Dixon police are checking to see if local vehicles are left unlocked under a new program called "Gotcha!"
A Reddit user posted an image of a ticket he received reminding him to lock up his vehicle by local Illinois authorities and claimed that the "local police department unlawfully" entered his "unlocked vehicle to prove a point."
A U.S. House committee alleged Wednesday that a former high-ranking federal police official had sex in government cars while on official duty -- one of a series of incidents of misconduct the committee said it identified at the federal National Institute of Standards and Technology in Maryland.
The letter from the U.S. House Science Committee also detailed missing police equipment, security lapses and alleged time-and-attendance fraud. The letter was obtained by the News4 I-Team.<... (more)
The California Highway Patrol is investigating claims made by a motorcyclist in Oakhurst, who says an officer endangered his life during an unconventional traffic stop, and he has the video evidence from his GoPro to prove it.
In the video, Hunter Smith is riding on Road 426 when the officer pulls out in front of him and breaks abruptly. Smith says the maneuver almost caused him to crash.
The CHP officer wrote Smith a ticket for speeding, but the video of the traffi... (more)
“I thought he was going to die,” 13-year-old John DeVault Jr. said of a Southwestern District Baltimore police officer shooting his unarmed uncle in the leg.
On Monday, the teen was waiting for 40-year-old John Joseph Rau to walk him home from an art studio near the 2400 block of Washington Boulevard where he had just finished class.
A Missouri woman sued the small-town mayor she says sent police and other city employees to harass her after she began regularly flipping him off.
Tina Warren filed a federal lawsuit last week against Bill Kirkpatrick, the mayor of Piedmont, accusing the elected official of retaliating against her for her one-finger political expression, reported the Riverfront Times.
The mayor directed city workers to remove Warren’s water meter and ordered Piedmont poli... (more)
They get to wear nice suits, wield guns and hang around the President. They're entrusted with protecting perhaps the most important person in the world. The US Secret Service should only be staffed with the best the nation has to offer. Instead, its recent protective efforts can be generously de... (more)
Tyler, TX — One of the rudimentary principles of due process is that punishment must follow conviction for a crime. Jack Skeen, a District Judge in Smith County, Texas, may have jeopardized a murder trial by using a pain compliance device called a "shock belt" to inflict summary punishment on the defendant in front of the jury.
A criminal gang of Puerto Rican cops gets indicted, prison guards run wild all over the country, and more cops get in trouble for stealing dope and cash. Let"s get to it:
A belligerent New York state police trooper intent on harassing a man for daring to film the New York State Police headquarters in Latham with a drone was thoroughly schooled by a bold cop blocker who stood up for his rights and refused to give in to his intimidation.
Adam Rupeka wrote of his "schooling" incident on Cop Block: ... (more)
Three residents of Arena, Wisconsin posted critical and provocative messages on the Facebook page of the local police department. All of those comments were purged by the officer who administered that page. Only one of them, however, resulted in criminal charges.
Thomas Smith was arrested and charged with “disorderly conduct” and “unlawful use of a computeriz... (more)
Memphis, TN – A video uploaded to Facebook yesterday afternoon, is causing serious backlash against the tactics being used by police to serve an arrest warrant.
As the video begins, several heavily armed men can be seen arresting a man who appeared to be fully compliant with their instructions. Within seconds this “typical” arrest would become yet another example of the incredulous behavior we so often see in the Police State.
Rehoboth Beach, DE — An innocent disabled couple has filed a lawsuit against the Delaware state police for unconscionable horrors inflicted upon them during a fruitless early morning raid.
Ruther Hayes, a disabled veteran, was severely beaten by police officers during the raid as he attempted to give his wife Lisa a sponge bath. Lisa Hayes is a quadriplegic with cerebral palsy who was receiving a sponge bath on the bed when multiple officers forced their way into the couple&... (more)
It is never a good sign when a police officer turns off his dashcam in the middle of of a traffic stop. That is what happened in Chicago, Illinois after officers realized that they had pulled over no ordinary driver.
George R. Roberts, 51, was making his way home on East 85th Street on New Year's Day when he saw the flashing lights in his rear-view mirror. Roberts is a supervising investigator for the city's Independent Police Review Authority. He exposes police corruption for a l... (more)
For any sane individual, having that goon Chris Christie as your governor should be reason enough to pack up your bags and immediately vacate the state. Here’s another reason.
TRENTON -- The state Supreme Court on Thursday overturned its own 2009 decision on warrantless car searches, broadening police authority to search vehi
Five years ago this week, FBI agents raided the homes of six political activists of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) in Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin, as well as the office of the nonprofit Anti-War Committee. Those activists are still waiting to learn when, or even if, they ... (more)
I recall as a child my parents scoffing at police officers playing grab-ass. “Our tax dollars at work,” my father would say.
To most Americans, the sight of a sleeping cop might perpetuate a similar reaction, but I submit that we should rejoice at such a spectacle. If a police officer is sleeping, it does not mean he or she has taken a morally objectionable route that will result in a less protected society.
To the contrary, it means the officer is not e... (more)
Despite the fact that many states are finally legalizing the plant and the culture is starting to be more accepting, in recent years, there has actually been an increase in marijuana arrests. In fact, more often than once every minute, someone is arrested and put in a cage for marijuana possession.
Many prohibitionists and mainstream media commentators insist that police have a hands-off strategy with marijuana and that small time users never actually do any time under the current... (more)
This week it was announced that Oregon will be expunging the old records of marijuana offenders, along with their new legalization plan. This measure is the farthest that a state has gone to date in regards to applying the new laws to old cases. However, for people who remain in jail for having a plant, the legalization plan does not go far enough.
According to the New York Times, people who have low-level felony or misdemeanor marijuana charges on their record that are at lea... (more)
While poor people get life sentences for petty marijuana offenses, DEA agents tasked with fighting the war on drugs can get caught running drugs and lying to the authorities and still keep their jobs.
USA Today reports:
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed its employees to stay
“The Internet is watching us now. If they want to. They can see what sites you visit. In the future, television will be watching us, and customizing itself to what it knows about us. The thrilling thing is, that will make us feel we’re part of the medium. The scary thing is, we’ll lose our right to privacy. An ad will appear in the air around us, talking directly to us.”—Director Steven Spielberg, Minority Report
There's a new narrative out there -- one that's being repeated by campaigning politicians and buttressed by fearful news reports. Apparently, the public has declared war on law enforcement. Each shooting of a police officer is presented as evidence that it's open season on cops. Officers aren't simply killed. They're "targeted." The problem is, the stats don't back this up.
Radley Balko has posted a very thorough examination of actual statistics pertaining to officers killed (... (more)
A short video clip has emerged showing a Fairfax County, Virginia deputy tase a man in the back as he can be seen complying with commands to put his hands on the officer’s police cruiser in the Rose Hill area of the Franconia district on Thursday.
Witnesses can be heard protesting the officers actions on the video, and one told local reporters that the unidentified man “did not try to run or nothing.”
Hancock County, Ind. -- School and anti-marijuana activist groups in Hancock County are debuting "marijuana goggles" at a community event this weekend, in an effort to "fight teen drug use."
According to WISH TV, "the goggles allow the teens to see through the eyes of someone who has been smoking, without ever lighting up themselves."
