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Bad Cop: Audio recording of Westland police assault may overturn conviction [Video]
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 01/31/2011 11:41 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
An attorney plans to use an inadvertent 21-minute recording from an officer's lapel microphone as grounds to overturn a misdemeanor conviction against a husband who allegedly was beaten by officers trying to mediate a dispute between the man and his wife.The husband, Jeffrey Kodlowski, suspected his wife of cheating and initiated the March 18, 2009, incident when he took her cell phone in an attempt to prove her infidelity. Marlyn Kodlowski then began a series of phone calls to police that led to the arrival of officers Michael Little and Kyle Dawley to the Kodlowski residence on South Hanlon Street.
Bad Cop: NYPD officer mistakenly shoots drug suspect's dad
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 01/24/2011 08:00 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
A drug raid went awry Saturday when a police officer accidentally fired his gun and wounded the suspect's elderly father, authorities said.Source: Bad Cop: NYPD officer mistakenly shoots drug suspect's dad
Bad Cop: Tampa police pilot suspended for misuse of helicopter
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 01/17/2011 08:06 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
David Dennison flew from Tampa International Airport to St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport to drop off a friend's fishing net.Read more
Bad Cop: CHP officer arrested for husband's murder [Video]
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 01/16/2011 01:46 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
A California Highway Patrol officer was arrested Tuesday for the murder of her husband two years ago.Tomiekia Johnson, 31, was arrested by LAPD homicide detectives at noon Monday. Johnson is accused of murdering her husband, Marcus Lemons, 32, according to a felony complaint filed by L.A. County Deputy District Attorney Natalie Andomian.
Johnson is accused of fatally shooting her husband in a car on Feb. 21, 2009, near a 91 Freeway off-ramp. She then allegedly drove the car to her parents' home in Compton, where Sheriff's deputies found Lemons in the front passenger seat.
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Bad Cop? School bus episode costs Sarasota deputy his job [Video + Poll]
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 01/16/2011 02:24 PM [ Print | 11 comment(s) ]
A Sarasota Sheriff's deputy was fired after he aggressively threw a special-needs student onto a school bus seat and threatened to shock her with a Taser during a videotaped confrontation on the bus.My thoughts on this? I have to admit it this is a catch 22 and the first time I have used "Bad Cop" followed by a question mark. The police were called in because the girl punched, kicked and threw a bottle at an aide on the bus. The girl supposedly had not taken her medicine and would not cooperate with the police. How did you think it would end girl? Had this been you or your loved ones, I don’t think you would really care; the situation had to be handled. It was already known that she was being violent so just like arriving at a domestic dispute; the police need to gain the upper hand. I bet pulling the Taser out would have got her ass up. No mention in the article of what her “special needs” are but it’s not a pass to ignore the law or hurt others. Since the medicine she failed to take was used to curb violent outbursts, you better hope it’s not you the next time the police are called. This won't be the last time we hear about this girl. Maybe next time we should leave the police department out of it and call in the nearest psych ward?
Bad Cop: Top cop thwarted child rape case against friend, released from jail
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 01/14/2011 09:41 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
The town of Windmere is back in the news and it does not involve Tiger Woods this time. In all honesty, what appears to be a very corrupt police department needs an enema as several current and former officers have a history of legal troubles ranging from drug abuse, domestic violence and assault according to court and police records. No, you’re not misreading.Read more
Bad Cop: Flagler deputy swapped cash from evidence with paper towels
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 01/14/2011 09:08 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
A Flagler County Sheriff's deputy was arrested Wednesday, accused of stealing thousands of dollars seized in criminal investigations and replacing the money with paper towels.Sheriff's officials said Deputy Matthew Koenig, 40, was arrested about 3 p.m. Wednesday after a three-month investigation into funds missing from the Sheriff's Office's evidence room.
Officials said the investigation determined that Koenig, a deputy who works as an evidence technician, had removed and replaced $4,847 in seized funds.
Source: Bad Cop: Flagler deputy swapped cash from evidence with paper towels
Bad Cop: Tampa police corporal resigns, accused of having sex on duty in unmarked car
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 01/05/2011 08:35 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
For 24 years, Scott Guffey served as a cop in Tampa. On patrol, he reunited a mother with her baby. As a robbery detective, he earned praise for good arrests. Glowing remarks fill his annual reviews.It all fell apart when internal investigators caught the Tampa police corporal having sex in the back seat of his unmarked car during his shift.
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Bad Cop: Diabetic 'pummeled,' shocked by Hamilton County deputies [Video]
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 01/04/2011 04:40 PM [ Print | 1 comment(s) ]
John Harmon was coming off a late night at work when he left his downtown marketing firm for his Anderson Township home just after midnight in October 2009.The 52-year-old longtime diabetic's blood sugar levels had dipped to a dangerously low level causing him to weave into another lane.
A Hamilton County sheriff's deputy spotted him on Clough Pike and suspected drunken driving.
What happened over the next two minutes and 20 seconds should never happen to anyone, Harmon said.
Bad Cop: Detective accused of OWI still on county payroll, investigation incomplete
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 12/29/2010 09:56 AM [ Print | 1 comment(s) ]
A Sauk County detective arrested in October for drunken driving while on the job is still on paid leave and under investigation, a county official said.Documents related to an internal Sauk County Sheriff's Department investigation of Det. Joel Vodak cannot be released because the investigation is ongoing, Capt. Kevin Fults stated in response to a Baraboo News Republic records request.
