Tag: police report

Ex-Anaheim Police Officer Acquitted of Filing False Report

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A former Anaheim police officer was acquitted Aug. 3 of lying on a police report to justify searching a suspect’s vehicle. Dillon Adam Avila, 30, was found not guilty of one felony count of a police officer filing a false report. Prosecutors dismissed a felony count of perjury on July 20, according to…


States Should Enact Laws Requiring Independent Probes Into Police Use-of-Force Cases: DOJ

States should introduce laws that require an outside agency to conduct independent criminal investigations into police use-of-force incidents that result in death or injury in order to build public trust, the Justice Department (DOJ) recommended in a newly released report. The report was released as part of a review conducted by the President’s Commission on…