Here are the 6 reports of police misconduct tracked for Friday, May 25, 2012:
- A Denver, Colorado police officer allegedly sexually assaulted a woman during a traffic stop. The officer was charged with rape and kidnapping charges http://bit.ly/KSgal8
- A lieutenant with the Schenectady County Sheriff’s Office has been demoted and suspended for striking a correction officer http://bit.ly/JcE75K
- Dallas City Council approves $500,000 settlement for motorcyclist, Andrew Collins, whose beating was caught on a police dash-cam. “It was a good resolution to a bad situation,” said Mr. Collins’ attorney. “It was an acknowledgment from the city that Mr. Collins’ civil rights had been seriously violated.” Criminal charges are pending against the three former officers http://bit.ly/Kp4HvT
- A New Jersey officer tried to set up a sexual encounter with a 12-year-old girl. The officer sent explicit photos of himself in uniform. The accused Woodland Park officer pleaded not guilty to charges ranging from attempted aggravated assault to luring and enticing a child http://bit.ly/JCk4D2
- In Barre, Vermont, prosecutors alleged an off-duty cop left a bar Jan. 3, 2011, entered his neighbor’s apartment and stole a flat-screen TV from under her Christmas tree. When confronted at his home by two officers, the cop, Zak Winston, tossed the TV into the river behind his apartment. Winston was found guilty of felony unlawful trespass, misdemeanor unlawful mischief and misdemeanor resisting arrest http://bfpne.ws/JYQKas
- Lanagan, Missouri police chief and a officer have been indicted and suspended for forgery pertaining to racial profiling reports and citations http://bit.ly/K5qLwm
