Here are the 7 reports of police misconduct tracked for Tuesday, April 23, 2013:

• Clay County, Florida: A deputy has been charged w driving under the influence after he was involved in a traffic crash. He was placed on administrative leave pending the investigation. ow.ly/kjeFu
• Washington Co, Pennsylvania: A state trooper is facing charges after police said he held a knife to his wife’s neck during an argument at their home. Authorities said  he is suspended without pay following the alleged incident. ow.ly/kkZ1T
• Update: Denver, Colorado (First reported 04-09-13): Sheriff’s deputy was formally charged with aiding the escape of an inmate from the Denver Detention Center. ow.ly/kl8PM
• Imperial County, California: Sheriff’s deputy was arrested today on suspicion of oral copulation by a public official against the victim’s will. ow.ly/klbfT
• Update: Chicago, Illinois (First reported 01-30-13): An officer pleaded guilty to charges that he extorted a tow truck driver and also sold firearms to a convicted felon. He is the eleventh officer to be charged in the incident. Under the plea deal, he faces up to 40 years in prison, a fine of up to $750,000, a period of supervision following release, fees related to his court costs and restitution for money he received during the investigation. ow.ly/klfnD
• Update: Miami, Florida (First reported 02-04-13): An officer was convicted of accepting hundreds of dollars in bribes to protect a Liberty City check-cashing business. He has been sentenced to one year and three months in prison. ow.ly/kllmy
• Indianapolis, Indiana: A former police officer who had been drinking when he hit a construction worker, and left the scene, has been sentenced to 60 days home detention. He must also pay restitution. ow.ly/klnU8

Here are the 14 reports of police misconduct tracked for Saturday, April 20 to Monday, April 22, 2013:

• Lake City, Iowa: The assistant police chief allegedly harassed a woman with hundreds of text messages, sent photos with offensive comments about her, and, when he was caught, bribed someone else to take the blame. He has been fired. http://ow.ly/kjhig
• Update: Sacramento, California (First reported 03-25-13): A former police officer was sentenced to one year in jail for falsifying drunken driving reports and lying at a State Department of Motor Vehicles administrative hearing. The judge said that he was particularly disturbed by how the officer’s actions threatened the integrity of the criminal justice system and violated due process of the accused. http://ow.ly/kjg2H
• North Charleston, South Carolina: A police officer is facing charges of driving under the influence after the Highway Patrol says she wrecked an NCPD cruiser while off-duty. http://ow.ly/kjfFp
• Orange County, Florida: A sheriff’s deputy was arrested on charges of domestic battery. Officers said they observed him scream obscenities and push a woman while they were facing each other. http://ow.ly/kjeXw
• Baltimore, Maryland: A former officer pleaded guilty to improperly accessing a law enforcement database to provide information to a drug dealer who was under federal investigation. He was fired after the allegations came up. ow.ly/kilKw
• St. Mary Parish, Louisiana: A sheriff’s office deputy has been arrested in an investigation of drugs being brought into the parish jail. He was booked on multiple counts and has been fired. ow.ly/kilhr
• Update: Minneapolis, Minnesota (First reported 02-08-13): An officer already facing allegations that he raped a juvenile girl was arrested again as new charges came up. He sent explicit messages and photos of his genitalia to an 11-year-old girl.  http://ow.ly/kimUK
• Twin Falls County, Idaho: A deputy has been arrested on charges of felony domestic battery. He was arraigned on three counts, including inflicting traumatic injury. http://ow.ly/kioGh
• New York, New York: A veteran police officer is accused of filing phony tax returns for himself and others. He was charged with filing fraudulent tax returns over 5 years. http://ow.ly/kipd8
• Update: Seattle, Washington (First reported 04-04-13): A police officer pleaded not guilty to an assault charge stemming from a confrontation with a handcuffed man who had assaulted the officer’s wife. http://ow.ly/kiqkC
• Beaverton, Oregon: A police officer was arrested on accusations that he lied to obtain public assistance, including food stamps. http://ow.ly/kiA6U
• Update: Delcambre, Louisiana (First reported 12-12-12): A former police officer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for second-degree kidnapping and sexual battery. He committed the crimes, while on duty, after pulling over a woman during a traffic stop. http://ow.ly/kixYN
• Prince George’s County, Maryland: A now-former police officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison, but will serve only seven, for allegedly selling seized guns. He had been assigned to a task force that seized guns from people unqualified to own them. Prosecutors say he then sold some of those guns to known criminals over the course of up to three years. http://ow.ly/kiGRZ
• Mercer County, New Jersey: A deputy has been fired for driving under the influence of alcohol. http://ow.ly/kjexq

