Police Misconduct
Chicago Police Probed for Johnson Drinking Cover Up
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Sources say fired Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson spent three hours drinking with and kissing a woman from his security detail.
Police Misconduct
New Trove of Records Emerges in Chicago PD Torture Case
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Jon Burge and his detectives were investigated more than a decade before a state prosecution was blocked by statutes of limitation, according to newly disclosed records in the case involving the torture of multiple criminal suspects.
Policing
Detective Accused in Beating Death of His Police Chief
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A drunken brawl between two colleagues attending a Florida conference on death scene investigations left a small-town Oklahoma police chief dead and one of his seven officers in custody.
Police Misconduct
More than 80 California Cops Convicted of Crime Still On the Job: Report
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Nearly 1 in 5 police officers in California convicted of a crime in the last decade are still working or kept their jobs for more than a year after sentencing, according to a coalition of news organization. The state’s weak laws on police misconduct were blamed.
Police Misconduct
Brooklyn DA Releases List of Blacklisted Cop-Witnesses
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Two news organizations have pried open the Brooklyn DA’s list of police officers deemed too unreliable to be called as witnesses. The move goes well beyond what other New York City prosecutors have been willing to disclose.
Police Misconduct
Phila. Police Inspector Charged With Assaulting Cops
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Chief Philadelphia Police Inspector Carl Holmes has been charged with assault and suspended after three female officers accused him of forcing himself on them. Holmes, 54, had offered to mentor at least two of the women.
Police Misconduct
Dallas Braces For Unrest As Ex-Officer Is Tried
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The Dallas Police Association paid for extra security for Amber Guyger, the former officer now on trial for killing her neighbor. There is anxiety over possible Ferguson-like unrest if she is acquitted.
Police Misconduct
Dallas County Bucks Trend, Prosecutes Police Officers
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Since 2016, four Dallas-area police officers have been indicted on murder charges. The two who have been tried were convicted and sent to prison. A third, Amber Guyger, faces trial Monday in the killing of Botham Jean, an accountant who was shot in his apartment.
Police Misconduct
Complaints Against NYC Police Reach Five-Year High
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Mayor Bill de Blasio attributed the rise to increased activity by the Civilian Complaint Review Board. He rejected the idea that the public is more dissatisfied with the police.
Policing
Baltimore Wrestles With Gag Orders in Police Brutality Suits
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Competing measures put forward by Baltimore’s mayor and City Council would seek to end the practice of concealing details in the city’s settlements with plaintiffs in police-brutality suits and other litigation.