Police Misconduct

A grand jury has indicted two Colorado sheriffs deputies in the death of 22-year-old Christian Glass, according to online court records.

The Brooklyn district attorney’s office is asking a court to vacate nearly 400 convictions, 12% of them felonies, that were directly based on the work of 13 former NYPD officers who were later found guilty of crimes committed while on duty, Eric Gonzalez’s office announced Wednesday. The push to dismiss the 378 convictions — 47 felonies and 331 misdemeanors —…

A viral video showing a Florida police sergeant’s aggressive behavior toward a junior officer when she attempted to deescalate an altercation with a suspect has reignited debate over the progress of police reform. Body camera video of the November incident captured Sunrise Police Sgt. Christopher Pullease putting his hands on the throat of the officer who tried to pull him...

A New York police department has become the subject of a federal civil rights investigation over concerns its officers participate in discriminatory policing. The Department of Justice has opened a federal probe, it’s fourth this year, into the Mount Vernon Police Department over concerns of unconstitutional conduct. The pattern or practice investigation will look at allegations of wrongdoing that...

A philanthropic organization led by rapper Jay-Z is seeking police files and other records related to officer misconduct in the Kansas City, Kansas, police department

While the panel cannot fire Eichhammer, it said it found the photo highly offensive and the demands to fire the officer are valid.

The 15-year veteran of the department was accused of assaulting two suspects in separate cases about six months apart. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

Lawmakers in more than 20 states have considered bills this year to make the disciplinary records of police officers public

A security camera captured police officers in Loveland, Colo., watching footage from the arrest of a 73-year-old woman with dementia, which ultimately resulted in them dislocating her shoulder and breaking her arm. While replaying the arrest on their phone, one officer asked, “Ready for the pop? Here comes the pop.”

The Queens District Attorney’s Office has concluded its investigation into the NYPD officer accused of kneeling on a man’s neck, a maneuver prohibited by city lawmakers following the murder of George Floyd. Sircarlyle Arnold of Elmont, Long Island, was stopped by police in Queens for allegedly riding an all-terrain vehicle with a group of others as part of a...

A Rochester, New York police officer has been placed on administrative duty after using pepper spray on a shoplifting suspect who tried to escape with her 3-year-old child in her arms

State and county prosecutors say they are investigating an allegation that police officers in New Jersey assaulted a man “without provocation” in December. Officials said Monday that the public integrity and accountability office of the New Jersey attorney general’s office will be investigating along with Passaic County prosecutors. Officials said the case concerns allegations of assault by Paterson officers...

State and county prosecutors say they are investigating an allegation that police officers in New Jersey assaulted a man “without provocation” in December. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

A lawsuit against a Louisiana sheriff and seven deputies says deputies sat on and kept a chokehold on a shackled, obese, severely autistic 16-year-old for nine minutes until he died a year ago.

The head of the NYPD’s workplace discrimination office has opted to retire days after having been suspended without pay for 30 days after investigators say he posted hateful messages to a website where cops air grievances anonymously. Deputy Inspector James Kobel was relieved of his command in early November after he was accused of penning attacks on Black and Jewish…

Sircarlyle Arnold of Elmont, Long Island, was stopped by police Saturday in Queens for allegedly riding an all-terrain vehicle with a group of others as part of a vigil for a friend who died, according to his attorney Olayemi Olurin.

The Queens District Attorney’s Office is investigating a weekend arrest where an NYPD officer was witnessed kneeling on a man’s neck, a maneuver prohibited by city lawmakers following the murder of George Floyd, for over a minute. Sircarlyle Arnold of Elmont, Long Island, was stopped by police Saturday in Queens for allegedly riding an all-terrain vehicle with a group...

Authorities are investigating after video shows the arrest of a man by an NYPD officer who kneeled on the man’s neck for over a minute.

Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown and the Milwaukee city attorney have agreed to a revised $750,000 settlement of a lawsuit Brown filed after getting taken to the ground, shocked with a Taser and arrested during an encounter with police in 2018

New information on a top NYPD officer accused of posting racist, anti-semitic and homophobic comments on the web. The officer in charge of equal employment and opportunity denies it. But the Councilman who helped expose the posts says the links are clear. Chief investigative reporter Jonathan Dienst has new details on the case.