New Jersey police chief accused of defecating on floor to harass co-workers

"Chief Farley has, on several occasions, pulled his pants down and defecated on the floor in front of his entire office staff." 

Guzman added: "He has also left feces on the bathroom floor, apparently with the intent of having someone unknowingly step on it."… 

"Chief Farley chases me around his office," Derrin wrote. "After cornering me in the filing area with no further room for retreat, he sticks a hypodermic needle through my jeans into the tip of my penis."…  

"The chief would shave his body hair on people's property, their persons, and their food," adding: "He was also fond of scraping fluids from his underwear on to people seated in the chief's office."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/27/new-jersey-police-chief-harrassment

 

Former West Virginia police chief sentenced to prison for raping teen - The Washington Post

Larry Clay Jr., who paid $100 to rape a 17-year-old while serving as police chief in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, and then sought to cover up his crime, received a 25-year sentence…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/12/19/larry-clay-sentenced-sex-trafficking-west-virginia-police-chief/

Cities with Black women police chiefs had less street violence during 2020’s Black Lives Matter protests

Consider, for instance, Black female Chief Catrina Thompson in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who chose dialogue over force. She conveyed solidarity with the Black Lives Matter cause and affirmed that peaceful protests could spur change without destroying the city. 

By contrast, a protest in Lincoln, Nebraska, in late May 2020 saw a group of protesters break store windows and threaten police officers, which resulted in police officers – in a department led by white male Chief Jeff Bliemeister – firing pepper spray, tear gas and rubber bullets...

https://theconversation.com/cities-with-black-women-police-chiefs-had-less-street-violence-during-2020s-black-lives-matter-protests-227440

Ex-police chief who faked own death after being charged with 70 felonies is arrested, officials say

William Anthony Spivey, 36, allegedly staged his own death in the Lumber River in North Carolina on Feb. 21 and was arrested three days later in South Carolina...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-north-carolina-police-chief-faked-death-arrested-officials-say-rcna18075

Louisiana police chief under scrutiny over video showing him punching handcuffed Black man - The Washington Post

When Kentdrick Ratliff tried to reach for a pill bottle that police had confiscated from him, his physical struggle with officers in Hammond, La., quickly got violent.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/02/police-chief-louisiana-video