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Firm recommends changes at Loveland Police Department 5 January 2022 In a new report, a consulting firm found that the Loveland Police Department should increase transparency, enhance the citizen complaint process and update its use-of-force policies to “prioritize and honor the sanctity of...

Lawsuit claims Loveland cop has history of wrongful DUI arrests 6 January 2022 A pilot claims in a new lawsuit against the Loveland Police Department that he was wrongfully arrested for drunk driving by an officer with a history of unjustified arrests. The breath and blood tests Harris Elias...

In 2022, Cops in the Land of the Free Have Killed 2,200% More People Than All Mass Shooters Since 2018 8 January 2022 As TFTP reported this week, James Williams, 46, spent his last seconds on Earth wondering who shot him during their family’s celebration to bring in the New Year. It would...

Not specifically police-related but very relevant given how often cops lie in their reports and fabricate evidence: Tenth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity To Social Worker Who Fabricated A Mother's Confession Of Child Abuse 3 January 2022 For the second time in about as many weeks, an...

New California Law Makes It Easier To Sue Cops Who Violate Civil Rights 4 October 2021 California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a bill (SB 2) that will eliminate several legal immunities that shield law enforcement from civil rights lawsuits, a move that will make it easier for victims...

State Bill Creates Process to Finally End Qualified Immunity, And It’s from Republicans 29 December 2021 Bills filed in the Florida House and Senate for the 2022 legislative session would create a process to sue police officers in state court for using excessive force or taking other actions...

Police said ex-cop accused of murder in shooting of Aurora teen was drunk, aggressive 23 December 2021 A former cop accused of killing a 17-year-old boy in Aurora over a traffic dispute was a drunken “aggressor” the night of the shooting and pointed his gun at the boy before the teen shot at...

How many law enforcement and human services agencies can drop the ball on one case? Meanwhile AT LEAST SEVEN children continued to be abused for TWO DECADES! July, 2004, molestations reported to Wyoming Department of Family Services July, 2007, Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, Colorado...

Big Trouble in Little Rock A Reformist Black Police Chief Faces an Uprising of the Old Guard 18 December 2021 1 - Backlash: On the morning of May 28, 2020, a Black sergeant with the Little Rock, Arkansas, Police Department woke up, turned on the news, and saw the George Floyd video for the...

David Ellis (left), Debra Ellis (center), Justin Gilbert (right) Three employees of Des Moines bail bond company charged in yearlong investigation of prostitution and fraud 17 December 2021 Three people were out on bond following an investigation that alleged insurance fraud, credit card...

Denver Cops to Pay $365,000 for Killing a Man, Wounding Another with Barrage of Bullets in Botched Manhunt for Escaped Inmate 21 December 2021 The Denver Police Department will pay $365,000 to the victims of a 2018 manhunt gone wrong. Police had been staking out a house in Aurora, Colorado...

Colorado officers who violently arrested 73-year-old with dementia laughed about incident afterward, video shows The officers fractured Karen Garner’s arm and dislocated her shoulder, according to federal lawsuit 26 April 2021 The Loveland police officers who violently arrested a 73-year-old...

Aurora police apologize after mistakenly detaining young mom at gunpoint 2 December 2021 It was obvious that a young mother was still very shaken Wednesday following her first encounter with Aurora Police Department officers. On Nov. 13, 24-year-old Ana Castanada was pulled over by police...

Cops who are "disrespected" are disrespected for good reasons. Why any police administrator in his right mind would try to recruit other departments' brutes and bully boys is beyond me. 3 stars or 4? Confused? Make up your mind! Sheriffs Making Much Ado 9 November 2021 This week...

SWAT Team Blows Up Innocent Woman’s Home, Tell Her that She Has to Pay the $50,000 Bill 5 December 2021 In July of last year, Vicki Baker, 75, was excited to move on to the next chapter of her life in Montana by selling her home she owned for 12 years in McKinney, Texas. That sale would never...

The Supreme Court Declines To Determine if You Have a First Amendment Right To Film the Police 1 November 2021 The Supreme Court has just refused to hear a case at the nexus of police abuse and the First Amendment, declining to consider a petition from a man who says his free speech rights...

Colorado Appeals Court Says A Drug Dog That Alerts On Now-Legal Weed Can't Create Probable Cause For A Search 2 December 2021 "Probable cause on four legs." That's the cop nickname for drug dogs, which need to do nothing more than something only perceptible to the officer/trainer to allow...

Bystanders disarm drunk DEA agent after he pulls gun inside Montana bar: police 24 November 2021 The Bozeman Police Department arrested a Drug Enforcement Administration agent from Colorado after drunkenly threatening a Montana man with his government issued firearm. Ryan Donahue, 32, was...

Is the Fear Factor Overblown in Police Shootings? 22 November 2021 At issue in the review of every police shooting, whether it’s at night or in daylight, whether it’s an officer’s first shooting or third, or whether the person has a gun, a knife or no weapon at all, is one factor. Fear. For...

With federal oversight in short supply, state AGs step in to probe troubled police 23 November 2021 Police in Aurora, Colo., shot 20-year-old Jamaal Bonner in the back three times with a submachine gun during a sting operation, killing him. Four years later, the department formally apologized...