Illinois Cops Turned $850 Into a $20,000 Pension Boost
Why did the pension board go along with the scam? Probably because its members are current officers and retirees.
Why did the pension board go along with the scam? Probably because its members are current officers and retirees.
Posting a recording of the interaction to the internet would be illegal, the marshal said.
But what she did wasn't actually illegal.
The NYPD's largest union was dealt a defeat in its attempt to make body cam footage confidential, but it says it might appeal.
The mass shooting became a story about gun control. But it's also a story of incomprehensible government failure.
Roses are red, violets are blue. The state is violence.
Plus: Rapper 21 Savage released from ICE custody and more details on how Homeland Security scammed immigrant students
Good intentions, private fears, and innovative entrepreneurs vying for government contracts are killing privacy in public places.
"My son with autism was forced out of the home with military-style rifles aimed at him and made to sit on the cold, wet ground for over an hour."
An obscure provision designed to protect personnel records makes it nearly impossible to hold the state's cops accountable.
The AG's report suggests Emantic Bradford was in the wrong for simply carrying a firearm.
Idaho police seized the product and charged the driver with a felony.
Operation Lucky Bag targets people whose actions hurt absolutely no one.
Adrian Burrell was well within his rights to record the officer.
Thank the police union.
Also suspicious: Recording police behavior.
It all seems rather petty.
Spoiler alert: It wasn't heroin.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
A newly passed police transparency bill is under attack across the state. The latest tactic: insisting it's not retroactive.
It's safe to say this guy would not make a good president.
Dashcam footage shows officers kneeing, tackling, and punching Lawrence Crosby while shouting, "Stop resisting."
Online black markets shift faster than police can respond
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
Out with the old cronies. In with the new ones?
Compelled use of facial and finger recognition features runs afoul of the Fifth Amendment.
The former Attorney General has made it much for difficult for the DOJ to crack down on police departments accused of civil rights violations.
A new year brings new transparency, and new lawsuits to try to limit it.
Body cam footage shows the officer getting chewed out by his supervisor shortly afterward.
"Must've taken some real investigative prowess to pull this off."
A second cop in South Dakota is keeping his name concealed from the public after a fatal shooting.
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office reluctantly turned over footage of shelter employees dragging, slapping, and pushing migrant children.
The officer who cooked up the story adds that he collects "a lot of great (and incredibly raw) intelligence" by reading comment threads.
The Parkland shooting has led to policy changes, controversial court rulings, and even a free speech lawsuit.
Two brothers were arrested at a Giants-49ers game after cursing out and flipping off the Giants players. Now they're suing.
In the absence of evidence, an innocent man was treated like a criminal.
Spoiler alert: It didn't work.
Sen. Tom Cotton pushes a poison pill amendment to a vital criminal justice reform bill.
A Reason investigation of a notorious Texas public records loophole found 81 cases where police hid records of shootings and deaths in custody.
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