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A sergeant with the Seattle Police Department’s gang unit was suspended for four days over his daytime DUI arrest last September, according to a disciplinary report released last Friday.

Police say Officers Luis Vasquez Jr. and Antonio Felix stopped a vehicle on Aug. 5 at around 11:30 p.m. and proceeded to use force on a man and woman.

The traffic stop was not reported, and there was no body-worn camera activation, according to the Phoenix Police Department.

Both officers were arrested on several felony charges, including:

• Aggravated assault
• Aggravated robbery
• Kidnapping
• Felony assault involving a bound and otherwise physically restrained individual
• Threatening and intimidating
• Criminal damage
• Hindering prosecution
• Tampering with evidence

Omaha police recently agreed to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks to students in the halls of Nebraska’s largest public school district.

The decision affecting most Omaha middle and high schools came after the Associated Press first revealed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s plan to give officers the “Gloves” – or “generated low output voltage emitters”. The devices have also been used in recent years by some jails.

…“I can’t even imagine walking down the hallway and seeing a peer of mine being electrocuted in a place that is supposed to be a safe space for students,” said Nora Wessel, a senior at Omaha Central high school. “Yet, this is now a very real possibility. These are adults we are supposed to be able to trust, but these weapons create a barrier for our students to turn to resource officers when needed.”

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Ice Out Report

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20260821130631/https://www.texasobserver.org/suicide-by-cop-austin-accountability-police-shooting/

PHOENIX — Two Phoenix police officers are under criminal investigation after two people reported being beaten, tased, and held at gunpoint during a traffic stop that victims say was never documented — and that police records show no agency reported conducting.

So far, Phoenix Police have only released the following statement:

"Last week the Phoenix Police Department was made aware of accusations made by community members alleging criminal conduct by two officers. Preliminary information indicates the officers conducted a traffic stop during which force was used and not reported as required by policy, including the failure to activate their body-worn cameras. Although details remain limited at this early stage, we recognize the seriousness of any allegation involving potential criminal behavior by our personnel. Both officers were immediately placed on administrative leave pending further investigation. Our Special Investigations Detail is conducting a criminal investigation into these allegations. In accordance with protocol, once the criminal investigation is completed, the Professional Standards Bureau will initiate an administrative investigation. These processes are intended to ensure a thorough, impartial, and comprehensive review of the incident. Our commitment to transparency and accountability remains central to this process. Additional information will be shared as the investigation progresses."

The report finds that “even as the SPOG contract adds a new response type, expands call types, and removes the cap on new staffing, it also further limits the CARE Team,” which took shape three years ago as a third public safety agency alongside the Seattle police and fire departments.

Some of those restrictions include:

• Requiring crisis responders to go to certain calls only alongside police – even if that delays the response for hours
• Prohibiting CARE teams from responding to welfare check calls in private residences and commercial spaces, even those open to the public like grocery stores;
• Prohibiting CARE teams from responding with police to “nuisance” calls like trespassing if the caller wishes to press charges;
• Authorizing the Seattle Police Department to override decision-making by 911 dispatchers on assigning CARE teams;
• And allowing police to cancel CARE co-response altogether.

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An Arkansas state trooper who slammed an 18-year-old woman to the ground and punched her in the face during a traffic stop is now facing public outcry and calls for an investigation over his use of force.

A Black Texas man who aspired to become a police officer spent 16 months fighting felony accusations that he assaulted two officers during a “welfare check” at his home. A jury acquitted him after his son recorded video of the arrest.

The video caught Huntsville police and prosecutors by surprise, Stewart said, because they had expected to secure a conviction based on the officers’ accounts.

The cops accused Stewart of spitting in one of their faces and shoving the other officer, but none of that is captured on video.

“I don’t like to call people liars,” Stewart told ABC 13 Houston after his acquittal.

“But fabrication, yes. Cover up, yes.”

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Reporter's footage shows zero interference during the arrest, just an empty SUV left in moving traffic by agents trying to dodge accountability.

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