A King County sheriff's deputy kicks a 15-year-old girl, slams her to the floor of a jail cell, strikes her and pulls her hair in violence captured on videotape. ...more

February 28, 2009

The city has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a man killed by police during a traffic stop in 2005, according to court records. ...more

February 13, 2009

The city has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a man killed by police during a traffic stop in 2005, according to court papers. ...more

February 12, 2009

A Hillsborough County detention deputy will be suspended without pay for a week after a departmental investigation found he used excessive force against a female inmate roughly half his size, officials said. ...more

February 3, 2009

A corrections deputy did not use excessive force to subdue an inmate who had her spleen removed after a scuffle in the Sarasota County jail last year, a federal jury ruled this week. ...more

September 27, 2008

A police officer has quit and two others were fired Tuesday after a patrol car dashboard camera caught them punching and kicking a handcuffed suspect. ...more

August 13, 2008

A Tampa man who accused a Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy of roughing him up late last year has been charged with two counts of perjury and one count of making a false report to law enforcement. ...more

May 22, 2008

SEBRING — Police Chief Tom Dettman and his wife Deborah filed two separate complaints against four Highlands County sheriff's deputies in connection with two separate incidents in 2007 involving their son, Matthew Thomas Dettman, now 20. Three deputies were the subject of a complaint involving alleged racing on U.S. 27 and Matt Dettman's arrest, and one deputy was accused in a second incident when Matt Dettman was ejected from the 12 Hours of Sebring race. ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA - A Tampa man who accused a Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy of roughing him up late last year while he was trying to comfort his girlfriend has been charged with two counts of perjury and one count of making a false report to law enforcement. Robert Kehr-Orzechowski, 31, was arrested Friday at his home. ...more

May 19, 2008

The attorney for a woman who claims her arm was broken while in Orient Road Jail last year says maintaining order in detention facilities is critical but with the state's power to use force comes a responsibility to show restraint. ...more

February 21, 2008