[kevviiinn]

It's so common that police have a special term for it: testilying

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/18/nyregion/testilying-polic...

[somebodythere]

I thought we already had a word for it: "perjury"

[kevviiinn]

See but that refers to something illegal and nothing that cops do is illegal

[hedora]

Closely related: “alternative reconstruction”