Civil Rights Investigations Flashcards
_______ of ______ is an official action taken by an individual acting under the authority of local, state, or federal law, to willfully deprive a person of a right, privilege, or immunity secured by the Constitution of laws of the United States.
Color of Law
True/False: Civil Rights investigations are criminal in nature, and will be viewed as such.
True
Definition: When a member unlawfully obtains or maintains an. individual’s property, which oversteps or misapplies authority.
Deprivation of Property
Definition: When a member uses force in making an arrest, maintaining order, or defending life, and the force is objectively “unreasonable” given the totality of the circumstances known to the member at the time the force was used.
Excessive Force
Definition: When a member falsifies evidence or information used to prove or suggest the guilt of an individual accused of a crime, taking away that individual’s right to due process and unreasonable seizure.
Fabrication of Evidence
Definition: If a member willfully fails to keep an individual from harm that is being caused by another member acting under color of law.
Failure to Keep From Harm
Definition: An arrest by a member without probable cause; when the member knowingly arrests someone who has not committed a crime.
False Arrest
Definition: Any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient; a member using their position of authority to coerce an individual into sexual compliance.
Sexual Assault
Name the three (3) ways that a member may report a potential civil rights violation.
Form 191/Report verbally directly to supervisor/Report to another agency who handles this type of complaint (Department of Justice or Office of Civil Rights)
If a civil rights investigation is opened, who will notify the Office of General Council (OGC)?
Deputy Chief of the Investigations Bureau
