Facts
Since 1973, 133 people in 26 states have been released from death row with evidence of their innocence.
251 people have now been exonerated by post-conviction DNA testing.
A 2005 study of all exonerations – DNA and non-DNA, death row and non-death row – has found that there have been more than 350 people wrongfully convicted and subsequently exonerated in the US since 1989. Click here to read the report.
The first DNA exoneration took place in 1989. Exonerations have been won in 34 states; since 2000, there have been 185 exonerations.
17 DNA exonerees were at one time sentenced to death or served time on death row.
The average length of time served by those exonerated by DNA testing is 13 years.
The true suspects and/or perpetrators have been identified in more than a third of the DNA exoneration cases.
Since 1989, there have been tens of thousands of cases where prime suspects were arrested or indicted – until DNA testing (prior to trial) proved that they were wrongly accused.
In more than 25% of cases in a National Institute of Justice study, suspects were excluded once DNA testing was conducted during the criminal investigation (the study, conducted in 1995, included 10,060 cases where testing was performed by FBI labs).
Police misconduct was a factor in half of all convictions eventually exonerated using DNA evidence.
27 states, the federal government and the District of Columbia have passed laws to compensate people who have been exonerated. Awards under these statutes vary greatly.
Of the 251 exonerees there are:
151 African Americans
72 Caucasians
21 Latinos
2 Asian American
5 exonerees whose race is unknown
2010 Quarterly Q1 Report
Introduction
The National Police Misconduct Statistics and Reporting Project (NPMSRP) was started in March of 2009 as a method of recording and analyzing police misconduct in the United States through the utilization of news media reports to generate statistical and trending information about police misconduct in the United States.
As part of this project, reported incidents of misconduct are aggregated into a publicly available news feed and then added into an off-line database where duplicate entries and updates are removed and remaining unique stories are categorized for the statistical information which is presented in this report.
While the use of news reports to generate statistical data may seem strange, keep in mind that police departments do not normally release any detailed information about disciplinary matters, and sometimes they don’t release anything at all. The use of court records by themselves would only garner information about misconduct cases that were successfully prosecuted and would miss confidential settlements and cases of misconduct that were not prosecuted but did result in internal disciplinary action. Therefore, the use of media reports, while not perfect, represents the most efficient method of data gathering available at this time.
It should also be noted that the use of media reports acts as a filter that limits the number of outwardly questionable allegations of misconduct, but that this may also suffer from under-reporting due to laws that limit the amount of information law enforcement agencies report to the press. Therefore, if anything, the resulting statistics we publish should be considered as a low-end estimate of the current rate of police misconduct in the United States and for any locality we cite.
Additionally, In order to allow for accurate comparisons between this project’s statistics and the US DOJ/FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) statistics, it should be noted that this project utilizes the same methodology federal government uses to generate crime rate statistics by way of a hierarchical reporting system that only records the most serious allegation when more than one allegation is associated with an singular alleged incident of misconduct. It should also be noted that both the federal government crime statistics and the NPMSRP statistical reports are based on a combination of alleged and confirmed instances, not just convictions.
Summary
The following statistical report is based on information gathered during the first three months of 2010. The data used to produce this statistical report is available for public review in the database section of this site. From January 2010 through March 2010 there were:
1,160 Unique reports of police misconduct cited.
1,410 Law enforcement officers cited in recorded police misconduct reports.
77 Police Chiefs, Sheriffs, and other department leaders cited in misconduct reports.
1,446 Alleged victims of police misconduct cited in reports.
52 Fatalities attributed to alleged acts of police misconduct.
16.5 Law enforcement officers cited in the news for misconduct on average each day.
$54,320,000 paid out in settlements and judgments for police misconduct related civil lawsuits.
By projecting this month’s NPMSRP totals out to one year, the following comparisons can be made between the reported police misconduct allegation rate and the reported 2008 general crime rate* as published by the FBI and DOJ for 2008 (*please note that both the NPMSRP police misconduct rates and the FBI/DOJ UCR general crime rate statistics are reported incidents, not convictions):
Violent Crime:
(all assault, excessive force, forcible rape, murder, and domestic assault allegations)
1 out of every 235 (425.1 per 100k) police officers will be accused of a violent crime.
1 out of every 220 (454.5 per 100k) citizens will be accused of a violent crime.
