Here are the 8 reports of police misconduct tracked for Thursday, December 6, 2012:
- Barnstable, Massachusetts: An officer who pleaded guilty to drunken driving charges has resigned. He submitted his letter of resignation rather than going through a hearing to fight his anticipated dismissal. ow.ly/fSoor
- Update: Milwaukee, Wisconsin: An officer who was fired for punching a handcuffed woman got his job back from the police commission. The police chief had said that it was clear he lost control and was using excessive force. ow.ly/fSjMm
- Shenandoah County, Virginia: A deputy resigned after facing two charges of hunting and trapping without a license. http://ow.ly/fSqMk
- Update: Barren County, Kentucky: More charges have been filed against the police chief. The charges are use of unreasonable force by a law officer and destruction of records. http://ow.ly/fSrJT
- South Bend, Indiana: A patrolman has been accused of failed to file a report about a theft, as well as lying about alerting other officers to the incident. http://ow.ly/fStiN
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: An officer got into a car accident while she was off-duty. She left the scene of the crash and then submitted a false accident report. She was later compensated by her insurance company for the damage to her car. She has been arrested and charged. http://ow.ly/fSujS
- Genessee County, New York: A police officer has been charged with assaulting another woman during a country music concert. She was off-duty at the time of the incident. http://ow.ly/fSHmL
- Boulder, Colorado: An officer was arrested on suspicion of a DUI. He had trouble keeping his car in the lane, and told an officer, “I’m drunk.” http://ow.ly/fSvr9
