Here are the nine reports of police misconduct tracked for Wednesday, July 12, 2017:
- Bexar County, Texas: An officer was arrested for family violence. ow.ly/RzB730dzcFf
- Update: Orlando, Florida (First reported 8/23/16): One of two officers fired last August was rehired to avoid an arbitration loss. He has been re-assigned to airport duty, given 25 public complaints on his record. ow.ly/jrst30dzdvV
- Update: Columbus, Ohio (First reported 4/12/17): An officer was fired for kicking a suspect in the head while the suspect was pinned on the ground by another officer. ow.ly/934L30dzdY3
- El Paso, Texas: An officer was placed on leave after he was arrested for negligent homicide for the bathtub drowning death of his infant. ow.ly/f9hc30dzep5
- Newark, New Jersey: Two officers were disciplined for unrelated misconduct. One was suspended after he punched a subdued suspect; the other was reprimanded for causing $300 in damage to a prosecutor’s door in a fit of anger. ow.ly/TSYK30dzn2z
- Update: Niagara County, New York (First reported 3/8/16): The County will pay the family of a man killed in a crash caused by deputy $2,750,000. The now-former deputy pled guilty to three moving violations and was ordered to pay roughly $500 in fines. ow.ly/2sdZ30dzSPy
- Dawson, Georgia: An officer was arrested for pulling a gun on someone during an off-duty altercation. ow.ly/ZSNw30dzV7p
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection: An officer pled guilty to an interstate marijuana smuggling conspiracy. ow.ly/5DTe30dzVVy
- Update: El Paso County, Colorado (First reported 9/6/16): The now-former sheriff was acquitted of three of seven tampering and misconduct charges. The jury deadlocked on the remaining four charges. ow.ly/WvfS30dA3FD