Homicide
(all non-negligent manslaughter, murder, and homicide allegations excluding vehicular homicides and DUI-related deaths)
1 out of every 4,813 (20.8 per 100k) police officers will be accused of homicide
1 out of every 18,518 (5.4 per 100k) citizens will be accused of homicide
Sexual Assault
(all sexual assault, coercive sexual battery, and rape allegations but not including consensual sexual misconduct, exposure, solicitation, or child pornography)
1 out of every 1,195 (83.7 per 100k) police officers will be accused of sexual assault.
1 out of every 3,413 (29.3 per 100k) citizens will be accused of sexual assault.
Categorization
When examining misconduct reports by type, non-firearm related excessive force complaints were most common at 19.4% of all reports. Officer-involved sexual misconduct complaints were the second most reported at 10.9% and general reports came in third at 7.7% of all reports.
When examining reports by last reported status, 24.6% involved criminal charges, 20.2% reported the filing of civil suits, and 16.3% were being investigated internally.
When looking at the more general view, 20.2% of reports outlined some sort of negative consequence for the officer and/or department involved including some sort of disciplinary finding (12.4%) or criminal conviction/plead (7.8%).
State by State Statistics
The following statistics only count state, city, and county law enforcement agencies. The statistical rates are based on the NPMSRP statistics and employment data provided by the 2008 US DOJ/FBI UCR.
The following map shows the number of reports tracked per state in the first quarter of 2010:
While the next density map shows the police misconduct rate per law enforcement officer as a projected misconduct rate based on the incidents reported in the first 3 months of 2010.
The projected annual average national police misconduct rate is estimated to be 896.86 per 100,000 police officers. In 2008, which is the most recent employment data we have, there were an estimated 712,360 state and local law enforcement officers employed in the US for an average of 1 officer for every 231.5 people.
The following table shows how the states rank for police misconduct rates based on calculating the rate of misconduct per 100,000 officers in each state based on officers involved in reports over the sample period of January-March 2010 (p/100k) and a projected PMR which takes that number and projects it at a constant rate over a 1 year period (p/100k Proj) for comparison with that national annual PMR:
State Reports p/100k p/100k Proj
NE…….30…….859.35……3437.41
VT…….6……..551.98…….2207.91
UT…….22……467.49…….1869.95
WY…….6…….431.03…….1724.14
RI…….11……425.86……..1703.45
TN…….57…..367.06……..1468.22
MN……32…..360.85………1443.39
GA……82……337.60……..1350.41
LA…….52…….300.47…….1201.90
OR……17…….288.62…….1154.50
AZ…….37……286.82…….1147.29
FL…….126…..283.30…….1133.20
MA…….47……282.98…….1131.92
SC…….32……281.96…….1127.85
SD…….4……..279.33…….1117.32
MS…….14……275.75…….1103.01
NH…….7…….272.80…….1091.19
OK…….20……259.91…….1039.64
PA…….63……252.12…….1008.48
IN…….24…….229.45……..917.78
OH……50…….228.83……..915.33
IL……..74…….198.67…….794.67
ID…….5………186.15…….744.60
WV……7………184.21…….736.84
NC…….40…….181.40…….725.59
CO…….21…….180.91…….723.64
KY…….14…….179.28……..717.12
CA…….142…..174.69……..698.77
DE…….4……..174.22……..696.86
AL…….18…….167.05……..668.21
TX…….87…….165.16……..660.65
NY…….98…….159.79……..639.18
DC…….7……..157.13……..628.51
IA…….8………155.07……..620.28
MD…….24……153.66…….614.64
MO…….22……152.39…….609.54
VA…….28…….151.70…….606.78
NM…….6……..145.63…….582.52
NJ…….47…….145.16…….580.62
NV…….8……..139.66…….558.66
WI…….18…….138.06…….552.23
HI…….4………133.47…….533.87
MI…….25…….128.18…….512.72
WA……13……122.58……..490.33
AR…….6……….98.94…….395.78
CT…….8……….92.68…….370.71
ND……1………..81.70……326.80
MT…….1……..60.57……..242.28
KS…….4……..58.73……..234.91
ME…….1…….44.54………178.17
AK…….0………0.00…………0.00
*note: West Virginia state statistics are based on an estimated law enforcement population since they do not provide statistical information to the federal government.
