(Stand by for an announcement about the future of the site soon)

• Jonesville MI police chief accused of hitting cuffed autistic 8yr-old who left school with a baton in the back of a police car after he left school while it was in session. [2] http://bit.ly/Hsyell

• Louisville KY cop w/history investigated after caught on cellphone camera slapping a cuffed teen during arrest [1] http://bit.ly/HwAmHt

• 7 Clarkstown NY cops subject of suit by man claiming they beat him on video during a false arrest at a bar [3] http://lohud.us/HwzzpY

• UC Davis CA report faults dysfunctional dept in pepperspray case where now-infamous Lt Pike used an unauthorized large type of pepperspray canister unnecessarily [0] http://bit.ly/HCnraL

• New Orleans LA cop sentenced to 20mo prison for lying about Katrina shooting death at Convention Center [0] http://bit.ly/HwAwP9

• Suffolk Co NY police sued by videographer arrested after NYPD sgt ordered him to stop filming an arrest [3] http://bit.ly/HCnMKl

• Bakersfield CA police dog attacked and injured the Kern Co CA sheriff’s ex-wife while police served a drug warrant on sheriff’s son and released their dog when they thought nobody was home. [0] http://bit.ly/IUdelT

• Toronto ON cop faulted by court for routinely arresting people before investigating to see what he could charge them with [3] http://bit.ly/HCosj2

• Cincinnati OH cop indicted on bribery, theft & record tampering over illegal immigrant extortion allegations [1] http://bit.ly/HCo0Bp

• Skiatook OK cop charged with perjury, resigned in January in investigation involving car chase [1] http://bit.ly/IUcygc

• Spokane WA cop under investigation after 8yr-old daughter shot herself in the leg with his duty weapon [1] http://bit.ly/IUceyc

• Seattle WA police policy keeping dashcam videos secret until they are destroyed criticized, but found legal by judge who fined the dept $2,300 for delaying the release of dashcam logs after a public records request. [5] http://bit.ly/IhYgI0

• Fruitland Park FL cop resigns, other faces discipline for allegedly bribing informant to lie in drug case [0] http://bit.ly/HwzNNG

• Pittsburgh PA police sued by road rage cop victim claiming dept failed to discipline him after prior outbursts [3] http://bit.ly/HwznXD

• Carbon Co UT sheriff’s capt resigns after charged with vandalizing 3 vehicles, including 2 gov cars, at auto shop [0] http://bit.ly/IUed5A

That’s it for today, stay safe out there.

The poll will close at 8:00am Pacific Time, Friday morning when I will contact the winning candidate and being the handover process before posting my final post on Friday evening at midnight. There are currently 5 candidates who have decided to put their names in the running after 8 people/organizations expressed an interest. I will accept late entries and will add them to the list and poll as I am able. (Note: the offer to allow late entries has been retracted due to an objection from one of the candidates.)

With that said, here is the current list of parties interested in taking over the NPMSRP (also known as InjusticeEverywhere.com and @InjusticeNews) :

Candidate: Patrick Nolan

Proposal:

Hi. My name is Patrick Nolan. Although my background is as a reporter, photographer, editor and publisher, I am currently attending law school with a keen interest in criminal defense work. I would like to maintain the site as a free resource documenting this important issue.

My pitch:
My intention is to continue operation as a free resource for people to continue collecting and disseminating information regarding police misconduct. My background in news media (15 years as a reporter, editor and publisher), combined with my current progress in law school, places me in a position to not only acquire and share the information, but also to become a resource for national media and bring more attention to the problem of police misconduct. I can not only maintain the site, but bring the issue before key journalists, researchers, and legislators to make progress on stopping police violence and other crimes. And that is why you should choose me.

 

Candidate: The CATO Institute

Proposal:

On behalf of the Cato Institute, I am writing to express our interest in assuming David Packman’s police misconduct reporting project. There are several reasons to support Cato in this matter. First, Cato has earned a reputation for independent, nonpartisan, quality research. Cato has an established track record on issues relating to police and prosecutorial misconduct. Second, Cato has the institutional capacity (researchers, web staff, computer technicians) to maintain this project. Third, Cato will be capable of drawing more attention to the problem of police misconduct and to meaningful reforms in laws and policies. I appreciate what David Packman has done here and do not want this project to fold now (or a year from now). Thank you for your consideration.

