How To Make Your Story A Little More Interesting: Writing About Police Misconduct Investigations

Police procedurals often explore the impact of police bureaucracy, and professional standards, on police officers. Nothing could be more dramatic than an active police misconduct investigation involving one of your main characters. How would that investigation be conducted? How would it effect police officers who are the subject of the investigation, or work with officers who are under investigation? What would the outcome of the internal investigation be?

Art is a published author (three police procedural short stories), and a member of Capital Crime Writers, with a passion for reading and writing mystery fiction. He is a graduate of Carleton University and Osgoode Hall Law School, and a retired police officer. His 32-year career in the RCMP included conducting internal investigations, serving as a discipline-reviewer for misconduct cases, serving as legal counsel for discipline hearings, and working as the Appeals Adjudicator for decisions involving discipline and/or discharge proceedings.