Local Law Enforcement Agency Ratings
All local population and law enforcement agency employment numbers are supplied by the FBI/DOJ UCR program’s 2008 report, which is the most current data available, and statistical information is generated by utilizing those numbers along with current misconduct data gathered through the NPMSRP.
Please note that, since this project utilizes data about law enforcement agencies as supplied by the FBI/DOJ Uniform Crime Reporting program, not all local law enforcement agencies are included in this report. Notably, among the missing agencies are all agencies in West Virginia and other individual agencies such as Columbus Ohio, which do not participate in the UCR program.
Law Enforcement Agencies Employing 1000+ Officers
The following are the top 20 local law enforcement agencies by 3-month police misconduct rates that employ over 1000 law enforcement officers:
Location State LEO Pop Cases PMR
1 Atlanta GA 1,619 38 2347.13
2 New Orleans LA 1,448 21 1450.28
3 Riverside County CA 2,166 25 1154.20
4 Newark NJ 1,317 11 835.23
5 Orange County FL 1,243 10 804.51
6 Jacksonville FL 1,693 12 708.80
7 Fort Worth TX 1,486 10 672.95
8 Palm Beach County FL 1,251 7 559.55
9 Denver CO 1,541 7 454.25
10 Memphis TN 2,098 9 428.98
11 San Antonio TX 2,155 9 417.63
12 Sacramento County CA 1,510 6 397.35
13 Prince George’s County MD 1,740 6 344.83
14 Louisville Metro KY 1,207 4 331.40
15 Detroit MI 3,032 10 329.82
16 Orange County CA 1,854 6 323.62
17 Hillsborough County FL 1,213 3 247.32
18 Miami-Dade County FL 3,091 7 226.46
19 DeKalb County PD GA 1,067 2 187.44
20 Harris County TX 2,370 4 168.78
Law Enforcement Agencies Employing 500-999 Officers
The following are the top 20 local law enforcement agencies by current 3-month police misconduct rates that employ 500 to 999 law enforcement officers:
Location State LEO Pop Cases PMR
1 Minneapolis MN 891 16 1795.74
2 Pittsburgh PA 850 10 1176.47
3 Collier County FL 626 7 1118.21
4 Maricopa County AZ 767 8 1043.02
5 Tulsa OK 823 8 972.05
6 Mobile AL 512 4 781.25
7 Baton Rouge LA 628 4 636.94
8 Portland OR 989 6 606.67
9 Kern County CA 908 5 550.66
10 Mesa AZ 831 4 481.35
11 Anne Arundel County PD MD 638 3 470.22
12 Manatee County FL 661 3 453.86
13 Raleigh NC 689 3 435.41
14 St. Lucie County FL 509 2 392.93
15 Fresno CA 824 3 364.08
16 St. Paul MN 598 2 334.45
17 Toledo OH 639 2 312.99
18 Lee County FL 642 2 311.53
19 Fulton County GA 856 2 233.64
20 King County WA 520 1 192.31
Law Enforcement Agencies Employing 100-499 Officers
The following are the top 20 local law enforcement agencies by police misconduct rates that employ 100 to 499 law enforcement officers:
Location State LEO Pop Cases PMR
1 Lincoln NE 314 28 8917.20
2 Burbank CA 155 12 7741.94
3 Erie County NY 143 6 4195.80
4 Columbia MO 153 6 3921.57
5 Altamonte Springs FL 104 4 3846.15
6 Albemarle County PD VA 123 4 3252.03
7 Brookline MA 132 4 3030.30
8 Clayton County GA 331 10 3021.15
9 Schenectady NY 166 5 3012.05
10 Springfield MA 467 13 2783.73
11 Houston County GA 112 3 2678.57
12 St. Joseph County IN 118 3 2542.37
13 Camden NJ 396 10 2525.25
14 Waltham MA 146 3 2054.79
15 Allen TX 103 2 1941.75
16 Rapid City SD 106 2 1886.79
17 Clackamas County OR 214 4 1869.16
18 Henry County VA 110 2 1818.18
19 Middlesex County NJ 181 3 1657.46
20 Pitt County NC 125 2 1600.00
Law Enforcement Agencies Employing 50-99 Officers
The following are the top 20 local law enforcement agencies by police misconduct rates that employ 50 to 99 law enforcement officers:
Location State LEO Pop Cases PMR
1 West Jordan UT 97 13 13402.06
2 Elmira NY 79 9 11392.41
3 Normal IL 80 5 6250.00
4 Manhattan Beach CA 64 4 6250.00
5 Richmond KY 64 4 6250.00
6 Kingman AZ 57 3 5263.16
7 North Myrtle Beach SC 78 4 5128.21
8 Streamwood IL 61 3 4918.03
9 Opelousas LA 62 3 4838.71
10 Port Chester Village NY 62 3 4838.71
11 Yolo County CA 84 4 4761.90
12 Stoughton MA 52 2 3846.15
13 Grand Traverse County MI 66 2 3030.30
14 Tunica County MS 69 2 2898.55
15 Madison County TN 69 2 2898.55
16 Rutherford County NC 73 2 2739.73
17 Allen County OH 77 2 2597.40
18 Dakota County MN 78 2 2564.10
19 Jefferson County AR 51 1 1960.78
20 Houston County AL 52 1 1923.08
Trending Data
The following chart displays the number of officers associated with police misconduct reports per month. Please note that this is unfiltered reports so the possibility of duplicate or updates being reported twice does exist, though the number of these are minimal:
*Note: The February jump was due to a higher number of mutli-officer incidents than usual including a single report against 28 officers in Nebraska for example. The dip in December was due to the project being shut down for half a month due to a lack of funding.
