Here are the 8 reports of police misconduct tracked for Friday, December 12, 2012:
- Oviedo, Florida: A police officer has resigned from the force after being accused of stalking a woman. An internal investigation found the officer violated several department policies when he followed a bank teller after asking for her phone number hours earlier. http://ow.ly/giwX4
- Commerce City, Colorado: An officer was charged with a felony count of aggravated cruelty to animals. He shot a dog and it was caught on tape. http://ow.ly/gimkh
- Update: San Diego, California: A woman filed a claim in court, accusing an officer of pulling her hair during a struggle in front of her burning home. http://ow.ly/gilyz
- Gallatin, Tennessee: An officer pleaded guilty to drunken driving. He was sentenced to serve two days in jail for the charge. http://ow.ly/ghVBl
- Minneapolis, Minnesota: Former Police Lieutenant has been convicted of theft and forgery three years after she was put on leave for stealing money from a police organization. http://ow.ly/ghUxc
- Hertford County, North Carolina: A former chief deputy sheriff has been indicted by a federal grand jury for violating an inmate’s civil rights. He was charged this summer with assault inflicting serious injury and simple assault after an altercation that took place in a courtroom involving an inmate http://ow.ly/ghTUA
- Greene County, Tennessee: A former deputy pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of a woman. While on duty, he admits to pulling a man and woman over during a traffic stop. Court documents state the woman told the officer she would do anything to get out of charges. They met, and the woman performed a sexual act with him. http://ow.ly/ghTr0
- Catabwa County, North Carolina: A former sheriff’s deputy says she was sexually harassed by a superior officer and the sheriff retaliated and fired her when she complained. http://ow.ly/gh5Ng
