30 Aug 2017 A detective at the King County Sheriff’s Department in Washington state has been placed on administrative leave after a video showed him immediately pulling a gun on a motorcyclist during a routine traffic stop. Local news station KING 5 reports that motorcyclist Alex Randall recorded a video of a King County detective … Read more
The 911 recordings are gut-wrenching. Trapped in a gold 2002 Honda Odyssey van with his time running short, 16-year old Kyle Plush asked Siri to call 911 and begged the dispatcher for help in a series of emergency calls released by Cincinnati police. Law enforcement looked for the van, but Kyle was dead, stuck between … Read more
A Harlem cop banked $358 in overtime for hours she spent at her precinct’s stationhouse, where her husband was being processed on an assault arrest, authorities said Tuesday. The NYPD wrapped up its departmental trial against Police Officer Shanturah Brathwaite, claiming the 12-year veteran put in for a day’s worth of overtime even though her … Read more
A retired NYPD lieutenant admitted to raping and sexually abusing two teenage relatives over several years in Orange County. Nicholas McAteer, 46, of Greenwood Lake, could face 18 years behind bars after pleading guilty to rape Wednesday. The victims, both teenage girls, were related to the McAteer, but weren’t his daughters, law enforcement sources said. … Read more
29 Oct 2014 Police have launched an investigation of a Miami Beach officer shown in a viral video cursing at another man during a traffic stop, reported the Miami Herald. The video clip, posted Monday on YouTube, shows Officer Kenneth MacLeod ending his encounter with Albert Valdes, who said he was stopped and ticketed for … Read more
23 Oct 2017 Video of an incident at a Godiva shop at the Stamford Town Center in Stamford, Connecticut shows a woman who identified herself as a New York City police officer threatening violence against employees. According to the Stamford Advocate, Amanda Villafane, a 30-year-old probationary officer, became enraged after she, her mother and her … Read more
19 Sept 2015 A tense situation in Boston came to a peaceful resolution when a Boston police officer holstered his service weapon during a struggle with a black woman on a bus after he listened to bystanders pleading with him to “drop the gun.” In a video posted on YouTube Friday night, the officer can … Read more
18 April 2015 Recently released police body-cam video, showing the arrest of a 22-year-old Connecticut man for impersonating a cop, casts doubt on the arrest, reports FoxCT. Brandon Locke was stopped by police officers responding to a 911 call in East Haven, Connecticut on the early morning of February 8, with two of his friends … Read more
7 Aug 2015 A Northern California man plans to file a complaint after a local police officer brandished his gun against him during an encounter outside the man’s home, KGO-TV reported. The man who filmed the incident, Don McComas, can be heard telling Officer David Rodriguez, “You don’t touch me” as Rodriguez advances toward him. … Read more
ATLANTIC CITY – At age 19, Franco Sydnor was convicted of stabbing his wife’s ex-lover four times. A few years later, he was hired to be an Atlantic City cop anyway. In the next two decades, Sydnor, a city detective, has been accused of sexual assault, physical assault, domestic violence and even throwing a handcuffed … Read more
20 March 2016 A California cop got an impromptu lesson about public park laws when a BMX rider shot down his made-up “bullsh*t” law by reciting the correct statute down to its Civic Code number. In a video uploaded to YouTube, the officer — later identified as Lt. Cobel — instructs the BMX riders that … Read more
15 Sept 2016 A man who said that he was a 30-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department this week confronted officers in Asheville, North Carolina after they declined to arrest a Donald Trump supporter who allegedly punched a 69-year-old woman in the face. Shirley Teter, 69, said that she was protesting outside of Trump’s … Read more