What do you do when someone files a false police report on you?
First, just because someone contacts the police, doesn’t mean a report will be filed. If a report is made, it also doesn’t mean that an arrest will follow. If when talking to the reporting party it is determined that a crime has occurred, or it would be reasonable to believe that a crime as occurred, and that it’s not a civil matter, that report will get filed.If it’s a civil matter, the party is informed of that, and if it’s just un Either the officer or a detective, depending on the size and policies of the department involved, will follow up and perform additional investigation, which will likely involve talking to you. A determination will be made as to whether they believe the allegation to be true, at which point the accused may be arrested, or a warrant obtained for their arrest. If it goes that far, your attorney argues the point for you in court. If the allegation is determined to be baseless, the department may choose to refer a case of filing a false report against the reporting party. This is rather rare, and generally involves very serious allegations, rape, kidnapping, etc., things that have caused huge community disruption and/or cost to municipalities or states in terms of manpower for searches, etc. Beyond that, you could potentially have a civil case for harassment, but those are difficult and expensive to prevail.
Former friend filed false police report against me.?
I have a former friend who is intent on getting me into trouble because she's upset that I am friends with her ex & his friends who no longer talk to her. It's very childish but her lies have escalated along with her bizarre behavior. I just recently came home to a restraining order slid under my door that was delivered by an CT out of state officer (it states she couldn't find a sheriff to deliver it). She claims I am stalking her & that she & her neighbor have seen my car around her apt. numerous times. I live in NYC & don't even own a car! She lives in New Haven, CT & I've only been there when passing thru on the train to visit family in RI. She is filing false reports on me in CT & now I have to go to court because of it. I went to the NYPD & explained everything but all she received was a phone call from them & I can't file a restraining order unless she's arrested. She is filing false reports & if anyone could advise me on the best way to deal with this, it'd be appreciated.
What if a police officer completely falsifies your police report?
Anyone who files a false police report is committing a crime. Whether the crime is a misdemeanor or a felony depends on the law in that jurisdiction. That said, I'd guess that 90% of the people I arrested, if they read my arrest report, claimed that I lied in the report. Sometimes this is a matter of different perspectives, sometimes it's faulty memory (the people I arrested were often intoxicated), and sometimes one party or the other is not being truthful. If a police officer routinely files false reports and/or lies during testimony, it eventually becomes apparent. If the officer is shown on the record having lied, his value as a law enforcement officer is close to zero. If your testimony can't be relied on, there is no point in taking a case involving that officer to trial. While, without doubt, some police officers lie in reports and under oath, I don't think there are nearly as many as detractors of the police claim there to be. When there is video or other similar evidence of officer conduct, it exonerates the officers more often than it condemns them, as it did in this story.You can file a complaint against the officer with the police department. If your sole contention is that the officer lied in the report, and you have no evidence other than your word to back this up, the complaint probably won't be taken seriously. At trial, you can cross-examine the officer and present your own evidence. However, as other suggested, this is a matter best handled by an attorney.