Cariol Horne

Cariol Holloman-Horne (previously known as Cariol Horne) is an American former police officer who was fired from the Buffalo Police Department and lost her pension after she physically stopped a fellow officer from chokeholding a handcuffed suspect in 2006. In October 2020, Buffalo adopted "Cariol's Law", to require police to intervene if a fellow officer uses excessive force. In 2021, a New York court awarded her the pension and back pay she earned.

Police career In 1988, Horne joined the Buffalo Police Department. On November 1, 2006, Horne responded to an "Officer in Trouble" call. When she arrived at and got into the residence, Officer Gregory Kwiatkowski had Neal Mack in handcuffs, cuffed in the front. In 2008, she faced 13 departmental disciplinary charges, and after a public hearing, 11 were sustained. Kwaitkowski won a $65,000 judgment against Horne,

Cariol's Law In June 2020, Horne and other community activists announced the proposed legislation "Cariol's Law", to require officers to intervene against excessive force and to protect intervening officers from retaliation. In September 2020, the Buffalo Common Council passed "Cariol's Law", and in October 2020, the mayor of Buffalo signed "Cariol's Law" as the Duty to Intervene law.

In 2021, a New York State Supreme Court vacated the 2010 court ruling, and awarded her back pay and her pension. The court wrote, "The legal system can at the very least be a mechanism to help justice prevail, even if belatedly," and "The City of Buffalo has recognized the error and has acknowledged the need to undo an injustice from the past. While the Eric Garners and George Floyds of the world never had a chance for a 'do over', at least here the correction can be done."

The decision of the court was in part based on the passage of "Cariol's Law".

Personal life She is a mother of five children.