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  • Former D.C. cop admits falsifying radar-camera testing records

    08/10/2012 2:25:56 PM PDT · by george76 · 9 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | August 9, 2012 | Andrea Noble
    A former D.C. police officer admitted Thursday to falsifying logs regarding the testing of mobile photo-radar cameras that issue speeding tickets — a move that resulted in the department having to refund more than $17,000 in traffic ticket fines. ... the 22-year department veteran was supposed to be monitoring photo-radar equipment during overtime shifts and taking test photographs once an hour with the cameras to ensure they were working properly. In 2008 and 2009, prosecutors said Mr. Cephas failed to take the once-an-hour shots on 33 occasions and covered up the mistakes by rolling back the clock on the radar...
  • Truck owner wants DEA to pay up after botched sting

    07/30/2012 6:11:01 PM PDT · by Altariel · 15 replies
    Houston Chronicle ^ | July 29, 2012 | Dane Schiller
    The phone rang before sunrise. It woke Craig Patty, owner of a tiny North Texas trucking company, to vexing news about Truck 793 - a big red semi supposedly getting repairs in Houston. "Your driver was shot in your truck," said the caller, a business colleague. "Your truck was loaded with marijuana. He was shot eight times while sitting in the cab. Do you know anything about your driver hauling marijuana?" "What did you say?" Patty recalled asking. "Could you please repeat that?" The truck, it turned out, had been everywhere but in the repair shop. Commandeered by one of...
  • 3 officers, 6 others charged in drug, cigarettes, alcohol scheme (Prince George County, MD)

    11/15/2010 10:43:53 AM PST · by jazusamo · 19 replies
    WaPo ^ | November 15, 2010 | Mary Pat Flaherty , Allison Klein and Matt Zapotosky
    Nine people, including three Prince George's County police officers, were arrested Monday on charges involving drugs, guns and a large-scale scheme to distribute untaxed cigarettes and alcohol, according to federal officials. Sources said the charges are connected to the recent arrest of Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson, but it is unclear exactly how the cases are related. The arrests are part of a larger investigation of corruption in Prince George's. The nine arrested Monday were taken into custody in the early morning hours during an operation that involved 150 law enforcement officers executing as many as a dozen...
  • Woman fears use of cell pics confiscated by cops (Axe To Grind Alert!)

    09/07/2010 12:39:43 AM PDT · by Krankor · 28 replies
    The Herald News ^ | 9/03/2010 | Joe Hosey
    ROMEOVILLE -- When Bridget Polaski stored naked pictures of herself on her cell phone, she never dreamed they would fall in the hands of cops she fears will slap them all over the Internet. "I'm just really upset about my pictures being all over the Internet, if that's where they end up landing," Polaski, 45, said of the seven or so nude cell phone photos that are now in police custody. Bridget Polaski, of Romeoville, was brought in for questioning Aug. 26 as Romeoville police investigated car vandalism. Police kept her cell phone as part of the investigation, but Polaski...
  • Chicago Police Chief Criticized for 'Gang Summit'

    CHICAGO -- The idea seemed simple though bold: Call reputed gang leaders to a meeting with top police and federal prosecutors and deliver an ultimatum to end killings in the nation's third-largest city. But Chicago police Superintendent Jody Weis is facing mounting criticism for holding a so-called "gang summit" last month, even though several police departments across the country have relied on that approach for decades to help reduce crime. Among the chief complaints: that Weis himself was at the meeting, that the department should instead be adding more officers on the streets and that gangs won't take the message...
  • Marijuana plants seized at home of Mont. police chief

    08/05/2010 1:38:38 PM PDT · by george76 · 14 replies
    Williston Herald ^ | August 3, 2010 | Nick Smith
    Officers with the Roosevelt County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant Friday, seizing marijuana plants from the home of Poplar, Mont., Police Chief Chad Hilde. Seized during the search were several suspected marijuana plants and materials alleged to be used in the growth of the plants. Deputies are currently getting an arrest warrant for Hilde through the Roosevelt County Attorney's Office... the search was part of the department’s Operation New Beginning launched in spring 2009 to keep illegal drugs out of the community.
  • Ex-Minneapolis Cop Sentenced To 8 Years (The SWAT Team Bank Robber)

