Tag: Police ethics
Analysis of police misconduct record laws in all 50 states
CARBONDALE, Illinois — Below is an analysis of public record laws in all 50 states. It is based on an analysis of statutes and...
Police misconduct records secret, difficult to access
CARBONDALE, Illinois — Police misconduct records are either secret or difficult to access in a majority of states - 35 of them plus Washington,...
Charge dropped against Iowa officer accused of abusing power
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Prosecutors dropped a misconduct charge against a Des Moines police officer accused of interfering with an investigation involving his girlfriend,...
Wandering cops shuffle departments, abusing citizens
St. Louis — Timothy Loehmann wanted to be a police officer like his father. He got a job in Independence, Ohio, but it didn’t...
Floyd verdict won’t remove blocks to police accountability
The guilty verdicts in the George Floyd murder case felt like a watershed moment to many Americans. President Biden called the verdicts a “giant...
No. 3 House Democrat, Rep. Clyburn, fined $5K over screening
WASHINGTON — The No. 3 House Democratic leader, Rep. Jim Clyburn, has been fined $5,000 after Capitol Police reported he avoided being screened before...
DAs tossing more drug cases tied to indicted NYPD detective
NEW YORK — New York City prosecutors will seek to overturn scores of additional drug convictions that relied on the work of an indicted...
NYC corruption case prompts dismissal of 90 drug convictions
NEW YORK — Prosecutors are asking a New York City court to throw out 90 drug convictions following a review of arrests involving a...
George Floyd death leads states to require cops to intervene
SALEM, Ore. — When a police officer knelt on the neck of George Floyd in Minneapolis, other officers at the scene didn't intervene, even...
Police groups endorse Biden’s pick for civil rights chief
WASHINGTON — Some of the largest law enforcement groups in the U.S. are throwing their support behind President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the...