... unless, of course, it’s the police investigating the police, in which case the obvious conflict of interest will, if anything, make people even more agitated.
“... unless, of course, it’s the police investigating the police, in which case the obvious conflict of interest will, if anything, make people even more agitated.”
Far too many are blind to that truth. In most of these investigations, everyone doing the investigating have EVERY motive to produce the predictable “No foul” response. Even outside agencies have to remember that LEOs will be less likely to push their authority to the edge, if they can trip over and go down hard.
Far better for all of them to just cover the bad apples and tell the boys in blue to behave as they wish.
Internal investigation is an oxymoron. Only a fool trusts them. And only a fool trusts any LE organization to critically investigate an officer.