The following map shows a rolling 12-month total police misconduct rate by state. So to speak, this is the total police misconduct rate per state over the last full year from April 2009 through March 2010:
And, finally, here is a map that shows the relative trending between the last 3 months compared to the last 12 months for police misconduct. Green spectrum is a negative trend or decrease in police misconduct rates, brown indicates an increased trend over the last 3 months:
About This Report
Terminology
Misconduct Types:
Accountability – Incidents involving evidence of police misconduct cover-ups, lack of investigations, allegations of lax disciplinary response to sustained allegations, and other activities that involve accountability policies or processes.
Animal Cruelty – Acts of violence resulting in harm to animals both on and off duty that may include unnecessary shooting incidents, inappropriate training of K9 units, or other such activities.
Assault – Unwarranted violence occurring while off-duty
Brutality – Unwarranted or excessive hysical violence occurring while on-duty
Civil Rights – Violations of general civil liberties that would be ruled unconstitutional yet not covered by other categories. For example, excessive force would be a violation of constitutionally protected rights, but is already covered in the Brutality class. However, complaints of warrantless eavesdropping or illegal disruptions of lawful protests would be deemed civil rights violations.
Sexual Misconduct- Sex related incidents including rape, sexual assault, harassment, coercion, prostitution, sex on duty, incest, and molestation.
Theft – includes robbery, theft, shoplifting, fraud, extortion, and bribery
Shooting – gun-related incidents both on and off-duty, including self-harm
Color of Law – incidents that involve misuse of authority such as bribery or extortion by threat of arrest
Perjury – includes false testimony, dishonesty during investigations, falsified charging papers, and falsified warrants.
Misconduct Status/Outcomes:
Allegation – First stage of a misconduct complaint, can be from victim, witnesses, relatives of the victim, and other sources. Simply an allegation of misconduct.
Investigation – Second stage of a misconduct complaint, can be an internal investigation, criminal investigation, external investigation, or a DOJ/FBI civil rights investigation.
Lawsuits – Civil complaints filed in court, generally requires more evidence than a simple allegation, but still within the realm of allegations.
Charges – Criminal complaints filed in court, generally requires more evidence than a simple allegation, but still within the realm of allegations.
Trials – Criminal trials in court, requires enough evidence to establish probable cause, higher threshold than civil litigation or criminal charges, but still allegations.
Judgments – These are rulings that support a civil litigation complaint but also include settlement agreements that are typically, officially, said to not be admissions of guilt. Should be considered a confirmed case of misconduct.
Disciplinary – Results of investigations that confirm misconduct complaints but do not result in termination of employment.
Firings – Results of investigations that confirm misconduct severe enough to warrant termination of employment.
Convictions – Results of criminal trials that confirm allegations serious enough to warrant criminal charges. These include both rulings and guilty pleas.
Methodology
Information Gathering:
Data is gathered from various media outlets by manual searches and review of daily news stories several times a day. There are no sufficient key terms that work well enough to automate this data gathering tasks, the results must be vetted by human intervention.
Information Storage:
Confirmed stories about police misconduct that have been vetted to ensure that the story is about a case of misconduct or allegation of misconduct are published to a Twitter-based National Police Misconduct NewsFeed. From there, the stories are copied to a spreadsheet where they can later be sorted and analyzed.
