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With its vote, the commission made clear it can find that a shooting or other serious incident violated department policy if the officer's actions beforehand created a situation in which deadly force was necessary. Until now, the commission has generally focused on the narrow question of whether an officer faced a deadly threat at the moment he opened fire.
Read More →The UCLA Police Department has cleared two officers accused by an African American judge of using excessive force after stopping him for not wearing a seat belt.
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UCLA is conducting an internal investigation into allegations by an African American judge that excessive force was used by campus police officers when they stopped him on suspicion of not wearing a seat belt.
Read More →The NYPD sergeants union wants the head of the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau fired because IAB investigators searched the car of an off-duty cop brutally beaten outside a Queens diner on Sunday, the New York Post reports.
Read More →Gahanna (Ohio) Police administrators have begun reviewing an officer's dash-cam video after he used a PIT maneuver to halt the pursuit of a suspect who had exposed himself at a drive-through window.
Read More →A U.S. Capitol Police commander ordered the agency's SWAT team to stand down Monday morning as operators arrived at the gate of the Washington Navy Yard to confront the shooter.
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Sgt. Penny Dane, an 18-year veteran, emailed photos as part of an online multiple-player simulation game called "Red Light Center." The game is linked to a sex club and resembles Amsterdam's Red Light district.
Read More →A Massachusetts State Police trooper took his own life Monday, a day after he was relieved of duty as part of an investigation into an on-duty action.
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A lengthy internal review has found no basis for the allegations of racism or bias contained in the manifesto of rogue ex-LAPD officer Chris Dorner.
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Sacramento (Calif.) Police officers used their batons on a combative suspect at a cellular phone store after the man scared workers and physically attacked and resisted arrest.
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