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A split Eleventh Circuit panel refused to unwind $20 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages against Officer Jon Grubbs after he fired a Taser into Jerry…

Chad Essert resigned as Bethel, Ohio police chief effective July 9 after a June 11 indictment on 70 felony counts from his years as a teacher and Young Marines instructor.…

Michael Broady of Reform, Alabama, called 911 in August 2021 and died after a multi-agency arrest. Judge Annemarie Carney Axon dismissed settled claims against Kallenna Homan and Austin Moss on…

Introduction Allegations of police misconduct and wrongful imprisonment sit at the heart of the account given by Enzo Vincenzi, a former North Fort Myers, Florida resident who says he was…

A Sharp County jury convicted former Hardy Police Chief Scott Rose on August 28, 2026, of second-degree sexual assault and furnishing alcohol to a minor. He was fined $15,000 on…

Ventura County paid $440,000 to Jaiden Perkins, the El Rey Cantina bouncer who says two off-duty deputies beat him after he stopped Dylan Davis from choking his wife. A judge…

On November 19, 2024, a Northbridge, Massachusetts, animal-control officer answering a coyote complaint shot Kirk Rumford's 11-month husky, Odin. Chief Tim Labrie said it was a mistaken identity and that…

Draft One turns body-worn camera audio into a first-person incident narrative. Officers still sign the report. California's SB 524 and an Axon December 2025 setting now push departments to retain…

Body-cam and bystander video from August 20, 2024, show Belmar officers taking Liam Mahoney down at 19th Avenue after a badge argument. In June 2025 he paid $1,410 and entered…

Ex-York City officer Steven Cugini was fired after being charged with raping a 13-month-old. He remains free on $200,000 bail. Trial is set for January 2027. The child's mother faces…