Data Analysis:
At the first day of the month, data from the previous month is sorted and analyzed in the spreadsheet. All duplicate stories, stories that are informational, stories involving policy, and legislative issues are purged from the spreadsheet. Any items involving a status change about a specific incident are culled so that only the latest status story remains to avoid duplicate data. Only the most serious charge in a series of charges related to a single incident of misconduct are recorded to maintain parity with the national UCR statistical analysis methodology.
Data Presentation:
After all data has been analyzed it is presented on this site by General, Geographical, Type, and Status datasets.
Important Notes:
The data collected and presented here should only be used to provide a very basic and general view of the extent of police misconduct within the US. It is, by no means, an accurate gauge that truly represents the exact extent of police misconduct since it relies on the information voluntarily gathered and/or released to the media, not from information gathered first-hand by independent monitors who investigate complaints of misconduct since no such agency exists nationally.
This information has been gathered here because nobody else is gathering it and the national government has not gathered it for several years. Keep in mind that geographical distribution of misconduct reports can be representative of concentrations of corruption or permissive attitudes towards abusive police policies or can be indications of more open information sharing between police agencies and local media along with departmental efforts to reduce misconduct by actively engaging problematic officers. There is no real way to determine which is the case since there is no independent monitoring and investigation into allegations of police misconduct.
In generally, monthly reports do not provide as accurate a depiction of the overall extent of police misconduct in the US as do quarterly and yearly reports as there is a fair amount of fluctuation between incident types and rates month by month. Therefore, monthly reports should only be considered as the state of police misconduct in that month itself while the longer-term reports paint a more comprehensive and accurate picture of police misconduct in the US.
As always, I appreciate any recommendations, advice, requests, and general comments.
Thank you.
I had the misfortune of believing that the police in Oregon knew the law and worked within the scope of the same. I was sadly mistaken and I am a retired attorney. As many know, Oregon enacted a Medical Marijuana law several years ago. The salient provision states that a person holding a prescription from a practitioner that authorizes the patient to use MM has, once that is given to the patient, the right to cultivate, possess and use MM, within the guidelines of the act. The act does not require that a person register with the state prior to cultivating, possessing or using MM, but if you do register and get the state card that is better proof of your rights. Ihad my prescription in my possession, the local Benton County gestapo decided to raid my home based upon a fly over by their aircraft. Two other people in my home hold actual cards. The gestapo, in spite of my citing the statute and regulations to them, destroyed the plants attributed to my needs and arrested me, charging me with a class A felony for manufacture (same category as ‘murder’) and with a Class C felony for possession. Yet, right in the regulations it states that by having the prescription I was legally authorized to “manufacture and possess” MM.
During the questioning one of the gestapo, a rather large person (I will not call it a man), who had a long scraggly reddish goatee (about 10-12 inches) began challenging me in a threatening manner and laughed when I told him that I suffered from PTSD. I lost my cool and yelled at him, he admitted he had never served nor had any of the four gestapo that were there, and I called them cowards. So they got their pound of flesh. I will have to spend several thousand dollars, that I do not have, (we are barely making it now, that is why I had not gotten the state card, it costs $100), and I will get off. But I am sure I will see these hobnailed boot thugs again.
It is true that in spite of the US signing and ratifying the UN Convention against Torture (CAT), torture as a distinct crime done by governmental officials in the USA is not punishable under US law. Although torture would clearly be a violation of someone’s constitutional rights, there are no laws – either state or federal which address police torture. The U.S. government has failed to bring charges against its own officials when implicated in torture and other major human rights abuses. This reality came into sharp focus when a former Chicago police commander, Jon Burge, did not face torture charges for alleged acts of brutality including a mock execution of a detainee, beatings to coerce confessions, using a cattle prod on one suspect’s genitals, and burning other prisoners on a hot radiator. Mayor Daley, who was the prosecutor at that time, did not prosecute despite mounting evidence regarding Mr. Burge’s systemic abuse of prisoners. From the 1980’s till he was fired in 1993, Mr. Burge and other police officers allegedly tortured 110 men. Mistreatment or abuse of prisoners is considered battery by the current laws because in the state of Illinois there is no statute that criminalizes acts of torture by police officers.
Let’s make torture of US citizens a crime under US law. Sign our petition.