 

Candidate: Randy Rhynes and Associates

Proposal:

To The Steward and Readership,

I’m a libertarian by nature and an engineer by training. I’m all about personal freedom and the acceptance of one’s fate without living under the delusion that anybody or anything will prevent our deaths or insure our comfort or security during the course of our lives. I’m also about public servants serving the public for the public’s good, without unreasonable concern for their own safety or security. They are paid to do a job which they voluntarily chose and protection of their feelings or dismissals of their mistakes, through qualified immunity, are not part of that job. It’s in all of our best interests to expose the failings of the current system of hidden agendas and subjective oversight so as to foster change. This can only be done via an informed public and it won’t happen overnight as the corruption has taken more than a century to become “institutionalized”. Having said that, I believe NPMSPR is a cornerstone of a movement to hold law enforcement accountable directly to the public it serves. It is objective, independent and cannot be legitimately construed as biased I am blessed with a small, like-minded team of individuals with experience in website development, public relations and fundraising arenas. Our goal would be to expand the online presence of this and like minded websites so as to increase awareness among the general public. Naturally, we’re all volunteers, but we feel that is our greatest moral asset.

Candidate: ACLEPD

Proposal:

We have been publicizing crooked cops for five years. We have been doing so by giving crooked cops WEASEL AWARDS posted on YouTube. Youtube closed our account after just over 300,000 hits. We are now re-posting the WEASEL AWARD on our web site ” aclepd.com “.

Our goal is to revamp the criminal justice system. Step one is to draw attention to just how many crooked cops there are. Legislation then becomes much easier. We would continue the INJUSTICE EVERYWHERE program as part of our effort to revamp our legal system. The first and most important part of this effort is to get, and keep, the public’s attention- ( aclepd.com/criminal ). We are an all volunteer organization.

Thank you,
Robert Evan Howard
aclepd.com
aclepd@aclepd.com

Candidate: Jesse Strauss

Proposal:

In order to maintain Injustice Everywhere as an important resource for journalists, legal workers, activists, and anyone who is interested, I would be excited to take over responsibility for coordinating the site, in any capacity, but especially according to the model described below. As a journalist now working for Al Jazeera English, I have extensive experience doing online research and investigative work as well as social media outreach. I will be leaving Al Jazeera in about a month to return to my hometown of Oakland, California, where local police misconduct seems to make the international headlines every year – and that’s besides the smaller-scaled police misconduct that occurs on a pretty regular basis. Because of that, my work in Oakland has included membership in the Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant, co-coordination of Oakland’s People’s Hearing on Racism and Police Violence, and working with the local chapter of the National Lawyer’s Guild to offer legal support to people who were unjustly arrested or brutalized. To be clear, my own orientation is around community-based anti-brutality and anti-misconduct work, but I am confident that my journalistic skills will allow/encourage coordination of this site to be focused around real stories/experiences that are verifiable based on the criteria that the site has been using.

I envision developing the site into a collective model, whereby volunteers with varying capacities (in terms of time commitments, etc) will be able to share tasks in order to coordinate the site as efficiently as possible (while maintaining strong standards!). The collective model will help to decentralize the work so that we can make sure the site can function if something comes up with any members (as has happened with David). It also allows people to get training and experiment with different tasks that require a varied amount of time commitment, so that not everyone has to be working at 110% capacity at all times, and so that it can work with people who are able to commit to different amounts of time. For the first few months, much of the responsibility will lie heavily with me, and I can commit to developing the process and coordinating the collectivization transition during that period and until volunteers/collective members are able to step up in responsible ways (I’m able to do this based on my own savings, the transition away from Al Jazeera, being covered by health insurance elsewhere, etc).
A preliminary list of the collective member roles follows (although of course there’s a lot of room for change and development):

a. Researcher/newsfeed updater member: Will take on research and contributions (rotating*).

b. Editor: Will review each newsfeed update before it goes live, including a read-through of each article to check that it follows the site’s standards and a read-through of the short descriptions (rotating*).

c. Social media coordinator: Will make sure updates are posted to Twitter and Facebook (and maybe more) in a timely and appropriate fashion, and will interact with followers in order to help the project to seem both professional and engaged (potentially rotating*).

d. Communications coordinator: Will draft press releases and coordinate with victims of police misconduct – specifically people who’s cases are substantiated in the news feed – to help publicize the site and the individual stories.

e. Statistical coordinator: Will produce quarterly and annual reports, following the model already done on the site (and potentially new types of reports).

f. Administrative coordinator: Will essentially make sure that people who’ve volunteered for the above tasks carry out their commitments, and will help to coordinate volunteer scheduling and internal communications with volunteers (potentially rotating*)

g. (potential) Fundraiser: Will work to bring in funds primarily to maintain the site, and secondarily, if larger funding comes in, to compensate for work being done.

