Detroit police chief steps down amid sex probe
DETROIT (AP) - Detroit's mayor says police Chief Ralph Godbee has stepped down after an internal affairs officer revealed the chief had been in a sexual relationship with a subordinate...
NYPD to mom: Pay for cop car that killed son
theGRIO REPORT - In April 2012, Tamon Robinson was on the run from New York police when he was hit by one of their cars and later died in the hospital.
Detroit police chief suspended amid sex scandal
theGRIO REPORT – Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee was suspended on Tuesday amid a burgeoning sex scandal involving two women, one of which is a subordinate officer...
Detroit mayor heckled by police officers at community meeting
DETROIT - A shouting match and high emotions caused Detroit Mayor Dave Bing to cancel a community meeting Thursday night...
Camden disbands police department
theGRIO REPORT - Recognized as one of the most dangerous cities in America, Camden New Jersey is reported to be disbanding its police department as part of an austerity measure that would leave almost 270 officers without jobs...
Family of man shot by off-duty officer speaks out
theGRIO REPORT - Blanca Winters, 47, of Chicago, said it was 'a shocking moment' when she heard that her 26-year-old son Christopher Middleton was shot dead following an altercation sparked after a police officer’s motorcycle skidded into his daughter...
Jonesboro police 'recreate' alleged Chavis Carter handcuffed suicide
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Police in Arkansas released a video reconstruction Tuesday meant to show how a 21-year-old man who was handcuffed behind his back could have shot himself in the head while in the backseat of a patrol car...
San Francisco mayor ends stop-frisk consideration
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Mayor Ed Lee said Tuesday he was no longer considering a tactic that would allow police to stop and frisk suspicious people in an effort to get weapons off San Francisco streets....
Chavis Carter case: Dash cam video, autopsy to wait
theGRIO REPORT - The FBI will 'monitor' the investigation into Chavis Carter's death, the police chief of Jonesboro, Arkansas has confirmed to theGrio. "They have agreed to monitor and we are sharing all our investigative material with them as we conduct the investigation," Chief Michael Yates told theGrio...
Police chief: Handcuffed suicide 'defies logic'
theGRIO REPORT - The police chief in the case of a 21-year-old man who officers say shot himself in the head while his hands were cuffed behind his back admits that the scenario "defies logic," but Jonesboro Police Chief Michael Yates stands behind the officers who made the claim...
