Regions: United States

Issues: Arbitrary arrest, Impunity, Police brutality

Since November, 2001, L.A. PoliceWatch has published information online about police misconduct in the Los Angeles area, including summaries of press-reported police shootings, recent important published opinions in the federal and California courts, and complaints of police beatings, shootings, false arrests, illegal searches, harassment, and prisoner abuses, providing contact information for thousands of victims to attorneys.