Criminal Justice
Since Protests, LMPD Rarely Busts Down Doors For Drugs
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Before Breonna Taylor, LMPD busted down doors nearly twice a week looking for drugs. Now they’ve all but stopped.
Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (https://kycir.org/series/lmpd-search-warrants/)
The Breonna Taylor warrant brought scrutiny on many aspects of how search warrants are written, approved and executed in Louisville. We analyze hundreds of search warrants.
Before Breonna Taylor, LMPD busted down doors nearly twice a week looking for drugs. Now they’ve all but stopped.
The circumstances of the case bear striking similarities to the investigation and subsequent raid that resulted in the police killing of Breonna Taylor.
Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Charles Cunningham received a private reprimand, but he confirmed to KyCIR that he was the subject of the discipline.
The details of the 2016 allegations — and how little LMPD did with that information — raise additional questions about one of the department’s more prolific cops.
LMPD Detective Brian Bailey got more warrants than anyone else. An analysis shows he relied heavily on confidential informants — two of whom he’s been accused of sexually abusing.
The city banned no-knocks, but that doesn’t affect how LMPD uses “forced entry.” Records show they bust doors down an average of twice a week.
The judges met confidentially Tuesday and didn’t answer questions about the vote until Friday afternoon.
Court officials are saying their meeting, and minutes from that meeting, are confidential.
The proposal would overhaul the court’s process for issuing search warrants with the aim to boost transparency.
The LMPD made the change shortly after KyCIR and WDRB reported the state issued the new forms — and LMPD wasn’t using it.