13 Mistakes Police Officers Make When Charging You With a Crime

POLICE MISTAKE #1: The police conduct illegal searches of your person.

POLICE MISTAKE #2: The police obtain fraudulent search warrants for your home.

POLICE MISTAKE #3: The police obtain statements without proper Miranda warnings being given.

POLICE MISTAKE #4: The police fail to interview all “on scene” witnesses.

POLICE MISTAKE #5: The police “personalize” their investigation by focusing on people with prior convictions or gang members.

POLICE MISTAKE #6: The police are racist and influence the scope of their investigation by following a racial bias.

POLICE MISTAKE #7: The police do not investigate motives to lie or possible bias on the part of witnesses they interview.

POLICE MISTAKE #8: The police jump to conclusions about what physical evidence does or does not mean.

POLICE MISTAKE #9: The police refuse to investigate evidence from the defense’s investigation that may show they arrested the wrong guy.

POLICE MISTAKE #10: The police fail to seek out witnesses who may have left the scene, or who may be mentioned by other witnesses they do speak to.

POLICE MISTAKE #11: The police fail to diligently look for physical evidence.

POLICE MISTAKE #12: The police fail to preserve physical evidence or maintain the “chain or custody.”

POLICE MISTAKE #13: The police mischaracterize events in their own reports, misquote witnesses, or engage in exaggeration and embellishment.