The San Francisco Police Officers Association is aggressively pushing a ballot measure that would allow police to use tasers on members of the public even if they aren’t violently resisting. If passed, the city’s police officers would be able to electrocute people who pose no physical threat or resist arrest as a result of mental … Read more
A Louisiana sheriff’s captain who released a combative video earlier this month that targeted alleged gang members, generated millions of views and was criticized by the American Civil Liberties Union resigned Monday. In a news conference, Clay Higgins told reporters that he was “not forced” to resign, but “rather, I’ve turned in my badge as … Read more
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ – In a 46-page complaint packed with allegations of harassment involving sex toys, official misconduct, nepotism, hazing, double-dipping and other egregious behavior, five Mountainside police officers and a female employee are suing the borough in state Superior Court. The complaint, filed by officers Jeffrey Stinner, Christopher Feighner, Richard Latargia, Thomas Norton, James Urban … Read more
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Palm Beach County deputy is on administrative leave with pay – again. This is the second time Deputy Jason Van Dusen has been put on leave. The first time, an Internal Affairs report shows, was for making controversial posts on social media. Now, the new social media postings are … Read more
EL PASO, Texas – In a video making the rounds on social media, a Border Patrol agent in the state of Montana is seen detaining an El Paso woman and her friend for speaking Spanish. The video surfaced this week and has many questioning his actions. The woman seen in the video, Ana Suda, was … Read more
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. – A nearly 17-year veteran of the St. Joseph County Police Department was arrested early Saturday for domestic battery. St. Joseph County police were called to the 63000 block of Thorn Road in North Liberty just after midnight Saturday, according to a release issued by the St. Joseph County Police Department. … Read more
SPRINGFIELD — A suspended Springfield police officer with a criminal assault case already pending was arrested and charged with sexual assault on a child. Daniel J. Cintron, 28, was arrested late Thursday at his home in Monson. He is facing eight counts of rape of a child with force, five counts of indecent assault and … Read more
New Jersey – A heated conversation between a few men at a local pub ended with police being called when one of them flashed a gun tucked into his waistband. The man who flashed the gun was Michael Mulhern, an off-duty Eastampton Township police officer who “became irate” after some high school classmates said they … Read more
New Jersey – The cop who stealthily recorded 100 hours of his former chief talking — and using racial slurs — had remained anonymous, until yesterday. A filing in the federal racial assault case against former Bordentown Township Police Chief Frank Nucera Jr. names the person who handed over the recordings to the FBI as … Read more
A Los Angeles police officer was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting a teen girl while he was staying at her parents’ house in Torrance last month, prosecutors said. Kenneth Collard, 51, faces three counts of lewd act upon a child and one count of sexual penetration by foreign object in the case, the Los Angeles … Read more
A Monroe Township police officer is accused of excessive force, false arrest, malicious prosecution, assault and civil rights violations, and more after running an innocent motorist off the road and putting a gun to his head in February 2017. William Fulbrook says he briefly flashed his high-beams to register his disapproval after the vehicle, which … Read more
VISTA, Calif. – A 10-year San Diego Sheriff’s Department employee has been arrested for groping a 14-year-old girl at a North County restaurant this year. Timothy Wilson Jr., a 32-year-old Vista detention center deputy, was arrested Friday and charged with one count of felony lewd act on a child for the March 21 incident. Wilson … Read more