Badge Abuse

Long Beach, CA — Long Beach police were pursuing a man fleeing from a Target Store security guard for “a crime allegedly committed at the store,” the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said late Sunday. When deputies arrived to help security officers locked in a struggle with the man, he pulled …

18,000 complaints in the bay area alone, in just the last 5 years. April 29, 2014 A California state law called the Police Officer’s Bill of Rights (POBOR) protects police from those who allege misconduct. POBOR allows police to keep secret the details of internal investigations or even official findings …

April 29, 2014 On March 25, 2014, the Huron County Sheriff’s Department in Ohio made a huge mistake, and has since embroiled the entire community into a huge mud-slinging contest. It all started when HCSO deputies burst into John Collins’ apartment and forced him to the floor at gunpoint, stating …

“You’re gonna be arrested for..uh…for…uh..uh…” April 29, 2014 Struggling to find a reason for arresting Lazaro Estrada, Miami-Dade Ofc. Michael Valdez, tries to quickly make up a charge, “uh…uh…Obstruction of Justice!” Apparently Officer Valdez, despite being surrounded by a half dozen of his armed friends, in bullet proof vests, “felt threatened” …

April 29, 2014 Las Cruces Police Detective Michael Garcia was a 15 year veteran who was tasked with investigating crimes against children who’ve been preyed upon by adults. Little did everyone know that Garcia had secrets of his own. According to KOB News, in May 2011, Garcia responded to a …

April 29, 2014 Kevin Burgs of the Pembroke Pines Police department was one of several police officers responding to a call at a local jewelry store which had just been robbed. Being the good Samaritan that Burgs pretends to be, he did not want this jewelry store owner to be …

April 28, 2014 Jeremy Yachik was a cop who brought his brutality home. His psychopathic behavior led to him being caught on video kicking and beating his 15 year old daughter for the crime of “eating carrots.” According to court records, the girl told Loveland police investigators that Yachik abused …

Tim Cushing techdirt.com April 28, 2014   Automatic license plate readers can scan plates at a rate of one per second. Nationwide, several hundred million plate/location records have been captured and stored by a variety of contractors. Mathematics alone says mistakes will be made. Except when mistakes are made with …

Ricky Vitte Jr. Saga a Story of Masterbating with Children While Serving the “Public” April 28, 2014 OhioCopBlock.org The scene: Porn is being watched, and an adult male is masturbating, while teaching a young boy “what to do”. This isn’t the opening scene of Law & Order:SVU, or the beginning …

“You will get off my property or you will go to jail!” April 28, 2014 A citizen journalist, going by the youtube handle Uncovering the Corruption was out in front of the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Department. He was practicing his freedom of speech on what he thought was public property. By …