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Reserve Officer Arrested, Child Pornography
KABC, CA - May 7, 2004
REDONDO BEACH — A reserve officer with the Redondo Beach police has been arrested -- accused of possessing child pornography. ...

Raleigh Police Officer Arrested, Fired
WRAL.com, NC - May 7, 2004
RALEIGH, NC -- A Raleigh police officer has been charged with willfully failing to discharge his duties. The State Bureau of Investigation ...
(shot fleeing suspect in the back, and that's against regs...)

Albany Police Officer arrested
WALB-TV, GA - May 6, 2004
Albany -- The Albany Police officer charged with stealing a wreck victim's wallet was arrested Thursday. 32-year-old James Thomas ...

Chelmsford officer indicted in thefts from DARE program
Lowell Sun, MA - May 7, 2004
By JACK MINCH, Sun Staff. CHELMSFORD A Middlesex grand jury handed up a 20-count indictment against a decorated police officer Thursday ...

Houston officer indicted on murder charge
Houston Chronicle, TX - May 6, 2004
By TERRY KLIEWER. CONROE -- A Montgomery County grand jury has indicted a Houston police officer on a charge of murder in the off ...

Ex-juvenile officer faces new charges
Oregonian, OR - May 5, 2004
Michael Lee Boyles, a former juvenile probation officer indicted in February on accusations of sexually abuse of a young man he was supervising, has been ...

Scottsdale officer indicted in hit-and-run case
KMSB, AZ - May 4, 2004
By NewsChannel 3 / azfamily.com staff. Kevin Baxter was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday, Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley announced. ...

Officer Indicted For Assault
WCPO, OH - Apr 28, 2004
A Tri-state officer has been indicted on an assault charge for allegedly beating up a teen in custody. Forest Park officer Todd ...

Toledo police officer sentenced for DWI
Toledo Blade, OH - May 8, 2004
An off-duty Toledo police officer who was cited in March for driving while intoxicated was sentenced this week in Maumee Municipal Court. ...

Former law officer sentenced in Jefferson Parish investigation
Times Picayune, LA - May 6, 2004
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A former law officer nabbed in the federal government's investigation of corrupt bail-bond practices in suburban New Orleans was sentenced ...

Former parole officer sentenced
Garden City Telegram, KS - May 4, 2004
By The Telegram. A former Garden City parole officer who was convicted of having unlawful sexual relations with a 33-year-old woman ...

Ex-officer sentenced in robbery
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS - Apr 30, 2004
SHREVEP0RT, La. - A former Shreveport police officer was sentenced Thursday to just over two years in federal prison for his role ...

Police officer released - no bail
Tacoma News Tribune, WA - May 5, 2004
Outrage filled a Tacoma courtroom Tuesday after a police officer was released without bail after pleading not guilty to four charges of sexual assault of a ...

Report: Ex-officer released from prison after 10 years
Newsday, NY - Apr 30, 2004
NEW YORK (AP) _ A former police officer whose admissions of drug-dealing and extortion sparked a wide-ranging corruption scandal in the early 1990s has been ...

Former law officer pleads guilty to tax fraud
KPOM-TV, AR - 3 hours ago
A former law officer has pleaded guilty to helping prepare false income tax returns for city officials. Authorities say Walter Fischer ...

Former Abita Springs Officer Pleads Guilty
New Orleans Channel.com, LA - May 7, 2004
COVINGTON, La. -- A former Abita Springs police lieutenant pleaded guilty Thursday to malfeasance -- the second conviction to come ...

Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges
WKYT, KY - Apr 30, 2004
Richard Harris was charged with doctor shopping and stealing drugs but after an agreement in court his record could be cleared in a few years. ...

Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Bribery
Click10.com, FL - Apr 29, 2004
David Rodriguez accepted money to create false police accident reports, which are potentially usable to commit insurance fraud. ...

