched a formal Internal Affairs Investigation to determinate if any Policy, Regulation or Procedure has been violated from an August 3, 2014 traffic stop and arrest made by Officer Brent Aguilar. The Clovis Police Administration and Supervisors launched this investigation after reviewing a Use of Force Report, … Read more
16 May 2015 A Baltimore City Police Officer will spend six months in prison after a violent arrest was caught on camera. Vincent Cosom Jr. pled guilty to second-degree assault Friday and was handed a sentence of five years in prison with all but six months suspended. Attorneys say their client, 32-year-old Kollin Truss was … Read more
A former U.S. Forest Service ranger was ordered this week to pay a disabled Afghanistan war veteran and another man almost $600,000 after a federal judge ruled that the ranger violated their civil rights by using excessive force during their 2014 arrests at the Juan Tomas campground in the mountains east of Albuquerque. In May … Read more
JUN 2, 2017 The mother of two children whose father died during an intense confrontation with several Plaquemine police officers a year ago has filed a $6 million federal lawsuit against the city, police chief and the police department. In the suit, Ariel Barker claims officers violated the civil and constitutional rights of David Anthony … Read more
9 Feb 2011 A Toronto police officer has pleaded guilty to one count of threatening bodily harm after being caught on video intimidating two people in custody with a Taser. Video released Monday during Const. Christopher Hominuk’s trial shows the officer using his Taser to try to exact information from the men. The video was … Read more
16 Jul 2011 A former Department of Public Safety trooper who was accused of using excessive force during a traffic stop now faces criminal charges. Trooper Arturo Perez was charged with misdemeanor assault for the incident that happened on the Dallas North Tollway in October 2009. An attorney for the victim said while she was … Read more
22 Jan 2012 Florida – A Melbourne police officer reprimanded for deliberately disabling the dashboard camera in his patrol car, before confronting a 66-year-old man suffering from dementia, could face additional scrutiny as the city prepares for a potential lawsuit. Officer Derek Middendorf’s actions — captured on video later salvaged by technicians — are at … Read more
Are there any “good cops” out there? We often hear that the “bad cops” are few and far between – but so often all of the so-called “good cops” just stand by and allow the “bad cops” to do the things that make them bad. So does are the cops who stand by actually “good” … Read more
15 Oct 2012 JEWISH ELECTED officials on Monday called for the heads of two city cops caught on tape pummeling a young man who was sleeping inside a Brooklyn synagogue. An NYPD spokesman said Internal Affairs is investigating the officers’ conduct regarding Ehud Halevy, 21. He was subjected to a barrage of blows after police … Read more
16 Oct 2012 A Florida woman has unleashed a string of blistering accusations in a lawsuit filed this week against two law enforcement agencies. Ashleigh Davis claims she had her hands and feet bound together while she was carried through a crowd topless by police at the Leesburg Bikefest in April 2011, according to WESH. … Read more
26 Oct 2012 A Cleburne teenager was hit with a Taser by police while he was having a medical emergency, and the incident was caught on tape. It now means police in the city of Cleburne will be required to watch another video — a diabetes training video. When Ricky Jones collided with a car … Read more
11 Nov 2012 ELYRIA, Ohio — A corrections officer is facing an assault charge after he is allegedly caught on surveillance video beating an 18-year-old inmate at the Lorain County Corrections Facility. The video, released by the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office, shows the officer, identified as Marlon Taylor, 48, attacking and repeatedly punching inmate Jordan … Read more