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Investigation: Accidental shootings like one in Iowa show police training gaps 11 December 2019 When an Iowa mother tried to take her child from her husband during an argument on a snowy sidewalk in 2015, an officer stepped in to stop the scuffle, firing his weapon as a dog approached. The...

"... Boston police spent $627,000 on this equipment by dipping into money seized in connection with alleged crimes." In other words, steal from the citizens, then spend the money on "spy tech" so you can find more stuff to steal. Boston police bought spy tech with a pot of money hidden from...

Off-duty cop busted for drunk driving after early morning fender bender on the LIE 21 December 2021 An off-duty cop was arrested Tuesday, Dec. 21, and charged with drunk driving after an early morning fender bender on the Long Island Expressway. Police Officer Patrick Gross, 32, was driving...

Retired cop says NYPD boss repeatedly raped her at Yankee Stadium: lawsuit 21 December 2021 A retired NYPD officer says she quit the force — and a coveted assignment at Yankee Stadium — because her boss repeatedly raped her at the ballpark, the ex-cop claims in a Bronx Supreme Court lawsuit...

Prison Phone Companies Are Recording Attorney-Client Calls Across the US Lawyers say their conversations with incarcerated people are being recorded and analyzed by private companies in at least nine US states. 13 December 2021 For years, many of Brooklyn Defender Services’ incarcerated...

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000051146741 Suburban New York cop among half-dozen charged in sex-trafficking of underage girls from Mexico 14 December 2021 A suburban police officer and five Queens residents were charged Tuesday with luring underage Mexican girls to...

U.S. Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Police in New York Suburb The inquiry will focus on whether the Mount Vernon department engaged in a “pattern or practice of unlawful policing,” officials said. 3 December 2021 Federal prosecutors have opened a civil rights investigation into whether...

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Judge Says NYPD Illegally Withheld Footage in Police Shootings 23 November 2021 A New York state judge ruled last week that the New York City Police Department illegally withheld body-worn footage in two police shootings, including the killing of Kawaski Trawick. The judge said at an October...

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...

Charges dropped two years after cop called DWI suspect ‘total stripper’ in text 21 November 2021 Manhattan prosecutors have finally decided to drop charges against a woman allegedly caught driving drunk more than two years ago — after the cop who busted her was accused by her lawyer of lying...

NYPD Continues To Screw Over Its Oversight By Denying Access To Bodycam Footage 22 November 2021 The NYPD's war on its oversight continues. The secretive law enforcement agency has spent years fighting accountability and transparency, making up its own rules and engaging in openly hostile...

Exclusive: LAPD partnered with tech firm that enables secretive online spying 17 November 2021 Records show LA police trialed social media surveillance tech from Voyager Labs, which claims its software can predict crimes and help monitor private messages. The Los Angeles police department...

Inside federal prisons, employees are committing the crimes 14 November 2021 More than 100 federal prison workers have been arrested, convicted or sentenced for crimes since the start of 2019, including a warden indicted for sexual abuse, an associate warden charged with murder, guards taking...

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The Demand for Money Behind Many Police Traffic Stops Busted taillights, missing plates, tinted windows: Across the U.S., ticket revenue funds towns — and the police responsible for finding violations. 31 October 2021 Harold Brown’s contribution to the local treasury began as so many others...

Rapper Fetty Wap, NJ corrections officer among 6 arrested in cross-country drug ring: officials 29 October 2021 The rapper Fetty Wap was charged on Friday with participating in a conspiracy to smuggle large amounts of heroin, fentanyl and other drugs into the New York City region. The...

NYPD officer busted for drunk driving in Brooklyn, cops say 9 September 2021 An NYPD cop was busted for drunk driving during a Brooklyn traffic stop early Thursday, cops said. Steven Grant, 31, was driving in his personal car around 3:15 a.m. on Grand Street in Williamsburg when he showed...

Cop Walks Into a Bar And…Arrests You. For Having a Drink. 25 February 2010 LATE ON A BALMY Saturday night last June, six Fort Worth cops and two officers from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission went looking for trouble. They had just raided two Hispanic bars in an industrial stretch of...

A Subway Rider Confronted Unmasked Police Officers. They Kicked Him Out. 20 October 2021 A New York City police officer grabs a male commuter by his jacket and pushes him through an emergency exit door at a subway station in Manhattan, video posted to social media shows. “You’re being...