Here are the 8 reports of police misconduct tracked for Thursday, September 20, 2012:
- Beach Park, Illinois: A family is still wondering what happened when a package was delivered and then 10 minutes later drug raiders burst through the front door. Their home was raided and left in shambles, and nothing has been done to fix it, even though the officers found nothing illegal. bit.ly/Rw61ma
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: A public school police officer has been charged with nearly two dozen counts of sex crimes stemming from a police investigation into former students’ accusations that he sexually assaulted them. He was arrested and suspended, and then he resigned. bit.ly/R34Gkv
- Bellevue, Washington: The police department is investigating three officers after they allegedly taunted Seattle police officers at a Seahawks game. A Bellevue police chief released a statement that said she personally called the Seattle police officer to apologize and said it was unacceptable behavior and did not represent the Bellevue Police Department. bit.ly/RuzRrs
- Update: Chicago, Illinois: An officer was charged with felony bribery and official misconduct. He solicited and accepted a $5,000 bribe to let a driver off after a traffic stop. bit.ly/S88gfm
- Colonial Beach, Virginia: An officer was charged with felonious assault following a reported fight in an apartment building. The officer got into a fight with another man and officers had to break up the fight after they responded to a 911 call. bit.ly/PL893Y
- Baltimore, Maryland: An officer has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for working to traffic heroin. “Using a police officer’s badge and gun to commit crime is a particularly egregious threat to the community. This case highlights the fact that the law enforcement community will not tolerate crime, especially when committed by those sworn to oppose it,” said the FBI agent in charge of the investigation. bit.ly/PVhfP8
- Boise, Idaho: An officer abused his position as a high school resource officer to sexually abuse a boy for months, the student says. The student is now seeking punitive damages. bit.ly/Ul6sMm
- Albuquerque, New Mexico: Friends and family of a high-profile attorney found dead inside her home have always maintained she was murdered, even though medical investigators and police ruled her death a suicide. But a document has been obtained, filed by an APD officer who was at the scene two years ago, that alleges it was a staged murder. APD was criticized for its response at the scene. An inordinate number of officers were at the scene and there are accusations that officers were making jokes. One officer was punished for posting on the Internet that there’s “a special place in hell for her.” bit.ly/OERns9
