In an an interview with WDRB, Chief Paul Humphrey said the department had already “poured in several hours” reviewing body camera, documentation and other evidence in the case and that
One day after the Trump administration injected fresh uncertainty into the fate of Justice Department agreements aimed at reforming local police departments with histories of misconduct and abuse, city leaders in in Minneapolis and Louisville pledged to follow through with agreed-upon reforms no matter what.
The previous administration’s Department of Justice and Louisville signed the agreement last month, but it has not yet been approved by a federal judge.
A Louisville woman filed a lawsuit against multiple Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officers, and MetroSafe dispatchers following what she says was the agencies failure to respond to a domestic violence call.
The 2022 shooting death of Omari Cryer by the U.S. Marshals Office during a joint arrest with Louisville police has prompted several allegations of wrongdoing from Louisville’s Metro Inspector General,
A Kentucky woman is suing multiple Louisville police officers and emergency dispatchers, alleging they mishandled a 911 call for help — not showing up for hours — while her ex-boyfriend beat and threatened her in her apartment.
Louisville community members reacted to the memo Thursday, with Breonna Taylor’s aunt, Bianca Austin, saying it did not come as a surprise to her family. Taylor’s death in 2020 propelled calls for police reform. “Even though we knew it was coming, the blow doesn’t get any softer,” said Austin.
After a Portland family learned the names of six LMPD officers involved in the 2020 raid, a court dismissed the complaint citing a one-year limitations period.
The police reform consent decree, still pending in court in Louisville, stems from an investigation started after the police killing of Breonna Taylor
The lawsuit says that LMPD officers and MetroSafe emergency dispatchers neglected to adhere to mandatory domestic violence response protocols, a failure that directly contributed to Stukenborg sustaining life-threatening injuries. Shutterstock
It is our honor to be part of the 11,000 plus law enforcement members that represent the entire nation during this historical event,” LMPD said.
Monjah James-Wooten, 25, is accused of shooting the employee at the Wendy's on Dixie Highway on Jan. 6. According to an arrest slip, James-Wooten got into an argument with an employee in the drive-thru over cold fries. It goes on to say that James-Wooten then went into the store and fired a shot at the employee.