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Special Reports A Blue Wall of Silence: Pr. George's police have shot and killed people at rates that exceed those of nearly any other large force in the nation. False Confessions: Documents and interviews reveal that Pr. George's homicide detectives extracted false confessions from four men.
Pr. George's Struggles With Vacant Police Jobs At a time when homicides are up 60 percent from this time last year, Prince George's police are unable to function at full strength.
In the News
Victims' Relative Corners Suspect: Leads in Md. Deaths Ignored, Man Says (Post, Feb. 27, 2005)
Prince George's Officer Is Acquitted of Assault: Handcuffed Suspect Was Hit With Baton (Post, Feb. 18, 2005)
Cruiser Case Prompts 3 Pr. George's Suspensions (Post, Dec. 7, 2004)
Abandoned Police Cruiser Triggers Pr. George's Probe (Post, Dec. 5, 2004)
Pr. George's Settles Suits by 3 Detainees (Post, Nov. 9, 2004)
For DWI Enforcer, These Are Busy Nights (Post, Sept. 4, 2004)
Checkpoints Keep Tabs on Holiday Drivers (Post, Sept. 4, 2004)
In Pr. George's, Police Must Put Many on Hold: Manpower Shortage Means Residents Wait for Officers (Post, July 3, 2004)
Police Panel Calls Shooting Unjustified: Pr. George's Man Was Left Paralyzed (Post, June 25, 2004)
Court Overturns Kidnapping Verdict In Double Slaying (Post, April 8, 2004)
Pr. George's Agrees to Curb Excessive Force by Police (Post, Jan. 23, 2004)
Officer's Conduct Is Probed: Videotape Studied In Pr. George's (Post, Jan. 8, 2004)
Report Exposes Flaws in Pr. George's Police Department (Post, Aug. 5, 2003; 3:10 PM)
Murder Suspect Acquitted In Retrial: Pr. George's Police Criticized for Tactics (Post, July 4, 2003)
Detective Denies Prompting Perjury: Pr. George's Witness Recants in Retrial (Post, July 3, 2003)
Md. Witness Says Police Told Him to Lie in Court: Suspect Being Retried In Pr. George's Slaying (Post, July 2, 2003)
Johnson Calls ATM Arrest Error 'Intolerable': Pr. George's Held Wrong Suspects (Post, June 26, 2003)
Mistaken Arrests Leave Pr. George's Murder Unsolved (Post, June 22, 2003)
Md. Court Overturns 3 Pr. George's Verdicts: Rulings Cite Prolonged Interrogations (Post, June 20, 2003)
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