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Unless the department is sleazy and the cop is so high ranking he never does police work or testifies in court.
OR unless the department is so sleazy they just move the cop to a desk job where he never needs to testify.
The issue is the testimony because the defense atty will always subpoena the cop's personnel records on that issue, and then impeach the heck out of him on the stand. The case might even get dismissed if the officer's testimony is the main evidence.
Another thing which could happen but doesn't often is that the state certifying agency could jerk his certification. I know of no instances of that happening because they just turn any complaints over to the particular department for "investigation."
Another thing which could happen is that the court could sanction the officer on its own motion. Still, a desk job is available.
Can you tell I've been down this road, LOL?
My experience, and mine alone, is that cops stick up for each other because so many of them I know are dishonest.
