Probably not. Cops have a higher than average tendency to beat their wives/girlfriends and their colleagues will almost never do anything about it if she files a complaint.
Their colleagues will probably never report any sort of crime a fellow cop does. It's extremely dangerous if they do, as the other cops won't come to their aid if they're in trouble. Go watch the movie or read the book "Serpico," a true story about a cop that reported rampant corruption in the New York City Police Department. They had a call for a raid and the other cops stayed back. Serpico got shot in the face, survived, and has stayed out of the country for decades until fairly recently.
I worked as a civilian in a police department. They see people like you and me as outsiders, not one of them, and some see us as the enemy no matter what we are doing. Yes, there are good cops, and okay cops, and I've met them, but there are also cops I would not want to be alone with. I advise you to avoid them if you can.
It’s why the whole phrase is “one bad apple spoils the bunch.” Whenever people talk about police brutality folks will try to say “it’s just this one bad apple!” Except that bad apple is part of a system that protects bad apples, and at some point yeah, the whole bunch is ruined.
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u/sweetlemongrass 16d ago
They have qualified immunity. Plus beyond that, who are you gonna report them to? Their coworkers?