A Baraboo police officer cited Vodak for failing to have control of his vehicle after he rear-ended another driver in Baraboo the morning of Oct. 11. Vodak was on duty at the time and driving an unmarked squad car.
Source: Bad Cop: Detective accused of OWI still on county payroll, investigation incomplete
Bad Cop: Twenty police respond to man playing with crossbow in his backyard, seize house
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 12/27/2010 08:10 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
A scuffle outside a Lincoln, Nebraska mobile home turned into a demand to search inside the home after the homeowner was arrested for allegedly assaulting police. Gary Grana was initially accused of shooting a bow and arrow inside city limits after a neighbor called police. The police came to the home and demanded Grana's ID, and according to events featured in a youtube video, Grana believed police had no just cause to demand his ID. The video, posted by youtube user corneliuscomedy, currently has 304 views and is titled Police State. The compelling 20 minute video, recorded by Grana's wife, begins with footage of her front porch with officers piled on top of her husband. She repeatedly demands to know what they are doing and why they are hurting him, that he didn't do anything wrong.The video has since been removed.
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Bad Cop: Former cop, child caseworker accused of possessing child porn
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 12/21/2010 09:14 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
According to the United States Attorney’s Office, 53-year-old Stanley Dorozynski of Frankfort, New York has been charged with two felony counts of receiving and possessing child pornography. Officials say Dorozynski’s 47-year-old girlfriend and her nine-year-old daughter found images of children engaged in sex acts on his computer while they were living with him. Some of the children were reported to possibly be as young as four years old.
Source: Bad Cop: Former cop, child caseworker accused of possessing child porn
Video of officers helps man beat DUI charges [Video]
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 12/21/2010 09:14 AM [ Print | 2 comment(s) ]
Defense attorney Tom Hudson saw the video of a DUI stop and figured it was finally time to turn the tables on law enforcement and film them driving.The stunt helped a Sarasota man beat a DUI charge.
Bad Cop: Sex cases dropped after policeman arrested
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 12/20/2010 08:24 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Legal proceedings against two alleged sex attackers will not go ahead following the arrest of a policeman, who worked in Blackpool, over claims he had an affair with a rape victim.Detective Constable John Cragg resigned his position from Lancashire Constabulary last month amid claims of the inappropriate relationship with the woman. Police have now said he has been since arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office and bailed pending further inquiries.
The case surrounding the alleged affair was put on hold while the CPS reviewed all the cases involving the officer who worked on a specialist rape and sexual assault inquiry team in Blackpool.
Source: Bad Cop: Sex cases dropped after policeman arrested
Bad Cop: Davie police officer convicted of drugging, raping family member to get new trial
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 12/17/2010 08:50 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
A Davie police officer convicted two weeks ago of drugging and raping a family member will get a new trial because the jury forewoman brought a Wikipedia article into deliberations.Broward Circuit Judge Stanton Kaplan declared a mistrial Wednesday after Fay Mason admitted in court that she had downloaded information about "rape trauma syndrome" and sexual assault from the online encyclopedia and brought it to the jury room Dec. 2 — the same day the jury delivered its verdict.
Mason, of Pembroke Pines, told the judge she didn't think she was doing anything wrong.
A jury of your peers? Indeed.
Source: Bad Cop: Davie police officer convicted of drugging, raping family member to get new trial
Bad Cop: Wilmington settles lawsuit over death of former Marine Derek Hale
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 12/12/2010 02:08 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Wilmington has settled for $875,000 a lawsuit filed by the widow of a decorated Marine who was shot to death more than three years ago by police during an investigation of the Pagans Motorcycle Club, according to documents filed in federal court.Papers were filed today to dismiss the federal lawsuit stemming from the November 2006 death of Derek J. Hale.
Hale, a 25-year-old former Marine and member of the Pagans Motorcycle Club from Virginia, was sitting on the steps of the Wilmington home of another Pagan when police surrounded him and stunned him with Taser guns before shooting him.
The office who shot him was promoted to Captain. Stay classy Delaware!
Source: Bad Cop: Wilmington settles lawsuit over death of former Marine Derek Hale
Bad Cop: Bradenton Beach police face lawsuit after ‘kiss’ incident
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 12/10/2010 08:06 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
A lawsuit was recently filed seeking damages against the Bradenton Beach Police Department after a former patrol officer made a felony battery arrest on a 14-year-old boy who blew a kiss at him.Read more
Bad Cop: KC police’s raid, use of stun grenade draw probe
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 12/09/2010 09:36 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Kansas City police have started an internal investigation to determine if tactical officers acted properly when they broke into a home and threw a stun grenade that caught drapes on fire.Read more
Bad Cop: Don't pick up your dog crap? That's a beating.
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 12/08/2010 02:07 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Pictures taken by her son a day after the Nov. 26 incident show Stanczyk with a welt under one eye and a garish purple bruise on her breast, plus injuries to her hands and knee.
Yesterday, the Polish immigrant filed a complaint with the Civilian Complaint Review Board and plans to sue.
"I just doing it to protect other people from police brutality," Stanczyk told the Daily News. "I don't want what happened to me happen to anyone else. I want to protect the others. If it can happen to me it can happen to other people."
Source: Bad Cop: Don't pick up your dog crap? That's a beating.
Bad Cop: San Francisco police crime lab accused of cover-up
Posted in Bad Cop by: TimothyT on: 12/05/2010 07:04 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
The San Francisco police crime lab - just emerging from a scandal over its handling of drug evidence - is facing new accusations that officials covered up an error involving the mix-up of vials to be tested for DNA evidence.Read more
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