People who work and shop in the area say officers abuse their perquisite.

Some officers abused the overtime system, Mr. Hewick acknowledged.

There were eleven other suspects that the officers allegedly abused with brutality such as electro-shock.

A losing candidate could petition the House of Commons if he suspected that the returning officer had abused their power.

Officer Burns of the Seattle department said the police could not deny that a misguided officer could abuse any weapon.

Residents of the public housing project say the officers abused the man and threw him into a squad car "like a piece of luggage."

"But if officers use excessive force, or abuse their authority seriously, we will prosecute those to the fullest extent possible."

Cacho has stated that the arresting officers verbally abused her and hinted there was a plan to rape her.

Mr. Stancik said the officer then abused the girl a second time two weeks later in the boy's locker room.

The woman, whom police officials did not identify, said the officers took her to her home in Bushwick and sexually abused her there.