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The cameraman, Phil Datz, was standing on the sidewalk of Sycamore Avenue in Bohemia, video taping the end of a police chase, when a Fifth Precinct police officer told him to “just go away.” Mr. Datz called Suffolk County Police Public Information Officer to get permission which was granted, Mr Datz was still arrested while filming from one block away on a public street while cars used the same road without restriction. Suffolk County police confirmed that Datz was arrested and said he was charged with obstruction of governmental administration. He was taken to the Fifth Precinct stationhouse in Patchogue...

SALEM, IN (WAVE) – A police officer is facing drunk driving charges in Washington County, Indiana and the arresting officers say he was carrying a message about drug abuse education at the time. Not only a police officer, but according to the Seymour Police Department website, he is the School Resource Officer, responsible for seven schools, acting as a mentor and providing students with a role model. It even states that he conducts lectures on narcotics and alcohol and their effects on driving. Seymour Police Officer John Newcomb (Source; Washington County, IN Jail) Witnesses say when Newcomb was taken from...

The popular speaker announces plans to leave the priesthood amid an investigation into allegations of misconduct, and his religious superior breaks his silence on the investigation. Raising more questions than it answered, the message did not state the precise reason why Father Corapi chose to resign from the priesthood, rather than waiting for the outcome of SOLT’s investigation of the alleged misconduct.

A Baltimore City police officer has pleaded guilty to extorting car accident victims. According to the plea agreement, Reeping said he would contact fellow Officer Alexis Moreno Mejia, who would then arrive at a crash scene to arrange to tow the vehicle to Majestic. The court document indicated that Moreno would then pay Reeping up to $300 for each vehicle taken to Majestic.

A D.C. police officer charged with murder and manslaughter in the death of a young Prince George’s County mother and her 1-year-old child will be held without bond.

HAMMOND | Four federal agencies are probing an alleged gun-running scheme involving Lake County Sheriff's Department personnel. Current Sheriff John Buncich said he stripped six officers of police powers Tuesday, the same day federal authorities raided sites in a case Buncich claims he prompted after taking office this year. The guns allegedly sold include weapons owned by the county, or confiscated during arrests, the source said. The officers on leave are Capt. Marco Kuyachich, Lt. Michael Reilly, Sgt. Joseph Kumstar, Officer Ronald Slusser, Officer Edward Kabella and Officer Scott Shelhart.

When Menlo Park police officers busted into an East Palo Alto home and pointed a firearm at a two-year old girl in November, they had the wrong house, say the two homeowners, who are filing a $500,000 claim against both cities. The East Palo Alto City Council rejected the claim on an unanimous vote. The Menlo Park City Council has yet to consider the case.

New Orleans Capt. Jeff Winn has been fired from the department today for his failure to notify NOPD investigators about his knowledge of what happened in the Henry Glover civil rights case, according to his attorney. Winn testified at trial that he knew a man who had been shot arrived at school grounds in Algiers where his officers in the NOPD's Special Operations Division had set up camp in the chaotic week after Hurricane Katrina. He told two of his subordinates -- Officer Greg McRae and Lt. Dwayne Scheuermann -- to drive the man's body, inside a car, to...

A Pima County Sheriff's Department SWAT team shot and killed Jose Guerena eight days ago; it was executing a search warrant. Four days ago, in a news conference, a sheriff's deputy said the department makes it clear when SWAT is about to enter a home. Lt. Michael O'Connor says SWAT says it never wants to be mistaken for other people, "We had our large armored vehicle there with the markings on it. It also has lights and sirens. It was going. So we do everything we can to try to portray the image that we're law enforcement, we're not home...

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - 9 On Your Side has uncovered startling new information in the case of a man SWAT team members killed Thursday. Medical attention was standing by to try to save Jose Guereña. Paramedics waited more than an hour. Then deputies sent them away By then Guereña was dead.

Jose Guerena, 26, was killed when a SWAT team came to his house to serve a search warrant Guerena's wife, Vanessa, said the SWAT team did not identify themselves Thinking it was a home invasion, Guerena got his rifle Now, Pima County Sheriff's officials are refuting original claims that Guerena fired at the SWAT members. In fact, they confirmed his safety was still on when his gun was recovered. Also, officials said that reports that some SWAT officers' shields were riddled with bullets are also untrue. SWAT gunned Jose down with 71 rounds fired in just about seven seconds; officials...

