Disgraced Award Winners

An award-winning Colorado cop who had sex with a kidnapping victim while investigating her case, then lied about it, claiming she was stalking him when text messages proved he was a willing participant, was sentenced to probation this week.
Paul Patton, who resigned from the Colorado Springs Police Department in October, could have received up to six years in prison for the felony charge of attempting to influence a public servant.

Once again, a New York City police officer was exposed as a liar by surveillance video.
This time, it was an undercover NYPD named Winston McDonald, a 2012 “Cop of the Month” recipient, who claimed four men tried to mug him at knifepoint outside a Brooklyn hardware store last month.
The suspects, however, claim the cop approached them inside a hardware store, flashing money, looking to buy drugs.

An award-winning Las Vegas cop who lost his job last year after his body cam showed him attacking a woman suspected of prostitution is now facing federal charges.
The video has not been released but it federal investigators says it shows Richard Scavone handcuffing the woman before grabbing her around the neck and throwing her to the ground, then striking her in the forehead with an open palm and slamming her face against the hood of his car multiple times on January 6, 2015.

It is not often that police officers break into their own department and steal money, drugs, and guns – but that is exactly what happened to the Simpsonville Police Department in Kentucky.
In an epic inside job, Simpsonville police officer Terry Putnam was arrested on January 7, accused of breaking into the police evidence room and stealing $30,000 in cash, drugs and two guns.

A Florida mother fearing for her child’s safety called local police for a welfare check of her son who had made a noose, only to have the two responding Officer’s K-9s eat his face off.
The Florida K9 cop called for a welfare check on a suicidal teen foreshadowed the bloody mauling of Jared Lemay, texting his fellow North Port Police officer: “COME GET UR BITE.”

A Florida cop had a little too much fun at a local strip club when he crashed into one of the employee’s car and quickly left the scene of the accident.
Sgt. Bruce Connors, 36, who is a cop in Kissimmee, Florida left the scene after striking the car of a bartender at Lido Cabaret strip club. According to the Orlando Sentinel, he was taken off duty on Oct.30 and set on paid administrative leave. The naughty cop makes $66,000 a year.