Police

Brickbat: Punitive Provisions

Former Morgan County, Alabama, jail officer Jarvis Moore faces seven felony extortion charges tied to taking honey buns and other commissary items from inmates. Moore admits he took the items but says he was following jail…

Brickbat: Drunk With Power

Asa Pearl, a former Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) trooper, had 41 DUI arrests dismissed in Bedford County. Of those cases—which occurred between 2021 and 2024, when Pearl resigned—22 were tossed because tests showed the…

Brickbat: Police Priorities

In Australia, a Gold Coast couple suffered a home invasion in which when masked thieves stole valuables and drove off with their car. They say more than a month has passed and police have still not responded to the incident.…

Brickbat: Close Enough

A DUI arrest in Rockmart, Georgia, triggered an investigation into the officer who made it because tests later showed the driver's blood alcohol was well below the legal limit. When Officer Thomas Maguire pulled him…

Brickbat: Paid To Go Away

In nine years as a police officer in Kansas City, Missouri, Blayne Newton fatally shot three people and injured others, costing the city millions of dollars to settle lawsuits resulting from his actions. He has now agreed to…

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