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Vallejo police secretly tested ‘dystopian’ facial recognition tool 13 April 2021 Members of the Vallejo Police Department secretly used facial recognition technology developed by Clearview AI, a company embroiled in public controversy for allegedly violating personal privacy laws in several...

School Resource Officer in Hillside arrested for allegedly assaulting student 10 December 2021 A school resource officer in west suburban Hillside is accused of physically assaulting a student. According to officials at Proviso West High School, the officer entered a classroom and confronted...

$1.2M settlement to family of 14-year-old shot in the back by Chicago Police in 2014 10 December 2021 Chicago taxpayers will spend $1.2 million to compensate the family of a 14-year old boy who was shot in the back and killed by a police officer during a holiday weekend that included five...

Off-duty Chicago cop allegedly killed woman who planned to leave him 10 December 2021 An off-duty Chicago cop was arrested for fatally shooting the mother of his child — who planned to break up with him, relatives and police said. The officer — who was not identified because he had yet to be...

Dallas Police Took $106,000 From a Traveler. They Haven't Explained Why. A police dog's alert prompted the search, and the money was seized via civil asset forfeiture. 8 December 2021 On Sunday, a Facebook post from the Dallas Police Department went viral. It depicts a police dog, Ballentine...

The Bad Apples Control The Bunch: USA Today Report Details Law Enforcements Punishment Of Good Cops 30 November 2021 Plenty of people try to minimize police misconduct by claiming what we witness day after day after day is just the work of a few "bad apples." That's only half of the adage...

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...

Good Cop Predicts His Video Exposing Crimes in Dept Will Get Him Attacked—He Was Just Fired 21 November 2021 Those who are paying attention to the ever-expanding police state in the land of the free know that the system is set up in such a way that it protects bad cops while punishing the...

Chicago Police Officer Jacqueline Villasenor Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter In Shooting That Killed Her Husband, Also A CPD Officer 5 November 2021 A Chicago Police officer has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in a shooting that killed her husband – also a CPD officer – on...

1 Bad Apple? ENTIRE Union Voted to Remove Cop for Exposing the Torture & Death of Handcuffed Man 14 November 2021 As TFTP reports on a regular basis, cops who point out corruption in their department and attempt to prevent violence, often times find themselves on the receiving end of this...

School Officials Welcome Homeland Security Surveillance After Student Fights Administrators in a Maryland school district say they wanted help monitoring school safety — but sweeping surveillance could land kids in gang databases and families in deportation proceedings 9 November 2021 In late...

Family upset after COPA recommends slain CPD officer Ella French receive suspension for botched raid 11 November 2021 The Civilian Office of Police Accountability’s review of the 2019 botched police raid on the wrong home – whose occupant was forced to stand naked for a time concluded half...

‘Trooper of the Year’ Gets 17.5 Years for Producing Child Porn, Distributing It to His Own Network 8 November 2021 In 2018, Louisiana State Police Trooper of 18 years, Jason Boyet received one of the department’s highest honors—Trooper of the Year. Fast forward two years, and this hero cop...

Public Records Plumb The Depths Of Illinois Law Enforcement's Accountability Black Hole 28 October 2021 The Chicago Police Department isn't willing to police itself. That much is apparent from the actions of its officers, which includes the department setting up an inner city "black site"...

Dad Calls 911 To Report Being Stabbed, Cops Show Up and Kill Him, Treat Assailant Like the Victim 4 November 2021 Graphic body camera footage released this week highlights the crap shoot that is calling 911. Michael Craig, 61, the building custodian in his apartment complex, called 911 to...

Police Turn on Hidden Cameras, Turn Off Fourth Amendment 1 Novembber 2021 If neighbors surrounded your home with spy cameras and monitored all your comings and goings for 18 months, you might call it stalking or something worse. Yet that’s what the police did to Travis Tuggle without a...

Chicago cop facing felony charge after allegedly shooting at thieves who swiped her SUV in Evergreen Park A Chicago police sergeant was hit with a felony charge after she allegedly opened fire when a team of thieves made off with her SUV Saturday evening in suburban Evergreen Park. Oneta...

Tiny wrists in cuffs: How police use force against children 19 October 2021 Royal Smart remembers every detail: the feeling of the handcuffs on his wrists. The panic as he was led outside into the cold March darkness, arms raised, to face a wall of police officers pointing their guns. He was...

Chicago Court Gets Its Prior Restraint On, Tells Police Union Head To STFU About City's Vaccine Mandate 21 October 2021 The Chicago PD -- fronted by the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) [itself fronted by John Catanzara, "one of the most frequently-disciplined officers in the history...

Ex-Normal cop pleads guilty to DUI 21 October 2021 A former Normal Police officer, who used to be a school resource officer, has pleaded guilty to drunken driving. Amanda Street, 42, was initially placed on administrative leave, and later resigned following her arrest for DUI in rural...