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

See also

• Police brutality

Reading list

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

See 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

• Ihatepolice.com video and news collections on police brutality and other misconduct
• BadCopNews.com: A Virtual Anal-Probe Of Police And Others In Law Enforcement.
• StopPolice.net: Help Stop Police Corruption and Brutality!
• Radley Balko's TheAgitator.com, clearinghouse for the Cory Maye case among others.
• COPSHOTS.org: Documenting Police Brutality; Documenting the Police
• BBC News - Officers reprimanded over e-mail - 28/11/06
• BLINK - The Secret Policeman - transcript of the BBC documentary
• CBC - The Secret Policeman - with link to article by Mark Daly
• Police Download Report: police brutality and police shootings news and commentary on the coming police state
• The Sunday Mirror - Undercover Copper - report on the Channel 4 Dispatches programme
• BadCops Police Oversight Portal - news, information, and resources focused on police misconduct and civilian oversight

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