Citation

Dugan JR, Breda DR. J. Crim. Justice 1991; 19(2): 165-171.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0047-2352(91)90050-6

PMID

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Abstract

Two hundred and fifty-nine general law enforcement agencies were asked to report the lawsuits and agency-investigated complaints their officers had experienced during a one-year period. Five types of complaints were analyzed with regard to: frequency, distribution among agencies and officers, and sustainment. One hundred and sixty-five agencies, representing 3,515 officers, reported that 437 officers received 691 complaints. Twenty-five percent of these were sustained by the agencies, against 4.4 percent of the officers. Sixty-four percent of officers who received complaints received one. Complaints about