www.theborderchronicle.com/the-dna-arch...
Sharing this newly published investigation, coreported by me and a colleague. The DNA database crucial in migrant identification in the borderlands for years has itself gone missing. Co-published by @theborderchronicle.bsky.social and @highcountrynews.org
Great new series on wandering cops in NC from @lucasthomae.bsky.social. As he reports, officials there are failing to track why officers are leaving their agencies, a crucial data point in preventing wandering cops.
The data that exists is available on the National Police Index, national.cpdp.co.
I would say that absolutely none of these agencies are effective at preventing police misconduct - I’m only evaluating the ability for us to fully tell that story
agreed! we get far more data than Texas provides from many other states for our National Police Index project, which collects data from all TCOLE equivalent agencies.
but there are some states that refuse to even give us a list of who officers are and where they work, like Oklahoma.
absolutely - but in Oklahoma we can’t even get data showing that movement (the bare minimum that Texas provides). not saying they’re doing anything about it, but the data is more accessible.
the one major difference being that we can at least track most data about the problem in Texas www.kxan.com/investigatio...
Great reporting from @readfrontier.bsky.social about the state law blocking access to basic police employment history data in Oklahoma.
It's one of just a handful of states where @invisible.institute hasn't been able to access data for the National Police Index.
Excited to talk about using @invisible.institute’s National Police Index tool and accessing police misconduct and employment history data in the Pacific Northwest with my colleague Maheen Khan and @wilsonc.bsky.social of @investigatewest.bsky.social later today. Registrations are still open:
The New Mexico Department of Public Safety apologizes for any delay in providing responsive records that may pertain to your request. Please know the New Mexico Department of Public Safety on-line IPRA response porthole, Gov.QA, is undergoing upgrades.
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The National Police Index’s brand new website provides unprecedented public access to police employment records from across the United States and allows users to track law enforcement employment records across 24 states — searchable by officer name, agency, and more. national.cpdp.co/
Join us and @investigatewest.bsky.social on March 12 to learn how to find police employment and misconduct data in Idaho, Oregon and Washington — and how to use it in real accountability reporting. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Brad Miller, the embattled Pinal County attorney who lied about using Signal, sure knows how to pick 'em.
As @stephenlemons.bsky.social lays out, Miller's hand-picked top investigator, Richard Mueller, is a disgraced cop with a long history of misconduct.
Story:
INVESTIGATION: Over the last 5 months, the Banner and a coalition of partners analyzed 52 hours of footage and thousands of pages of documents from a joint THP/ICE operation targeting Nashville’s predominantly immigrant neighborhoods. Here’s what we found: (1/11)
✍️ @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social
Everybody talks abstractly about how a quarter-century of far-right governance turned one of the most culturally and politically diverse states into New Hungary, but this ground-level look at Floridians and ICE really drives home the fascism of it all www.floridabulldog.org/2026/02/terr...
Our reporting on Idaho prisons used public records to identify dozens of guards who resigned after misconduct — and it was met by calls for transparency from the governor.
Instead, the state decided those records are no longer public. W/@invisible.institute: www.investigatewest.org/idaho-record...
Idaho’s prison system will no longer release information about whether an officer retired, resigned or was fired. It comes after we used those records to expose alleged sexual misconduct by dozens of prison guards. w/ the @invisible.institute - www.investigatewest.org/idaho-record...
NEW: After @investigatewest.bsky.social used records from the IDOC & POST Council to report on sexual abuse in Idaho prisons, and @invisible.institute published police employment history data in the state, authorities are now changing policies to conceal both sources of information from the public.
In Missouri, there is no state law that automatically revokes a convicted police officer’s license.
That must change.
I explain why in my latest column for the Kansas City Star Editorial Board. To read the piece, click on the link below.
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www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...
NEW: Puerto Rico municipal police officers are calling federal immigration agencies when they encounter migrants during traffic stops and at court hearings. In one instance, the cops held migrants at their police station until CBP arrived.
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NEW: It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents.
Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable when they violate the Constitution and the law.
NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
1/ BREAKING: Government documents reviewed by ProPublica identify Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, as the two who fired their weapons during the deadly encounter with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
EXCLUSIVE: These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
There were witnesses. And victim accounts. One man was stripped of his certification for "criminal conduct" and "inappropriate sexual conduct while on duty." But it wasn't enough to charge 2 Idaho prison guards accused of sexually abusing multiple women. www.investigatewest.org/two-idaho-pr...
for the weekend crowd: I dug into a new podcast that pins a bunch of notorious murders on a long-dead Jewish man from San Diego. It's the ugliest true crime property in recent memory. [gift link] defector.com/michael-conn...
Social card with text: Wondering how to effectively track police misconduct? Start here.
The need for law enforcement transparency & accountability has never been clearer – especially as ICE wreaks havoc on communities.
But police misconduct has always been hard to track, penalize, and prevent.
These resources aim to change that 🧵
Fascinating to see former Utah police chief Ken Wallentine cited here as a use of force “consultant” voicing concerns about ICE tactics.
Wallentine spent years writing policies that protect cops who use force for Lexipol, and nearly all of his “consulting” in lawsuits has been on behalf of police.
NEW, by me: Loose Rules Let State Police Hand Out Lax Penalties for Serious Misconduct
The agency's disciplinary system is weaker than other large departments in NY. Troopers who committed serious misconduct have been allowed to remain on the job.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
