Ridiculous Police News (Specific events)

**Ghost_Wheel22** · 2014-10-17 18:50

Not sure if I'm more angry for the actual scenario or for the fact he took three shots at that distance and the dog was able to stand back up.

**Weegion** · 2014-10-17 19:50

Originally Posted by Ghost_Wheel22

Not sure if I'm more angry for the actual scenario or for the fact he took three shots at that distance and the dog was able to stand back up.

Guess he forgot his shotgun.

**Nephlite** · 2014-10-17 20:12

Originally Posted by notorious bum

Got a better one for you:

http://www.postandcourier.com/articl...141019471/1177

A federal jury handed down the judgment late Wednesday following a nine-day trial in U.S. District Court in Charleston. The case stemmed from a May 16, 2011, incident in which Randall Price, an officer with a questionable record, shot Reeves in the chest during an argument. Price claimed self-defense, but Reeves' family alleged negligence in a wrongful-death suit against the town, the police department and Price.

The resulting award includes $7.5 million in actual damages, $60 million in punitive damages against the town and $30 million in punitive damages against Price, who was let go by the town about three months after the shooting.

**Acevalefor** · 2014-10-17 21:03

Originally Posted by Nephlite

Got a better one for you:

http://www.postandcourier.com/articl...141019471/1177

And the town has no way to pay anything close to that amount. The entire town government has an operating budget of $600,000. That means this award is 162 times their annual budget. Price will also never see enough money to pay a $30,000,000 judgment. That family will see no more than the $1,000,000 that the city carries for their liability insurance.

Was Price even charged with the killing of the town's Mayor? That seems like a much more palatable way to serve justice for the family than an empty lawsuit win.

**Correction** · 2014-10-17 22:01

19-year-old dies naked on cell floor of gangrene; lawsuits target deaths in Madison County jail

Three times last year Madison County jailers watched small-time criminals die before their eyes, according to a series of three lawsuits filed in federal court.

"Woods' mental status change was due to that infection, and he ultimately died from a blood clot that originated in his gangrenous foot," reads the complaint filed in U.S. District Court on Tuesday.

Instead of receiving treatment, the suit states, Woods was placed in a "medical observation cell" on Aug. 6, 2013. He had no access to water after Aug. 12. There is no record of him eating after Aug. 14. No nurses visited him after Aug. 14.

The suit contends that as his rotting foot began to stink, guards dragged him from the cell on Aug. 17, sprayed him down with water and placed him in a new cell.

His crimes? Shoplifting and paying with counterfeit money.

**Nephlite** · 2014-10-17 22:12

Despite all the misconduct and terminations, all of the charges against him have been dismissed in previous cases, and the one from 2011 is still pending. 7 terminations in 11 years, dishonesty charges, a separate shooting charge in 2006, and misconduct citations out the wazoo. I dunno how he continues. Small rural departments with no background procedures get burned by guys like this who want to be the police so bad.

**Acevalefor** · 2014-10-17 22:40

Originally Posted by Nephlite

Despite all the misconduct and terminations, all of the charges against him have been dismissed in previous cases, and the one from 2011 is still pending. 7 terminations in 11 years, dishonesty charges, a separate shooting charge in 2006, and misconduct citations out the wazoo. I dunno how he continues. Small rural departments with no background procedures get burned by guys like this who want to be the police so bad.

Is this more along the lines of what people in this thread have been bitching about with police corruption, misconduct, and accountability problems? I can't help but see where problems like this could be falling through the cracks because of pinched budgets, lack of proper procedure, and poor organization in small towns.

**Zeb** · 2014-10-17 23:03

How da fuq can the police fail to background check potential new cops?

**Nephlite** · 2014-10-17 23:32

Originally Posted by Acevalefor

I can't help but see where problems like this could be falling through the cracks because of pinched budgets, lack of proper procedure, and poor organization in small towns.

This is exactly what it is. Lack of candidates who want the jobs, and a need for public safety, all the while budget cuts reducing the departments to near standstill levels. Pay is a big one. Most rural agencies are switching to county responses as opposed to having their own stand-alone force, which reduces response times if the county is already spread thin. You take whatever you can get. This guy lied on his applications and showed up with state certifications and they took him without doing a follow-up on his background.

These cases, while insane, are rare, and reflects a disparity in good practices and accountability in small forces that don't have any oversight. The DHS is supposed to help organize and fund these rural towns, but the federal budget has dried up and left the allocation of resources to the state and counties.

Originally Posted by Zeb

How da fuq can the police fail to background check potential new cops?

Like I said, small agencies like the one this guy applied to don't have the resources to do comprehensive background checks. Agencies don't usually share information unless he's banned at the state level from becoming a police officer.

**Tarage** · 2014-10-23 23:43

http://online.wsj.com/articles/man-w...ath-1414092705

A man who charged at New York City police officers while swinging a hatchet was shot and killed Thursday afternoon after he struck two officers

Wow, New York cops doing something right for a change? Good jo-

A 29-year-old woman who was a half block from the scene was accidentally shot and seriously injured during the incident

Nevermind.

**Nephlite** · 2014-10-23 23:58

She got a graze to the back, non-life threatening, from a ricochet round. The officer had to get emergency brain surgery and is expected to live. Another was wounded on the arm. All four of them involved were rookies straight out of the academy and the guy ambushed them. Possibly an ISIS supporter, but his social media has been closed, so can't verify.

**notorious bum** · 2014-10-24 06:56

A fucking hatchet... thanks Halloween for providing temporary cover for an otherwise horrifying image of some nutjob waltzing in the streets with a thing that is capable of severing heads.

**BaneTheBrawler** · 2014-10-24 14:04

lots of things are capable of severing heads

**notorious bum** · 2014-10-24 14:18

*insert Wu-Tang lyric here*

**AoE** · 2014-10-27 21:20

Guy calls suicide prevention hotline. They send police. Ends up getting killed.
Course reading the article nobody know what really went on in the house but it's one of those situations that's so pessimistically ironic that's it hilarious.
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cal...5es6WqfSAbe.99

**BaneTheBrawler** · 2014-10-27 22:12

he was going to kill himself, had to be stopped.

**Nephlite** · 2014-10-28 03:38

Originally Posted by AoE

Guy calls suicide prevention hotline. They send police. Ends up getting killed.
Course reading the article nobody know what really went on in the house but it's one of those situations that's so pessimistically ironic that's it hilarious.
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cal...5es6WqfSAbe.99

Shame that suicidal people would rather die than to be saved. Who would've thought?

**Nephlite** · 2014-10-28 03:49

I'll leave this here.

**Acevalefor** · 2014-10-28 16:40

Originally Posted by Nephlite

I'll leave this here.

I think you left this is the wrong place. There is nothing ridiculous about this video.

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