Sentence examples for police error from inspiring English sources
The police error, the chief justice wrote, was "isolated negligence attenuated from the arrest".
"As long as it's police error," Ms. Karlan said, "it counts against the police".
One by one, nine officers have taken the witness stand telling stories of police error, blunders, secret discussions.
The court heard that a police error was made when Paige was reported missing by her father on 26 August, three days after her disappearance.
"If you announce that police error is going to lead to the suppression of evidence," she added, "the police will do a better job of maintaining their records".
A combination of bad luck, police error and Mr Menezes's suspicious behaviour, police claimed, led to his death less than an hour later.That Mr Menezes behaved suspiciously now seems dubious.
A baleful catalogue of police errors followed.
He said his arrest report was filled with police errors.
The police errors and sloppiness - the insufficient surveillance, the failure to follow up information - have been well catalogued.
This may stem from the administration's speedy attempts to take responsibility for police errors, and its overall efforts to improve community outreach.
An inquest last September found that police errors and inaction were partly responsible for driving the vulnerable single mother to kill herself and her severely disabled daughter.
