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City considers handling of pol
A proposal that changes the way alleged police misconduct is investigated will go before the Chicago City Council today.
Mayor Daley is recommending the Office of Professional Standards, OPS, become a separate city department that reports directly to the mayor, bypassing the police superintendent.
Several highly publicized incidents of alleged wrongdoing involving police officers -- including the release of a video that allegedly shows an off-duty cop beating a female bartender -- prompted the proposed overhaul.
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A former Cedartown, Ga., police officer has pleaded guilty to stealing money from Hispanic drivers during traffic stops.
Douglas Damiano, 37, of Buchanan, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to three counts of depriving people of their civil rights by taking money from them without due process, the U.S. attorney's office said.
"Damiano preyed upon Hispanic motorists whom were not United States citizens," U.S. attorney David Nahmias said in a statement. "He thought that he could use his position as a police officer to rob them with impunity because they would be too scared to complain to other law enforcement officers. ...Today's guilty plea is a reminder that everyone has the right to freedom from police corruption and that when discovered, corruption will not be tolerated regardless of who the victim may be."
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation received several complaints that Damiano was taking money from Hispanic drivers without issuing citations during traffic stops while he was still an officer in Cedartown in 1993.
Damiano confessed after he was confronted over stealing $100 from an undercover Gordon County sheriff's deputy who posed as a motorist. Damiano resigned from the department, but tried to get another job in law enforcement, Cedartown Police Chief Keith Barber said.
Damiano could get up to three years in prison and a fine of up to $300,000. His sentencing is scheduled for May 3.
Cedartown is about 50 miles northwest of Atlanta.
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