Officers charged with or found responsible for misconduct, reported from the public record.
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"Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift."Deuteronomy 16:19, KJV
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St. Louis County prosecutors charged Dyson, 26, with sexual conduct in the course of public duty. County police allege that in July he took a woman into custody, brought her to the station without telling his supervisors or dispatch, and sexually assaulted her while she was handcuffed. Investigators say he admitted to sexual contact. He is held on $50,000 cash-only bond.
"He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?"Micah 6:8, KJV
Charged / AccusedCharleston Police Department, South Carolina (former)
Stephen Austin Chavis
Presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division charged Chavis, 27, with misconduct in office on October 7, 2026. The Post and Courier reports that the charge follows an alleged on-duty sexual encounter. Charleston police fired him on September 23 after an internal review found he violated policy.
"For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same."Romans 13:3, KJV
Convicted / Found responsibleSan Diego County Sheriff's Department, California (former deputy)
Jeremiah Manuyag Flores
Sustained by a court, plea, or official finding.
A federal judge sentenced Flores, 45, to 57 months in prison for violating the civil rights of a pretrial detainee. The Los Angeles Times reports that in August 2024 he shoved the shackled detainee headfirst into a cell wall, fracturing the man's spine. He was found guilty of deprivation of rights under color of law and falsification of records.
"For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him."Psalm 12:5, KJV
A Suffolk County grand jury indicted O'Malley, 34, for manslaughter on May 20, 2026, in the March 11 shooting death of carjacking suspect Stephenson King Jr., 39, in Roxbury. The district attorney said that based on body camera video, the officer "was not acting in proper self-defense or defense of another." O'Malley has pleaded not guilty, and trial is expected to begin May 5, 2027.
Found responsible / SettlementCambridge Police Department, Massachusetts
Sgt. James Crowley
Internal finding or civil settlement; not a criminal case.
The Boston Globe reported that Cambridge quietly settled, for $1.4 million, sexual harassment complaints filed with the state by three female officers against Sgt. Crowley. The city did not admit wrongdoing. Separately, a 2019 internal investigation found that he sent an inappropriate text message, which he does not dispute, and he received a written reprimand. He is on the Middlesex County "Brady" list of officers with potential credibility issues. Crowley disputes that the text should be described as sexual harassment, and the women's other allegations were never adjudicated.
"And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them."Ephesians 5:11, KJV
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