Here are the eight reports of police misconduct tracked for Saturday, March 6 through Monday, March 8, 2015:
- Update: Orange Beach, Alabama (First reported 08-05-14): An officer was indicted on two counts of sexual abuse of a child under 12 years old. http://ow.ly/K5asw
- Update: San Antonio, Texas (First reported 07-08-13): The officer who held his family at gunpoint and had a standoff with police has been fired. However, due to his plea arrangement, he was allowed to keep his state law enforcement license. http://ow.ly/K5b0q
- Jackson County, Mississippi: A deputy was fired after audio was released of him threatening another player in a video game chat. The argument got personal, and the now-former deputy told the other player his real name and home address when it escalated to threats of violence, saying “I get paid to beat-up n*****s like you.” http://ow.ly/K607I
- Pasco County, Florida: A deputy was fired and arrested after sending photos of a suicide scene to his ex-girlfriend via cell phone. http://ow.ly/K62x8
- Signal Hill, California: A now-former officer was charged with excessive force and assault with a firearm, stemming from an alleged road rage incident last year. http://ow.ly/K64n9
- York & Chester, South Carolina: Two officers from separate departments were arrested for abusing their three-month-old child. The child was admitted to the hospital with neck and brain injuries. http://ow.ly/K663R
- Rochester, New York: A sergeant was charged with hit & run after hitting a 52-year-old woman with his automobile. She was treated and released from care. http://ow.ly/K67V1
- U.S. Customs and Border Patrol: A now-former agent stationed in Brownsville, Texas pled guilty to conspiracy for knowingly allowing drugs to cross the U.S./Mexico border. He took no plea deal and thus faces a minimum of 10 years up to life imprisonment. http://ow.ly/K691Y
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