Third officer suspended for bar incident
Lake Country Reporter, WI - May 5, 2004
A third police officer has been suspended, and one city resident called for the resignation of the alderman who was at the raucous party. ...

Officer Charged With Sexual Assault
KYW, PA - May 8, 2004
FREEHOLD, NJ (AP) A veteran patrolman with the Keansburg Police Department was charged with sexual assault Friday in an incident involving a female motorist ...

Police officers face new trial on allegation of excessive force
Oregonian, OR - 15 hours ago
... Overall, officers fired 10 beanbag-type rounds at Lowery, hit him numerous times with their batons and sprayed him in the face with six full cans of pepper ...

Police chief confronts lost trust in Eugene
Oregonian, OR - May 9, 2004
... In the past five years it saw 15 officers fired for offenses including shooting an innocent man, domestic violence and sexual solicitation of minors using a ...

Conflicting accounts in killing by SF cops
San Francisco Chronicle, CA - May 7, 2004
... Five officers fired a total of about nine shots at Boyd after he pulled over in an alley and reached under the seat of his SUV for what police thought was the ...

Milwaukee Police Officer Fired Over Water Street Incident
WDJT, WI - May 5, 2004
Milwaukee - a Milwaukee police officer has been charged with two misdemeanors and fired from his job after allegedly pointing a gun at a bouncer on Water Street ...

Fire Chief Sentenced For Starting Fires
KELOLAND, SD - May 4, 2004
... Thats because a Roberts County Deputy arrested Shipman for drinking and driving shortly after the fires began, and found evidence in his vehicle. ...

Deputy Arrested on Fraud Charges
WLBT-TV, MS - Apr 27, 2004
Kyle Ferrell was arrested Tuesday on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, and making false statements regarding a loan. FBI investigators ...

Ex-deputy sentenced for killing neighbor's dog
Muskegon Chronicle, MI - Apr 27, 2004
By John S. Hausman. A former Ottawa County Sheriff's deputy K-9 officer who killed a neighbor's dog has been given a 93-day suspended ...

Deputy Charged With Obstruction
Milwaukee Channel.com, WI - May 7, 2004
MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee County sheriff's deputy who was locked in the trunk of his car was charged with obstructing an investigation for not originally ...

Beaufort County deputy charged with drunk driving
WCNC (subscription), NC - May 7, 2004
By The Associated Press. BEAUFORT, SC -- A Beaufort County deputy hired earlier this week has been fired after she was charged with driving under the influence. ...

Deputy sex trial moved from county
Cecil Whig, MD - May 6, 2004
A Cecil County sheriff's deputy charged with raping a 13-year-old girl is set to stand trial in Kent County later this summer. David ...

Deputy charged with sexual battery, stays on duty at jail
Canton Repository, OH - May 6, 2004
By SHANE HOOVER Repository staff writer. CANTON — A Stark County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with having sex with an adult stepdaughter. ...

Deputy charged in sexual assault of inmate
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - Apr 29, 2004
By DERRICK NUNNALLY. A Milwaukee County sheriff's deputy has been charged with sexually assaulting a female inmate in a jury restroom ...

Judge lifts part of federal scrutiny of State Police on racial ...
New Jersey Journal, NJ - Apr 10, 2004
... New Jersey agreed to the federal monitoring in December 1999, more than a year after two troopers fired on a van carrying four unarmed minority men on the ...

Seafood mogul's son - in - law , former IRS agent indicted
Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL - Apr 23, 2004
PENSACOLA -- Authorities arrested the son-in-law of a jailed seafood entrepreneur and a former Internal Revenue Service agent on charges they conspired to ...

DEA Agent Shoots Himself While Leading Gun Safety Class
JoinTogether.org - May 5, 2004
... the weapon was not loaded. The volunteer did so, but the gun fired when the agent released the slide. "The kids screamed and started ...

Former constable sentenced
Holly Springs South Reporter, MS - Apr 14, 2004
Wilkins, 62, pled guilty to two counts of information filed on October 9, 2003. Count 1 is for aiding and abetting in the distribution ...

