Police misconduct

Police misconduct

Police misconduct refers to objectionable actions taken by police officers in connection with their official duties, which can lead to a miscarriage of justice.

Types of misconduct

* False confession
* False arrest
* Falsified evidence
* Intimidation
* Police brutality
* Police corruption
* Political repression
* Racial profiling
* Sexual abuse
* Surveillance abuse

Reading list

*cite book | author=Balko, Radley | title=Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America | publisher=Cato Institute | Year=2006 | id=ISBN N/A
*cite book | author=Chevigny, Paul | title=Edge of the Knife: Police Violence in the Americas | publisher=The New Press | Year=1998 | id=ISBN 1565841832
*cite book | author=Cea, Robert | title=The No Lights, No Sirens: The Corruption and Redemption of an Inner City Cop | publisher=Harper Collins | Year=2005 | id=ISBN 0060587121
*cite book | author=Copperfield, David | title=Wasting Police Time: The Crazy World of the War on Crime | publisher=Monday Books | Year=2006 | id=ISBN 0955285410
*cite book | author=Palmiotto, Michael J. | title=Police Misconduct: A Reader for the 21st Century | publisher=Prentice Hall | Year=2001 | id=ISBN 0130256048

ee also

By country

*Police misconduct in Norway

Incidents

*MOVE
*New York State Police Troop C scandal
*Rampart Scandal
*Wickersham report

Individuals

*Richard Cain
*Kathryn Johnston
*Rodney King
*Benjamin LaGuer
*Cory Maye
*Jean Charles de Menezes
*Harry Stanley
*Sean Bell
*Otto Zehm

Organizations

*Christopher Commission
*COINTELPRO
*Copwatch
*Internal affairs (law enforcement)
*Newham Monitoring Project

External links

* [http://Ihatepolice.com Ihatepolice.com video and news collections on police brutality and other misconduct]
* [http://policestateusa.net/ PoliceStateUSA.net: Documenting the rise of the police state in the US.]
* [http://www.stoppolice.net/ StopPolice.net: Help Stop Police Corruption and Brutality!]
* Radley Balko's [http://www.theagitator.com/index.php TheAgitator.com] , clearinghouse for the Cory Maye case among others.
* [http://www.copshots.org/ COPSHOTS.org: Documenting Police Brutality; Documenting the Police]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/6191832.stm BBC News - Officers reprimanded over e-mail] - 28/11/06
* [http://www.blink.org.uk/docs/secret_policeman.htm BLINK - The Secret Policeman] - transcript of the BBC documentary
* [http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/secretpoliceman.html CBC - The Secret Policeman] - with link to article by Mark Daly
* [http://policedownload.net/report/ Police Download Report: police brutality and police shootings news and commentary on the coming police state]
* [http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16981150&method=full&siteid=62484&headline=exclusive-exposed--cops-at-work--name_page.html The Sunday Mirror - Undercover Copper] - report on the Channel 4 Dispatches programme
* [http://www.badcops.org: BadCops Police Oversight Portal - news, information, and resources focused on police misconduct and civilian oversight]


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