Cottonport police officer accused of trespassing in police database, malfeasance

A Cottonport police officer is accused of trespassing in a police database to access restricted information about a former ...
LAist

Thousands of once-secret police records are now public. Here’s how you can use them

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. For the first time, you can look up serious use of force and police misconduct incidents in California. LAist, KQED ...
AOL

NJ cop found woman’s address in police database, then drove to her house and hit on her: report

New Jersey police officer Joshua A. James allegedly used a police database to find a woman's address and then drove to her house to ask her out. A New Jersey cop is in hot water for allegedly tracking ...
KPBS on MSN

County supervisor sounds off against potential ICE access to regional police database

San Diego County Supervisor Paloma Aguirre is calling on her fellow SANDAG board members to officially deny ICE agents access ...
Times of San Diego

Public police misconduct database now live and online

A close-up photo of a San Diego Police officer. (File photo courtesy San Diego Police Department) The public can now search internal affairs documents and other police-misconduct records from nearly ...
Technical

One database, 2,600+ sources: Track your local police with PDAP’s new access tool

Pittsburgh police in riot gear stand across from demonstrators with Indivisible Pittsburgh at the intersection of South Craig Street and Forbes Avenue (Caleb McCartney for Next Generation Newsroom) ...
KQED

Thousands of Once-Secret Police Records Are Now Public. Here’s How You Can Use Them

Today, for the first time, you can look up serious use of force and police misconduct incidents in California. KQED, along with journalism and police accountability advocates, is publishing a database ...