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New Jersey Cops Are Using DNA Drawn From Newborns In Criminal Investigations 8 August 2022 To be in law enforcement is to be almost criminally obtuse. (We haven’t criminalized that. YET! But when we do…) They can’t stay out of their own way. The public may be willing to cut them some slack...

*burp* NJ Cop Arrested for Allegedly Crashing Car Drunk, Ditching Injured Passenger 30 July 2022 An off-duty police officer in New Jersey was arrested Friday for allegedly fleeing the scene of a crash and driving into a parked car while intoxicated. The Passaic County prosecutor announced...

Paterson, New Jersey, police sgt. Michael 'Sticky Fingers" Cheff Brickbat: Sticky Fingers 1 June 2022 A federal jury convicted Paterson, New Jersey, police sergeant Michael Cheff on one count of conspiracy to deprive persons of civil rights and one count of falsification of a police...

'burp' NJ police chief seen lying in the street with pants down during drunken driving arrest 16 March 2022 A New Jersey police chief charged with drunken driving last month could be seen lying in the street next to his pickup truck with his pants down — and responding officers mocked...

*burp* Off-duty N.J. officer was drunk when he caused multi-car crash, authorities say 24 March 2022 An off-duty Paterson police officer was arrested Thursday and accused of driving drunk and causing a multi-car crash that injured another motorist last month in Clifton, authorities said...

*burp* Off-duty Hillside, NJ police officer and Toms River, NJ resident charged with Vehicular Homicide in Tinton Falls, NJ crash 18 March 2022 A Hillside Police Officer has been arrested and charged for veering off the Garden State Parkway in Tinton Falls last October, while off-duty and...

Snitches Get Riches From the FBI Turning in your innocent friends and neighbors for having large amounts of cash is touted as a new source of income by the FBI. 16 March 2022 Snitches have a new way to make money in Charlotte, North Carolina. By texting the FBI and tattling on people that...

Cop Trainer Encouraging Cops To Run Facial Recognition Searches On People During Traffic Stops 11 February 2022 Cops are out there giving each other bad advice. An instructor for Street Cop Training -- a New Jersey based provider of officer training programs -- is telling officers it's ok to...

In 2019, The FBI Took NSO Malware For A Spin Before Deciding It Might Cause Too Many Problems In Court 31 January 2021 The latest disturbing revelation about Israeli malware merchant NSO Group is a bit delayed. NSO has claimed its malware can't be used to target American phone numbers which...

Cop Gets $185,000 Bonus for Shooting Unarmed Mentally Ill Man as His Kids Watched in Horror 23 January 2022 In April of last year, a Paterson man who was left severely disabled after being shot by a police officer, received $450,000 in a taxpayer funded settlement with the city. Larry Bouie...

Suspended Paterson cop charged with attacking handcuffed man, lying about it is back on the city’s payroll, mayor says 13 July 2021 The Paterson police officer accused of assaulting a city resident during a domestic dispute call – an act caught on another officer’s body-worn camera – and...

Boston Police Department Used Forfeiture Funds To Hide Purchase Of Surveillance Tech From City Reps 3 January 2022 Asset forfeiture is just cops going shopping for things they want. The analogy -- one prompted by statements made by Sean McMurty, the head of a county forfeiture unit in New...

DHS, ICE Begin Body Camera Pilot Program With Surprisingly Good Policies In Place 30 December 2021 Following protests over killings by law enforcement officers, the Department of Justice decided it might be a good idea to equip more police officers with body cameras. In May 2015, it announced...

After 4 Killings, ‘Officer of the Year’ Is Still on the Job A Pennsylvania state trooper was returned to duty following three investigations by his own agency. A fourth inquiry is underway. 30 December 2021 In November 2008, Pennsylvania Trooper Jay Splain was honored at a county law...

Unsecured Data Leak Shows Predicitive Policing Is Just Tech-Washed, Old School Biased Policing 27 December 2021 Don't kid yourselves, techbros. Predictive policing is regular policing, only with confirmation bias built in. The only question for citizens is whether or not they want to pay tech...

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...

Cop Fired for Savagely Beating Handcuffed Pregnant Woman on Video, Hired at New Dept. (first half of article is actually about Woodlynne's itinerant gypsy cop) 11 December 2021 As TFTP reported in June of 2021, several teenagers were hanging out with friends, on their own property when...

Texas Troopers Opened Fire From a Helicopter In 2012 - Families Are Still Fighting To Hold Them Accountable A state police marksman unloaded 19 bullets into a speeding pickup, killing two men. Now depositions unearth startling new details about what happened. 30 November 2021 In the village...

Newark Officer Hit a Pedestrian With His Car, Then Took the Body Home, Prosecutors Say 25 November 2021 A Newark police officer has been charged with reckless vehicular homicide after prosecutors said he hit a pedestrian with his personal car and briefly took the body home, where he discussed...

N.J. town settles third hostile workplace suit in 3 years, this one with a police dispatcher 24 November 2021 Wall Township settled a lawsuit Wednesday filed by a police dispatcher who alleged he was subjected to discrimination due to his disability, racially charged name calling, and other...