"false complaints" is correct and usable in written English.
For example, "The employee was fired for filing false complaints about her co-workers."
In turn, it also makes it much easier to exonerate an officer falsely accused of misconduct, likely deterring folks from filing false complaints.
The Justice Department said the false complaints were made to intimidate tax agents.
It also found some officers vastly overestimating the likelihood of false complaints.
He told a room full of reporters that "child abuse has to be prosecuted vigorously, but we also have to be very, very careful about false complaints".
Compiling any accurate record of police brutality has always been difficult, both because of false complaints filed by criminals and -- more significant -- because of the enormous pressure the police have applied to squelch complaints.
Opponents from both parties openly worry that partisan rivals would hand over false complaints and that any investigation — including those that don't result in a referral — could threaten their careers.
"If [she] is lying, how is she benefited by making a false complaint against [him]?
Dutton said last week that while he would not tolerate "any sexual abuse whatsoever" there were "some people do have a motivation to make a false complaint".
McMurdo said "if there was a motive [Coss] may not know of it; there may be many reasons why a person may make a false complaint".
In interviews he said: "There are some that are legitimate and there are others that aren't and others that have been found not to be substantiated," and: "Some people do have a motivation to make a false complaint".
Waiving his rights to a lawyer and to remain silent, Mr. Gold denied sending any bogus e-mail messages, telling the investigators that Dr. Schiffman had filed a false complaint "out of maliciousness toward my father".
