A 90 year old woman locked a police officer in her basement for searching her house without a warrant. She then sued the city and received a $95,000 settlement.
A young man impersonated a police officer with an authentic-looking…
A young man impersonated a police officer with an authentic-looking uniform and car and then set up his own fake police station where he kept records of possible crimes and interrogated “suspects” who were handcuffed to a chair.
Australia’s first police force was made up of the…
Australia’s first police force was made up of the most well-behaved convicts.
In 2008 in New Jersey, more than 30 officers, including SWAT team members, were engaged…
In 2008 in New Jersey, more than 30 officers, including SWAT team members, were engaged in a standoff with a non-responsive supposed bank robber for over an hour before realizing ‘she’ was a cardboard cut-out.
During the ’92 Rodney King riots in LA, Korean store owners, afraid the LAPD…
During the ’92 Rodney King riots in LA, Korean store owners, afraid the LAPD would not come to their aid, banded together on rooftops with assault weapons and saved Koreatown from looting.
The Tallahassee Police Department (the tow where Florida State University…
The Tallahassee Police Department (the tow where Florida State University is located) pressured a student, Rachel Hoffman, into being an informant for a drug sting in 2008. Rachel’s TPD handlers lost track of her during the sting. Rachel’s body was found two days later in Perry, FL.
Supreme Court found random drug checkpoints unconstitutional…
Supreme Court found random drug checkpoints unconstitutional in 2000. Since then, police have gotten into the habit of putting signs up warning drivers of upcoming drug checkpoints, and then detaining and searching drivers who make illegal u-turns.