National Police Misconduct Daily NewsFeed Recap 01-08-15
” Here are the nine reports of police misconduct tracked for Thursday, January 8, 2015:
- Wichita, Kansas: An officer was arrested on seven counts of domestic violence. The officer is a 19-year veteran of the department.http://ow.ly/GWKSv
- Los Angeles, California: An officer was charged with exposing himself to five people at the Huntington Beach nature preserve. The victims, all female, range between 12 and 80 years of age. He is alleged to have victimized one 12-year-old girl twice. http://ow.ly/GWNJo
- Update: Park Ridge, Illinois (First reported 03-07-12): A police commander had aggravated battery charges reinstated. He is accused of beating two teenagers. http://ow.ly/GZM4U
- Update: Greene, New York (First reported 04-30-14): The now-former police chief was sentenced to pay restitution for buying personal items—tires and a vacuum cleaner—with public money. http://ow.ly/GZMVv
- Cedar Park, Texas: An officer was fired for lying about his personal relationship with a “known criminal.” The police found pictures of the officer and the suspect together on the suspect’s cell phone during the course of an investigation. According to the news report, the police department said that not only did they fire the officer for being dishonest, but because he accessed police databases about the suspect without legal reason to do so. The suspect has a history of sexual assault and is characterized in other reports as a potential “serial rapist.”http://ow.ly/GZPlT
- Tipton County, Tennessee: A sheriff’s deputy was fired for crashing his cruiser while off duty and intoxicated. His six-year-old son was in front seat of the car and not properly restrained in a booster seat. No injuries were reported from the accident. http://ow.ly/GZQfD
- Edwardsville, Pennsylvania: An officer was charged with obstruction of emergency services. He arrived at the scene of a one vehicle accident and knew the driver. He attempted to get the other first responders to not write-up the driver’s intoxication in their reports. http://ow.ly/GZRdd
- Update: Chattanooga, Tennessee (First reported 09-10-14): A detective who was already suspended for DUI in September was arrested on domestic violence charges. He is alleged to have struck his mother-in-law in the face.http://ow.ly/GZSPd
- Irvington, New Jersey: A police captain was arrested and charged with stalking, criminal mischief, assault, and weapons charges. The captain had been promoted to that rank the morning of the incident and had been at a celebration of that promotion beforehand. She allegedly confronted a city councilman at his home around 11 P.M. that night and repeatedly rammed her car into his. http://ow.ly/H0EBX
This work by Cato Institute is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. “
—
YouViewed/Editorial 
The only one within 800 miles of me is the one in Illinois, a mere 250 miles away. In that incident, the officer was assaulted by youths who took out his car window and, after a chase, let his anger get out of control. Having watched youths who have moved here from the same area live in complete disdain for law and order, I can understand how the officer felt. No, does not condone his actions. But he, like other officers, is only human, going to make mistakes. Should be disciplined. And then should be put back on the front lines for the coming war. OK, nine misconducts in 50 states. I’m sure there are more not listed that went unreported. But, seriously, out of how many police officers? What percentage? And how many of us self-righteous “citizens” have not broken the law? Are there bad cops? Yes. Are there many times more bad citizens? Yes.