Blue wall of silence
Informal rule that American police do not report misconduct by other officers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The blue wall of silence,[1] also blue code[2] and blue shield,[3] are terms used to denote the informal code of silence among police officers in the United States not to report on a colleague's errors, misconducts, or crimes, especially as related to police brutality in the United States.[4] If questioned about an incident of alleged misconduct involving another officer (e.g., during the course of an official inquiry), while following the code, the officer being questioned would perjure themselves by feigning ignorance of another officer's wrongdoing.
"Blue code" redirects here. For Code Blue emergencies, see Hospital emergency codes. For the episode of Person of Interest, see Blue Code (Person of Interest).