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Standards for FBI Investigation—Investigative Procedure—44B Matters—Nonbrutality

Interview complainant and/or victim(s) if readily available. Secure same information as set forth under 8-3.321(A), supra during interview. Where appropriate to round out the investigation, check police records, office indices, court records, institution records and any other records pertinent to the case. Examples of nonbrutality allegations are as follows: Unlawful arrest or detention Unlawful search or seizure Police harassment or abuse of power Failure of any public official to take official action. This involves cases in which a public official, who is a witness to, or cognizant of, a deprivation of civil rights of an individual, such as an assault upon that individual, fails to take appropriate action to protect that individual's person or rights. Deprivation of civil rights in connection with trial, conviction, or sentence. Includes allegations of improper extradition procedures. Deprivations relating to or growing out of treatment of incarcerated persons or concerning administration of prisons or jails. Alleged unlawful deprivation of property by purported action of any public agency. Involves cases relative to imposition of zoning restrictions on property, exercise of eminent domain without due process of law, and like situations.