Wrongful Arrest

An innocent man sat in a Southern California jail for five months because EMS personnel who transported him to the hospital inadvertently deposited his DNA at a murder scene they later responded to. The unbelievable story of the arrest and ...

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The facts are not all in, but it appears we have another instance of police fire wars, this time in South Africa. Dave Statter is on this so there’s no need to repeat it all here – but what we ...

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The incident was captured on dashboard camera of Officer Gilbertson’s cruiser.

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The arrest of a Baltimore City medic for assaulting a combative patient has the firefighter’s union angry as they stand behind the medic. Medic Shaun White, 31, was charged last Friday with second degree assault following an incident that occurred on ...

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A Mississippi fire chief and a county deputy sheriff are the latest participants in the ongoing Police-Fire Wars. The incident occurred last Sunday at a motor vehicle accident in Poplarville, Mississippi. Allegedly the single vehicle involved in the crash was ...

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A Spokane, Washington fire lieutenant who was falsely accused of child pornography offenses, has reached a $2.4 million settlement with the Washington State Patrol. The case made headlines in 2008 when state police investigators connected the downloading of child pornography ...

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A terminated Illinois firefighter has filed a rather unusual lawsuit following his dismissal. He is not suing his former employer, but rather is suing another community and one of its police officers alleging that he lost his job due to ...

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The strange case of the New Mexico fire chief who was arrested at an incident scene as a way to relieve him of command, is in the news again – this time with an entirely new twist. Fire Chief Eddie Velarde, ...

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The long saga of a Spokane fire lieutenant who was falsely accused of two different sets of offenses by Washington State Patrol, ended yesterday with a not-guilty verdict. Lieutenant Todd Chism was arrested in 2008 after police discovered his credit ...

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A New Mexico fire chief who was arrested and relieved of command at the scene of a wildland fire by the local sheriff’s department has been exonerated of all charges. Fire Chief Eddie Velarde, of the Velarde Volunteer Fire Department, ...

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A controversial West Palm Beach fire captain who was recently convicted of DUI, has won a new trial based on judicial misconduct. He now wants his job back and claims the entire matter is part of a conspiracy against him. ...

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Criminal charges have been dismissed against a Pennsylvania paramedic who prevented a patient from being tasered by police last April. Medic Jodi L. Kerr-Rummel, 31, of the Lower Burrell Volunteer Fire Department, was facing misdemeanor counts of obstruction of justice ...

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Some Boston firefighters seem to have found themselves in hot water after being caught on a cellphone video. A passerby caught an altercation between Boston firefighters and a civilian who allegedly had stolen a firefighter’s helmet. As the video below ...

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