Police in the News

SeniorBen

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I caught this story earlier today. I thought I'd give it a generic title and just post new stories in this thread.

The executive director for a Northern California police union who was charged with attempting to illegally import synthetic opioids from India and other countries has been fired from her job, officials said Friday.

Joanne Marian Segovia, who was the executive director of the San Jose Police Officers’ Association, was arrested last week on charges she attempted to unlawfully import valeryl fentanyl, a synthetic opioid. If convicted, she faces up to 20 years in prison.

Starting in 2015, Segovia had dozens of drug shipments mailed to her San Jose home from India, Hong Kong, Hungary and Singapore with manifests listing their contents as “wedding party favors,” “gift makeup,” “chocolate and sweets” and “food supplement,” according to a federal criminal complaint.

Segovia, 64, at times used her work computer to make the orders and at least once used the union’s UPS account to ship the drugs within the country, federal prosecutors said.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-union-office-manager-fentanyl-smuggling-98437935

Police unions are responsible for bad cops staying on the job, and bad cops are the reason a lot of good people don't become cops, or good cops find another line of work.
 

Police in New Mexico shot and killed a homeowner when they showed up at the wrong address in response to a domestic violence call

Officers with the Farmington police department of north-western New Mexico shot and killed a homeowner when they showed up at the wrong address in response to a domestic violence call this week, according to state authorities.

The shooting happened about 11.30pm Wednesday. New Mexico state police released more details late on Thursday, and Farmington police confirmed on Friday that the three officers involved were on paid administrative leave pending a review of the case.

Video footage from officers’ body-worn cameras was reviewed by state police and showed the homeowner opening the screen door armed with a handgun. That’s when officers retreated and fired. Not knowing who was outside, the man’s wife returned fire from the doorway, and officers fired again.

State police said the woman had put down her gun after realizing the individuals outside her home were police officers.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/08/new-mexico-police-shooting-farmington

Of course, the report doesn't contain the 'why' the officers showed up at the wrong home, or the 'why' they opened fire when they saw the man with the handgun.
 
SeniorBen said:
Police in New Mexico shot and killed a homeowner when they showed up at the wrong address in response to a domestic violence call

Officers with the Farmington police department of north-western New Mexico shot and killed a homeowner when they showed up at the wrong address in response to a domestic violence call this week, according to state authorities.

The shooting happened about 11.30pm Wednesday. New Mexico state police released more details late on Thursday, and Farmington police confirmed on Friday that the three officers involved were on paid administrative leave pending a review of the case.

Video footage from officers’ body-worn cameras was reviewed by state police and showed the homeowner opening the screen door armed with a handgun. That’s when officers retreated and fired. Not knowing who was outside, the man’s wife returned fire from the doorway, and officers fired again.

State police said the woman had put down her gun after realizing the individuals outside her home were police officers.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/08/new-mexico-police-shooting-farmington

Of course, the report doesn't contain the 'why' the officers showed up at the wrong home, or the 'why' they opened fire when they saw the man with the handgun.
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This happens very often especially with no knock raids. What good is having the right to defend one's castle if inept cops can just come in and killed you? American police could learn a lot about good policing from other first world countries.
 

Sheriff Jenkins, firearms business owner indicted on gun charges

Frederick (Maryland) County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins and a local firearms business owner have been indicted on federal charges of conspiracy and making false statements to acquire machine guns, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Maryland said Wednesday.

The indictment alleges an arrangement in which Jenkins signed letters that helped Krop obtain machine guns to rent out to the public, under the guise that the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office wanted to see a demonstration of the guns, which was false.

Krop is also charged with one count of illegal possession of machine guns. According to the release, Krop illegally owned seven machine guns.
https://www.fredericknewspost.com/n...cle_ca6e6c5e-538e-554f-889a-0c5015f568af.html
 
Bad cops are just cops that never should have been hired in the first place. Cops don’t stand behind these jerks that make the rest of us trying our best to do our jobs by protecting the public. They need to be held accountable the same as any other lawbreaker. As the saying goes, “Don’t do the crime, if you can’t do the time.” In today’s world, it’s becoming harder and harder to get away with thefts and illegal activity. Too many cameras and forensics. Every police station should have a sign hanging in it that reads,
“Bad cops beware. Someone is watching you.”
 
Everybody pays the price when police break the law. The general public loses trust and it makes it harder for all the good police. I have always said that police should be given double the sentence for crimes they are convicted of.
 
It's finally become evident that the police, when not held accountable, enforce rules they make up and will abuse citizens, since there's no punishment.

Watching the 1st amendment auditors, and even general citizens inter acting with police sadly shows that we need to weed out those police, who are a "Law until themselves"

In addition, we must praise and acknowledge those officers who go above and beyond for they're acting in the community interest.
 
I agree with Disgusteman, there is little supervision in most police departments. Cops aren't superheroes, or supervillains, they're just plain old human beings. They wield great authority and, as human beings, they need to be supervised in its use. As far as the job of a cop, there's no way in hell I would that job, and I worked in a psych hospital.
 
The is a great deal of supervision in most police departments. Being an agency with heavy public contact makes them a high profile target for civil litigation, which most can ill-afford.
 
my uncle was a police officer and rose to the rank of chief..long long time ago before all this crap that is going on today. small town not much crime home brew businesses good schools, lots of jobs
 

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