Police Misconduct

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.

The head of the New York Police Department’s workplace discrimination office has been relieved of command while officials investigate whether he posted hateful messages to a website where officers anonymously air grievances.

The head of the NYPD’s workplace discrimination office has been relieved of his command while officials investigate allegations he posted hateful messages to a website where cops air grievances anonymously, the police chief said Thursday. A day later, Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted that if the investigation finds the allegations to be true, Deputy Inspector James Kobel “will be...

Two police officers in Asbury Park, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today to Criminal Mischief admitting they vandalized two vehicles belonging to a victim filed a complaint against them.

A drug called ketamine that’s injected as a sedative during arrests has drawn new scrutiny since a young Black man named Elijah McClain died in suburban Denver