DENVER -- The city's Independent Monitor believes a Denver police officer who was found to have used inappropriate force and then lied in the investigation should have been fired. The city and the officer are now being sued for the officer's actions. How Many Officers Lie On The Job? "Is it possible that an officer or deputy could lie from here on out and still have their job?" asked 7NEWS reporter Marshall Zelinger. "It can happen, but you have to make the decision on a case-by-case basis," said Rosenthal. "The problem is if you create one that is automatic termination...

Thirty cops were secretly recorded during the massive probe, and what was heard on thousands of hours of tape goes far beyond just making traffic violations disappear for family and friends. Sources tell me what's yet to come out is potentially criminal conduct: • Several officers allegedly tried to deep-six domestic violence incidents involving off-duty cops before police headquarters found out. • Others allegedly tried to quash drunk-driving incidents involving their brethren. • And still others were allegedly overheard making arrangements for and paying prostitutes. Evidence is being presented to a Bronx grand jury that's weighing criminal charges. A source...

A transcript of one wiretap from the investigation offers a sense of just how commonplace the practice is. In a telephone call, a Bronx police officer told a union delegate that a cousin of the officer’s boyfriend had received a speeding ticket in Queens. The delegate assured her that “I’ll get this taken care of” and promised to call two union officials elsewhere who he thought could help, according to the transcript. The delegate added that even in the “worst-case scenario” — if the ticket was not “pulled tomorrow” — there was still hope, the transcript says. “We’ll speak to...

Officer David Warren received 25 years in prison, and Officer Greg McRae was sentenced to more than 17 years for the murder and burning the body of Henry Glover, 31, on September 2, 2005. A third officer, Travis McCabe, was convicted of writing a false police report on the shooting.

Captured: Michael Sykes A 19-year-old gang member wanted by police over the alleged rape of an 11-year-old girl by seven teenagers was captured on Monday. Moreno Valley police Lt. Chad Bianco said his case was unusual because it targeted an innocent victim. Another bad part of the story is that an older female led the girl to the Victoriano Park where the gang was waiting for her. The female has also been arrested for her role in the rape.

"The sisters have asked the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts to order the fund’s trustees to provide a full accounting or rule that the sisters were never part of the plan and must be reimbursed for their contributions. The sisters also requested the archdiocese pay their legal fees." "The nuns' lawyer, Michael McLaughlin, said they hesitated to sue the trustees, particularly O'Malley, but felt they had no other choice." "The lawsuit is also reportedly asking the court to review documents in connection with the 2010 sale of Caritas Christi Health Care system, a chain of catholic hospitals, to a for-profit...

COLONIE -- "Treat him like you treat me. Give him God's love," he recalled the priest saying. The bedroom door would close as a second priest would allegedly rape the little boy. When it was over, the victim said, the Rev. Alan Jupin would walk him to a bathroom where a third priest, seated, would make him perform oral sex." Bishop Hubbard announced he had suspended three of the priests: Jupin, Louis Douglas, 82, and Donald Ophals, 77. It's at least the second time since 2003 the three priests have been accused of sexual molestation. "Since 2002 we've removed 24...

New Orleans Police Department's Culture of Corruption - Executive Summary "Our findings show that the problems facing the NOPD are wide-ranging, systemic, and deeply rooted in the culture of the department," Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, stated" "The NOPD has long been a troubled agency. Basic elements of effective policing— clear policies, training, accountability, and confidence of the citizenry—have been absent for years. Far too often, officers show a lack of respect for the civil rights and dignity of the people of New Orleans." "Our investigation, which covered incidents that occurred within the past...

Summation of article. 1) Sea Isle City citizens had to pay $1 million dollars to settle lawsuits cause by corrupt police who have still have not been fired. 2) Cases involved beating of a minor with hemophelia, perjury, falsifying warrants, cover-up by the department, and racism. A) "Documents provided by the city before the Feb. 1 and 2, 2007 trial, as well as testimony by officers at trial, gave contradictory information about which officers were present, the suit said, alleging this was done to cover up officers' wrongdoing." B) "U.S. District Court Judge Robert B. Kugler wrote in 2008 that...