Check out this 3.5 minute news story: 7Investigates: Records show Boston police investigations into civilian complaints take years to complete. According to the trends discovered by 7Investigates, if you complain about the conduct of a Boston police officer your complaint may take years to resolve. Boston police officers will be assigned to investigate the misconduct of their fellow officer. You will not be updated about the status of your complaint. It may take the police 3 years to even interview the involved officers. The investigating officers will ask loaded or leading questions to assist the officer who harmed you. The investigation will likely find that the police officer did nothing wrong. Police cannot police themselves.