Month: February 2024

Tens of millions of dollars are flowing into the bank accounts of retired police officers convicted of breaking the very laws they were sworn to uphold.

They have been found guilty of sexual and violent crimes, including murder and rape, or other serious job-related offenses, such as bribery and embezzlement. Some have admitted to molesting young children. Others have used their badges to enrich themselves or wield power over vulnerable members of their communities. Many are still sitting in prison cells. Yet the checks keep coming and will for the rest of their lives — all as taxpayers help foot the bill.

The promise of these unlimited monthly retirement checks is one of the biggest perks of going into the physically demanding and dangerous field of law enforcement. It is only in rare cases that governments strip disgraced officers of these benefits, using a harsh penalty known as pension forfeiture. MORE >>

This one of the murderers of Breonna Taylor.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – The Kentucky Court of Appeals has upheld the firing of former LMPD detective Joshua Jaynes.

He’s the detective who lied on the search warrant for Breonna Taylor’s apartment. This is the third time that Jaynes has appealed the termination of his employment and the third time it’s been denied.

Jaynes was fired in January 2021 for violating LMPD rules in the preparation of a search warrant and untruthfulness. The warrant in question covered the deadly raid on Breonna Taylor’s apartment in 2020.

Jaynes first appealed the firing to the Police Merit Board, who found Jaynes had violated two areas of LMPD’s standard operating procedures. More >>