"There's no national database of police officers that are terminated for misconduct," Houghtaling said. "So they may commit misconduct in one jurisdiction and maybe lose their job there, and then go down the street 30 miles to a different city or county or get a new job. There is sort ...
Mayor Frank Jackson, in a cleveland.com editorial board meeting earlier this month, also noted that settlement amounts have become higher in recent years, especially as a national spotlight has shone on the issue of police misconduct. "There used to be a time where you settle for a few hund...
Operation is required for probable cause to arrest for driving under the influence or while impaired. It is well-settled that, for purposes of VTL 1192, the concept of “operation” requires the intent to move the vehicleSee, e.g.Peoplev.O’Connor, 159 Misc. 2d 1072, __,607 N.Y.S....
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One place — like, say, New York City — might have more civil rights lawyers who are willing to take on police misconduct cases. There might be formal or informal caps on how much a city will pay in a settlement. It’s possible that juries in some parts of the c...
The head of the commission says Whelan’s allegations against the military police are significant. “If substantiated, they could amount to a deliberate failure to properly investigate the serious allegation of sexual misconduct, possibly because the investigation was conducted with the objective of reac...
These are among about two dozens other complaints about the CPD's dealing with migrants. "The incident involving the 10th District, and now the 19th, are the only that have any sort of sexual misconduct components to them," Kersten said. ...
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And cases with protective orders have statistically significantly higher settlement amounts than those without. These results are consistent with a conclusion that NYPD officers, and the City of New York, may pay more to keep misconduct records secret. The standards to modify a protective ...
Breonna Taylor's mother says her fight for justice is not over after the city of Louisville agreed to settle the family's wrongful death lawsuit for $12 million — the biggest settlement the city has ever paid in a police misconduct case. CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan, who sat down...