*Note on rotating tasks: Depending on the amount of volunteers, people can take on these tasks for a designated amount of time. For example, someone could commit to being a Researcher/Newsfeed updater for one week per month, and to be Editor for another week in the month (ideally the amount of time needed from people will be distributed as equally as possible within the confines of people’s communicated ability for time commitment. Coordinating this will be the task of the Administrative Coordinator).

I have a lot of other specific ideas that would probably be too much to list here, like mapping the data with Google Fusion Tables or using a separate part of the site as a resource for CopWatchers (how-to guides, etc.; potentially with a separate section besides the newsfeed that would allow people to contribute their own videos of alleged misconduct). In terms of fielding volunteers, I have a relatively extensive network of folks who would likely be interested on some level through universities and anti-brutality groups from Oakland to New York.

As an alternative, I would like to volunteer myself as a communications coordinator for whoever is chosen to run the site. This would include the tasks listed in (c) and (d) above. In terms of coverage, I’d seek to publicize data and statistics collected, and to connect interested journalists to people who had (or allegedly had) been victimized by police misconduct (rather than trying to take the spotlight myself). I’d also work to support a testimonial section of the site, where people’s stories, in their words, would be linked to the substantiated news articles posted on the news feeds (there’s potential for this in multiple formats, including events like the People’s Hearing I mentioned earlier).

• Washington DC police sued by mom of teen fataly shot in back, cops say he had BB gun, witnesses contradict [3] http://bit.ly/Ipxihs

• Chicago IL & 4 cops lose $1.15mil in suit by family of trucker who died from crash injuries the family claims were ignored while he was detained by cops for too long. [0] http://trib.in/IA0ZeT

• St Louis MO settles suit for unspecified sum to man shot by drunk off duty cop while trying to stop bar brawl [2] http://bit.ly/I1HTA7

• Kansas City MO settles suit for $1mil to truck driver shot by cop walking out of donut shop during diabetic episode [0] http://bit.ly/IiTM8k

• Albermarle Co VA deputy gets no jail in plea deal to assault charge after accused of raping incapacitated relative [3] http://bit.ly/Iwd5tY

• Corpus Christi TX cop arrested for allegedly coercing 15yr-old girl to engage in sex acts via internet [0] http://bit.ly/Hz2aAH

• Boise ID cops fatally shoot dog neighbors call friendly after letting it out then blaming owner, who wasn’t home, for failing to control his dog. [4] http://bit.ly/HHYBW4

• 3 Zion IL cops subject of suit for hitting pregnant woman & kids w/pepperspray during man’s false arrest at BBQ [3] http://bit.ly/IiUemU

• Bergen Co NJ sued by internal affairs sgt claiming he was demoted & retaliated against for reporting misconduct [5] http://bit.ly/IiUBhp

• Carter Co MO deputy pleads guilty to possession of stolen firearms after sheriff pleads to similar charges [0] http://bit.ly/Ipx89J

• Santa Fe NM cop caught masturbating on cruiser dashcam accused of harassing 18yr-old coffee shop employee [3] http://bit.ly/IpwSYe

• US Border Patrol agent and his girlfriend charged w/conspiracy to buy firearms & ammo to smuggle into Mexico [0] http://bit.ly/IwckRH

• Honolulu HI cop arrested on multiple drug charges for allegedly growing marijuana & possessing 1lb of marijuana [0] http://bit.ly/Hz2oHU

That’s it for today, stay safe out there!

• Beloit WI settles suit for $265k to teen injured by cop when thrown against cop car then strip searched in public [0] http://bit.ly/HvCFg7

• Minneapolis Park MN cop sentenced to 18yrs for child porn possession & molesting 15yr-old boy over a period of 3yrs [0] http://kare11.tv/Ht1M0Y

• 2 Vernon CT cops sued by East Hartford CT cop claiming they used unreasonable force during his arrest on DV charges [0] http://bit.ly/HwXPdD

• Louisville KY police sued by family whos dog was shot to death while teathered in yard by cops chasing suspect [0] http://cjky.it/HV8U54

• 2 Denver CO cops fired, rehired on appeal, now fired again after losing city’s appeal in DeHerrera beating case [0] http://bit.ly/Ij50F6

• Seattle WA police questioned for detaining men at gunpoint after news story about them being falsely arrested [3] http://bit.ly/IxE0Uz

• Dartmouth MA cop resigns after arrest for groping dept store worker while on duty at mall assignment [1] http://bit.ly/HvDe9L

• Lubbock TX airport cop arrested for trespassing & allegedly soliciting prostitution on public school property [1] http://bit.ly/Ht2onw