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here is a classic case of how snicthes and cops lie and ruin other peoples lives and get away with it everyday ! Well until it happened to a dear friend of mine i didnt pay to much attention to it . But now that i see it first hand i cant just set back and do nothing so i m going to tell his side of the story , and pray that someone that can help bring this problem with the Arlington Swat team to light and make them answer for shooting Kory Gautreaux and then trying to take his life away by false chargers . Kory gautreaux sits in Tarrant county jail on over 2 and a half million dollars bond So if there are any Brave reporters out there that are willing to tell this story . please contact me at freekory@gmail.com here is what happened
Current Criminal Case:
Preceding:
January 23, 2010- Kory robbed at gunpoint at his house by two unknown males. Pistol whipped and kicked in the head until unconscious. No police report filed, but did go to hospital. Total loss of approx. 20,000 in cash, electronics, and valuables.
March (towards end of month, not sure exact date), 2010- Kory was notified that persons who had robbed him were planning on returning. And would possibly be wearing fake police uniforms to gain entry.
March 27-28th:
Went to Shreveport, LA and won over 30,000 USD (have W-2’s).
March 30-31st:
Went with a friend to Chactaw casino. Arrived back at home around 5pm on the 31st.
March 31st:
Police get affidavit signed. Run his name- see his current pending charges in Tarrant County and that he was on probation for his LA case. Start surveillance at Kory’s residence at 9:45pm. Warrant signed at ________ by _______________.
April 1st
(Kory and Lauren (who is 2 months preg. With Kory’s child) both in Kitchen- preparing to leave to go to a friends house- then to winstar) Less than three feet away is a Rubbermaid storage container with semi, and fully automatic loaded weapons)
3:00am:
Friend leaves house and calls Kory and Lauren’s phone to inform them that when he left he saw a black SUV outside the house, with someone inside. Lauren ask Kory to go and check it out but he blows it off.
3:11am:
Sudden loud banging on door- caught of guard, Kory immediately assumes that he is being robbed again. He gets his gun from on top or the fridge and shoots three rounds in to the side wall of house (directly in front of him) as a warning to whomever is coming in that he has a gun too. As they continue to enter residence both Kory and Lauren retreat to the garage through the laundry room. As they retreat Kory fires three more rounds (two in ceiling and one out the window) NO SHOTS WERE EVER FIRED TOWARD THE DIRECTION OF THE FRONT DOOR WHERE POLICE WERE ENTERING. While retreating over 30 rounds were shot at both Lauren and Kory. If he had not only pointed, but fired at two separate officers, wouldn’t they have shot him? Once in garage they decide they are going to try to run for help(still unaware its police) KORY THROWS HIS GUN UNDER THE TAHOE and then opens garage. When garage door is opened Kory retreats. (HOWEVER WITH NO WEAPON IN HIS POSSESION HOW COULD HE BE CHARGED WITH AGG ASSLT> HOW COULD HE POINT HIS WEAPON AT AN OFFICER WHO WAS LAYING ON THE LAWN IN THE DARK IF HE NO LONGER HAD IT????) He makes it less than 3 ft, then is shot in the thigh by an officer that was stationed on front lawn ( this is the officer he SUPPOSEDLY aimed a NO-LONGER-LOADED gun at). The gunshot hit the main artery of Kory’s leg and an officer had to put his finger in the wound so Kory wouldn’t bleed out at the scene. (They continued to search the house until 10pm that evening.)
Once we were notified that the house was raided his mother immediately went to the house for Kory’s and Lauren’s dogs(2). When she got there the officers were still wearing masks and one officer was very hostile towards her stating that “he couldn’t care less where those damn dogs were “ and that he “couldn’t tell where Kory was”. Another officer let her know that she could pick the dogs up from the pound when it opened. And that “there was only one jail in Arlington”- implying that he was at the Arlington Jail (which he wasn’t). It wasn’t until his mother went to pick up the dogs at the pound where she was met by Lauren’s mother who informed her that Kory had been shot. Once we found out we began trying to find him at several different Hospitals and Jails. We were then informed that we were not allowed to know ANY information about Kory (including his location, where he was shot, if he had had surgery, if he was critical, ect.) for FIVE days, due to their POLICIES. Couldn’t go near house due to the fact it was an active crime scene.
