Officer Misconduct / Internal Affairs
The Officer Misconduct / Internal Affairs topic area features news, training and information related to cases involving potential or perceived law enforcement misconduct.
Retired Pittsburgh Police Chief Robert McNeilly, Jr., has written an operator’s manual for developing and managing effective police forces on any scale
Trooper Michael Proctor’s suspension due to inappropriate text messages serves as a stark reminder that anything written can become public and impact a case
Federal Appellate Court Reverses lower court and rejects Dallas officers’ qualified immunity defense
Court rules that jury could find officer’s application of a knee to a mentally ill subject’s back beyond that necessary to control him
San Mateo County Assistant Sheriff Matthew Fox was promoted to the position in September after Sheriff Christina Corpus fired his predecessor
San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus faces several allegations, including retaliation against officers who cooperated with an independent investigation into her office
The arrest occurred after Carlos Tapia complained of an agency culture of “unease and retaliation”; San Mateo Sheriff Christina Corpus denied any allegations of retaliation
“It is imperative that, even in the heat of the moment, officers must...respond according to established policies and training procedures,” Tampa PD Chief Lee Bercaw said
The sergeant has been charged with oppression, subornation of perjury and battery after officers reported illegal detentions during an undercover operation
Former Columbus officer Adam Coy testified he thought a set of silver keys that Andre Hill was holding was a revolver; he faces at least 15 years in prison
The officer apologized for the posts, stating that he was on a medication that caused him to make “out of character” statements
The Escambia County sheriff stated they are reviewing protocols to “prevent such a tragedy from happening in the future”
The Philadelphia PD fired 15 officers and disciplined dozens more in 2019 over Facebook posts deemed to be offensive; 20 officers sued, alleging free speech violations
The Wabash County deputy, who resigned amid the investigation, has been charged with misconduct, theft and animal cruelty
The LVMPD sergeant was charged with oppression and battery after he detained two people without a reason during an undercover investigation
Genaro Garcia Luna was convicted last year of providing El Chapo’s cartel with everything from intel on raids to police uniforms and equipment
The officer allegedly put a student on the ground to demonstrate the prone restraint that resulted in Floyd’s death
A K-9 team sergeant alleged that former Boise PD chief Ryan Lee demonstrated a neck hold on him without consent during training, causing injures that later required surgery
Interim Los Angeles Police Chief Dominic Choi ruled that an LAPD officer did not use reasonable force when he shot a man as he woke up in a vehicle and reached for a handgun
Officer Toni McBride appealed an earlier finding by the Police Commission that found her first four shots in the incident were justified, but the last two rounds were not
Prosecutors said the officers lied to their supervisor, to the EMS personnel treating Nichols and in their written reports about the extent of the force they used
Gerald Goines was convicted of lying to obtain a no-knock warrant, which was determined to be the cause of the shootout that led to the couple’s death
An LAPD officer is under investigation for allegedly recording the questions to an exam on a pair of camera-equipped smart glasses, “Mission Impossible"-style
Violating the new policy can result in termination and an investigation by the state board that issues and revokes officer certifications
The former trooper violated five agency policies in the crash that killed one person and injured five others, according to the Minnesota State Patrol investigation
After a nine-week trial, a jury found one officer guilty of second-degree murder and convicted his supervising officer of conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges
Former Warren PD officer Matthew Rodriguez has acknowledged using unreasonable force against the man while processing him after being provoked by a verbal insult
According to court documents, a witness heard the officer say he thought he brought K-9 Horus in after his shift
A jury also ordered one of the detectives to pay Marcel Brown $50,000 in punitive damages for an interrogation that the lawsuit claimed drew a false confession
K-9 Horus died after he was left inside a cruiser all day; investigations found that a cruiser system designed to cool K-9s left inside had been off during the incident
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