High-ranking NYC police officials charged in corruption case
By TOM HAYS and JAKE PEARSON Charges brought against four men arrested Monday in a widening city corruption probe include lurid claims that a top police official roomed with a…
Police ethics
How Chicago racked up a $662 million police misconduct bill
By SHARON COHEN In this city’s troubled history of police misconduct, Eric Caine’s case may be unrivaled: It took more than 25 years and $10 million to resolve. For decades,…
Broken system lets problem officers jump from job to job
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and MATT SEDENSKY Law enforcement officers accused of sexual misconduct have jumped from job to job — and at times faced fresh allegations that include raping women…
Hundreds of officers lose licenses over sex misconduct
By MATT SEDENSKY and NOMAAN MERCHANT Flashing lights pierced the black of night, and the big white letters made clear it was the police. The woman pulled over was a…
Philadelphia police boss exits after crime, corruption fight
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Charles Ramsey was 15 when he had his first encounter with the kind of violence he has worked nearly five decades to end. A friend was…
Chokehold case stirs debate on special prosecutors
By JENNIFER PELTZ After a police officer wasn’t indicted in a fatal chokehold caught on video, some officials are reviving calls to entrust such cases to special prosecutors, rather than…