MONTREAL — Their job is to protect the public from rotten officers within the Montreal police department. But the internal affairs squad was “a gang of cowboys” who looked out for friends, targeted enemies and smothered complaints of serious wrongdoing, according to a report that has shaken the country’s second-largest municipal police. Quebec Public Security … Read more
A group of Florida correctional officers excoriated a dead inmate on social media, saying that the 27-year-old prisoner — who suffered from a genetic blood disorder and died after being gassed by officers — deserved what he got. The officers, writing on a private Facebook page for Florida corrections officers that has 6,000 members, called … Read more
The City of Philadelphia has agreed to pay $250,000 to two people who claimed that police officers violated their First Amendment rights by blocking them from taking photos of police activity. The settlements, announced Tuesday, ended years of legal wrangling over civil suits filed on behalf of Amanda Geraci, a local activist, and Richard Fields, … Read more
Two San Joaquin County forensic pathologists have accused the sheriff of meddling in death investigations in order to protect officers of the law. Documents released Monday by a pathologist who announced her resignation last week raise serious questions about the integrity of investigations of people who died in the custody of law enforcement officers who … Read more
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma City officer has been charged with second degree murder in connection to the fatal shooting of a suicidal man in November. Court records filed Dec. 5 show that Oklahoma City Police Department Sgt. Keith Sweeney faces a complaint of murder in the second degree or the alternative of manslaughter in … Read more
An independent journalist was arrested by Beavercreek Police during a protest against the shooting of an unarmed African American father, talking on his cellphone with the mother of his child and his own mother, who were baby-sitting. That man, John Crawford, was on his way to a cookout and stopped at Walmart for some things. … Read more
MADISON, Wis. – A former state trooper from Cambridge pleaded guilty Monday to five counts of felony possession of child pornography in Jefferson County. Frank Richard Torrez was arrested in February on 10 counts of felony possession of child porn after videos depicting children performing sex acts were found on electronic devices in his home. … Read more
He was doing nothing other than standing in a parking lot and drinking a can of iced tea. But he found out that this can apparently get you arrested, all on it’s own. Two men had been outside waiting for friends to arrive. They were standing in the parking lot outside of a state-owned ABC … Read more
“You can’t do this to me,” Indianapolis Police Officer Francisco Olmos wrote an 18-year-old girl in a Snapchat message. “You can’t. I’m headed to your house right now.” Hours later, the young woman would be dead, and her correspondences with Olmos deleted. The young woman had been a member of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department’s … Read more
Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis has asked the FBI to take over the investigation into the death of Detective Sean Suiter. Davis made the request in a letter submitted Friday to FBI Director Christopher Wray in Washington. An FBI spokesman had no comment on whether the agency would agree to the request. Davis announced his … Read more
PEORIA — Jurors took about three hours over two days to find a Peoria police officer guilty of possessing child pornography on his home computer. John McCavitt, 35, was found guilty Thursday on 15 of the 17 counts of child porn and aggravated child porn possession he faced. He ow faces three years, and possibly … Read more
FULLERTON, California – Three people – including a Laguna Beach policeman – were arrested this week on suspicion of defrauding two older relatives out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, police said on Friday. The officer is 58-year-old Rock Wagner of Lake Forest. The other two suspects are his sister, Wendy Wagner, 55, and her … Read more