National Police Misconduct NewsFeed For 3-10-11

Orange TX is being sued by the family of a man who was fatally shot by an off-duty police captain after a dispute the man had with a auto parts store employee. The suit alleges that the city is negligent by keeping the officer on the force despite an alleged history of excessive force and off-duty violence. The suit also apparently alleges that the officer did a “victory dance” after the shooting.
http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/233904-family-files-civil-suit-against-officer...

A former Crescent City FL police officer admitted that he was a life-long pedophile and that he believes he molested anywhere from 200-300 young girls throughout his life during his sentencing hearing attended by at least four of his victims. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison on just 2 counts of molestation. While it’s not clear if the charges he was sentenced for involve activity that occurred while he was a police officer, his confession appears to indicate that some of his victims were molested while he was an officer.
http://www.palatkadailynews.com/articles/2011/03/09/news/news01.txt

A Fort Worth TX police officer who was already arrested on sexual assault charge is now being accused of sexually assaulting at least four other women while he was on duty.
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/03/09/2909898/former-fort-worth-police-officer...

The sheriff of Fayette County AL is being sued by the ACLU of Alabama on allegations that he has been preventing ACLU lawyers from interviewing or visiting detainees in his jail who have been complaining about mistreatment and civil rights violations.
http://www.myfoxal.com/Global/story.asp?S=14219487

A Gallatin County MT deputy has resigned before he was charged with a felony for mistereating a detainee. Apparently the deputy was caught on video grabbing a handcuffed female 17-year-old runaway by the throat and shoving her into the wall with such force that her hair was “momentarily extended due to the rapid movement.” Fortunately a Bozeman police sergeant entered the room and intervened.
http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/27140008/detail.html

A St Louis MO police officer who was caught on video repeatedly striking a man with a metal baton on New Years Eve while working an off-duty security gig at a gas station is now being sued over another off-duty security job incident where he’s accused of using excessive force against a man while working security at a bar.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_ea27c076-4aa3-11e0-9...

A New York NY police officer is the subject of a lawsuit filed by a 5’2″ former concert pianist who claims that the officer gave her a concussion when he dragged her down marble steps after a dispute she had about tickets at an opera.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2011/03/09/2011-03-09_concert_pianist_a...

The city of Reno NV was found negligent by a jury that awarded a little over $100k to a woman who was a teen when a now-former police sergeant coerced her into stripping in his police cruiser when she was detained. While the officer beat criminal charges resulting from that alleged incident the department fired him after an internal investigation.
http://www.foxreno.com/11at11/27135813/detail.html

A Dallas TX police officer was suspended while under investigation on allegations that he ordered a woman to strip after she had called police to report a theft.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/dallas/headlines/20110309-dallas-o...

A Clarksville TN police officer is on leave while under investigation on allegations that he assaulted a woman. Officials are not releasing any details in this case, including whether the alleged assault occurred on or off duty.
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20110309/NEWS01/103090312/Clarksville-of...|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

A Monroe County TN detective’s ploy to pose as a “federal defense attorney” in an effort to convince a suspect into confessing and accepting a plea deal has been ruled as unconstitutional by an appeals court after a judge had previously ruled that it was an acceptable practice.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/jan/20/investigators-trickery-voids-criminal-c...

The now-former sheriff of Whitley County KY has been named in a federal affidavit involving an alleged drug ring in which he’s accused of trading shotguns from the department in exchange for drugs.
http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/Former_sheriff_named_in_federal_drug_affi...

A now-former King County WA deputy who resigned last month has been arrested in Arkansas. Apparently he was accused of stealing drugs that were intended for use in training police dogs.
http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/Former_sheriff_named_in_federal_drug_affi...

Nine Fort Worth TX police officers are facing charges on allegations that they participated in a scheme to collect overtime pay worth over $95,000 for hours they didn’t work.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/03/08/apparent-scam-costs-the-city-of-fort-worth-bi...

A Palm Beach County FL deputy has been charged with aggravated assault for allegedly firing her service revolver during a dispute with her husband over a woman’s phone number she found on his cell phone.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/fl-pbso-domestic-lauderhill-20110309,0...

A Vancouver WA police detective has been fired on allegations that he failed to report a relationship he knew about between a fellow officer and an informant who had an ongoing meth habit. Two other officers are currently under investigation over similar allegations that the violated policy by failing to report the relationship which was also a violation of policy
http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/mar/09/vancouver-police-fire-detective-for-mi...

The now former police chief of Lilburn GA who was fired over unspecified misconduct was apparently the subject of sexual harassment allegations made by a subordinate officer according to records that were just recently released.
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/localnews/headlines/117626434.html

And finally, two San Francisco CA police officers are the subject of a lawsuit filed by a former police officer who claims he lost his job when the pair falsely arrested him while he was jogging in a park.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/09/BAFV1I6DNR.DTL