Tennessee Law Officials Settle Claim They Arrested Man for Meme Over Fallen Officer November 1, 2023 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A prosecutor and two Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents have settled a First Amendment lawsuit for...
Mississippi Sheriff Claims Immunity to Federal Lawsuit Over Torture of Black Men October 16, 2023 By Michael Goldberg The Mississippi sheriff who leads the department where former deputies pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal...
Audit Finds Connecticut State Police Falsified Traffic Stop Data July 3, 2023 By Dave Collins Hundreds of Connecticut state police troopers falsified information on at least 26,000 traffic stops from 2014 to 2021, skewing reports...
Two New Jersey Police Chiefs Facing Charges April 14, 2023 New Jersey authorities on Wednesday arrested a small-town police chief, charging him with sexually assaulting subordinates over more than a...
Robot Dog. Stolen Car Tracker. Security Cone. New York Police Go High-Tech April 14, 2023 By Karen Matthews New York City officials unveiled three new high-tech policing devices Tuesday, including a robotic dog that critics called creepy when...
Man Exonerated in Malcolm X Killing Sues New York City for $40 Million July 18, 2022 By Karen Matthews A man who was exonerated last year in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X has filed a $40 million lawsuit...
Alabama Database to Track Police Officer Complaints, Disciplinary Action April 27, 2021 By Kim Chandler Alabama will create a database to track disciplinary actions and excessive force complaints against law enforcement officers, a measure aimed...
Self-Insured Minneapolis Will Tap City Budget to Pay Floyd Settlement March 17, 2021 By Fola Akinnibi Minneapolis will have to look beyond its insurance fund to pay out the $27 million settlement to George Floyd’s family...
Insurance Plays Key Role in Civil Rights Settlements Against Law Enforcement September 2, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Municipalities, their insurers and risk pools should be heeding the current public re-examination of police and prosecutorial actions taking place...
Insurers Exploring ‘New World’ of Police Officer Professional Liability July 24, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn and Alwyn Scott U.S. insurers and brokers are starting to craft professional liability coverage for police officers, spurred on by signs that policymakers...