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Article: Police Misconduct Suits Prove Costly; Pr. George's Pays Millions; Some Settlements Are Kept Secret
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- The Washington Post
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- January 5, 2006
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Prince George's County paid more than $4.6 million in jury
verdicts and out-of-court settlements in civil lawsuits alleging
misconduct by county police during the fiscal year that ended in
June, County Executive Jack B. Johnson announced this week.
Since 2000, the county has paid more than $16.3 million in jury
awards and settlements in civil lawsuits alleging excessive force or
other forms of misconduct by county officers.
John E. Erzen, a spokesman for Johnson, said a significant portion
of the 2005 total, $1.7 million, stems from an incident that occurred
in June 2002, before Johnson (D) was county executive. It involved a
county police chase that ended in a crash that killed three women.