<h1 class="entry-title">Category: NEPBA Police Updates</h1>

Baltimore police union criticized for tweets after Freddie Gray acquittal

Associated Press BALTIMORE — Baltimore's police chief and City Council president are criticizing the city's police union for online posts that appeared to celebrate an officer's acquittal in the death of a 25-year-old black man. A judge acquitted Officer Caesar Goodson of all charges Thursday. Goodson drove the van in which Freddie Gray's neck was […]

Ill. police sue town, claim body cams record nonstop

Associated Press ROUND LAKE PARK, Ill. — Ten police officers in a Chicago suburb are suing the town, claiming the body cameras they wore never turned off and recorded them using the restroom and changing clothes. The lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court says one of the officers in Round Lake Park, Dominick Izzo, discovered […]

Ark. State Police probing fatal shooting by 3 deputies

Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas State Police says it will investigate the fatal shooting of a 50-year-old suspect by three sheriff's deputies. Police said Saturday that the Washington County sheriff requested the agency's involvement after the shooting. Authorities arrived Friday to find the suspect on a front porch holding a handgun and […]