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Section 4-1-4 Abuse of process; withholding evidence.

Police officers shall not convert to their own use, manufacture, conceal, falsify, destroy, remove, tamper with, or withhold evidence or information or make false accusations of a criminal or traffic charge. (ORD. 1997-22; 5/1/97)

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

• Know your rights: pocket guide (PDF file)

• Police Practices

Legal Codes

• FBI: Color of Law Investigations - how to file a complaint with the FBI

  • Most of the FBI's color of law investigations fall into five broad areas: (1) excessive force; (2) sexual assaults; (3) false arrest/fabrication of evidence; (4) deprivation of property; and (5) failure to keep from harm.

  • FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin - December 2000: Color of Law Investigations

  • Syracuse University: TRAC Report - Under Color of Law

• U.S. Department of Justice - Addressing Police Misconduct -- Laws Enforced By The US DOJ

  • U.S. Code Title 18, Part I, Chapter 13, Sec. 242

    • sample trial brief: USA v. CRIMINAL CASE NO. G-94-6 - BELARMINO SANCHEZ

  • U.S. Code Title 18, Part I, Chapter 13, Sec. 241

• U.S. Codes 

  • U.S. Code Title 18, Part I, Chapter 73 - Obstruction of Justice

• U.S. and State Codes

• Nolo.com -- U.S. and State Codes, Introduction to Legal Research, and more.

• FindLaw: Cases and Codes - Federal and State

• FindLaw

• LexisNexis -- on-line resources, bookstore, and more...

• Surveillance Laws

  • Electronic Surveillance Laws across America -- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/lis/CIP/surveillance.htm -- this provides a complete overview of state and federal laws on electronic surveillance

• City Codes

California Codes

• State of California - Department of Justice

• California Legal Materials: codes, ...

• California Codes

  • California Penal Code 148.6 -- indicates how police are to accept citizen complaints in California

  • California Penal Code 832.5 -- how police are to investigate citizen complaints in California

  • California Civil Code 47.5 -- one possible consequence of filing an intentionally false citizen complaint

  • Surveillance Laws

    • California Penal Code 632: Communications

    • California Penal Code 630-638

• Directory of California's Public Law Libraries

• California Courts: Self-Help Center

• Cal Law

Additional Resources

• FlexYourRights.org - protect your rights during police encounters

• http://dictionary.law.com - on-line law dictionary

• Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary

• University of San Francisco, Legal Research Links

• University of California, Davis, Law Library

• University of California, Berkeley, Law Library

• Nolo.com - Law Centers -- excellent web site to become acquainted with for all of your law questions

  • If you are stopped by the Police: FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions).

  • on-line law dictionary

  • books

  • and more...

• http://www.lawhelp.org - free legal aid referrals and information

• http://www.law.com - Law.com -- legal news, technology...

• http://www.legallanguage.com

Lawyer Directories

• http://www.findlaw.com - lawyer directory

• http://www.martindale.com - LexisNexis lawyer locator

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