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Article • July 1, 2025 • from CLN July, 2025
How Police Departments Hire Bad Cops: The Shadow System Protecting ‘Wandering Officers’ by Clarence Walker, James Mills The police badge should be a shield for the public, not a cloak for predators. Yet across America, a dangerous undercurrent flows beneath the thin blue line: officers fired for brutality, lies, theft, …
First Circuit Holds No Emergency-Aid Exception to Warrant Requirement Where Police Have Information That Subject Is Already Deceased by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that the Government failed to satisfy its burden of proof that the emergency-aid exception …
Law Enforcement Obscures Use of Facial Recognition Technology by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford According to an investigative report conducted by the Washington Post and follow-up reporting on TechDirt.com, police departments nationwide are hiding the fact that they are identifying criminal suspects using facial recognition software. A Washington Post article …
Police Departments Are Now Using AI to Write Reports by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Axon, a company that makes products (including weapons) and services available to police departments, has begun selling a new product designed to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) to turn bodycam audio into police reports. However, …
Broken Trust The Pervasive Role of Deceit in American Policing by Andrew Eichen While at times an effective tool, deception is ethically dubious and can result in severe negative consequences for suspects. September 12, 2024 • Policy Analysis No. 979 by Andrew Eichen This article was originally published by the …
Article • August 1, 2024 • from CLN August, 2024
FBI Encourages Use of Controversial Surveillance Program Despite Misuse by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A top FBI official is urging his agents to continue using a warrantless foreign surveillance program, Section 702, to justify the bureau’s surveillance powers. This program, which has been misused to target U.S. …
Reform-Minded Prosecutors Face Backlash for Prosecuting Bad Cops by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford   In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement spurred by the police-involved killing of George Floyd, citizens across the country elected reform-minded prosecutors who ran on platforms promising accountability for police who break the …
Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024
DOJ Creates Database to Track Federal Law Enforcement Officers Accused of Misconduct by Sam Rutherford by Samuel Rutherford   As reported by the Associated Press, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the creation of a database designed to track serious misconduct complaints against federal law enforcement officers. The purpose of …
Monroe County Office of Mental Health & Rochester Police Dept., NY, Presentation on Excited Delirium, 2024 Monroe County Office of Mental Health & Rochester Police Department Psychological behaviors • Paranoia • Delusional • Agitation • Cannot follow commands • Emotional changes • Disoriented • Hallucinations • Looks like \\just snapped" …
Police Body Cameras, A Decade Later by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso It has been 10 years since body-worn cameras (“BWCs”) were posited as a solution to the lack of accountability in police murders of citizens, but police are still largely unaccountable, in part because the footage is often …
The Police Have a Dark Money Slush Fund by Katya Schwenk by Katya Schwenk This article was originally published on lever.com on March 29, 2024   Private donors including big-box stores, fossil fuel companies, and tech giants are secretly giving hundreds of millions of dollars annually to law enforcement agencies …
Massachusetts State Police Facing Possible Class Action Lawsuit for Illegal Recordings by The Massachusetts State Police (“MSP”) is the defendant in a potential class action lawsuit alleging that troopers secretly recorded nearly 200 individuals during criminal investigations, many of them drug cases. These recordings made by a phone app called …
Fourth Circuit: Defendant Entitled to Discovery and Evidentiary Hearing on § 2255 Petition to Withdraw Guilty Plea Because It Was Not Knowingly and Voluntarily Made by Richard Resch by Richard Resch The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland’s …
Article • March 15, 2024 • from CLN March, 2024
DEA and Police Use Pretense of Consent Searches to Effectively Steal Cash From Airport Travelers by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Voluntary consent allows law enforcement to search property without a warrant, and officials in Georgia are using this loophole to locate cash belonging to airport travelers in Atlanta, …
Harris County, Texas, Settles Civil Rights Case for $1.5 Million Brought by Innocent Man Shot in His Home Five Times by Trigger-Happy Deputy by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 19, 2023, the Harris County Texas Commissioners Court approved a $1.5 million settlement in Joshua Coucke’s case …
Article • January 15, 2024 • from CLN January, 2024
NYPD’s Solution for Abusive Cops Who Cost Taxpayers Millions of Dollars in Civil Suits—Promote Them by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The New York Police Department (“NYPD”) hired David Grieco as an officer in 2006. Earning the street name “Bullethead,” Grieco was named in 17 lawsuits between his hiring and …
Article • December 15, 2023 • from CLN December, 2023
Louisiana Sheriffs Repeatedly and Conveniently Destroy Public Records by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart There are 64 sheriffs across the state of Louisiana. Despite what many of them apparently believe, they are subject to certain rules and laws, just like the rest of us. That message just hasn’t reached some …
Article • December 15, 2023 • from CLN December, 2023
Chicago Cop Lied So Many Times Under Oath That Prosecutors Are Dismissing Cases That Relied on His Testimony by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi As an old and wise theologian once said, “A half-truth is a whole lie.” If we are to take those words to heart, then what should …
Publication • October 2, 2023
New York State Police, Sgt. Eric P. Lovgren and Trooper Elias E. Strickland Letter of Censure and Notice of Suspension, 2023 PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BUREAU PERSONNEL COMPLAINT TRACKING DCN: 2023-0020 CTV: F5664 REGIO : SRO Subject(s): Sergeant Eric Lovgren, Trooper Elias E. Strickland Investigated by: CaQtain Mark A. Nielson Staff Inspector: …
Article • June 23, 2023
Former Supervisor of D.C. Metro PD Intelligence Indicted for Tipping off Leader of Proud Boys About Impending Arrest by The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of the Columbia announced on May 19, 2023, that a former Metropolitan PD officer was indicted for allegedly tipping off a leader of the …
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