April 2:
I was the first one to go into house after police had left. Didn’t touch anything but notice they hadn’t taken any computers except for Korys brand new Mac Book Pro. Also notice how sloppy Police were (left drug test kits, paraphernalia, and bullets that they had shot in house) Informed Kory’s mother that they had left the house- she promptly comes over with Lisa (Kory’s son’s mother) and take over 100 pics of the house.
Later that week- Hire an investigator from ER investigations (referred to us by Shaw)- under the pretense that he would be collecting forensic evidence on our behalf (to prove through bullet trajectory that Kory wasn’t shooting at Officers) A couple days later he came to Kory’s house and met with Lauren and I. When he was there he said it was obvious that he wasn’t shooting at the police, but that the only way we could clear Kory of any charges would be if he snitched or if we snitched and it could be credited to him.
Later the same day- Lauren and I go to Lori’s house to get paperwork for Lauren’s probation check in. When we were about to leave we were told that someone who had just left Lori’s house had been pulled over on 287. Then Lori leaves and is also pulled over on 287. Then Lauren and I leave and are pulled over on 287 (for speeding-but we had cruise control on). We were detained at 7-11 where at least 7 different officers and a k-9 unit search the car (including engine) looking for large amounts of money???? We were both searched once by a male officer and then again by a female. Were held there for over an hour- after finding only a GHB test kit (left by police at Kory’s house that we were bringing to Shaw’s office) and synthetic urine. We were never given a ticket- however an officer did call Lauren’s probation officer and told him that she was involved in a drug raid and had synthetic urine in the car she was driving.
Kory’s bond reduction/setting court date set on____. Charges that had no bonds set were set, however both the Att. Capital Murd. Charges were kept at a million dollars each. PER D.A. LISA CALLAHAN. Also- notified that both Billy and Lauren would have a future court date to decide whether or not Shaw could represent them due to conflict of interest. Shaw files appeal on bond settings.On April 23rd 2010, Billy and Lauren’s court date about conflict of interest- both are told they need new lawyers-and subsequently given court appointed lawyers. (Why? If Billy and Kory had both been represented by Shaw for the past five years on that case? Why NOW is it a conflict??) Lauren arrested at this court hearing for probation violation.
A coupleof months later Callahan decided to force Jim Shaw off of Kory’s case as well. Ststing conflict of interest… but he was no longer representing any other parties in this case. Jim Shaw has since been removed from his case and he was given a court app. Lawer who has still not made contact with Kory. As of 11/14/10 it has been over a month and he has yet to hear from his attny at all. And he can not afford another attny b/c shaw refuses to refund any of the 35,000 dollars that Kory had given him for his legal defense. Yet he did NOTHING to defend him, nor did he file a timely appeal to his outrageous bond ammts as promised.
So many things wrong with the whole situation. I am very aware that Kory has made very poor judgement in his lifestyle, as is he. I’m not in anyway trying to deny that he was involved in criminal activity and in illegal substances- I’m just trying to get him legal justice for the charges alleged against him which are totally unfounded. 2 att capital murders- when he never shot toward police (and thought he was being robbed) and in police swarn statement NOTHING ABOUT ANY SHOOTING WAS MENTIONED- and when looked up the actual offence report of the shooting LAUREN WHAYLEN is the only one listed as the offender? And an agg asslt against a police officer?? that he never even saw? When he no longer had a weapon?? who actually shot him and almost took his life?? Please someone help.
My son has been in jail since October 7 2009, he confessed to murder He told the police about an open case that he had with DCF because the person they were looking for people had said it looked like he was on drugs, since my son was in a drug program he told them about the case saying that it could not be him because he was drug tested regularly so they used it against him & told him unless he told them what they wanted to hear they were going to call dcf & have his daughter picked up they also were charming enough to add what his girlfriends new boyfriend would be doing to his daughter while he was in jail for the rest of his life, so he confessed & kicks himself in the ass every day for the past year & two months
.There was an “eyewitness” that picked my son out of a live line up. He was deposed today & said that he never said it was my son, he just said that he looked like him( my attorney says that they never had the right to arrest him without a positive identification)He also said that the person that he saw that night had no tattoos, my sons arms are loaded, he said that person was completely bald with no facial hair I have a video of my son 3 hours before the crime with hair & facial hair. Of course the state attorney had no time to discuss this today but I know that will happen soon, not soon enough for my son though. I do not want these police man to ever be able to do this again. This happened in Miami, Florida