Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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As Uvalde Parents Seethe, Recourse Against Police May Be Limited
May 31 2022 // Texas police accused of bungling the response to a mass shooter in an Uvalde school where 19 children and two teachers were killed aren’t likely to be held liable in a civil court, benefiting from broad immunity...
Jury Grants 2 Former Philadelphia Police Officers $1M Bias Verdict Against City
May 27 2022 // Two former police officers whose gender discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit led Philadelphia’s police commissioner to resign have won a $1 million verdict against the city. A federal jury on Tuesday found...
Miami-Dade to Pay $4 Million in Police Chase Crash That Injured Baby
May 26 2022 // Miami-Dade County has agreed to pay a record $4 million for the care of a girl whose spinal cord was severed in a crash with a police cruiser that was speeding into an intersection with non-working stoplights as a...
Ex-Louisiana Police Boss Faces Contempt in Ronald Greene Probe
May 17 2022 // Lawmakers investigating the deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene voted unanimously last week to hold the former head of the Louisiana State Police in contempt for defying a subpoena and refusing to turn over the...
Judge Advances Suit Alleging Virginia Police Officers Protected Sex Traffickers
May 17 2022 // A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit against two former police officers accused of protecting a sex trafficking ring in northern Virginia in exchange for sex can move forward. The former Fairfax County officers,...
Court Lets Connecticut Police Hiring Lawsuit Proceed
May 16 2022 // A former Bridgeport assistant police chief’s lawsuit claiming he was defrauded out of the police chief’s job can go forward, a state appeals court has ruled. James Nardozzi’s lawsuit stemmed from the...
Black Female Officers Sue Kansas City Police Department
May 12 2022 // Two Black female police officers allege in separate lawsuits that they were subjected to discrimination, retaliation and a hostile work environment at the Kansas City Police Department. Officer Rashawnda Williams said in...
Louisiana Lawmakers Seek Police Boss’ Journals in Ronald Green Probe
May 4 2022 // Lawmakers investigating the deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene are preparing to hold the former head of the Louisiana State Police in contempt for refusing to turn over his journals after talks broke down Monday...
Probe Finds Race Discrimination by Minneapolis Police
Apr 29 2022 // The Minneapolis Police Department has engaged in a pattern of race discrimination for at least a decade, including stopping and arresting Black people at a higher rate than white people, using force more often on people of...
Parents of Man Killed by Police in Washington File Wrongful Death Suit
Apr 25 2022 // The parents of a man killed in Washington by Auburn police have filed a federal wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit alleging an officer shot Enosa Strickland Jr. in the back of the head while he was lying in a parking...
Arbitrator Clears Police Officers Who Pushed Buffalo Protester But Lawsuit Continues
Apr 13 2022 // An arbitrator has ruled that two Buffalo police officers didn’t violate the department’s use-of-force guidelines when they pushed a 75-year-old protester to the ground in June 2020 during racial injustice...
Maine Jury Sides With Newspaper Over Police Officer Defamation Case
Apr 8 2022 // A Maine jury has sided with a media company in a lawsuit over newspaper stories about sex abuse allegations involving a former police captain. The case stemmed from articles that were published in the Biddeford-Saco-Old...
Police Investigate Allegations of Women’s Rugby Team Hazing at Vermont University
Apr 5 2022 // Police in Vermont are investigating allegations of hazing involving the women’s rugby team at Norwich University, authorities said. Multiple law enforcement agencies went to a residence hall at the private military...
British Police, Probing Lapsus$ Hackers, Charge 2 Teenagers With Cyber Offenses
Apr 5 2022 // The City of London police, which has been investigating the Lapsus$ hacking group, said on Friday it had charged two teenagers with cyber offenses. A 16-year-old and 17-year-old were charged with unauthorized access to a...
Kansas City Police to Pay $325,000 to Teen After Violent Arrest
Apr 1 2022 // A Black Kansas City teenager will receive a $325,000 settlement after three white police officers hit him more than 10 times and used a stun gun on him, according to an excessive force lawsuit. It is the third settlement...
Parents of Teen Shot on Bridge Sue Pennsylvania State Police, District Attorney
Apr 1 2022 // The parents of a 19-year-old man who was killed by state troopers on an overpass in the Pocono Mountains filed a wrongful-death suit Wednesday, saying video that Pennsylvania State Police initially tried to keep secret...
New Hampshire Police Officer Fails in Bid for Qualified Immunity for Truck Driver Arrest
Mar 30 2022 // An Ossipee, New Hampshire police officer failed in his bid to have an excessive force and unlawful arrest complaint against him dismissed based on his contention he is entitled to qualified immunity protection. A federal...
Judge Upholds $2M Verdict in Boston Police Gender Discrimination Suit
Mar 28 2022 // A federal judge has upheld the verdict that awarded a high-ranking Boston police detective $2 million after she accused her former boss of gender discrimination, harassment and retaliation. U.S. District Court Judge Leo...
British Police Arrest 7 Suspected Members of Lapsus$ Hacking Group
Mar 25 2022 // Police in Britain have arrested seven people following a series of hacks by the Lapsus$ hacking group which targeted major firms including Okta Inc. and Microsoft Corp., City of London Police said on Thursday. San...
Bridgetender Was Texting When Woman Fell; Supervisor Urged Cover-up, Police Say
Mar 22 2022 // The bridgetender in charge of a South Florida drawbridge where a woman fell to her death last month did not follow safety procedures and appeared to be texting before the woman slipped from the structure, according to news...