Here are the 9 reports of police misconduct tracked for Friday, April 19, 2013:

• Rehoboth Beach, Delaware: A police officer, caught on video tasering a man, has been placed on administrative leave. An internal investigation is underway. The man in the video says he didn’t deserve the treatment he received from the three officers. ow.ly/keuWR
• Tuscaloosa, Alabama: A former police sergeant pleaded guilty to a criminal civil rights charge for using his authority as a law enforcement officer to sexually assault a woman. “This former officer did the unimaginable when he used his police powers to sexually assault this victim,” said the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department. ow.ly/kcOvl
• Schenectady, New York: A police detective has been put on unpaid leave after being arrested for an alleged “road rage” incident. He has been charged with menacing and placed on unpaid leave from the department. ow.ly/kcOhN
• Davie, Florida: A suspended officer is on trial. He has been accused of drugging and sexually assaulting his teenage step-daughter. He faces a maximum 30 years in prison if convicted of the charges. ow.ly/kcNFw
• Update: Mobile, Alabama (First reported 12-14-12): A former police officer pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge, admitting that conspired with a narcotics dealer to sell marijuana. He resigned his position amid the drug investigation. ow.ly/kcNgI
• Harford County, Maryland: A sheriff’s deputy was arrested and suspended without pay for allegedly giving a towing company privileged information about people whose cars were subject to being repossessed and then being paid for the information. “Police are empowered with specific tools and resources to do their job effectively. Misuse of those resources is not only unethical, it is illegal,” said the sheriff. ow.ly/kcMSg
• Northampton County, Pennsylvania: A deputy sheriff was charged with illegally providing a confidential firearms permit application to a councilwoman. He faces a felony of illegally disseminating firearms information and a misdemeanor of obstructing the administration of law. ow.ly/kcMCq
• San Luis Obispo, California: A narcotics officer is facing criminal allegations of perpetuating a scheme to acquire and sell drugs while on the local beat. He entered not guilty please to a felony charge of bribery and one felony charge of extortion. ow.ly/kcMft
• Erie County, New York: A former sheriff’s deputy admitted she used pepper spray on a handcuffed inmate being escorted by two other deputies. She pleaded guilty to a charge of deprivation of rights under color of law. ow.ly/kcLT8

Here are the 8 reports of police misconduct tracked for Thursday, April 18, 2013:

• Dallas, Texas: A police officer has been suspended with pay after she was arrested for drunk driving. She is now on administrative leave. ow.ly/kcE2S
• Eureka, California: A police sergeant was arrested following allegations of excessive force by a fellow officer and accusations he filed a false police report. “We will not tolerate misconduct by any of our officers, and I firmly believe and stand behind that Police Officer’s Code of Ethics, that each of our officers are expected to conduct themselves under that code,” said the police chief. ow.ly/kcswp
• Martinsburg, West Virginia: The former sheriff will face a sentencing hearing. He has pleaded guilty to charges of using excessive force under color of law for the beating of a since-convicted bank robber. The man suffered a broken nose, a broken jaw, a broken eye socket, and other injuries. ow.ly/kcegQ
• Edwardsville, Illinois: The police chief pleaded guilty to federal charges and admitted stealing roughly $138,000 from the city. He took cash and money orders from a department lock box that contained vehicle impound fees. “I am disgusted and saddened when called upon to prosecute someone who had sworn to uphold the law,” said a U.S. attorney. ow.ly/kccVV
• Dekalb County, Georgia: A police officer who was waiting in the drive-thru line at a McDonald’s is accused of pulling a gun on the customer ahead of him because the officer was angry at having to wait for his food. “I’m just not going to stand for any behavior that goes outside that scope of the law,” the chief said. An investigation is underway. ow.ly/kc2Ue
• Denver, Colorado: An officer has resigned. He has been accused of working another job while simultaneously collecting workers compensation payments. ow.ly/kbDKi
• Charleston, South Carolina: A former police trooper pleaded guilty in federal court to using excessive force when he repeatedly kicked an arrested man in the head and neck following a high speed chase. ow.ly/kaNRa
• New Orleans, Louisiana: An officer was arrested and booked with forcible rape of a 15 year-old girl. He was also booked on charges of sexual battery, and was immediately put on emergency suspension without pay following his arrest. The officer was given a $50,000 bond during a hearing. If he makes bond he must also wear a monitoring device and avoid contact with the victim. ow.ly/kbVb7