Daily Digest
Bloomington Pantagraph, IL - May 7, 2004
Ford County Chief Deputy Rodd Webb will go on trial Nov. 22 on charges of official misconduct and tampering with public records. ...

Plaintiff awarded $245000 in sex abuse case
Oregonian, OR - May 4, 2004
... The other former officer, Lance Kirk, pleaded guilty to criminal charges of harassment, official misconduct and sex abuse in the third degree in July 2002. ...

2 men arrested by disgraced cops could get $197000 from city
Chicago Sun Times, IL - May 4, 2004
... One of the arresting officers, William Tortoriello, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony official misconduct and resigned from the Police Department. ...

Guard denies aiding Sing Sing escape plot
White Plains Journal News, NY - May 4, 2004
... of third-degree bribe receiving, first-degree attempted escape, second-degree forgery, first-degree promoting prison contraband, official misconduct and fourth ...

Homewood Police Accused Of Brutality
NBC13.com, AL - 3 hours ago
HOMEWOOD, Ala. -- Cleophus Smith has filed a federal suit accusing the former Homewood police chief and four arresting officers for police brutality. ...

Not so clean
The News-Press, FL - May 9, 2004
Why? They use torture. We aren’t as squeaky clean as our citizens think. How many times have you heard of “police brutality?” Think back to Vietnam. ...

The Hunter S. Thompson Interview
Freezerbox - May 9, 2004
... hours! Just horrible... then I don't know... it [inaudible] of police brutality. I can't really be objective. I can claim I am. ...

Commish at film fest
New York Daily News, NY - May 9, 2004
A new documentary about police brutality that's being screened at the Tribeca Film Festival had an unexpected audience member: Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly ...

Straight to business
San Francisco Examiner, CA - 12 hours ago
... Another high-profile disciplinary case involves the so-called Fajitagate issue, where three off-duty rookie cops allegedly got into a fight with civilians over ...

New York's worst rogue cop speaks out
New York Daily News, NY - Apr 30, 2004
... job. By the time he was stripped of his NYPD badge and sent to prison in 1994, Dowd had become the poster boy for dirty cops. A ...

DIRTY COP TO PLEAD GUILTY
New York Post, NY - Apr 13, 2004
By KATI CORNELL SMITH. April 13, 2004 -- A disgraced NYPD detective who was caught ripping off a drug courier - and has fingered ...

Counting the Costs of the Drug War
Infoshop News - 12 hours ago
... But he says current drug policies have vastly increased police corruption, and created a culture of "gangster cops." Protected by a code of silence and ...

Role of New Orleans police in rigged game investigated
Houston Chronicle, TX - May 7, 2004
... What started in October as a low-key state investigation recently expanded into a multifaceted FBI probe into police corruption. ...

Sergeant testifies against officer
Tallahassee Democrat, FL - May 7, 2004
... This is the fifth Miami police corruption trial in less than two years. Macias is one of three officers acquitted a year ago in another SWAT killing. ...

Miami officer faces cover-up trial
Tallahassee Democrat, FL - May 3, 2004
... case of a SWAT officer accused of covering up a toy gun allegedly planted after he shot a suicidal man to death in the fifth Miami police corruption trial in ...

In Albany, a First Agreement On Election System Overhaul
New York Times - 3 hours ago
... them. If convicted of the witness intimidation and bribery charges, Mr. Harris could be sentenced to more than 20 years in prison.

Trial may not cut tension
New York Newsday, NY - 19 hours ago
... In July, it publicly reported "cases of detainees who have died in custody" and complained that "it is not clear what standards, if any, regulate the ...

Fairness in the justice system
Pascagoula Mississippi Press, MS - May 6, 2004
... County Sheriff George Miller. He was convicted of two counts of perjury. He was sentenced to six months at home. The maximum sentence ...

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