police misconduct

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliceandmisconduct

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police
noun[plural]
uk
/pəˈliːs/us
/pəˈliːs/
the official organization that is responsible for protecting people and property, making people obey the law, finding out about and solving crime, and catching people who have committed ...
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misconduct
noun[U]
uk
/ˌmɪsˈkɒn.dʌkt/us
/ˌmɪsˈkɑːn.dʌkt/
unacceptable or bad behaviour by someone in a position of authority ...
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(Definition ofpoliceandmisconductfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The most common violations were to do with disappearances, judicial malpractice,policemisconductand prison conditions.
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The goal is to deter outrageouspolicemisconduct.
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These states never exhibited a high number of federal court cases dealing withpolicemisconduct.
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This study examined geographic patterns inpolicemisconductat a national level, and found that interstate and regional variation is substantial.
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Similar temporal analyses are possible in examining the association betweenpolicemisconductand officer slayings.
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However, this annual publication does not include data regardingpolicemisconduct.
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Clearly,policemisconductis pronounced in parts of the nation outside the most populous states.
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Regional variations inpolicemisconducthave important implications.
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As a society, we must never accept thatpolicemisconductis an unavoidable price to pay for cracking down on crime.
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The duty will ensure that the police ombudsman is made aware of allegations ofpolicemisconductwhich she may not otherwise know of.
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Minorpolicemisconductshould be resolved by internal disciplinary processes.
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I should add that allegations aboutpolicemisconductdo not go by default.
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The commission will use these investigators in examining the most serious instances of allegedpolicemisconduct.
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We are committed to finding ways of increasing public confidence in the investigation of complaints againstpolicemisconductthrough wider accessibility, more openness and a greater degree of independence.
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Two years later, he opposed the province's plans to create independent civilian commissions that would investigate charges ofpolicemisconduct.
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That was the problem in the early eighties - the legacy ofpolicemisconductfrom the seventies.
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It is sometimes argued that civil liability can create new deterrents topolicemisconduct.
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Copwatch groups usually engage in monitoring of the police, videotaping police activity, and educating the public aboutpolicemisconduct.
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