It is "nonsense" to suggest laws that make it easier for police forces to arrest protestors who cause significant disruption to the public make the UK a "police state", the police watchdog has said.
The joint review, which spanned two years, examined case studies brought forward by the CWJ alongside 56 domestic abuse cases where police officers and staff were suspects.
Officers failed to record tens of thousands of crimes, ignored victims of anti-social behaviour, let down vulnerable victims and neglected a huge backlog of online child abuse referrals.