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'Absolutely repulsive': Philly police commissioner slams cops who abuse injured-on-duty benefits

PHILADELPHIA — Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw has vowed to investigate and punish Philadelphia police officers who are abusing a generous state disability benefit at a time when hundreds of officers say they are too injured to work.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Feb 7, 2022

NYC drill rap music scene eyed by NYPD as fuel for spate of gun violence

NEW YORK — New York Police Department officers trying to get a handle on the spate of gun violence plaguing neighborhoods across the city have run up against a special brand of warfare inflamed by riotous rap lyrics.

Tribune News Service · Feb 7, 2022

Chicago Police Department slow to make reform progress since the shooting of Laquan McDonald and still in need of a cultural change, experts say

CHICAGO — The shooting of Laquan McDonald triggered a momentous police reform effort that spawned a scathing Justice Department report and an extensive consent decree and for the first time added community members directly into Chicago police oversight.

Chicago Tribune · Feb 2, 2022

Fla. sergeant under investigation after video shows him grabbing officer’s throat

MIAMI — A sergeant from the Sunrise, Florida, Police Department has been relieved of his supervisory responsibilities and is the subject of an internal investigation after body cam footage from November released last week shows him grabbing an officer by her throat.

Miami Herald · Jan 18, 2022

Crime Victims Allege Baltimore Police Department Unconstitutionally Seized (and Destroyed) Their Property

A federal court has allowed the case to go forward, including on a theory that the Department does this as a "pattern and practice."

Reason · Jan 18, 2022