A 40-year-old woman who family members said called 911 to report a possible assault in the alley behind her home Saturday night was fatally shot by a Minneapolis police officer. The shooting happened at the end of the alley on W. 51st Street between Washburn and Xerxes avenues S. in the city’s Fulton neighborhood. The … Read more
When San Antonio police officers crashed into the living room where 10-year-old Devin Valdez was sitting last Thursday, dragged his naked grandfather out of the shower and began beating him, Valdez asked them to stop. “They took me to the room, and put me in handcuffs and had a gun pointed to my head,” Valdez … Read more
RICHMOND, Va. – After a three-day trial, the jury delivered its verdict and found the former Richmond police officer Charles Church guilty of sex crimes against a child. Church was found guilty of one count of object sexual penetration, one count of sodomy and two counts of obstruction of justice. He was also found not … Read more
UPDATE 9/18/17 KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. – A Nitro police officer caught on camera in an off-duty incident involving a gun has been been terminated from the police force. Chief Bobby Eggleton tells WSAZ Richard Foster was served a letter of termination last week after the completion of an internal investigation. A video originally posted to … Read more
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Chattanooga Police Department has fired an officer for a variety of reasons, but not because of the reason he was suspended late last year. Chattanooga Police put Charles Brock on leave on December 27th after a domestic assault complaint. Police say there was a warrant issued for Brock’s arrest by the … Read more
Fort Collins police officer Aaron Westby is back “protecting” the streets of Fort Collins Colorado after three months of paid leave following an internal investigation of his false arrest of a teacher last July; an internal investigation has astoundingly led to no charges, despite the city paying out 150k for his blatant illegal misconduct, on … Read more
Videos showing a San Francisco police officer bumping into a skateboarder who was speeding down a street by Dolores Park, sending the young man crashing into a squad car, were raising questions Wednesday about the officer’s intentions. Police officials said the department is investigating the incident, which happened during an informal skateboarding competition Tuesday night … Read more
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico has sued the city of Albuquerque, seeking records by the city’s police department about its use of stingrays, also known as cell-site simulators. In May 2017, the ACLU of New Mexico filed a public records request to the Albuquerque Police Department (which has been under federal monitoring … Read more
Reno, NV – The task of bringing fugitives to justice falls to the capable hands of U.S. Marshals—and the Marshals typically have no problem capturing their target. But when they partnered with Washoe County Sheriff’s Deputies in January to apprehend Eugenio Enrique Corona, the fugitive was not returned to jail safe and sound. Corona had … Read more
HUDSON, Fla. – A former school resource officer was fired over misconduct, including inappropriate social media contact with students at a school in Hudson, Sheriff Chris Nocco said in a press conference on Friday. In April, a parent notified the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office of an inappropriate conversation on social media between her child and … Read more
FULTON COUNTY, Ga. – A Roswell police detective is serving a 30-day suspension after investigators said he showed up to a firearms training class with alcohol in his system, and records show the stresses of his job might have led to the incident. On May 31, records show Detective Zackery Kowalske showed up late for … Read more
Dashcam video showed an Ohio deputy in a hot pursuit–chasing down his cruiser after it rolled away from him at a routine traffic stop. “Whoo,” the deputy with the Miami County Sheriff’s Office was heard saying after he corraled the runaway vehicle. “I bet that don’t happen every day,” said the driver who was pulled … Read more