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  2. Twenty police officers in California face possible ...

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    A street in San Francisco is blocked by police. California has become the latest state to implement a process for decertifying police officers for serious misconduct. (Hannah Wiley / Los Angeles ...

  3. Contempt of cop - Wikipedia

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    [5] [25] The word cop is slang for police officer; the phrase is derived by analogy from contempt of court, which, unlike contempt of cop, is an offense in many jurisdictions (e.g., California Penal Code section 166, making contempt of court a misdemeanor). Similar to this is the phrase "disturbing the police", a play on "disturbing the peace".

  4. Police in California aren't immune from certain misconduct ...

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    Police in California are not immune from civil lawsuits for misconduct that happens while they investigate crimes, the state Supreme Court ruled this week, overruling a precedent made by lower ...

  5. Former police officer jailed for misconduct

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    A former West Mercia Police officer has been jailed for 18 months after pleading guilty to misconduct in a public office. Former PC Nicholas Peacock, 40, engaged in a sexual relationship with a ...

  6. List of law enforcement officers convicted for an on-duty ...

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    This is a list of law enforcement officers convicted for an on-duty killing in the United States.The listing documents the date the incident resulting in conviction occurred, the date the officer(s) was convicted, the name of the officer(s), and a brief description of the original occurrence making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or ...

  7. Brady disclosure - Wikipedia

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    Such a motion can be made by a criminal defendant to discover complaints made against a police officer, and the investigation of those complaints, such that they are contained in the officer's personnel records. The motions can be made in a California Superior Court under California Evidence Code 1043–1046. [19]

  8. California governor proposes rolling back access to police ...

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    California Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration has proposed an end to public disclosure of investigations of abusive and corrupt police officers, handing the responsibility instead to local ...

  9. Allen v. City of Oakland - Wikipedia

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    A string of incidents of police misconduct by the group of four Oakland PD officers known as "the Oakland Riders" came to light. [4] 119 people pressed civil rights lawsuits for unlawful beatings and detention, ultimately settling for $11 million with an agreement that the Oakland Police Department would implement significant reforms. [5]