Here are the 7 reports of police misconduct tracked for Wednesday, April 17, 2013:

• Newark, New Jersey: A 17-year veteran was indicted this morning on charges he set his SUV on fire and then filed a fraudulent insurance claim. If convicted of the charges, he faces up to 10 years in prison on each charge. ow.ly/kaeSQ
• Asheville, North Carolina: The police department is investigating several of its officers after cell phone video surfaced of a suspect allegedly being tased while in handcuffs. ow.ly/ka62A
• Bedford, Massachusetts: A high-ranking police official and a librarian were charged in a plot to kidnap, torture, and kill women and children, federal prosecutors say. According to the criminal complaint, the men allegedly discussed the plot with the cooperating witness to help him commit these crimes against his wife and some of her relatives. ow.ly/k9xpg
• Price, Utah: A police officer has been sentenced to jail for defrauding his car insurance company. In addition to jail, he gets three years’ probation and must pay $22,000 in restitution. He pleaded guilty in the case. ow.ly/k9uWr
• Update: Anne Arundel County, Maryland (First reported 03-22-13): Police said that no criminal charges will be filed against an officer who placed a camera in a boys’ restroom at a high school. The officer involved in the incident remains on administrative leave. ow.ly/k9uzD
• Riverside County, California: An off-duty sheriff’s deputy suspected of threatening two highway patrol officers as they were detaining him on suspicion of drunken driving and then damaging their patrol car is on paid administrative leave from his job. ow.ly/k9rQR
• San Diego County, California: The County and a detective might be liable for using excessive force and conspiring against a deputy’s ex-girlfriend with a “SWAT-like” raid of her home. On the claim, the court said the force used was “clearly intimidating.” It concluded that the girlfriend is entitled to a trial to prove her claim that the “raid” tactics were used to gain the upper hand in custody mediation. ow.ly/k9fzV

Here are the 12 reports of police misconduct tracked for Tuesday, April 16, 2013:

• Secane, Pennsylvania: A man has filed assault and civil rights claims in federal court against a police officer, alleging he was brutally beaten during a traffic stop and required two rounds of hospitalization. ow.ly/k7EE6
• Albuquerque, New Mexico: A man filed suit after two officers entered his home without a warrant, claiming it was an emergency because they had seen vomit outside the house. A judge threw out the charges and agreed with the man that the police department had no right to go into the home without permission or a warrant. “It’s our understanding that the court dismissed the case because she felt the search was illegal under the United States constitution,” said the District Attorney. ow.ly/k7DLW
• Minneapolis, Minnesota: The city agreed to settle a lawsuit involving the police shooting of two dogs for $225,000. SWAT members executed a search warrant on a home, looking for a weapon. They shot the homeowner’s two dogs. The lawsuit says that the 3-year-old daughter was sitting feet away from the dogs when they were shot. The weapon was never found and no arrests were made. ow.ly/k7CUs
• Streetsboro, Ohio: A police officer was arrested for felony theft. Detectives say they determined that he was involved in the theft of $16,480.59 from Lowe’s. ow.ly/k7CDc
• Des Plaines, Illinois: Thirteen police officers were suspended after allegations surfaced that they intentionally misrepresented their work hours to receive overtime from federal grant funding. Suspensions will range from 7 to 60 days, and some officers will be ordered to make restitution ranging from $184 to $787. ow.ly/k7yIr
• Escambia County, Florida: A woman who was shot five times by deputies is now suing the sheriff and four deputies. She was taken hostage in her home by a former boyfriend, and was being used by him as a shield when deputies opened fire. The shooting was ruled as justified by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the State Attorney. ow.ly/k7vt1
• Denver, Colorado: Another police officer is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a domestic-violence victim has resigned. The 14-year-veteran skirted potential discipline by resigning. ow.ly/k7f9V
• Merryville, Louisiana: The police chief pleaded guilty to abusing his office by falsifying arrest documents after going to Texas to find drugs on a woman whom he had released after a traffic stop. He was given a suspended three-year prison term, 60 days in jail, three years probation and $1,500 in fines. ow.ly/k7e0n
• Little Rock, Arkansas: A police officer has been fired after two internal investigations that the police chief says found the officer committed multiple violations, including misconduct. ow.ly/k76Wt
• Update: Atlanta, Georgia (First reported 02-28-13): A now-former state trooper accused in a crash that killed a woman has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and reckless driving. Officials say he failed to use due regard when traveling through an intersection before the accident. ow.ly/k73lA
• Whitley County, Indiana: A detective was arrested for drunk driving after someone called 911 to report they saw a man stumble to his truck. He faces a charge of operating while intoxicated. ow.ly/k6YQm
• Update: Murray County, Tennessee (First reported 03-28-13): A second former officer has pleaded guilty to obstructing a civil rights investigation connected to a former judge. He was fired for lying during the investigation and now awaits sentencing. ow.ly/k5wJx

Here are the 10 reports of police misconduct tracked for Saturday, April 13, to Monday, April 15, 2013:

• Update: Corona, California (First reported 01-11-13): A police officer who did not disclose allegations that a 13-year-old boy was possibly being abused by the pastor and other members of her church was sentenced today to three years probation and 250 hours of community service. The 23-year veteran was dismissed from the police department within days of her conviction. ow.ly/k5uIS
• Brooklyn, New York: An off-duty police officer shot to death her 1-year-old son and her boyfriend, who is believed to be the child’s father, before taking her own life. The officer’s 19-year-old son managed to escape and find police; he was not injured. ow.ly/k5riW
• Update: Irvington, New Jersey (First reported 02-12-13): A now-former police officer has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted for his role in the kidnapping and assault of a 17-year-old girl. ow.ly/k5u9U
• Los Angeles, California: A sheriff’s deputy has been charged with beating a 19-year-old inmate in the back seat of a patrol car. Another deputy and a female inmate were also in the vehicle, and the woman later complained of the assault. The deputy has been relieved of duty with pay. If convicted he faces three years in jail. ow.ly/k5h99
• Sallisaw, Oklahoma: The police chief has been jailed for borrowing public money for his own use and is being held on a felony embezzlement complaint. He is still currently the police chief. ow.ly/k51y8
• Update: Tempe, Arizona (First reported 09-01-12): A former police officer arrested for theft has pleaded guilty in the case. He was arrested after several items of police property went missing and money was taken from a lockbox. He resigned following the arrest. ow.ly/k5yGk
• Key West, Florida: A one-armed woman has filed a federal lawsuit against a police officer and the city. The suit claims that excessive force was sued against her when she was arrested. The officer says that she kicked at his groin repeatedly when he went to handcuff her, and she accuses him of slamming her into a patrol car for asking him a question. ow.ly/k4Xxl
• Update: Minneapolis, Minnesota (First reported 07-18-12): A police SWAT team leader was convicted of assaulting a man while off-duty at a bar. The jury decided he was not acting in self defense when he punched a man and found him guilty of first-, third-, and fifth-degree assault. A seven-year sentence is recommended under Minnesota sentencing guidelines. ow.ly/k4CzZ
• West Valley, Utah: Narcotics officers stole money and other items from vehicles they seized and may have taken drugs and money confiscated during arrests, an internal audit found. The findings will be shared with the FBI and the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s office to be used in their respective investigations. ow.ly/k4BV7
• Montgomery, Alabama: The police department has charged a police corporal with theft after a fellow officer observed him taking $20 in cash from the personal effects of a suicide victim whose property was being held by the department. ow.ly/k3ujL