“Here are the 15 reports of police misconduct tracked by our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this weekend, November 13-14, 2010:
* The Franklin County Ohio sheriff’s department is the subject of a class action lawsuit alleging that the policy towards taser use in jail is excessive and violating the rights of prisoners in that staff are deploying the device as a compliance tool even in non-threatening situations. [0]
* The Collier County Florida sheriff and Prison Health Services, which is the contractor responsible for medical services there, are being sued by a woman who lost her baby in the jail due to the denial of medical care that had been prescribed for her and that she began to suffer septic shock because the dead fetus was left inside her long after she should have been induced. [3]
* Three Des Moines Washington police officer’s actions are the subject of an investigation after they fatally shot a family’s pet Newfoundland that had escaped and was reported for wandering in traffic. Witnesses allege that the dog was no threat at the time. [0]
* Ventura County California has settled suit for $87,500 to a man who was cleaning a county building when he was injured by a police dog that picked up his scent while it was being trained at the same time in that building. [0]
* A Liberty Twp Ohio police officer has been fired on allegations he abused his position in order to harass and threaten his neighbors for filing complaints about the 23 dogs he had at his home. [0]
* A Los Angeles California police officer has resigned on allegations he accessed a police database in order to find info about witnesses in a murder trial on behalf of the man who was convicted, who also happened to be his girlfriend’s brother. [0]
* A Lakewood Washington police officer has resigned in the face of possible termination over allegations he used his badge to get out of trouble when police responded to a disturbance he caused at Oktoberfest. [0]
* Albany Oregon police are the subject of a tort claim alleging they failed to properly verify that they had the right man when they arrested and jailed a county IT worker in a mistaken ID warrant arrest for a man with a different middle name who was born in a different state. [2]
* The Los Angeles California police department has been warned about racial profiling by the US DOJ who referred to a recording of police officers discussing how they can’t do their jobs without profiling and that it’s no big deal. [2]
* A Vian Oklahoma assistant police chief has been arrested for domestic violence and public intoxication after he allegedly got kicked out of a bar by bouncers, threw a cellphone at his girlfriend, then grabbed his gun from his truck and told her he was going to teach those bouncers what a real police officer was. [0]
* A US Customs & Border Protection supervisor was arrested while off-duty for terroristic threats, assault and vandalism when he apparently lost his temper while waiting in line in his car and refused to pay a parking fee. He then allegedly jumped out and started kicking the car behind him when it honked its horn while allegedly shouting racial slurs at the car’s occupants. [0]
* A University of Tennessee police officer has been fired after an FBI investigation into a high stakes gambling operation implicated him as acting as security for the events. [0]
* The Sacramento County California sheriff is being sued by 4 female deputies claiming sexual harassment, discrimination & retaliation against them for filing a complaint about it.
* The former head of internal affairs for the Galveston Texas police department has been suspended for unspecified reasons while the police chief has fallen into quite a bit of controversy himself. The chief blames a lawsuit filed against him by his officer as the reason why he won’t disclose why the officer was suspended. [3]
* And finally, a Pineville Louisiana police officer has been placed on leave while he’s the subject of an unspecified investigation by state police, no details have been released. [3]“
via Police Misconduct NewsFeed Weekend Recap 11-14-10 – Injustice Everywhere.