• Anchorage AK police review policies over allegations of mishandled sexual assault complaints against convicted cop [0] http://bit.ly/Ht25cc

• Edwardsville IL DARE cop suspended after arrested for allegedly taking cellphone videos of women at tanning salon [0] http://bit.ly/Hrv8fX

• Centerville TN cop arrested on official misconduct & bribery charges, wife & step son arrested for false report [0] http://bit.ly/HruVcS

• Hollywood FL cop in “Walt Disney the truth” case gets 90 days jail for role in cover up of his at-fault crash [0] http://bit.ly/HruAqp

• Port Jefferson OH cop gets probation for staging fake shootout scene to cover up for crashing his police cruiser [0] http://bit.ly/HvCQYN

• Frankfort NY cop pleads guilty to official misconduct & forgery for illegally seizing fellow cop’s phone records [0] http://bit.ly/HV9kby

That’s it for today, stay safe out there!

• Pasadena CA police subject of FBI investigation over fatal shooting of unarmed teen in fake armed robbery call case [0] http://lat.ms/I1ZafQ

• 2 St Louis MO cops charged w/assault for punching cuffed teen suspects in the head in separate incidents [0] http://bit.ly/I1YJCj

• Minneapolis MN police accused of assaulting news cameraman during #Occupy rally arrests [3] http://bit.ly/HVyVUU

• Grand Junction CO ex-cop arrested on sexual assault of a child charges over alleged incident while still a cop [0] http://bit.ly/HK9aDN

• Mocksville NC sued by 3 former high-ranking cops claiming they were fired for reporting police chief’s misconduct [5] http://bit.ly/Ing1qY

• Connecticut state trooper fired for lying about income to get emergency food stamps while earning $124k [0] http://bit.ly/IoRq1F

• Prince George’s Co MD cop faces theft & misconduct in office charges for allegedly stealing from evidence warehouse [0] http://wapo.st/HBlruN

Stay safe out there!

Since there isn’t a way that this project would make enough income to replace my regular job and since my regular job isn’t compatible with this project, I have little choice but to either hand it over to someone else, or end it. Accordingly, I’ve asked for those interested in taking it over to step forward with their plans and, with the intention of letting the project’s supporters have a say, I want to make their intentions for the site public and let the readers voice their opinions on who should take it over.

So, I want to give the people or organizations until Tuesday night to submit their intentions to me via email at davidp@npmsrp.org. I will help each interested party understand just what they are taking on, explain the processes involved in running the project, and answer any questions they might have.

The interested parties, in turn, will write a single paragraph pitch for their intentions that includes why they should be chosen as the party to take over the project and give that to me by midnight, Tuesday.

On Wednesday I will name each interested party (in alias if so requested) and put up a poll so that everyone can vote on their choice. Readers can also debate the merits/detractors for each choice in the comment section of that post as well.

By Friday, 5:00 Pacific, the poll will close and the final choice will be made. Barring any attempts at rigging the vote, the winner of the poll will be given administrative rights to the site, email system, and Twitter account that same day, and the handover will be completed and official after I post one final time that evening.

Currently there appears to be three potentially interested parties, though that may change. If anyone wishes to suggest any alterations to this plan, feel free to do so in the comment section below.

Good luck to the potential new owners of the project, and good luck to everyone else as well… and thank you all for your support.

• Chicago IL sued by family of unarmed woman shot in back of head by off-duty cop who claimed self defense [4] http://bit.ly/Ho1Qmh

• Pine Bluff AR cop investigated for using pepperspray on jr-high kids because they didn’t get to class fast enough [0] http://bit.ly/Ho2ksG

• Des Plaines IL cop suspended 4mo for his involvement in an excessive force incident instead of fired in apparent deal to testify against other cop in brutality case [2] http://bit.ly/I7s25J

• El Paso Co CO deputy w/history found guilty of careless driving in crash that killed female Air Force captain [0] http://bit.ly/HwJUBE

• Pocahontas Co WV deputy indicted on 12 counts for sexually abusing 4 girls & 1 woman in the course of duty [0] http://bit.ly/I9ucSh

• 3 New Haven CT cops arrested for interference, reckless endangerment & illegal discharge of firearms outside of bar [0] http://bit.ly/Ho2ujC

• Minnesota state passes police union-backed law that effectively kills civilian oversight of police in Minneapolis [5] http://bit.ly/Ho1xrG

• Santa Fe NM cop gets probation in plea to larceny, drug possession, stalking harassment & false imprisonment charges [0] http://is.gd/zMfhQG

