Incompetence

HYANNIS, MA — A Barnstable police sergeant and 19-year veteran of the force has been on paid administrative leave since September when he left his loaded firearm in the bathroom of a Bourne restaurant where he had eaten breakfast, according to Chief Paul MacDonald. The handgun was later found by a 10-year-old boy and his … Read more

A fourth-grader in Margate clearly was upset. He had exchanged words with another student in the cafeteria and refused to see the school counselor. The boy parked himself in a room and refused to budge, even after a police officer assigned to the school talked to him. So the officer slung the boy over his … Read more

A Federal Way nurse who was thrown to the ground at gunpoint, handcuffed and forced to stand outside barefoot in the winter while Tacoma police raided her apartment in error was awarded $250,000 by a King County Superior Court jury on Thursday. The jury found after a two-week trial that the Tacoma Police Department was … Read more

They’re good enough to wear an NYPD or state police shield, but they’re mentally unfit to protect the Holland Tunnel. More than 70% of the men and women hoping to join the Port Authority Police Department and who have passed the written exam are being turned down because, the agency says, they failed the psychological … Read more

Behind-the-scenes tension between the Huntington Beach police union and the city’s police chief has reached new heights as union members announced a vote of “no confidence” in Chief Robert Handy. The City Council was informed Tuesday that the officers voted 207-11 against the chief, with four voters undecided and two ballots unreturned. Handy, who has … Read more

A Florida man spent 90 days in jail after police officers who stopped him for driving without headlights said white powder found in his car was cocaine. But Karlos Cashe walked out of jail last week after lab results determined the powder in the handyman’s car was actually drywall. Cashe tells WFTV he repeatedly told … Read more

The beleaguered Albuquerque Police Department has been sued again, this time by a kidnap victim who says officers didn’t even bother to knock on the door the second time she called 911 for help. Jacquelyn Barela sued the city, the police and Officers Timothy Wolffbrandt and Daniel Galvan on May 23 in Bernalillo County Court. … Read more

Relatives of two hostages who died in the Sydney siege have criticised police over their handling of the incident. In December 2014, self-styled Islamist Man Haron Monis held 18 people hostage inside a Lindt cafe in the city centre. Heavily armed police stormed the building 17 hours later after Monis shot cafe manager Tori Johnson. … Read more

In a massive injustice, a judge decides to reject the jury decision and punishes an innocent man, even though there is no evidence he committed the crime. A black man who was found not guilty of armed robbery will still serve up to seven years in prison after a judge ruled he had breached the … Read more

05/03/17 WASHINGTON, DC — Federal immigration officials arrested an immigrant last week after finding he had been inside the US for approximately 90 minutes past the allowed time on his visa. Baxter Reid, 26, was an immigrant from Australia whose visa was valid for five years on the condition that he would exit and re-enter … Read more