    08/02/2010 4:30:34 PM PDT · by The Magical Mischief Tour · 14 replies · 7+ views
    WCCO ^ | 08/02/2010 | WCCO
    A former Minneapolis SWAT team member was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for the Jan. 6 robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank in Apple Valley. Timothy Carson, 29, pleaded guilty in March to two counts -- one for armed robbery and one firearms count. He received seven years for using a firearm and one year for the bank robbery. "When police officers break the law, it shakes public confidence and trust in ways we cannot measure. Today's sentence makes clear that no one is above the law," said United States Attorney B. Todd Jones, following the sentencing.
  • Cop Couple Accused In Towing Scheme That Shocks PD

    06/17/2010 12:57:53 PM PDT · by inflorida · 18 replies · 793+ views
    WFTV.com ^ | June 17, 2010 | WFTV
    FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. -- Two Bunnell police officers, a husband and wife, are facing charges and a city commissioner is under investigation after an illegal towing operation was exposed.Investigators say, when the two officers, Lt. John Murray, who is second in command, and his wife Lisa, would pull over a driver and, for example, arrest them after finding drugs inside the vehicle, even if the vehicle was legally and safely parked, they would have the vehicle towed anyway. The alleged scheme in the case is that the towing company is owned by a Bunnell city commissioner.The second in command at...
  • Are Cameras the New Guns?

    06/03/2010 6:59:40 AM PDT · by RoseyT · 56 replies · 1,031+ views
    Gizmodo.com ^ | 6/2/2010 | Wendy McElroy
    In response to a flood of Facebook and YouTube videos that depict police abuse, a new trend in law enforcement is gaining popularity. In at least three states, it is now illegal to record any on-duty police officer. Even if the encounter involves you and may be necessary to your defense, and even if the recording is on a public street where no expectation of privacy exists. The legal justification for arresting the "shooter" rests on existing wiretapping or eavesdropping laws, with statutes against obstructing law enforcement sometimes cited. Illinois, Massachusetts, and Maryland are among the 12 states in which...
  • A lab-tech wreck for the NYPD: 'Faked' tests send DAs scrambling

    05/11/2010 6:06:52 AM PDT · by AtlasStalled · 9 replies · 775+ views
    New York Post ^ | 05/11/10 | MURRAY WEISS and DAN MANGAN
    technician in the NYPD's forensics lab has been suspended for allegedly falsifying drug-test results, throwing into question "maybe thousands" of criminal cases -- and prompting a panicked meeting yesterday between cops and the city district attorneys. A Bronx drug trial was even abruptly halted last week because the longtime lab technician, Mariem Megalla, was supposed to testify in that case, sources told The Post. The NYPD last week sent out an emergency e-mail to the city's five DAs warning them about the evidence disaster and telling them to examine pending felony case files for evidence tested by her. In all...
  • TSA worker accused of assaulting co-worker over comments about genitalia

    05/07/2010 8:23:50 AM PDT · by ConservativeStatement · 32 replies · 895+ views
    South Florida Sun Sentinel ^ | May 7, 2010 | Ken Kaye
    It's the fear of many air travelers: Step into full-body scanning machines and Transportation Security Administration officers might get an eyeful of their private parts. That is apparently what has been happening on a regular basis — at least during TSA training sessions — and earlier this week it led one Miami International Airport transportation security officer to allegedly attack a co-worker with a baton. The co-worker had been making fun of the size of the officer's genitals, according to Miami-Dade police.
  • San Luis Police officers guilty of drug smuggling

    05/05/2010 6:38:48 AM PDT · by TankerKC · 8 replies · 286+ views
    Cal Coast News ^ | May 3, 2010 | KAREN VELIE
    By KAREN VELIE CalCoastNews has learned that two San Luis Obispo police officers have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of bringing misbranded Mexican prescription drugs into the United States at the San Ysidro port of entry south of San Diego. The officers, Dan McDow and Armando Limon, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanors in exchange for no jail time and a year of unsupervised probation, according to court documents obtained by CalCoastNews. Last Sept. 15, the two officers were stopped and detained while reentering the U.S. from the Mexican border town of Tijuana, said Lauren Mack, spokesperson for Immigration and Customs...
  • Officers Caught in Nasty Dog-Licking Scandal