• Westminster CO cop fired for unspecified reasons involving his investigation of high school sexting case [3] http://on9news.tv/Hg56h0

• Santa Fe NM cop caught on dashcam talking dirty to himself while masturbating in police cruiser while on duty [0] http://bit.ly/IfD3Nt

• Durham Co NC deputy resigns after arrest on assault charges in domestic dispute at his home [1] http://bit.ly/IkeuhQ

• Logansport IN cop fired for alleged misuse of city money involving unspecified purchase using city credit card [2] http://bit.ly/Ho22ln

Entering our third year of doing this I’m coming to the realization that I no longer have the ability to consistently track reports like I did when I started this project due to the changing nature of my employment. As I’ve said many times, if I had a choice and it paid enough to feed and house my family this would be my one and only full time job… however, the world just doesn’t work that way and I have an obligation to provide for my family.

Of course, I would rather not let the project die. But my only other option is to hand it over to someone else who may have a different agenda than I did. Throughout the years I’ve been resistent to letting others do work on this project because I felt strongly that it was important to make it difficult for others to suggest there was a bias involved in the data I produced. However, at the same time, my reluctance to take the limelight and preference to make this about the project instead of about me ultimately limited how much I could promote it. So maybe it will be better off in the hands of someone who doesn’t have the same ideas that I had about it.

Of course, I want you, the readers and supporters of this project, to have a say in this as well. I plan on making the decision and handing things over within a week, so come up with your suggestions and proposals by Tuesday and we’ll see if any make sense by next Friday, and hopefully switch things over then.

Until then, and as always, stay safe out there!

• Harrodsburg KY cop sentenced to 3 years as part of a plea deal to 148 rape, sodomy & sex abuse charges involving a 14yr-old girl [0] http://cjky.it/Hi1Kxl

• Calgary AB cop charged with assault over unspecified on-duty incident in July of 2011 [3] http://bit.ly/HUtebZ

• Southern View IL cop is under investigation after accused of groping women at traffic stop. He had resigned from the Springfield PD in the midst of a sexual misconduct case before he was hired on at Southern View. [0] http://bit.ly/HUNs5w

• Illinois 2 ex-cops in center of several false confession cases teaching state-funded police investigator classes [0] http://trib.in/HivDxr

• St Cloud FL cop accidentally shoots a fellow cop during a drug raid, claiming he was concerned for his safety. However, police won’t say if they found anything or arrested anyone during the raid. [3] http://bit.ly/HUO1wg

• New Orleans LA cop suspended after arrest on DUI charge while driving unmarked police cruiser, refused breath test [0] http://bit.ly/HUN3jp

• Los Angeles Co CA sheriff’s capt investigated for taking ex-golf pro inmate to golf resort to get golf lessons [0] http://bit.ly/I4qZDz

• Clinton Twp NJ cop suspended arrested on possession of steroids w/o prescription charge after investigation [0] http://bit.ly/Hi1leh

That’s it for today, stay safe out there!

• 5 New Orleans LA cops sentenced for roles in Danziger bridge murders, 1 for 65yrs, 2 for 40, 1 for 38 & 1 for 6 [0] http://bit.ly/Hnt1N1

• Hayward CA police sued by family of 89yr-old who lost leg then died after police dog mauled him in his own yard [3] http://bit.ly/HXjKfa

• Brandon MS cop accused of forcing motorist to pull down pants & underwear to prove he had no drugs during stop [3] http://bit.ly/HXjfSm

• Springfield MA cop sentenced to 18mo for beating motorist with flashlight in traffic stop caught on video [0] http://bit.ly/Haepiy

• Albuquerque NM cop investigated for swearing, challenging suspect to fight then punching alleged bystander on video [0] http://bit.ly/HadYoo

• Baltimore MD settles suit for $95k to principal injured when cops detained her while searching home w/o permission [0] http://bit.ly/HXlyoz

• Moorhead MN police sued by waitress after cops siezed her $12k tip because they claimed it “smelled like pot” [3] http://wapo.st/HXl55E

• RCMP to pay $331k judgment to man injured in crash when cop ran red light on her way to lunch [0] http://bit.ly/HXksci

• New Castle PA sued by man arrested by cop after he reported that he suspected he was victim of check fraud scam [3] http://bit.ly/HXlViT

• Peters PA police sued by man claiming cop was aggressive & pulled gun on him while he was legally hunting [3] http://bit.ly/HXk5P6

• Gloucester Twp NJ cop arrested on drug possession and possession with intent to distribute charges [0] http://bit.ly/HOOAHP

That’s it for today, stay safe out there!