Here are the 7 reports of police misconduct tracked for May 26-29, 2012:
- Former Wheaton, Illinois police officer stole $30,000 from a charity for fallen officers has been sentenced to 2 years probation. Prosecutors accused the officer of using the stolen money to pay for a lifestyle of women, motorcycles, and alcohol http://bit.ly/LBFD1Z
- A Birmingham, Alabama police officer has been accused in a string of arsons. The Birmingham Police Department obtained warrants against the officer on Friday, May 25. http://bit.ly/M2r2m2
- Loveland, Colorado officer has been charged with possessing child pornography. The officer faces felony charges of sexual exploitation of a child. http://bit.ly/Ka18wh
- A Barnstable, Massachusetts ex-cop has been sentenced to 6 months in jail for driving drunk while transporting a Little League baseball player to Rehoboth, DE. The officer pled guilty to drunken driving and child endangerment http://bit.ly/KBVIYa
- A Fort Worth cop responds to the wrong address, where he shoots and kills a dog. The owners claim the shooting was unnecessary. “As the dogs were getting closer to attack/bite the officer, the officer fired his service weapon, striking the dog closest to him,” said police spokesman Sgt. Pedro Criado http://bit.ly/M3bwqd
- Mesa, Arizona off-duty police officer engaged in a road-rage incident. Now police have concluded that the veteran officer was to blame, not the other man involved in the incident, who was originally arrested for the confrontation http://bit.ly/M3pcBq
- 2 Pasadena police officers are under internal investigation for allegedly intimidating suspects and witnesses. “We are investigating this complaint,” said police spokeswoman Lieutenant Phlunte Riddle. “It’s a complaint. If we took every officer off of their assignment when a complaint comes in, there would be no due process.” http://bit.ly/KhNEK5
