The officer—whose name has not been released—was captured on mobile phone video approaching an individual who had been causing a disturbance.
The patch—which had the image of the comic book character as well as the phrase, "Make no mistake, I am the sheepdog"—reportedly raised the ire of some citizens, who notified command staff of the officer's addition to his uniform.
Three officers with the Metro Nashville Police Department have had their law enforcement powers restricted after they allegedly forced open the door of a home mistaken to be the residence of a juvenile offender wanted for a series of property crimes.
The non-profit news organization ProPublica obtained and then published in an online database the disciplinary records of nearly 4,000 officers with the New York Police department.
The director of the Miami-Dade (FL) Police Department says he has begun the process that will likely end with the termination of an officer who was seen on video punching a woman in the face at Miami International Airport earlier this week.
Officer Greg Anderson of the Port of Seattle Police Department is now on administrative leave after posting a video on social media voicing disagreement with the enforcement of the state’s stay-at-home order.
The agency said in an announcement that the altercation took place on Monday between an officer and a student at Camden Fairview High School, and upon completion of an investigation it was determined that the officer violated department policy.
An officer with the Mansfield (OH) Police Department who was terminated in May of last year has been reinstated and will soon return to duty.
An Arkansas judge has ruled that he will not stay an earlier decision to reinstate an officer who had been fired following the fatal shooting of Bradley Blackshire during a traffic stop in February of last year.
An officer with the Boynton Beach (FL) Police Department was suspended for one day after an internal investigation revealed that his patrol rifle was stolen from his unlocked patrol vehicle in May.