who do i contact to file a complaint againt a police officer?

Question

this man next door to me reached over my fence and hit my husband for no reason(i think the guy was on pcp)and when my mother in law called the police he hit her 3 times in the head with the palm of his hand,and when the cops got there he told them some story and the police would not let us press charges against him.he told them my husband had a gun in the house and the only reason we had it was because my husband was shot 2 times in the chest and the jury found the guy innocent,so any ways my husband had a felony for stealing a car 12 years ago and the cops arrested him for having it,and we still wanted to press charges on this neighbor and the cops told us no,when we called the watch commander he had the arresting officer call us back and all he kept saying was well your son had a gun and he was a felon,we asked again for them to do something about this guy and they wont.who do i call now?

Answer 1

First of all, the police can't stop you from filing a report or even suing him in civil court. As far as the complaint you can do 2 things. first take your complaint to internal a fairs and second file a complaint with the district attorneys office.

Answer 2

File a citizen's complaint. Police departments are required to give you a citizen's complaint form if you request one. Fill out your form and submit it. On the other side of this, have the police come back out and make a citizen's arrest. Most states require that the police accept your citizen's arrest and this will get your case rolling.

Answer 3

What you do is what I recently had to: Just walk up to the front desk at the PD, and ask for a grievance,or citizens complaint form. I swore my statement and left it in a confidential envelope for the Lieutenant on Duty.

Answer 4

call the state police and get them to do it or refer you to where you can get help.

Answer 5

that is believable.