If there is a criminal complaint it has to go through an indictment hearing by a grand jury. If the officer is not indicted there either is not enough proof or the officer acted in accordance with the law.<p>Usually a judge has to hear the criminal complaint first and determine if it has merit first. If there is no evidence of the complaint, the judge might decide it has no merit. If it is a false complaint there would be no evidence.<p>I don&#x27;t think a union has the power to change how the court system works. They can protect the officer from getting fired, but the officer still has to be tried in court just like anyone else. Although grand juries are not as strict on officers as they are on other people.