who do you complain to about police brutality and excessive force?
86211
The second answer you got was about the best I could have given. Take her advice.
714468
I feel bad that so Meany people have so little Faith in the police, after all they are your first line of defense. Most of the time they will give their life for people that do not like them, it is a thankless job. Police do not go around shooting people for the hell of it.
444618
You should go to the local police department and ask to speak to the "Watch Commander".  Explain your situation to the shift's Watch Commander, and they will guide you to the first step of the department's Citizen Complaint procedure.\n\nIn the case of my department (I'm one of those "monkies", or correctly spelled "monkeys", that the ignorant "poetic_universe" spoke of) we have the citizen fill out a sworn statement, and a full investigation, including pulling the tapes, takes place.  Sometimes the complaint is justified, and discipline can be anywhere from a reprimand to suspension to termination, and sometimes the complaint is unfounded.  Sometimes the 911 call taker followed procedures that do not live up to resident's expectations ... and the command staff need it brought to their attention that policies and procedures need to be changed.
1148127
Of course not, lots of cops let the power go to their head and become real jerks and do bad things.  Its the few bad ones that give the good ones who are still human beings such a bad rep.
132383
Those cops who abuse their authority are pigs. Otherwise, I have no problem with the police.
1094513
Most people feel uncomfortable around the police or any authoritative figure.\nOnce I stepped outside the house with a bag full of rubbish to put in the dustbin. Standing outside was a policeman in uniform. (The next door neighbour's brother)\n'Hello' say I 'Just putting the rubbish out'. \nHow dumb.
846181
What in the world are you ranting about?  Where did this injustice take place?
339852
Firstly, Cops (nor anyone else) do not piss you off. You choose to be. If you choose not to be pissed off, then you won't be. It's called a Victim mentality. You own your emotions, no one else.\n\nSecondly, since I am a cop I can say this much… I remove skaters from areas that are posted with no skateboarding signs, where vandalism is a common occurrence or where there are trespass warnings (both the kind you see and the kind you never knew). I do not, nor do I know any other officers, that set out to “piss” people off. It is merely enforcing the laws that are applied upon them. You may not be a problem, but the two dozen other skateboarders before you might have been.
817788
With the police force already overworked, undermanned, underpaid.... fighting drug lords, terrorist.... now they add this into the mix.... how ridiculous.... who will literally enforce this law?
970682
I have been in law enforcement for over 24 years.  I work in a major agency that handles an average of 25,000 calls for service every month.  Out of all of those calls, no one ever looks at the good we do.  \n\nI can tell you that over the years I have been involved in many violent situations.  It is not like T.V., its very hard to arrest someone that doesn't want to be arrested. Also, we are not a bunch of martial arts experts that can control someone with one fancy move.\n\nI will admit that I have seen a few real cases of police brutality over the the year.  But, 99 % of the accusations are false.
24791
does this question really need an answer? as a law abiding citizen, i am shocked at your callous nature. police men and women risk their lives every day protecting our streets and keeping our communities safe. if they want to take an extra few minutes to wipe the powder from jelly donuts off their uniforms, let them. if they can't call you back because they have three chocolate eclairs stuffed between their fat lips, fine. if they have just opened up a fresh box of ho hos, give them an extra minute or two to enjoy the aroma. \n\nyou don't happen to wear a sweater vest, do you?
283593
Brutality is just the problem that needs to be solved.  It is not a racial thing.  Minority run police department has the same problem as other police department.  It is an issue of proper training and supervision of officers.
615721
I do hate cops, I do dislike some, I do be-friend some, ....\n\nI'm a Firefighter/Paramedic and there are some cops I'd like to bash in the head with a fire hose.  However, there are some cops that do their job wonderfully but that doesn't mean I'd want to go have a beer with them after the shift is over.  Then there are cops that I know and hang out with that I could almost consider my best friends.\n\nIt's not all about the cop or being a cop, it's the personality behind that badge that counts.
825873
It is everyone's right not to be abused, that is the law. Sometimes the police step over the line, most often the criminals do. Still it is an officer's duty to see the scumbag gets to jail in as best shape as is humanly posssible to deliver him/her. Otherwise they will cry and kick up a fuss hoping people will forget they broke the law in the first place.
752540
Unfortunately, power in the hands of the wrong person is extremely dangerous.  Some Police Officers are civil and do not set out to hurt people...they just want to help stop crime and make it a safer world to live in.  Unfortunately, there are the bad ones who do it because they can.  They should not be allowed to get away with it.  In Australia there was so much bad publicity and complaints put in about police brutality, that the Police Force now is under constant scrutiny....and the majority of complaints are taken seriously.  The Police officers who beat people up should be reported and if more people did report this kind of behaviour then officers would be made to be accountable.  What about the mothers of these young guys.  If the mothers got together and each of them puts in a written complaint, then it would have to be taken seriously.  If more people would complain about Police brutality it would get rid of the bullies in the Police Force.  They only do it because they can get away with it.  Just because they are Police Officers, they cannot be a law unto themselves and if they commit a crime.....and beating up a person for no cause is a crime, then the police officer/officers should be prosecuted in a court of law.  They have to abide by all the laws that we have to abide by.  But only when it is reported can anything ever be done.  Like I said, they do it because they can and no-one is putting in written complaints to senior police officers.  As far as I know all written complaints have to be taken seriously and the offending officer will be asked to explain.
129504
Police brutality exists in the U.S. for the simple fact that, they do not give proper screening of individules\nbefore they give them a badge and gun. They give these\ngung-ho I-can-do-whatever guys who think they can get away with it cause Im a cop people a job.  Also, factor in the race card, because most of the cases are white on Black crimes.  they fear the black man so they automatically resort to violence to solve the issue.  It sickens me that\nthey allow them to get away with it.  This country prides itself on freedom, what about the freedom to walk or drive\nand not have to worry about the people who are supposed to be protecting you.  Stop Racism, stop police brutallity.\n  And this is being written by a white man, so dont think im a complaining Black man.
1120800
give a police complain......\n\nif thats not working too....\n\nset him up with other rowdys or rival ones....