A new victim has emerged in the Daniel Holtzclaw case, an earlier victim whose complaint was not taken seriously by Oklahoma City police. Holtzclaw was sentenced to life in prison in December for raping or sexually assaulting multiple women while on duty as an Oklahoma City police officer between 2013 …
March, 2016
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7 March
Two Arkansas Jailers Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Female Detainee
Two Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office jailers have been arrested after authorities claim they sexually assaulted a female detainee. James Ferguson, 18, of White Hall, and Lafarius Hoskins, 25, of Conway, have been charged with third-degree sexual assault of a female detainee regarding the incident in question. Witnesses described an abuse of …
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2 March
Georgia Police Chief And Reporting Officer Arrested On False Imprisonment Charges
A Georgia police chief and reporting officer have been arrested and charged with false imprisonment under color of legal process, theft by extortion, and violation of oath by a public officer. Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) spokesman Greg Ramsey says that Police Chief David King, 58, and officer Blake Scheff, …
February, 2016
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26 February
Ohio Judge Finds Ex-Cop Guilty Of Raping 16-Year-Old Girl While Off Duty
A judge in Lima, Ohio found a former police officer guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl on Tuesday. 28-year-old Justin Bentz, who was fired after the crime last year, reportedly committed the rape while off-duty only hours after participating in a continuing education course on sexual assault against minors. Prosecutor …
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25 February
Unarmed Black Man Gary Gunn Walking Home At Night Killed By Montgomery Police Who Can Only Say He “Appeared Suspicious”
Next in tonight’s lethal force double feature, we turn to Montgomery, Alabama for the death of 59-year old black man, Greg Gunn, shot and killed at around 3:20 Thursday morning outside of his neighbor’s home on his own street for simply appearing to be “suspicious”. In contrast to the officer-involved …
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25 February
29 Cadets Thrown Out Of Pennsylvania State Police Academy For Involvement In Cheating Scandal
According to Pennsylvania State Police commissioner Tyree Blocker, 29 cadets have left the Police Academy in light of a cheating scandal, some were dismissed and some left voluntarily when faced with an internal probe. Blocker told the media February 4th that a comprehensive investigation was underway after agency staff suspected …
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19 February
Black Officer Edwin Raymond Slams NYPD With Lawsuit Over Quota-Based Policing And Discrimination
Edwin Raymond, an eight year veteran of the New York Police Department, is heading a class action lawsuit involving 12 other black and latino police officers against ‘New York’s Finest,’ alleging that the NYPD is instructing its officers to satisfy predetermined numerary objectives for arrests and tickets every month. In other words, the quota system the department …
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17 February
Two LAPD Officers Worked Together To Rape And Sexually Assault Women Arrested For Narcotics, Finally Charged After Two Year Investigation
Two veteran LAPD officers were arrested by detectives from the same police force on Wednesday and charged with a series of sexual assaults, most of which occurred while they were on duty. The officers are expected in court on Thursday and are now held on more than $3.5 million bail. Prosecutors allege …
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16 February
NOPD Botches Rape Investigation To Protect Former Officer Who Once Had An Affair With The Victim
A bizarre love triangle between an adulterous former cop, a woman, and her alleged rapist, 35-year-old cable TV installer, Ronnie A. Torregano began to unfold Tuesday in a New Orleans court. Orleans Parish prosecutor Jason Napoli told the jurors that NOPD completely botched the rape investigation and that “the only person …
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16 February
Former Officer Arrested In Houston County On Valentine’s Day For Felony Aggravated Stalking–For The Second Time!
Houston County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Jeffrey Lee Schulmerich, 51, a former Dothan police officer on Valentine’s Day and charged him with felony aggravated stalking. According to Sheriff’s Capt. Antonio Gonzalez, deputies served Schulmerich with a felony warrant on Sunday for a previous event that did not happen on Valentine’s …
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11 February
Feds Raid Georgia Prisons, FBI Arrests 46 Georgia Correctional Officers In Massive Drug Trafficking Operation
Federal law enforcement officials have reported the arrest of 46 correctional officers, both current and former, in nine Georgia prisons. The arrests were the result of a two-year undercover sting operation which originally focused on smuggling cell phones. The FBI had been alerted to the fact that guards were acquiring …
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11 February
Jury Deliberates Today On Ex-San Jose Cop Accused Of Raping Woman In Her Hotel Room While On Duty
Prosecution of the former San Jose police officer, 40-year-old Geoffrey Graves for raping a woman while on duty began on February 1st before Judge Ron Del Pozzo at the Hall of Justice in San Jose. Today the jury will begin its deliberations. With the help of a Spanish to English …
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10 February
U.S. Government Sues City Of Ferguson Over Police Reform
The U.S. government and Attorney General Loretta Lynch are tired of waiting on Ferguson to clean up its police department. Today the feds filed a lawsuit against the Missouri City for unconstitutional police misconduct after the Ferguson City Council changed the terms of a deal it had been negotiating with the …
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9 February
Hackers Release Police Files That Show How Easily Cops Hide Complaints Against Themselves From The Public
After hackers released files to the public taken from the Fraternal Order of Police, the largest union for law enforcement officers in the U.S., analysts have begun to examine heaps of data uncovered in the cyber attack. A wealth of information has been found in the 2.5 GB of released data, …
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8 February
26th Rikers Island Officer To Be Arrested in Two Years; Nicole Bartley Charged With Rape and Smuggling
Corrections Officer Nicole Bartley, 30, has been arrested for having an illegal sexual relationship with an inmate and smuggling marijuana. Bartley is now the 26th officer at Rikers Island to have been arrested for misconduct since 2014. Drug-sniffing dogs indicated the smell of marijuana on Bartley Saturday morning and although officers …