1.   But his attorney said the police violated the Constitution by searching the apartment without a warrant.

2.   By using a large group of heavily armed men without explicit permission from NATO, the police had violated NATO guidelines.

3.   Clifford S. Fishman, a law professor at Catholic University in Washington who has written extensively about electronic surveillance, said the police had violated federal eavesdropping statutes.

4.   He said that although the city does not believe that its police violated constitutional rights, there was a substantial financial risk in arguing before a civil jury.

5.   Rabbi Andrew Sachs, an organizer of the prayer gathering, said the police had violated assurances that the Conservative group could pray under police protection.

6.   The appeals court did not address whether the police violated the Fourth Amendment.

7.   The chiefs said they wanted clear guidelines on how to notify their communities without worrying that a sex offender might claim that the police had violated his rights.

8.   The judges said that police had violated his rights by putting unjust psychological pressure on him, and that there was evidence they had beat him around the neck.

9.   The lawsuit charges that police habitually violate the rights of blacks through such practices as racial profiling and excessive use of force.

10.   Viets said police had broadly violated forfeiture law in Missouri.