Norfolk Police Department

As a matter of policy, the department does not tell the public what if any disciplinary actions it takes against is officers.[1]

In early 2011, Detective Robert Glenn Ford was sentenced to more than twelve years in prison for taking bribes from criminals. Ford was the detective who questioned the Norfolk 4 who were unjustly imprisoned for twenty years for rape and murder.[2] The men's lawyers said they had been intimidated into confessing by the police.[3]

In January 2014, a woman was mauled by a Norfolk police dog, requiring forty-three stitches. The police chief admitted his officers used excessive force and the city settled for almost $200,000.[4] Four policemen left the department as a result of this attack but were never charged.[5]

On 7 May 2016, Officer Justin Benson was driving at more than seventy miles per hour on city streets when he struck a car, killing its driver. The officer was violating the department's policy on the maximum speed to be used when responding to a call. He was not charged.[6][7]

In July 2016, the City agreed to pay one and a half million dollars to settle a lawsuit involving a drunk driver who was shot by a policeman. The City did not admit any legal responsibility in the settlement.[8]

Since the establishment of the Norfolk Police Department, 39 officers have died in the line of duty.[9]

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