Slidell police reports details big problems in criminal investigations

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An internal investigation at a metro-area police department details "serious issues" - a cop who may have lied, a department that's been embarrassed.

"You can call it malfeasance or you can call it non-feasance," says Joel Friedman, a professor of law at Tulane University. "It was a consistent pattern."

The police don't want you to see their internal report; the department told us we couldn't have it. But a source handed it over: 53 pages of allegations of police misconduct.

"The best way to gain public confidence is to be transparent," Friedman insists. Without transparency, he tells us, "nobody's held to account. No accountability."

Anyone had a law enforcement agency refuse to take an internal affairs report? Is there a higher agency to report to?