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If you are a police officer, trooper, court officer, correction officer, telecommunicator, highway patrol, federal agent, or any other type of police (peace) officer either full-time, part-time or retired that has been disrespected or insulted by another police agency (officer) by not receiving some sort of professional courtesy, please email staff (at) copswritingcops.com with the information. If you have been arrested for a crime and want to use this as a podium to rant, go somewhere else. This is a site for officers getting traffic tickets that ANY normal civilian could get a warning on, verbal or written. This is...

Missouri: Police Roadblock Harassment Caught on TapeSt. Louis County, Missouri threaten to arrest a teenager for refusing to discuss his personal travel plans. A teenager harassed by police in St. Louis, Missouri caught the incident on tape. Brett Darrow, 19, had his video camera rolling last month as he drove his 1997 Maxima, minding his own business. He approached a drunk driving roadblock where he was stopped, detained and threatened with arrest when he declined to enter a conversation with a police officer about his personal travel habits. Now Darrow is considering filing suit against St. Louis County Police. "I'm...

ST. GEORGE — A police officer who was recorded berating a motorist earlier this month has lost his job. The board of aldermen voted 5-0, with one member absent, to fire Sgt. James Kuehnlein on Monday. The vote was cast in a session closed to the public and wasn't announced until Wednesday, when a notice was posted at the City Hall of this tiny south St. Louis County community. In a video that got wide viewership on the Internet, Kuehnlein taunts and threatens motorist Brett Darrow, 20, sometimes shouting and using profanity, after questioning him in a commuter lot near...

Boston's finest have been ordered to dress the part. Detectives are now required to wear ``business casual'' attire. Patrol cops were ordered to remove any earrings or pins not issued by Boston police and to change after working uniformed details so they are not coming to work dirty. The edict was passed to Boston police supervisors by Bureau of Field Services Superintendent Robert Dunford shortly after he was appointed last month. He also demanded that detectives attend roll call, ordinarily not a requirement. ``When any police officer has contact with a citizen, they represent the Boston Police Department,'' Dunford said...