LARGO, Tampa Bay — Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri announced Friday he has fired a veteran school resource officer at Osceola Middle School for berating and taunting a student who has autism. The deputy, Ural Darling, had worked at the Sheriff’s Office since 1995 and had been the school resource officer at Osceola Middle since … Read more
TRENTON – A woman arrested by two New Jersey state troopers for refusing to answer questions during a 2015 traffic stop will receive $30,000 under a settlement with the state, court records show. Rebecca Musarra, a Philadelphia attorney, put her right to remain silent to the test after she was pulled over for allegedly speeding … Read more
ESCONDIDO, Calif. – An Escondido mom says she had a gun pointed at her while driving on northbound Interstate 15 with her toddler son in the backseat. Felicia Ocampo says she was coming back from a camping trip Sunday afternoon with her two-year-old son Cohen when someone started tailgating her around Mira Mesa Boulevard. She … Read more
The city’s independent police watchdog last week released body-camera video of Chicago police officers arresting a 20-year-old driver at a South Side gas station, a confrontation that included the man being forced roughly to the pavement, pinned and handcuffed. After stopping his car, two plainclothes officers on the new video can be heard telling the … Read more
A black woman held at gunpoint by an off-duty Knoxville Police Department officer didn’t have to make her case that his boss – Police Chief David Rausch – was wrong to back him. In a rare move, citizens on a police advisory committee often criticized as a rubber stamp did it for her at a … Read more
A man who confronted an Ellwood City Patrolman about a parking ticket secretly recorded his interactions with police. Two officers can be heard on the recording telling him it is illegal to swear in public, with one officer then trying to taunt the man into physically attacking him — the encounter ends with a scuffle … Read more
The video includes footage from the dash cam of one of the officers involved in the altercation. But it’s also synced with video of a personal dash cam Crosby kept running in his car. On that night, Crosby was headed to Northwestern University, where he was studying for his doctoral degree in civil engineering. But … Read more
A 37-year-old Aurora police officer who was recently suspended is due in court Tuesday on a criminal charge of electronic harassment. A resident of the 200 block of Lineas Lane in Geneva, Officer Jonathan R. Olsen was charged in April amid an internal Aurora police investigation into accusations that he improperly accessed personal information. Filed … Read more
SPARTANBURG – After bystander video of an incident involving law enforcement and two juveniles was posted on social media, Spartanburg police responded by releasing body cam footage. Police said in an official release that they were dispatched to a call involving juveniles in possession of a BB gun and throwing rocks on June 29. The … Read more
So the cops allegedly first pulled over this young lady and her black boyfriend (and their 2 week old baby) for not being valid. After spending forever validating her (she was valid) they then tried to claim the black man looked like someone wanted on warrant. He held fast, refused to show ID or allow … Read more
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A Franklin police officer was fired and arrested for harassment after he reportedly made death threats to someone via text message and voicemail. Phillip Wise, an eight-year veteran, was an officer in Franklin from sometime in 2008 until last week. Wise, 34, was arrested on June 19 and fired just days … Read more
The Knoxville Police Department’s investigation into the off-duty officer who held Tonya Jameson at gunpoint while she was changing a license plate last month found the actions of Officer Matthew Janish “were lawful and proper,” according to a city statement released Tuesday. “In this case, even though he was off duty, the investigation showed that … Read more