Charges brought against Jayna Hutchinson of Lebanon, N.H., for staring at a police dog were dropped today. In yet another bizarre case of irrational police behavior, Hutchinson, 33, was arrested and charged with cruelty to a police animal by Vermont State Police Sgt. Todd Protzman.

Protzman had responded to a call made from Hutchinson because she had spotted a suspect that had assaulted her the previous day. Apparently Hutchinson had been drinking and Sgt. Protzman refused to assist her with her complaint.

The Sacramento News and Review published an article about this website today in their local news section. The basis of the story was that we have readers here at SACPD.com that use our contact form to report crimes that should be sent to SACPD.org.

Miami-Dade Police Sgt. Allen Cockfield was arrested Wednesday for kicking his K-9 partner Duke to death nearly a year ago. Cockfield is charged with animal cruelty and killing a police dog, a third-degree felony under Florida law.

Cockfield was a 20-year veteran with a personal file filled with letters of commendations and no disciplinary actions. He was also reported to be one of the best dog handlers in the department. Like Hillsborough County, Florida, Deputy Raymond Choy, arrested earlier this month for forcing a detained citizen to perform oral sex, he appears to be a good cop that suddenly did something incredibly outrageous – or he’s a bad cop that finally got caught.

Chicago police officer Robert Gallegos, a 10-year veteran of the force was arrested for assaulting a teenage boy on Saturday. Bond for Gallegos was set at $100,000 on Sunday during an appearance via closed-circuit television at the Cook County Courthouse.

The officer allegedly beat a 15-year-old who had been involved in a verbal altercation with the officer’s teenage son. The two children are students at Juarez High School and were apparently involved in a verbal altercation on Wednesday.

In an on going effort by the Hillsborough County, Florida, Sheriff's Office to clean up their department and prop up the negative image they have earned, twenty-eight year old Anthony Samuel McKenzie was arrested after a month-long Internal Affairs and Intelligence Division Investigation.

When taken into custody McKenzie had 3.9 grams of marijuana in his work boot that he had intended to smuggle into the Orient Road Jail.

When suspects attempt to swallow drug evidence, they are routinely choked and beaten in order to cause the evidence to be coughed back up. Many are then brought up on serious felony charges indicating that consuming evidence is considered a major crime.

But when a cop arrests someone, confiscates their drugs, and consumes those drugs with family members he isn’t charged. Does it sound fair? Well it doesn’t matter if it is fair or not, it is the way our system currently works.

LAPD Chief William Bratton pulled 60 of the cities best trained officers from the streets after watching videos of the May Day Immigration mayhem. Officers from the Metropolitan Division, the city's premiere police squad with extensive training in crowd control fired at least 240 “nonlethal projectiles” and beat demonstrators with batons.

You have probably heard the age old adage that police “put their lives on the line to keep us safe” many times. While this is true to some extent, it is the common response used to justify higher salaries and increased benefits. But is being a cop really that dangerous of a profession? According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, they have relatively safe jobs when compared to what is considered more mainstream employment such as a bus driver, landscaper or construction laborer.

I was asked recently if I thought SACPD.com exposing the corruption and misconduct in our government, specifically the law enforcement sector, would have any effect in curtailing this growing problem. The short answer is yes, in time. Our society has become complacent as the issue has become more and more common, but the word must be spread for any changes to take place.

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