    04/29/2010 5:09:55 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 38 replies · 886+ views
    NBC Miami ^ | Thu, Apr 29, 2010 | TODD WRIGHT
    Dog ate out of peanut butter jar, which was then put back on the shelf for unsuspecting officers If a Fort Lauderdale police officer offers you a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, run away. Several high-ranking officers are under investigation and could face criminal charges for letting a dog eat out of a peanut butter jar and then placing it back on the shelf for other unsuspecting officers to use, according to the South Florida Times. It's unclear how many officers ate the contaminated peanut butter, but the prank wasn't discovered until after a detective realized he had caught several...
  • Fort Worth Officer Accused Of Smoking Pot On Duty

    04/28/2010 1:08:46 PM PDT · by Texican72 · 27 replies · 658+ views
    CBS 11 / TXA21 ^ | April 28, 2010 | Sana Syed
    FORT WORTH (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ― Fort Worth police Officer Wesley Lamb is accused of smoking marijuana while on duty and in uniform. Chief Jeff Halstead announced the arrest at a news conference Wednesday morning. 34-year-old Wesley Lamb was arrested Wednesday morning following a tip from a Fort Worth resident. He's accused of using and possessing marijuana while on duty. Halstead announced the arrest to a group of new police recruits Wednesday morning. He made it clear that this behavior will not be tolerated. Halstead also told the rookies that he has created a special team of investigators...
  • VIDEO: Three Providence, RI Cops Busted In Drug Sting

    03/05/2010 8:15:44 AM PST · by AtlasStalled · 6 replies · 381+ views
    Friends of Ours ^ | 03/05/10 | Friends of Ours
    In Providence, RI three cops are among those arrested after a four-month investigation into an alleged drug trafficking ring, and one of the cops -- Sgt. Stephen T. Gonsalves -- is "a former driver for Mayor David N. Cicilline and husband of the mayor's executive assistant" Xiomara Gonsalves as reported by Thomas J. Morgan and Richard C. Dujardin for The Providence Journal. The other two cops are Detective Sgt. Joseph A. Colanduano, "a narcotics detective assigned to the Narcotics and Organized Crime Bureau" who has been "charged with conspiracy to deliver cocaine and compounding and concealing a felony, and larceny...
  • Fire chief shot by cop in Ark. court over tickets

    09/03/2009 3:23:56 PM PDT · by JoeProBono · 56 replies · 2,764+ views
    hosted. ^ | Sep 3, | JON GAMBRELL
    ERICHO, Ark. (AP) -- It was just too much, having to return to court twice on the same day to contest yet another traffic ticket, and Fire Chief Don Payne didn't hesitate to tell the judge what he thought of the police and their speed traps. The response from cops? They shot him. Right there in court.
  • Photo Ticket Cameras to Track Drivers Nationwide

    09/17/2008 1:25:41 PM PDT · by steve-b · 59 replies · 468+ views
    Private companies in the US are hoping to use red light cameras and speed cameras as the basis for a nationwide surveillance network similar to one that will be active next year in the UK. Redflex and American Traffic Solutions (ATS), the top two photo enforcement providers in the US, are quietly shopping new motorist tracking options to prospective state and local government clients.... The technology would be integrated with the Australian company's existing red light camera and speed camera systems. It allows officials to keep full video records of passing motorists and their passengers, limited only by available hard...
  • EXCLUSIVE: Video shows police beating at 201 Poplar (Policeman fired)

    06/18/2008 8:20:33 AM PDT · by tlb · 71 replies · 877+ views
    WMC ^ | June 18, 2008 | WMC
    MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - Exclusive video obtained by Action News 5 shows a Memphis police officer beating a suspect at 201 Poplar in an apparent case of police brutality. The video, recorded February 12th, shows Duanna Johnson in the booking area at the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center after an arrest for prostitution. The tape clearly shows a Memphis police officer walk over to Johnson - a transsexual - and hit her in the face several times. "Actually he was trying to get me to come over to where he was, and I responded by telling him that wasn't my...