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Patrol

Michigan Officer Charged with Criminal Sexual Misconduct

An officer with the Center Line (MI) Police Department has reportedly been charged with criminal sexual misconduct following a complaint filed with the Hazel Park (MI) Police Department in November.

December 13, 2018

Command

Ohio Police Chief Resigns Over Missteps Following Fatal OIS

Chief Daniel Paez of the Perrysburg (OH) Police Department has submitted his resignation—effective on January 8, 2019—after a Lucas County Sheriff's Office investigation into Paez's response to a shooting in August.

December 13, 2018

Point of Law

California Deputy to Face Manslaughter Charge in Fatal 2016 OIS

A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy will face voluntary manslaughter charges for a February 2016 shooting that left 26-year-old Francisco Garcia dead, according to ABC News.

December 11, 2018

Patrol

St. Louis Officers Indicted for Beating Undercover Officer During Demonstration

Four Officers with the St. Louis Police Department have been indicted by a federal grand jury and may face federal charges of civil rights violation, obstruction of justice and lying to federal investigators.

December 6, 2018

Patrol

3 Philippine Police Officers Found Guilty of Murder in 'Drug War' Incident

Drug enforcement efforts in the Philippines under the direction of President Rodrigo Duterte—who took office in June 2016—have been particularly violent, with President Duterte even urging members of the public to kill suspected criminals and drug addicts.

November 30, 2018

Patrol

Grand Jury Convenes in Case of Ex-Texas Officer Who Reportedly Shot Neighbor

A grand jury in Dallas, ,TX, listened to testimony on Monday in the case of 30-year-old former DPD Officer Amber Guyger, who is accused of fatally shooting 26-year-old Botham Jean in his apartment while he watched football on television.

November 27, 2018

Patrol

Seattle Officer Fired for Punching Handcuffed Woman Can Get Job Back

Officer Adley Shepherd—who was fired in 2016 by former Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole after he reportedly punched a handcuffed woman—can have his job back following a second investigation into the matter by an independent civilian arbitrator.

November 23, 2018

Patrol

New York Officer Pleads Not Guilty to Assault Charge

Officer Michael Sippel of the Rochester (NY) Police Department pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charge that he assaulted a Rochester man who had been wrongly identified as a burglary suspect.

November 20, 2018

Patrol

Florida Officer Charged in Fatal Patrol Vehicle Collision

The Miami-Dade County State Attorney's Office said on Wednesday that Officer John Young Song—who has been with the police department for six years— was travelling at nearly 80 miles per hour when he crashed his marked patrol vehicle into a car driven by Emilio Vizcaino in March.

November 15, 2018

Patrol

Ex-Chicago Police Commander Accused of Stealing from Social Security

Kenneth Johnson is accused in U.S. District Court of bilking the Social Security Administration out of $363,064 from about June 1994 to November 2017.

November 15, 2018

Patrol

Supreme Court Rejects Officers' Lawsuit in Freddie Gray Case

The High Court agreed with a lower court ruling that Mosby has prosecutorial immunity in the case, declining to take up the appeal, and effectively ending the case in Mosby's favor.

November 14, 2018

Patrol

Sexual Battery Charge Against Florida Officer Dropped

An officer with the Tampa (FL) Police Department who had been accused of sexually battering a woman he pulled over in a traffic stop in 2016 won't be criminally prosecuted.

November 13, 2018