Comment by roryirvine
9 hours ago
If charged, it would likely be as either forgery, perverting the course of justice, or perjury (or perhaps some combination of those) depending on the specifics.
If found guilty at trial, they'd be looking at a prison sentence as the abuse of position aspect would automatically mean high culpability. Expected starting point would be 4 years if an innocent person has been charged or convicted on the basis of the false evidence (which is implied by the report). Perhaps 6-7 years if multiple people have been. Very unlikely they'd ever be able to work in policing or related fields again.
Except none of that ever happens. When caught lying police just say it was an oopsie and pinky promise to do better next time. Prosecutors and judges do not charge police for these incidents, so they keep happening.