The 9th Circuit ruling — which also did away with a ruling awarding nearly $6 million in legal fees — marks a rare courtroom ...

A former Sussex Police investigator has pleaded guilty after being charged with misconduct in a public office over claims he ...

USA TODAY's collection of police misconduct records began in 2016 amid a nationwide debate over law enforcement tactics, including concern that some officers or agencies unfairly were targetting ...

A veteran police officer in Bergen County claims in court papers he was retaliated against and denied a promotion after ...

In one case, officers allegedly stomped on a man in a package store, breaking his nose and ankle. In another confrontation, ...

WASHINGTON – The brutal death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police has re-energized a national debate over misconduct by law enforcement officials that the Supreme Court may be ...

Randolph, 2020 NY Slip Op 20231 (Suff. Sup. Ct. 2020), the court endorsed a decision by the Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD), itself, as to whether a claim of police misconduct against it ...

I would argue that by insulating bad cops from accountability for their actions, qualified immunity actually endangers the vast majority of cops who do not engage in egregious misconduct.

The U.S. high court's continual refinement of an obscure doctrine called qualified immunity has made it harder to hold police liable for excessive force.

The city's police-oversight agency can punish officers who turn off their body cameras during incidents and also initiate probes without a public complaint, a state appeals court has ruled.

N.J. cop should be fired for misconduct, appeals court finds. Updated: Oct. 25, 2024, 4:22 p.m. ... as Fugnitti’s misconduct was “unbecoming and egregious” for a police officer.

New Jersey’s Supreme Court partially approved a plan Monday to identify many police officers disciplined for misconduct, allowing the state’s attorney general to name officers who were found ...