In fact, he added, several members of the community board have been among those searched illegally.

The charges in that case were dismissed on the ground that he was searched illegally.

The prosecution charged that the four officers had illegally searched a Harlem apartment in search of a stolen police radio.

First he and his wife, Uvalde, were illegally searched by soldiers and robbed of their savings in the process, she said.

He was sentenced to nine years in prison, but an appeals court threw out the conviction, ruling that he had been illegally searched.

Meanwhile, 56 complaints were filed by people asserting that their premises were searched illegally, compared with 11 the year before.

'My baggage was searched illegally, so that I deny that those can be admitted as evidence.'

Homes were searched illegally, they asserted, people were arrested on flimsy charges and others were detained because of their race.

This spring an estimated 4,000 people in Kentucky were searched illegally, and the authorities agreed to pay $11.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought on their behalf.

Several fellow officers have also accused Mr. Allgor of illegally searching apartments and stealing cash.