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He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000. June 26, 2024.
1 / 2 Middle-Finger-Police-Lawsuit This image taken from police dashcam video shows Gregory Bombard getting arrested on Feb. 9, 2018 n St. Albans, Vt. Vermont has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit on behalf of Bombard who was charged with a crime for giving a...
Fresno police chief resigns after investigation into alleged affair with officer’s wife. June 25, 2024.
Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama resigned after a lengthy investigation into an alleged affair with an officer's wife. (Eric Paul Zamora / TNS) Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama, who had been under investigation since February following allegations he had an...
Minnesota Gov. Walz signs law banning ‘excited delirium’ for police. June 5, 2024.
Gov. Tim Walz signed a law prohibiting training for licensed police officers on "excited delirium," making Minnesota at least the third state to ban a diagnosis that national medical associations have rejected as pseudoscience. Excited delirium usually refers to a...
California law bars ex-LAPD officer Mark Fuhrman, who lied at OJ Simpson trial, from policing. June 7, 2024.
1 / 2 OJ Simpson Mark Fuhrman FILE - Los Angeles Police Detective Mark Fuhrman shows the jury in the O.J. Simpson double murder trial evidence during testimony Friday, March 10, 1995, in Los Angeles. Fuhrman, 72, who was convicted of lying on the witness stand in the...
‘I own my mistakes’: Chief Balderrama addresses ‘inappropriate off-duty’ relationship. June 10, 2024.
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama has sent a message to Fresno Police Officers, addressing his “inappropriate off-duty relationship” and asking his team for forgiveness. In the message, he says he met with command staff and professional...
Family of Texas man who died after altercation with jailers wants federal investigation. June 11, 2024.
This photo shows Anthony Johnson Jr. and his mother Jacqualyne at the Marine Core graduation in Miramar, San Diego, Calif., during the fall of 2012. Johnson Jr., 31, a former Marine, died April 21, 2024, after fighting with jailers who were conducting a search for...
A police officer orders you to exit your car during a traffic stop. Do you have to comply? June 18, 2024.
A recent incident has sparked debate over individual civil rights during a traffic stop. If a police officer orders you to get out of your car, do you have to comply? The routine traffic stop in Rochester last month escalated when police smashed a man's car window and...
Louisville Metro Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel suspended. June 13, 2024.
Louisville Metro Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel has been suspended following concerns over how she has handled a workplace sexual harassment allegation involving LMPD officers, Mayor Craig Greenberg announced in a news conference Wednesday evening. "I will not...
Retired police chief takes his life after allegedly attacking Myrtle Beach judge. June 12, 2024.
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A Myrtle Beach traffic court judge claimed she was threatened and attacked after her house was broken into last month, according to a Horry County police report obtained by News13. The aggravated assault was filed by Brana Williams against...
Ohio officer fired after being accused of having sex with Kroger employee while on special duty. June 15, 2024.
An Ohio police officer was fired this week after he was accused of having consensual sex with a Kroger employee while working special duty. Robert Spann, a former Columbus Division of Police Officer, was working special duty at Kroger at the time of the incident...