National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Recap 11-23-10
Posted: 24 Nov 2010 01:26 AM PST
Here are the 12 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Tuesday, November 23, 2010:
Kwethluk Alaska has lost a civil suit for over $23,000,000 in a jury award to a man who was left a quadriplegic when a Kwethluk police officer and a tribal officer arrested and dragged him to an ATV despite his suffering a head injury and broken neck. [0]
Two Rochester NY police officers are under investigation after a local pastor accused the officers of using excessive force when they broke his son’s nose. [3]
A Laurens County SC deputy has been arrested on an assault and battery charge for allegedly assaulting a detainee in jail last year. [1]
A North Las Vegas NV police officer has been accused of needlessly shooting a family’s pet dog to death while off-duty. The officer and her police officer husband claim that she shot the dog when it got loose and threatened him but the family and several neighbors say the dog was friendly and the woman walking the dog says that the dog was just being playful and came back when called the dog. she also claims she had hold of the leash when the officer shot it in the street. [1]
A NC State trooper has been ordered to be rehired by a judge who ruled that videos showing the officer pick his police dog up off the ground and kick it were not outrageous, but instead was an acceptable training method for police dogs. The judge claimed to have made the decision because he believes police dogs should be considered as weapons, not animals. [0]
The now-former sheriff of Park County MT has been sentenced to five years in prison after he accepted a plea deal that reduced several charges down to a singly intimidation charge in relation to allegations that he sexually assaulted a teen girl on multiple occasions and threatened to have her arrested if she didn’t keep quiet. [1]
The police chief of Zionsville IN is the subject of a state investigation over allegations that he stole a television and gun from evidence and that he drew a cocked and loaded firearm out on his officers during a meeting when he felt that officers weren’t paying attention to him. [1]
A Yakima County WA sheriff’s sergeant is under investigation on allegations that he refused to dispatch assistance to a police officer who took part in the arrest of a fellow Yakima deputy who has been charged with raping a woman at gunpoint. [2]
The police chief of Greenwood IN is also under investigation on allegations that he ordered officers to transport an officer to his home after he was detained on allegations that he pulled a gun on a man who confronted him about leaving his baby in his car. Responding officers said they smelled alcohol on the officer’s breath but refused a breathalyzer. The chief allegedly offered the officer a drink at his home after that, essentially making it impossible to discipline or charge the officer. [1]
The West Virginia State Police are being sued by a newspaper claiming that the agency has been refusing to comply with FOIA requests seeking internal affairs reports related to closed investigations. [5]
A Morehouse Parish LA deputy has resigned after an audit found discrepancies in accounts containing funds deposited by inmates for buying necessities from the jail commissary. [0]
And finally, a Bosque Farms NM police officer has resigned after an investigation into allegations that he had videotaped himself having sex with two different women, one while on-duty inside a city official’s office, and then uploaded the videos to a departmental computer where they were later discovered. [0]
A quick note, the news feed and daily report will likely not run this Friday and Saturday as we are preparing to move. I’ll try to update as possible but no guarantees.
Stay safe out there!
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